J. Amy Dillard
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., Wellesley College
J.D., Washington and Lee University Law School
Expertise
Contact Information
Telephone: (410) 837-5416
Room Number: LC 406
E-mail
Administrative Assistant: Debbie Pinkham, (410) 837-4634, (on campus x4634), LC 400
Courses Taught
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Torts
Amy Dillard joined the faculty in 2006, following four years on the faculty of American University, Washington College of Law, where she taught criminal law and served as the acting director of the Legal Rhetoric Program. Prior to entering the academy, Professor Dillard practiced law in Alexandria, Virginia, where she specialized in criminal defense and served as the city's deputy public defender for many years. She currently represents one client charged with capital murder in Virginia. Each year, she teaches a course at the World Trade Institute in the Master's program in International Law and Economics at the joint center of the Universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Her scholarly interests include sanity and competency issues, the National School Lunch Program, judicial ethics and various topics in law and religion.
Professor Dillard is a member of the Virginia and United States Supreme Court bars.
Selected Publications
Articles and Essays
Sloppy Joe, Slop, Sloppy Joe: How USDA Commodity Dumping Ruined the National School Lunch Program, 87 Or. L. Rev. 221 (2008).
AT HIS DISCRETION (n.): "to be disposed of as he thinks fit; at his disposal, at his mercy; unconditionally," 97 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 1295 (2008).
Separate and Obedient: The Judicial Qualification Missing from the Job Description, 38 Cumb. L. Rev. 1 (2008).
Without Limitation: The “Groundhog Day” Effect of Indefinite Pre-trial Detention for Incompetent Defendants, 56 DePaul L. Rev. 1221 (2007)