John C. Harrison joined the faculty in 1993 as an associate professor of law after a distinguished career with the U.S. Department of Justice. His teaching subjects include constitutional history, federal courts, remedies, corporations, civil procedure, legislation and property. In 2008 he was on leave from the Law School to serve as counselor on international law in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State.
A 1977 graduate of the University of Virginia, Harrison earned his law degree in 1980 at Yale, where he served as editor of the Yale Law Journal and editor and articles editor of the Yale Studies in World Public Order. He was an associate at Patton Boggs & Blow in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Judge Robert Bork on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He worked with the Department of Justice from 1983-93, serving in numerous capacities, including deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (1990-93).
Panel on Justice Kennedy's Legacy
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Rd
Charlottesville , VA 22903
Reconstructing First Principles: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution
2018 National Student Symposium
Hart Auditorium, Georgetown University Law Center600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Declaring War
20th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina - Marina Ballroom F, South Tower/Level 3333 W Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Showcase Panel IV: Administrative Agencies and the Separation of Powers
2017 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Textualism and the Fourteenth Amendment
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
2016 National Lawyers Convention
The Jurisprudence and Legacy of Justice Scalia
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Reconstructing First Principles: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution
2018 National Student Symposium
The Fourteenth Amendment dramatically changed constitutional law. How are we to understand these changes? Did...
Reconstructing First Principles: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution
2018 National Student Symposium
The Fourteenth Amendment dramatically changed constitutional law. How are we to understand these changes? Did...
Declaring War
20th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
This debate will discuss when congressional authorization is required for the use of military force,...
Declaring War
20th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
This debate will discuss when congressional authorization is required for the use of military force,...
Showcase Panel IV: Administrative Agencies and the Separation of Powers
2017 National Lawyers Convention
This panel will examine the history of the emergence of the Administrative State and will...