Lillian BeVier taught constitutional law (with special emphasis on First Amendment issues), intellectual property (trademark, copyright), real property and torts from 1973-2010 at the Law School, and now teaches a January Term course on judicial philosophy.
At Stanford Law School, BeVier was revising editor for the Stanford Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Before coming to Virginia, she was associate professor of law at the University of Santa Clara Law School; practiced law with Spaeth Blase Valentine & Klein in Palo Alto, Calif.; served as research associate to Professor William F. Baxter at Stanford University Law School, working on the FAA-ABA study of the legal aspects of airport noise and the sonic boom; and was assistant to the general secretary and assistant staff legal counsel for Stanford University.
BeVier received the University of Virginia Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award in 2006. The Raven Society elected her to membership in 1993 and honored her with the faculty award in 2010. She delivered the Henry Miller Memorial Lecture at Georgia State Law School in 2005, the Coen Memorial Lecture at the University of Colorado Law School in 2000, and the David C. Baum Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the University of Illinois Law School in 1996. In 1999, at the invitation of the Supreme Court Historical Society, she spoke to the Society on Free Expression in the Warren and Burger Courts. Suffolk University awarded her an honorary S.J.D. degree in 1998. In the fall of 2003, she was a visiting scholar at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Having been nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2003, she served as vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation until 2009. She serves on the national Board of Visitors of the Federalist Society. Within the Charlottesville community, BeVier has served as chair of the Board of Trustees of St. Anne’s-Belfield School and of the Martha Jefferson Hospital. She is currently chair of the board of the Martha Jefferson Health Services Corporation and of Piedmont CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates).
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Toasting 40 Years of The Federalist Society with Professor Lillian R. BeVier
2022 National Student Symposium
Omni Charlottesville Hotel212 Ridge McIntire Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
A Fireside Chat with Professor Lillian BeVier and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick
Virginia Student Chapter
Zoom webinar -- University of Virginiahttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7cE8e7oXRbehXE-408w5qA
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Originalism & Precedent: Exploring Paths to Reform
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law - Caplin Pavilion580 Massie Rd
Charlottesville , VA 22903
Originalism 101
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
The Future of Originalism: Conflicts & Controversies
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Toasting 40 Years of The Federalist Society with Professor Lillian R. BeVier
2022 National Student Symposium
On March 4-5, 2022, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the University of Virginia School...
Toasting 40 Years of The Federalist Society with Professor Lillian R. BeVier
2022 National Student Symposium
On March 4-5, 2022, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the University of Virginia School...
Panel II: Constitutionalism and Originalism [Archive Collection]
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
Panel II: Constitutionalism and Originalism [Archive Collection]
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
Panel I: The Political Process and the First Amendment [Archive Collection]
1986 National Student Symposium
On March 7-8, 1986, The Federalist Society hosted its annual National Student Symposium at Stanford...