Justin Van Orsdol is a visiting assistant professor of law and Donald Gaines Murray Fellow. He teaches in the first-year Lawyering Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Professor Van Orsdol’s research focuses on federal courts, administrative law, and constitutional litigation. His work centers on the separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches that arise in the intersection of these fields.
Professor Van Orsdol’s scholarship has been published in the Arkansas Law Review, Buffalo Law Review, Florida Law Review Forum, Georgia Law Review, Louisville Law Review, Nebraska Law Review, Pittsburgh Law Review, Rutgers Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review Online, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and Wisconsin Law Review.
Prior to joining Maryland Carey Law, Professor Van Orsdol was an associate at King & Spalding where his practice focused on high‑stakes commercial litigation, including class actions, breach of contract cases, and business disputes. Before that, he clerked for Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, the senior judges of the D.C. Court of Appeals, and Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Professor Van Orsdol graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers. He received his MA in administration from California State University, Bakersfield, and he earned his BS in business administration, summa cum laude, from California State University, Bakersfield.