Charles R. DiSalvo
Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law (1979)
Education
B.A., St. John Fisher College, 1970, summa cum laude
M.A., Claremont Graduate School, 1971
J.D., University of Southern California, 1974
• Southern California Law Review
Selected Publications
- “The Man Before the Mahatma: M.K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law” (Random House India, 2012; to be published in the U.S., 2013)
- “From Lawyer to Civil Disobedient: 1897-1898, A Microcosm of Change”, in “Rethinking Gandhi: Nonviolent Relationality” (Routledge) (2007)
- “Gandhi: The Spirituality and Politics of Suffering,” 22 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 51 (1997)
- “Reflections on the Contents of the Lawyer’s Work: Three Models of Spirituality and Our Struggle With Them,” 27 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1069 (1996), reprinted in Can A Good Christian Be a Good Lawyer? (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998)
- “Worshiping at the Altar of Technique: Manic Aggressive Medicine and the Law,” 40 Vill. L. Rev. 1365 (1995)
- “Practicing Public Interest Law: Minority Voices in a Dominant Culture,” 96 W. Va. L. Rev. 289 (Winter 1993-94)
- “Abortion and Consensus: The Futility of Speech, the Power of Disobedience,” 48 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 219 (Winter 1991)
Charles DiSalvo delivers the annual King-Gandhi Lecture at West Virginia University
Teaching/Administrative Experience
- Bigelow Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago Law School (1978-1979)
- Faculty, West Virginia University College of Law (1979-present)
- Chair, Executive Committee, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest, Inc.
Professional Background
- Attorney and Smith Poverty Law Fellow, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund (1974-1978)
- Co-Founder, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest, Inc.
Awards and Honors
- West Virginia University College of Law Professor of the Year (six times)
- West Virginia University Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award
- Roscoe Pound Foundation: Richard S. Jacobson Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy
- West Virginia University College of Law Outstanding Scholarship Award
- West Virginia State Bar Certificate of Merit
- Foundation Fellow, West Virginia State Bar Foundation