Caprice L. Roberts
Visiting Professor for the 2009-10 year at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Biography
Caprice Roberts is a Professor of Law at West Virginia University. She teaches courses in Contracts, Federal Courts, Remedies, and Postmodern Jurisprudence and has also served as the Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development. Professor Roberts is a co-author of casebooks in Federal Courts and Remedies and has published numerous articles in both areas in such journals as LEWIS & CLARK, TENNESSEE, VILLANOVA, CINCINNATI, RUTGERS, and WASHINGTON & LEE. She is the Chair of the AALS Remedies Section and an elected member of the American Law Institute. She has garnered awards for both her teaching and scholarship. Before entering the academy, Professor Roberts practiced government enforcement litigation with Skadden Arps and served as a law clerk for judges on the federal appellate court and the federal district court. more...
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
- Asymmetric World Jurisprudence, 32 Seattle L. Rev. 569 (2009).
- Restitutionary Disgorgement as a Moral Compass of Breach for Breach of Contract, 77 U. Cin. L. Rev. 991 (2009).
- A Commonwealth of Perspective on Restitutionary Disgorgement for Breach of Contract, 65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 945 (2008).
- Restitutionary Disgorgement for Opportunistic Breach of Contract and Mitigation of Damages, 42 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 131 (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. 593 (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)
Books
- FEDERAL COURTS: CONTEXT, CASES, AND PROBLEMS (with Michael P. Allen and Michael Finch) (Aspen Publishers, Inc. 2009) (with accompanying TEACHER’S MANUAL).
- REMEDIES: CASES AND MATERIALS (with Doug Rendleman) (West Group, 8th ed. forthcoming 2009) (with accompanying TEACHER’S MANUAL).
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
