Professor Caprice Roberts
Professor Caprice L. Roberts will join the LSU Law faculty in the Fall 2022 semester as a tenured full professor at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she will teach courses in constitutional law, federal courts, remedies, and contracts.
Roberts comes to LSU Law from the George Washington University Law School, where she was a Visiting Professor of Law. She started her academic career at West Virginia University College of Law, where she earned tenure, rose to full professor, and eventually served as Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development. She has also previously taught at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Florida State University College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Savannah Law School, and Catholic University Columbus School of Law.
“I am thrilled to join LSU Law, where the public mission, dedication to students, and service to Louisiana are all at the forefront,” said Roberts, who has also taught Legislation & Regulation, Property, Jurisprudence, and a seminar in Judicial Power & Restraint—a unifying theme of her scholarship. “I look forward to joining this vibrant community and working with my new colleagues.”
“We are eager to welcome Professor Roberts to the faculty and introduce her to our students,” said Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge, who has served as LSU Law Interim Dean since January 2000. “Her examination of judicial power and her study of remedies will enrich all facets of our institution, as will her seemingly tireless energy for teaching and students and for involvement with the larger legal and academic communities.”
Throughout her academic career, Roberts has devoted scholarly and teaching attention to proper judicial role and the advancement of the law of remedies. She recently completed the new edition of the seminal treatise Dobbs & Roberts’s Law of Remedies and has published the ninth edition of a leading Remedies casebook with Doug Rendleman, as well as a coauthored casebook in Federal Courts with Michael Allen and Michael Finch. She has won several awards for her teaching and publications.
Professor Roberts is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves as an Adviser on Tort Remedies, and previously served on the Consultative Group for the Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment. She has served as Chair of the AALS Remedies Section and currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director and Vice-Chair of Programming for the Southeastern Association of Law Schools. She is a Remedies Section Editor for JOTWELL and periodic guest blogger at PrawfsBlawg.
She recently served as Special Attorney to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Her scholarly works have appeared in many prominent legal journals, and the United States Supreme Court has frequently cited her work, including her law review articles and Remedies treatise.
Prior to the academy, Professor Roberts clerked for Chief Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Judge Ronald Lee Gilman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She also practiced complex civil and criminal litigation with Skadden Arps for several years. She received her J.D. magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University, where she was lead articles editor and named to the Order of the Coif. She obtained her B.A. in political theory from Rhodes College.
Learn more about Professor Roberts’ career and scholarship here.
