Joseph Dellapenna
Joseph William Dellapenna was a Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law. He was born in Detroit.
Academic Background
Professor Dellapenna holds a B.B.A. earned at the University of Michigan in 1965, a J.D. cum laude from the Detroit College of Law earned in 1968, an LL.M. in Public International & Comparative Law from George Washington University completed in 1969 and an LL.M. in environmental law from Columbia University completed in 1974. Dellapenna has been admitted to practice as an attorney in Michigan and also for cases before the United States Supreme Court.Abortion
Professor Dellapenna's book Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History was cited extensively in Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson [Women's Health Organization], which overruled Roe v. Wade.Water Law
He represented the Connecticut Water Works Association in City of Waterbury v. Town of Washington, 260 Conn. 506, 802 A.2d 1102.Dellapenna has been Director of the Model Water Code Project of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1996 and served as Rapporteur of the Water Resources Committee of the International Law Association from 1996 to 2004.