Chapin Cimino examines the roles of virtue, sincerity and objectivity in legal
transactions and litigation.
She previously taught at Villanova University School of Law. She has also taught courses
in the Government and Politics Department of Widener University.
After clerking for Judge Edmund V. Ludwig of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, she became a commercial litigation associate for Pepper
Hamilton LLP. There, she handled contracts, higher education, white collar defense and
antitrust cases, including a stint as lead associate in a multi-million dollar antitrust
prosecution that resulted in a victory for the plaintiff.
Professor Cimino's publications include "Virtue and Contract Law," in the
Oregon Law Review, "Private Law, Public Consequences, and Virtue
Jurisprudence," in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, “Considering Standing,
Sincerity and Antidiscrimination,” in the Brigham Young University Law Review, and
“Class-Based Preferences in Affirmative Action Programs After Miller v. Johnson: A
Race-Neutral Option or Subterfuge?” in the University of Chicago Law Review.
As a summer associate with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, she drafted an amicus curiae
brief in a voting rights and equal protection case filed in the United States Supreme
Court.
She co-founded the Philadelphia Lawyer Chapter of ACS in 2003, of which she is an active
member, and has served on the board of directors for New Directions for Women in
Philadelphia.
Professor Cimino received her J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School,
where she staffed the Law Review.
