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1 revised Sept John Ruston Pagan Office Address: School of Law University of Richmond Richmond, VA Office Telephone: Office Fax: Office Home Address: Home Telephone: Date of Birth: Employment: 1. University Professor (with tenure in the Law School), University of Richmond (July ) A. Current subjects (taught in or ): upper-level undergraduate course on Colonial American History; year-long Core course for undergraduate freshmen on Exploring the Human Experience (primarily philosophy and literature); Law School courses on Legal History, Election Law, Theater Law, and Sexual Orientation and the Law B. Appointed Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford (Hilary term 2004) 2. Dean and Professor of Law, School of Law, 1

2 University of Richmond (July June 2003) A. Administered academic program at law school with 472 full-time J.D. students, 25 full-time faculty, 50 adjunct faculty, and 40 staff B. Managed $16.8 million annual budget ($9.3 million in direct expenditures; $7.5 million in indirect expenditures) C. Led successful $6 million fundraising campaign D. Worked with faculty to establish two new endowed chairs, a visiting international professorship, and the John Marshall Scholars program for exceptionally well-qualified students E. Taught Torts, American Legal History, Federal Jurisdiction, Sexual Orientation and the Law, Civil Rights Litigation, and Election Law 3. Global Professor of Law and Director of the Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law (January June 1997) A. Directed Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.) program involving approximately 50 graduate students from over 20 civil law countries B. Directed Hauser Global Scholars program under which a dozen outstanding foreign graduate students receive full scholarships to study for LL.M. and M.C.J. degrees C. Coordinated Global Faculty program, which brings foreign visiting professors to NYU each year D. Coordinated Visiting Scholars and Junior Fellows program E. Administered (with vice dean) foreign exchange programs for J.D. students F. Served on Global Faculty Personnel Committee, which selects foreign professors, and the Global Law School Program Committee, which oversees NYU s various global initiatives G. Taught Introduction to American Law for Foreign Graduate Students, Constitutional Law for M.C.J. students, and a seminar on Sexual Orientation and the Law for J.D. and graduate students 4. Visiting Professor of Law, California Western School of Law (August - 2

3 December 1995) - Taught Federal Courts and Legal History 5. Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (July July 1995); Associate Professor of Law (September June 1986); Professor Emeritus (since July 1995) A. Awarded tenure in July 1986 B. Honors: 1. Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service, Teacher of the Year Award, UALR Student Bar Association, Professor of the Year Award, UALR Student Bar Association, C. Served on Law School committees on Tenure and Promotion, Admissions, Readmissions, Financial Aid and Scholarships, Research and Teaching Effectiveness, Faculty Excellence Awards, and Law Library D. Represented Law School in University Faculty Senate and served on Universitywide Committee on Foreign Studies Programs E. Taught Torts, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Civil Liberties, and Legal History 6. Associate Professor of Law, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (September 1983 August 1984); Assistant Professor of Law (September August 1983) A. Served on University-wide Personnel Policy Committee, which formulates policies governing faculty retention, promotion, tenure, salary, and due process rights B. Chaired University s Procedural Review Committee, which approves departmental rules and hears appeals involving personnel decisions C. Taught Torts, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Legal History, Civil Rights Legislation, Products Liability, Appellate Advocacy 3

4 Education: 7. Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Ozell M. Trask, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (September August 1979) 1. Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) - College of William and Mary (1973) (junior year at the University of Exeter, Britain, ) A. Highest honors in history B. Phi Beta Kappa C. Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Leadership Award D. James Frederick Carr Memorial Cup (outstanding graduate: character, scholarship, leadership) E. William Elbert Fraley American History Prize 2. Postgraduate: Law Juris Doctor (J.D.) - Harvard University (1978) A. Graduated cum laude B. Won Ames Moot Court Competition 3. Postgraduate: Modern History Master of Letters (M.Litt.) - University of Oxford (1975) A. Marshall Scholar B. Sara Norton University History Prize C. Thesis: Trade and Politics in Virginia, " 4

5 Bar Admissions: Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) - University of Oxford (1997) Thesis: Law and Society in Restoration Virginia 1. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (admitted June 24, 1997) 2. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (admitted June 6, 1997) 3. New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department (admitted February 27, 1996) 4. District of Columbia Court of Appeals (admitted November 15, 1984) 5. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (admitted September 13, 1982) 6. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (admitted August 25, 1982) 7. Supreme Court of Virginia (admitted June 14, 1982) 8. Supreme Court of the United States (admitted May 17, 1982) 9. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (admitted August 14, 1979) 10. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (admitted June 7, 1979) 11. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (admitted May 19, 1979) 12. Supreme Court of Arkansas (admitted April 9, 1979) - received highest score on February 1979 Arkansas bar exam 5

6 Public Service: 1. Member of Board of Directors, Equality Virginia, Senator, State of Arkansas, A. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 468, proposing the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1991 (bill prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, ancestry, gender or disability and provided for injunctive relief, damages, and attorney s fees; passed Senate 34-1; died in House; revived and enacted in 1993) B. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 278, now Act 781, which prohibits governmental entities from entering into secrecy agreements C. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 279, now Act 470, which prohibits private secrecy agreements that conceal environmental hazards D. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 475, now Act 516, which authorizes the state attorney general s office to take legal action against polluters E. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 517, now Act 1076, which strengthens the authority of the Pollution Control and Ecology Department to investigate violations of clean air and clean water laws F. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 476, now Act 1172, the Public Employees Chemical Right to Know Act, a workplace safety law that protects workers from having to handle hazardous materials without adequate training G. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 342, now Act 506, which increases the accountability of public facilities boards H. Lead sponsor of Senate Bill 696, now Act 1225, the Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act I. Cosponsor of Senate Bill 309, now Act 1057, which increases the civil and criminal penalties for violating pollution control laws J. Cosponsor of Senate Bill 299, now Act 352, which created the Academic Challenge Scholarship program 3. Co-chairman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission,

7 4. Member of Governor s Task Force on Civil Rights, Member of Pulaski County Quorum Court (county legislature), A. Sponsored more than 70 county laws; attended 130 Quorum Court sessions; cast over 1,500 legislative votes B. Chairman, Intergovernmental Jail Construction Committee, Chairman, AIDS Advisory Committee, Arkansas Department of Education, Special Chancery Judge, Pulaski County Chancery Court, third and fourth divisions, 1987 Memberships: 1. Phi Beta Kappa President of Alpha of Virginia, College of William and Mary, Bar Associations A. American Bar Association B. Virginia State Bar C. Virginia Bar Association D. Bar Association of the City of Richmond E. Arkansas Bar Association F. District of Columbia Bar 7

8 Publications: 1. Anne Orthwood s Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003) A. Winner of American Historical Association s Prize in Atlantic History, 2003 B. Featured book in Nota Bene, 49 Chronicle of Higher Education A17 (Jan. 17, 2003) 2. Book Review, 113 Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog. 413 (2005) (reviewing H. Brewer, By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, & the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority (2005)) 3. Book Review, 111 Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog. 301 (2003) (reviewing T. Snyder, Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginia (2003)) 4. Book Review, 98 Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog. 514 (1990) (reviewing W. Billings, The Papers of Francis Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, (1989)) 5. Arkansas Courts and Covenants Not to Compete, 12 UALR L. J. 57 ( ) 6. Book Review, 1989 Ark. Lawyer 134 (reviewing E. Chemerinsky, Federal Jurisdiction (1989)) 7. Book Review, 1988 Ark. Lawyer 210 (reviewing S. Steinglass, Section 1983 Litigation in State Courts (1988)) 8. Eleventh Amendment Analysis, 39 Ark. L. Rev. 447 (1986) 9. Virginia s Statute of Limitations for Section 1983 Claims After Wilson v. Garcia, 19 U. Rich. L. Rev. 257 (1985) 10. Civil Rights and Personal Injuries : Virginia s Statute of Limitations for Section 1983 Suits, 26 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 199 (1985) 11. English Carriers Common-Law Right to Reject Undeclared Cargo: The Myth of the Closed-Container Conundrum, 23 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 791 (1982) 12. Dutch Maritime and Commercial Activity in Mid-Seventeenth Century Virginia, 90 Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog. 485 (1982) 8

9 13. Private Rights and Public Forums : Classifying Plaintiffs in Virginia Defamation Suits, 7 Va. Bar Ass n J. 8 (fall 1981) (with Richard E. Walck) 14. Fourth Amendment Finality, 1981 Ark. Lawyer Introduction: National Center for State Courts and Marshall-Wythe School of Law Symposium on State Courts and Federalism in the 1980 s, 22 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 599 (1981) 16. Growth of the Tobacco Trade Between London and Virginia, , 3 Guildhall Studies in London History 248 (1979) 9