Professor Ronald Bacigal teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, criminal process and procedure, and evidence. He is the author or co-author of over a dozen books and almost fifty articles on these subjects, and is widely regarded as the leading authority on Virginia criminal law and procedure. Professor Bacigal is the author of treatises on criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal procedure forms, evidence, and jury instructions in West Publishing’s Virginia Practice Series, and his scholarship has appeared in the Columbia Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Emory Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review, and University of Illinois Law Review, among other venues. Professor Bacigal also serves as Reporter of Criminal Decisions for the Virginia Court of Appeals, and conducts judicial training across the country. He has received the University of Richmond’s Distinguished Educator Award (twice), the Virginia State Council of Higher Education’s Outstanding Faculty Award, and the Criminal Law Section of the Virginia State Bar’s Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award.
Professor of Law (1973-present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Assistant Professor of Law (1972-73)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Instructor (1971-72)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Reporter of Criminal Decisions
Virginia Court of Appeals
Clerk (1967-68)
United Sates District Court, Western District, Va.
Executive Director (1975-77)
Virginia Task Force on Criminal Justice
Virginia Practice Series: Criminal Procedure (West 2012).
Virginia Practice Series: Criminal Offenses and Defenses (West 2012).
Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (West 2012) (with Joseph Tate).
Criminal Procedure: Materials and Cases (West 4th ed. 2010) (with Russell Weaver et al.).
Manual for the Trial of Capital Cases in Virginia (Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbook) (3rd ed. 2009).
Criminal Law: Cases and Comments (Foundation Press 8th ed. 2008) (with other authors).
Criminal Law and Procedure: An Overview (West 3rd ed. 2008).
Police ask for public's help in cracking unsolved homicides (Hampton Roads Daily Press)
Sun., Aug. 12, 2012
LL.B., Washington and Lee University 1967
B.S., Concord University
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence