IMPACTFUL SCHOLARSHIP. DISCIPLINED FACULTY. PRINCIPLED LEADERS.
Villanova Law is home to innovative and outstanding faculty who are dedicated to both education and legal scholarship. Learn more about their work.
FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
At Villanova Law, our dedicated faculty members are as committed to impactful scholarship as they are to providing a rigorous legal education for our students. Since 2021, the following faculty members have published in the primary journals of the top 50 USNWR law schools.
Todd Aagaard
Professor of Law
Featured publications
- 24/7 Clean Energy. University of Colorado Law Review (2023)
- Compensating Regulatory Losers. University of Illinois Law Review (2025)
Brenner Fissell
Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Against Criminal Law Localism. Maryland Law Review (2022)
- Rightsizing Local Legislatures. Utah Law Review (2023)
- Police-made Law. Minnesota Law Review (2024)
- The Military's Constitutional Role. North Carolina Law Review (2025)
Jennifer O’Hare
Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Don't Forget the "G" in ESG: The SEC and Corporate Governance Disclosure. Arizona Law Review (2022)
- Corporate Governance Guidelines: How to Improve Disclosure and Promote Better Corporate Governance in Public Companies. Florida State University Law Review (2022)
- Continuing Education for Directors of Public Companies. Florida State University Law Review (2024)
Alvin Padilla-Babilonia
Assistant Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Sovereignty and Dependence in the American Empire: Native Nations, Territories, and Overseas Colonies. Duke Law Journal (2024)
- The Imposition of Constitutional Rights. Michigan Law Review (2025)
Teressa Ravenell
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development and Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Policing Symmetry. North Carolina Law Review (2021)
- Unidentified Government Officials. Texas Law Review (2022)
Itay Ravid
Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar
Featured publications
- Judging by the Cover: On the Relationship Between Media Coverage on Crime and Harshness in Sentencing. Southern California Law Review (2021)
- Progressive Algorithms. UC Irvine Law Review (2022) (with A. Haim)
- The Future of Roe and the Gender Pay-Gap: An Empirical Assessment. Indiana Law Journal (2023) (with J. Zandberg)
Michael Risch
Vice Dean and Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Worse Than Human? Arizona State Law Journal (2021) (with D. Bambauer)
- Procedural Posture and Social Choice. Minnesota Law Review (2023)
- Canceling Appellate Precedent. Florida Law Review (2024) (with L. Tucker)
Ana Santos Rutschman
Professor of Law
Featured publications
- Promoting Vaccine Innovation. Ohio State Law Journal (2022) (with M. Eyal-Cohen)
- Protecting Sub-Patentable Innovation: The Case for Codified Liability Rules. UC Davis Law Review (2024) (with J. Reichman)
- A Theory of Genetic Dimensions in the Law. Indiana Law Journal (2024) (with L. Vertinsky and Y. Heled)
Chaim Saiman
Professor of Law and Chair in Jewish Law
Featured publications
- The Law Wants to be Formal. Notre Dame Law Review (2021)
- Is Insurance "Just a Contract" or "a Just Contract"? Maryland Law Review (2024)
Emily Stolzenberg
Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar
Featured publications
- Properties of Intimacy. Maryland Law Review (2021)
- Nonconsensual Family Obligations. BYU Law Review (2022)
- Tribes, States, and Sovereigns' Interest in Children. North Carolina Law Review (2024)
