Valorie K. Vojdik
Professor and Deputy Director, Law Clinic (2004)
Education
New York University , J.D.
Brown University, B.A.
Biography
Professor Valorie K. Vojdik graduated from Brown University magna cum laude and New York University School of Law. Before joining the WVU faculty in 2004, she taught at Western New England College School of Law and New York University School of Law. During the fall of 2002, Professor Vojdik was a visiting scholar at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Before joining the academy, Professor Vojdik was a litigation associate at Shearman & Sterling in New York City, where she also served as associate coordinator of its Pro Bono Program. She was lead counsel to Shannon Faulkner in her lawsuit against The Citadel, the public military-style college in South Carolina, which successfully ended its 154 year males-only admission policy.
Publications
- Beyond Stereotyping in Equal Protection Doctrine: Reframing the Exclusion of Women from Combat, 57 ALABAMA L. REV. 303 (Winter 2005).
- Comments, Symposium: Women and War: A Critical Discourse: Panel Two – Women Warriors, 20 BERKELEY J. GENDER L. & JUST. 338 (2005).
- The Invisibility of Gender in War , 9 DUKE JOURNAL OF GENDER LAW & POLICY 261 (2002).
- Gender Outlaws: Challenging Masculinity in Traditionally Male Institutions , 17 BERKELEY WOMEN’S LAW JOURNAL 68 (2002), reprinted in WOMEN AND THE LAW (2004).
- Afterword: A Thought About Feminist Litigation Strategies , 20 W. NEW ENGLAND L. REV. 136 (1998).
- Girls’ Schools After VMI: Do They Make the Grade?, DUKE JOURNAL OF GENDER LAW & POLICY 69 (1997).
- Bullet At War: Narrative Tactics in The Citadel and VMI Litigation , 19 HARVARD WOMEN’S RIGHTS JOURNAL 1 (1996) (reprinted in S. Salzman, ed., CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES MANUAL, 1998).
Professor Vojdik’s scholarship has appeared in publications including the Harvard Women’s Law Journal , Alabama Law Review , Berkeley Women’s Law Journal , and Duke Journal of Gender, Law and Policy.
LAW TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Associate Professor – Western New England College of School of Law, Springfield, MA.
- Visiting Scholar – University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Senior Instructor in Lawyering Program – NYU School of Law
