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Dean John C. Jeffries Jr.
2010 Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer

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Jon Philipson, Editor In Chief Clay Carlton & Allison Sirica, Symposium Editors Dean Robert H. Jerry, II University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Rationalizing Qualified Immunity

John Jeffries served as dean of the University of Virginia School of Law from the fall of 2001 until the summer of 2008. A graduate of the university, Jeffries as a law student, was editor in chief of the Virginia Law Review and was the recipient of the Z Award for the highest academic average and the Woods Prize for the outstanding graduate. After graduating from the law school, Jeffries clerked for Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Jeffries returned to the University of Virginia in 1973, joining the Virginia law faculty two yers after eearning his law degree at the university. His primary research and teaching interests are civil rights, federal courts, criminal law, and constitutional law. Jeffries has co-authored casebooks in civil rights, federal courts, and criminal law and has published a variety of articles in those fields. He also wrote a highly acclaimed biography of Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

In 1986, Jeffries was appointed the inaugural Emerson Spies Professor of Law, a position created to honor a long-time teacher and former dean. Jeffries has also held a variety of other academic appointments, including the Arnold H. Leon Professorship. He currently holds the distinction as the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law.

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