Cheryl Black

Education

J.D. - Georgetown University Law Center

B.S. - Ithaca College (Telecommunications Management)

Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States, International Association of Privacy Professionals

Certified Information Privacy Manager, International Association of Privacy Professionals

Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Coach Training World, an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Accredited Program

Recent Publications

Cheryl L. Black & Susan L. Willey, Are Employer Social Media Policies Out of the Spotlight? A Class Exercise to Introduce Changes to the NLRB’s Legal Standard for Evaluating Workplace Rules, 37 J. Legal Stud. Educ. 161 (2020).

Susan L. Willey & Cheryl L. Black, Speaking Their Language: Assigning Infographics and Videos As “Digital Deliverables” to Teach Legal Environment of Business Students About Social Media Policy, 3 J. Bus. L. & Ethics Pedag. 1 (2020), https://jblep.alsb.org/volume-3-issue-1-fall-2020/

Recent Presentations

Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Symposium: Hear Me Out: A Lesson in Civil Discourse (July 28, 2023)

Virginia Bar Association Administrative Law Section Ethics Continuing Legal Education Program, Social Media Privacy is the New Oxymoron: Legal Ethics for Attorneys Safeguarding Client Information in a Technology-Driven World (Oct. 11, 2022)

Virginia Commonwealth University, Honors College Berglund Seminar: What’s Your Brand Worth (Oct. 18, 2021)

Virginia State University, Center for Entrepreneurship Minority Small Business Launch Center Intellectual Property Protection Training Webinar (Oct. 21, 2021)

National Urban League Virtual Series: Cybersecurity in the Age of Covid-19: Protecting Your Business from Cyber Attacks (Nov. 17, 2020)

Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, Journal of Legal Studies Education Scholars Colloquium: Employment Law Disrupted: A Glimpse at the Volatility of Law in the Age of Technology Through the Lens of the NLRB’s Purple Communications Ruling (Aug. 8, 2019)

Richmond Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program: Demystifying the Illusion of Privacy in the Age of Social Media (May 8, 2013)

Selected Awards and Honors

Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Finalist, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2023

Best Paper Award Winner, Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2022

Virginia Business Legal Elite (Intellectual Property), 2017

Virginia’s Leaders in the Law Honoree, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2015

Selected Professional Service

Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (2020 – present)

Member, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2019 – present)

Faculty, Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course (2013 – 2016)

Chair, Virginia Bar Association Law Practice Management Division (2014 – 2016)

Member, Virginia Bar Association Board of Governors (2014 – 2016)

Biography

Professor Black is a passionate educator who chose to leave the full-time practice of law to pursue her dream career in academia. As a seasoned lawyer with government, private practice and in-house experience working primarily with nonlawyer clients and business professionals, Professor Black understands the importance of infusing relatable, relevant and current business scenarios into her course curriculum. She uses her research, driven by her fascination with the intersection of law and technology and the disruption that new and emerging technologies are having on the law, to generate new and exciting material for her courses.

Professor Black is equally intrigued with her students. Her compassion for their well-being and whole person and her commitment to equip and empower them to become ethically minded, socially responsible, data-fluent future leaders and change agents are what motivate her as a professor.

Professor Black relocated from Richmond, Virginia to Nashville with her husband, an itinerant pickleball enthusiast. The two are empty nesters with three adult sons located in other big U.S. cities.