Lillian Bevier

Lillian Bevier is a professor of law at The University of Virginia School of Law.

Since coming to UVA in 1973, she has taught constitutional law (with special emphasis on First Amendment issues), intellectual property (trademark, copyright), real property, and torts. She was the first woman to become a full professor at the Law School.

In 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush nominated Bevier to The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, after Bush's defeat, her nomination was not brought to the floor for a vote.

Bevier was mentioned as a potential replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor. President George W. Bush ultimately selected John Roberts.