Henry Chambers - Directory - University of Richmond

Henry Lawrence Chambers Jr.

Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law

Courses Taught Employment Discrimination Employment Lawyering Criminal Law White Collar Crime Evidence

Profile

Professor Henry L. Chambers, Jr., teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, criminal law, law and religion, and employment discrimination. He is active in the Virginia State Bar, including serving as chair of its Section on the Education of Lawyers from 2007-2009, and has been a member of the American Law Institute since 2002. Professor Chambers served as Special Assistant Attorney General for redistricting matters for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2011-2013. He also frequently lectures on constitutional law through the We The People program, which provides civic education instruction to school teachers and the public; at James Madison’s Montpelier; and at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville.

Presentations

Panelist, "Post-2020 Election Panel," Post-2020 Election Panel, University of Richmond School of Law (November 2020)

"Democracy," Voting 2020: From Movement to Action, University of Richmond Department of Athletics (October 2020)

Panelist, "History of Monument Avenue Statues," Time to Talk Town Hall: Free Speech, Removal of Statues, and Ongoing Protests, Virginia State Bar (August 2020)

Presenter, "Redistricting in Virginia: The Near Past, Present, and Future of Voting Rights in the Commonwealth," Old Dominion Bar Association 2020 Winter Meeting, Old Dominion Bar Association (February 2020)

"Dred Scott and Plessy," Dred Scott Presents Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation, Hampton Roads Community Foundation (January 2020)

Presenter, "Fairness and Criminal Justice: Emerging Appellate Issues & Hot Topics in the Law," The Judicial Conference of Virginia, Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 2019)

Presenter, "MeToo, #MeToo, and Sexual Harassment: Is There Anything New Under the Sun?," Modern Social Movements and Their Workplace Impact, Texas A&M School of Law (April 2019)

Panelist, "Reforming Redistricting: Commissions, Litigation & Gerrymandering," Elections: Where Law & Politics Meet, University of Virginia Journal of Law & Politics (March 2019)

Panelist, "Separation of Powers: Presidential Lawmaking and Executive Power," Presidential Lawmaking and Executive Power, The Administrative Law Review and the American University Program on Law and Government, American University School of Law (March 2019)

Presenter, "Technological Change and Voting Rights," The Schmooze - Maryland Constitutional Law Discussion Group, University of Maryland School of Law (March 2019)

Panelist, "Unconscious Bias in the Courtroom," Beyond Diversity: Inclusion 2.0, Greater Richmond Society for Human Resource Management (March 2019)

Moderator, "Got Voice?," Got Voice? Town Hall Meeting on Freedom of Expression, University of Richmond Faculty Senate (February 2019)

Moderator, "Lincoln, the Republicans and the Supreme Court," Foundry Series: Politics and the Supreme Court, American Civil War Museum (January 2019)

Presentations Prior to 2019

Memberships

Vice Chair, Virginia State Bar (2006 - present)

Member, Virginia State Bar, Section on the Education of Lawyers (2004 - present)

Member, Section on Minority Groups Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools (2003 - present)

Member, Members' Consultive Group Society of American Law Teachers, American Law Institute (2002 - present)

Member, Members' Consultive Group, Restatement of Employment Law, American Law Institute (2002 - present)

Member, American Bar Association (1991 - present)

Occasional Reviewer, Law and Society Review, Law and Society Association (2000 - 2005)

Member, Section on Employment Discrimination Law Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools (2001 - 2002)

Bar Admissions

Virginia

District of Columbia

Professional Experience

Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law (2018 - present)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

Professor of Law (2004 - 2018)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

Visiting Professor of Law (2004 - 2004)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

James S. Rollins Professor of Law (2002 - 2004)

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

Visiting Professor of Law (2002 - 2002)

Washington University School of Law

Associate, Litigation Department (1991 - 1994)

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC

Publications

Journal Articles

The Fight over the Virginia Redistricting Commission, Richmond Public Interest Law Review (2021).

Readying Virginia for Redistricting After a Decade of Election Law Upheaval, 55 University of Richmond Law Review 227 (2020).

Curating Campus Speakers, 53 University of Richmond Law Review Online 3 (2019).

Technological Change, Voting Rights, and Strict Scrutiny, 79 Maryland Law Review 191 (2019).

The President, Prosecutorial Discretion, Obstruction of Justice, and Congress, 52 University of Richmond Law Review 609 (2018).

Neoliberalism and the Lost Promise of Title VII, 2018 Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) 1 (2018).

Presidential Constitutional Interpretation, Signing Statements, Executive Power, and Zivotofsky, 87 University of Colorado Law Review 1183 (2016).

State and Local Officials and Voter ID, 15 Election Law Journal 234 (2016).

Reading Amendments and Expansions of Title VII Narrowly, 95 Boston University Law Review 781 (2015).

Telescoping and Collectivizing Religious Free Exercise Rights, 75 Maryland Law Review 392 (2015).

The McDonnell Case: A Clarification of Corruption Law or a Confusing Application of Corruption Law, 50 University of Richmond Law Review 237 (2015).

The Problems Inherent in Litigating Employer Free Exercise Rights, 86 University of Colorado Law Review 1141 (2015).

The Supreme Court Chipping Away at Title VII: Strengthening It or Killing It, 74 Louisiana Law Review 1161 (2014).

Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Executive Power, 73 Maryland Law Review 100 (2013).

Slavery, Free Blacks and Citizenship, 43 Rutgers Law Journal 487 (2013).

The Cost of Non-Compensable Workplace Harm, 8 FIU Law Review 317 (2013).

Much ado about Nothing Much: Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia v. Truro Church, 45 University of Richmond Law Review 141 (with Isaac McBeth) (2010).

The Wild West of Supreme Court Employment Discrimination Jurisprudence, 61 South Carolina Law Review 577 (2010).

Biblical Interpretation, Constitutional Interpretation, and Ignoring Text, 69 Maryland Law Review 92 (2009).

Dred Scott: Tiered Citizenship and Tiered Personhood, 82 Chicago-Kent Law Review 209 (2007).

Recapturing Summary Adjudication Principles in Disparate Treatment Cases, 58 SMU Law Review 103 (2005).

Fear, Irrationality, and Risk Perception, 69 Missouri Law Review 1047 (2004).

Retooling the Intent Requrement under the Fourteenth Amendment, 13 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 611 (2004).

The Effect of Eliminating Distinctions among Title VII Disparate Treatment Cases, 57 SMU Law Review 83 (2004).

(Un)Welcome Conduct and the Sexually Hostile Environment, 53 Alabama Law Review 733 (2002).

Colorblindness, Race Neutrality, and Voting Rights, 51 Emory Law Journal 1397 (2002).

Discrimination, Plain and Simple, 36 Tulsa Law Journal 557 (2001).

A Unifying Theory of Sex Discrimination, 34 Georgia Law Review 1591 (2000).

Employer Prerogative and Employee Rights: The Never-Ending Tug-of-War, 65 Missouri Law Review 877 (2000).

Enclave Districting, 8 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 135 (1999).

Reasonable Certainty and Reasonable Doubt, 81 Marquette Law Review 655 (1998).

Getting It Right: Uncertainty and Error in the New Disparate Treatment Paradigm, 60 Albany Law Review 1 (1996).

Separation of Powers and the 1995-1996 Budget Impasse, 16 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 51 (with Dennis Logue) (1996).

Book Chapters

Justice Scalia's Modest Employment Discrimination Law Legacy, in The Conservative Revolution of Antonin Scalia (Rowman & Littlefield) (David Schultz et al., eds.) (2018).

The President As Spiritual Leader: Pardons, Forgiveness, Mercy and Justice, in Frontiers in Spiritual Leadership (Palgrave ) (2016).

Minimizing State of Mind Issues in Title VII Retaliation Cases, in Evolving Issues in Discrimination: Social Science and Legal Perspectives (2013).

Bond v. Floyd, in Milestone Documents in African American History: A Reference Guide for Students (Schlager Group) (2010).

Plessy v. Ferguson, in Milestone Documents in African American History: A Reference Guide for Students (Schlager Group) (2010).

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, in Milestone Documents in African American History: A Reference Guide for Students (Schlager Group) (2010).

Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan) (2008).

Civil Rights Act of 1964, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan) (2008).

Random Drug Testing, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan) (2008).

Right to an Attorney, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan) (2008).

Johnson v. DeGrandy, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Oxford University Press) (2005).

Book Reviews

Book Review, 26 Journal of Law and Religion 635 (2011).