Meredith Johnson Harbach, JD

Meredith Johnson Harbach, JD

 Role: Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA

  Contact: mharbach@richmond.edu

 Scholarship:
Family Law | Civil Procedure | Reproductive Justice | Child Welfare

Meredith Johnson Harbach is Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, where she teaches courses in Family Law, Children & the Law, Reproductive Justice, and Civil Procedure. Her recent scholarship has analyzed and critiqued the state’s relationship to families and children through the lens of America’s childcare law and policy. Her 2016 article, Nudging Parents, was winner of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call for Papers Award. Professor Harbach is chair-elect of the AALS Section on Children & the Law. She supervises the Family Law Concentration Program at Richmond Law, and recently completed a three-year, gubernatorial appointment to the Virginia Council on Women, where she served as Chair of the Women’s Healthcare Initiative.