Caprice L. Roberts
Associate Dean for Faculty
Research & Development
& Professor of Law (2002)
Education
B.A., Rhodes College, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., Washington & Lee University School of Law, 1997
Lead Articles Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review
Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
Publications
- A Commonwealth of Perspective on Restitutionary Disgorgement for Breach of Contract, 65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev.__(forthcoming 2008).
- Restitutionary Disgorgement as a Moral Compass of Contractual Breach, 42 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2008)
- A Desert Grows Between Us—The Sovereignty Paradox at the Intersection of Tribal and Federal Courts, 65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 347 (2008)
- In Search of Judicial Activism 74 Tenn. L. Rev. 567 (2007)
- “Ratios, (Ir)rationality & Civil Rights Punitive Awards,” 39 Akron L. Rev. 1019 (2006)
- “Jurisdiction Stripping in Three Acts Three String Serenade,” 51 Vill. L. Rev. __ 563 (2006)
- The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Recusal and the Procedural Void in the Court of Last Resort, 57 Rutgers L. Rev. 107 (2004)
- Standing Committee on Discipline v. Yagman: Missing the Point of Ethical Restrictions on Attorney Criticism of the Judiciary, 54 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 817 (1997)
Teaching/Administrative Experience
- Professor, West Virginia University College of Law, 2002-present
- Visiting Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Fall 2007
- Visiting Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law, Summer 2007
- Associate Professor, West Virginia University College of Law, 2002-2007
Professional Background
- Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, D.C. – Government Enforcement Litigation
- Law Clerk, Honorable Ronald Lee Gilman, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Law Clerk, Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- Summer Associate, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
- Summer Associate, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia
- Summer Associate, Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert & Manner, Nashville, Tennessee
