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Victoria F. Nourse L.Q.C. Lamar Professor of Law Criminal Law, Constitutional Law
Victoria F. Nourse specializes in criminal law and constitutional law, and she is known for her work on the issues of gender and the criminal law, particularly criminal law defenses. Professor Nourse also writes on topics relating to constitutional structure and the conceptual and historical bases of the separation of powers. She is currently researching a book on the history of Skinner v. Oklahoma, a case famous for its constitutional implications. Before joining the Emory Law faculty in 2007, Professor Nourse was the Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin. She also has taught as a visiting professor at Yale Law School and New York University School of Law. Nourse came to teaching after a prestigious legal career in New York and Washington, including clerking for Judge Edward Weinfeld of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and practicing as an attorney for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Nourse also served as Assistant Counsel to the Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, argued appellate cases on behalf of the government for the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as Special Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, assisting in drafting the Violence Against Women Act. Professor of Law. B.A., Stanford University, 1980; J.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1984. |