Fifth Annual Spring Symposium
Restoring Legal Education: The Role of the State Judiciary
About the Event
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Reception in the Atrium
The state judiciary is a large and vital component of the American bench, but for too long it has been neglected by the academy, the media, and most legal commentators. Now, as the Supreme Court of the United States has steadily withdrawn from several contested constitutional questions involving matters closest to the human person, ceding authority to the states in many of these areas, the state judiciary has assumed greater importance than ever. This symposium takes up a long tradition of reflection on what practical wisdom, justice, and courage look like in the work of a judge. In addition to welcoming John Garvey to give the plenary public keynote address, we will host a small group of distinguished scholars and state appellate judges to consider these questions together in a private symposium.
Date
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- Walter A. Slowinski Courtroom & The Atrium
Speakers
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John GarveyClynes Distinguished Visiting Professor, Notre Dame Law School, Former President, The Catholic University of AmericaJohn Garvey is the Clynes Distinguished Visiting Professor at Notre Dame Law School. He was President of The Catholic University of America from 2010 to 2022. For eleven years he was the Dean of the Boston College Law School. He is a past President of the Association of American Law Schools. Mr. Garvey has practiced law with Morrison & Foerster, and taught at Notre Dame, Michigan, and Kentucky. He is a life member of the American Law Institute. From 1981-1984 he was Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, most recently The Virtues (Catholic University Press 2022). He has written columns for the Wall Street Journal, Washington
Post, Boston Globe, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He has appeared on major news networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, National Public Radio, and the BBC. For his writings about law and religion he has won the Catholic Press Association award and the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit book award.
