John Calvin Jeffries
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John Calvin Jeffries, Jr. (born ca. 1948) is a prominent law professor and was Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law
from 2001 to 2008.
Jeffries graduated from Yale University
in 1970 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. During law school, Jeffries served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review
. He received the Z Award for the highest academic average and the Woods Prize for the outstanding graduate. Immediately after graduation, he became law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. before serving in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant for one year.
As Dean at Virginia Law, Jeffries made significant achievements in the school. Among them, he created the Law & Business Program, a curricular innovation designed to give law students the accounting and finance skills required to communicate effectively in the business world. It is among the foremost such programs in the nation and was recently highlighted in the April 17 issue of U.S. News & World Report. Jeffries also oversaw the creation of the Center for the Study of Race and Law in 2003. In 2006 the law school received close to $10 million dollars in donations (a record for the school) and contributions from over 50% of its living alumni. It was believed to have been the highest percentage of any law school alumni donation campaign in history.
In late summer of 2007 Dean Jeffries announced he would step down in July 2008 as Dean to pursue teaching again. He spent the next academic year on sabbatical, spending the fall semester of 2008 teaching at Columbia Law School
. Following his sabbatical he returned to teach at Virginia Law.
Dean Jeffries also lectures for Themis Bar Review, teaching Constitutional Law as applied to the Multistate Bar Exam as well as Federal Jurisdiction & Procedure.
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...
from 2001 to 2008.
Biography
He also holds the titles of Emerson Spies Professor of Law and Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law. He is best known for his work in Criminal Law, with his essays included in many major textbooks in the subject area. He is also a co-author of one of the foremost Criminal Law textbooks, Criminal Law with Professors Richard J. Bonnie, Anne M. Coughlin, and Peter W. Low. He is also a scholar on constitutional law, federal courts, civil rights, civil procedure, First Amendment rights, and the Supreme Court. He has authored or co-authored a total of ten textbooks, primarily on Civil Rights and Criminal Law. Jeffries also wrote a biography about Justice Powell entitled Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994). ISBN 0-8232-2110-5. He has also co-authored a book on the trial of John Hinckley.Jeffries graduated from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1970 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. During law school, Jeffries served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review
Virginia Law Review
The Virginia Law Review is a law review edited and published entirely by students at University of Virginia School of Law. It was founded on March 15, 1913, and permanently organized later that year...
. He received the Z Award for the highest academic average and the Woods Prize for the outstanding graduate. Immediately after graduation, he became law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. before serving in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant for one year.
As Dean at Virginia Law, Jeffries made significant achievements in the school. Among them, he created the Law & Business Program, a curricular innovation designed to give law students the accounting and finance skills required to communicate effectively in the business world. It is among the foremost such programs in the nation and was recently highlighted in the April 17 issue of U.S. News & World Report. Jeffries also oversaw the creation of the Center for the Study of Race and Law in 2003. In 2006 the law school received close to $10 million dollars in donations (a record for the school) and contributions from over 50% of its living alumni. It was believed to have been the highest percentage of any law school alumni donation campaign in history.
In late summer of 2007 Dean Jeffries announced he would step down in July 2008 as Dean to pursue teaching again. He spent the next academic year on sabbatical, spending the fall semester of 2008 teaching at Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...
. Following his sabbatical he returned to teach at Virginia Law.
Dean Jeffries also lectures for Themis Bar Review, teaching Constitutional Law as applied to the Multistate Bar Exam as well as Federal Jurisdiction & Procedure.