Celestine Richards McConville is an American attorney who is a law professor at the
Dale E. Fowler School of Law of
Chapman University
Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California, United States. Encompassing eleven colleges, the university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The school maintains its foundi ...
in
Orange, California
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. Her research interests include constitutional and death penalty law.
Biography
McConville grew up in
Rocky River, Ohio
Rocky River is a city in western Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Cleveland, it is located along the shore of Lake Erie approximately west of downtown Cleveland. The city is named for the Rocky River (Ohio), Rocky River that for ...
. She studied at
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
, where she received a
B.A.
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''
magna cum laude
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'' in 1988. She attended the
Georgetown University School of Law, serving as an editor of the ''
Georgetown Law Journal
''The Georgetown Law Journal'' is a student-edited scholarly journal published at Georgetown University Law Center. It is the flagship law review of the Georgetown University Law Center.
Overview
The ''Georgetown Law Journal'' is headquartered ...
'', graduating
Order of the Coif
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and ''magna cum laude'' with a
J.D. in 1991. After law school, she was
law clerk
A law clerk, judicial clerk, or judicial assistant is a person, often a lawyer, who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by Legal research, researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial ...
for Judge
Cynthia Holcomb Hall
Cynthia Holcomb Hall (February 19, 1929 – February 26, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central Di ...
of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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* Distric ...
, Judge
Donald C. Nugent on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio, encompassing most territories north of the city of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. The court has courthou ...
, and finally for Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on question ...
William H. Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney who served as the 16th chief justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005, having previously been an associate justice from 1972 to 1986. ...
in 1992–1993. Following her clerkships, she practiced law for three years as an associate at
Shea & Gardner
Shea & Gardner was a Washington, D.C.–based law firm, formed in 1947 and acquired by Boston-based Goodwin Procter in 2004.
Founding and clients
The firm was founded by two Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration officials, Francis M. Shea and ...
in
Washington, D.C.
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, where she worked on litigation.
In 1999, McConville was a visiting professor at
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is the law school of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association. It is a member of the Association of American Law Sc ...
. In 2000, McConville joined the faculty of Chapman University as an associate professor of law, where she teaches constitutional law. In 2005, she was promoted to professor of law. From June 2007 to May 2009, she served as associate dean for administrative affairs.
Personal life
She is married to Thomas S. McConville, her law school classmate, who is a Superior Court judge in
Orange County, California
Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population ...
.
They have two sons.
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References
External links
Bio Chapman University
Columns at Justia.com
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Year of birth missing (living people)
1960s births
Living people
People from Rocky River, Ohio
People from Orange, California
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
Boston University alumni
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Chapman University faculty
Case Western Reserve University faculty
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
American legal scholars
American scholars of constitutional law
American women academics
American women non-fiction writers
21st-century American women