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Louis J. Virelli III is a Professor of Law and Director of Faculty Research and Development at Stetson University College of Law. He teaches courses in Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and the Separation of Powers Seminar. His academic career is marked by significant contributions to constitutional and administrative law scholarship.
Professor Virelli holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to joining Stetson, he served for five years as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He also clerked for Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Judge Leonard I. Garth of the Third Circuit.
Professor Virelli's research focuses primarily on constitutional and administrative law, with special emphasis on Supreme Court recusal, judicial ethics, separation of powers, and administrative adjudication. His work explores the intersection of constitutional principles with practical administrative governance, examining how ethical standards and procedural rules shape judicial and administrative decision-making. He is the author of Disqualifying the High Court: Supreme Court Recusal and the Constitution (University Press of Kansas 2016) and a co-author of the casebook Administrative Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 8th ed.).
Professor Virelli's scholarship demonstrates a consistent trend toward examining the ethical frameworks governing judicial behavior, particularly at the Supreme Court level, while also addressing broader questions of administrative law and constitutional interpretation. His recent publications have focused on Supreme Court ethics codes, recusal standards, and the relationship between judicial independence and accountability.
- Dickerson-Brown Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship
- Branton Excellence in Teaching Award
Professor Virelli actively mentors students through moot court teams and serves as faculty advisor to the Stetson chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Stetson Law Democrats, and the Federal Bar Association. He has received significant grant support for his research, particularly through his work with the Administrative Conference of the United States, for which he authored two reports on recusal of administrative adjudicators and served as Reporter for the Conference's Model Rules of Representative Conduct.
He is a member of the American Law Institute and a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Professor Virelli is the immediate past president of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools and a past chair of the Sections on Administrative and Constitutional Law of the Association of American Law Schools. He is also a former managing editor and current columnist for the quarterly ABA publication Administrative and Regulatory Law News.
