Ex Corde Fellowship

A Coherent Vision: Contracts

About the Event

The standard law school curriculum can be confusing, and it isn’t always easy to see how it all fits together. Taking inspiration from Ex Corde Ecclesiae’s reference to working “within the framework of a coherent world vision,” this lecture series connects key law school subjects with one another and the Law School’s stated mission.

Date

October 6, 2026

Time

2:00 pm

Location

Speakers

Speakers

  • Chad Squitieri
    Chad Squitieri
    Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Separation of Powers Institute, Managing Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Columbus School of Law​

    Chad Squitieri is a leading expert in administrative law and the Constitution’s separation of powers. He serves as the Director of the Separation of Powers Institute and as a Managing Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. He has received the Dean’s Research award, the Mirror of Justice award, and the Student Bar Association’s award for an “Outstanding” professor of evening courses. He was appointed and currently serves on the Administrative Conference of the United States (“ACUS”), which is a federal agency charged with promoting improvements in federal agency procedures.

    Professor Squitieri has testified before the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. His scholarship has been cited in briefing before the Supreme Court of the United States, and his commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Politico, Fox Business, and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. He joined the Catholic Law faculty after practicing law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory practice groups. He previously served as a Special Assistant to former United States Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, and as a law clerk to then-Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

    Professor Squitieri graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Virginia Law Review, and Florida State University, where he double-majored in finance and economics.

  • Seth Oranburg
    Seth Oranburg
    Professor of Law and Co-Director, Law and Entrepreneurship Program

    Seth C. Oranburg is a Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and Co-Director of its Law and Entrepreneurship Program. His award-winning teaching stems from his modern pedagogical methods and innovative casebook and open-source interactive materials.

    Professor Oranburg connects theory to practice in service of his institutions. He has served in roles including on the Board of Directors for his synagogue and as a member of the University Senate. He enjoys helping myriad student groups succeed and developed the Student Organization Playbook to advise students how to translate abstract governance theory to successful organizational action.

Moderator

Marc DeGirolami

St. John Henry Newman Professor of Law

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