Steve Virgil is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Executive Director of Experiential Education at Wake Forest University. He formerly served as founding Director of the Law School’s Community Law Clinic. Virgil also served as the founding Director of the Institute for Public Engagement at Wake Forest University, a university-wide institute that promotes community-based participatory research and engaged teaching across Wake Forest University. He teaches courses on community economic development, poverty and the nonprofit sector.

He has practiced law for nearly 30 years with an emphasis on community economic development and the nonprofit sector. His clients include nonprofit organizations of all sizes and scope, from neighborhood associations to major private foundations and he maintains an active pro bono public interest litigation practice.  

Prior to joining Wake Forest, Virgil taught at another law school for several years and practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska. He clerked for the Honorable George W. White, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; is a former legal aid lawyer; an Equal Justice Fellow; and a recipient of the Branch award.