After a little bit of a hiatus, the conference of the Religiously Affiliated Law Schools is coming up, and is this year being hosted by Prof. Sam Levine and his team at Touro. I hope to see MOJ bloggers and readers there! Here’s the conference info. The theme is, well, broad: “The Past, Present, and Future of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools”. Come join us!
Here is the program:
Conference Program
Thursday, September 15
- 9:00 – 9:30 am – Breakfast and Welcome Elena B. Langan, Dean and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center Samuel J. Levine, Professor of Law and Director, Jewish Law Institute, Touro Law Center — Conference Organizer
- 9:30 – 10:30 am – Religion in the Intellectual Life of the Law School Jeffrey A. Brauch, Professor, Executive Director, Center for Global Justice, Regent University School of Law — Moderator Rodger Citron, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center Brad J. Lingo, Dean, Regent University School of Law Judith A. McMorrow, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
- 10:30 – 10:40 am – Break
- 10:40 – 11:40 am — Religion and Faculty Hiring Deseriee Kennedy, Professor of Law, Touro Law Center — Moderator John M. Breen, Georgia Reithal Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago Michael A. Helfand, Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law and Religion and Co-Director, Nootbaar Institute for Law, Religion and Ethics, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Lucia A. Silecchia, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
- 11:40 – 11:50 am – Break
- 11:50 am – 12:50 pm – Religious Thought in Criminal Law Scholarship and Advocacy Mark Osler, Professor and Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, Univ. of St. Thomas (MN) — Moderator Melina A. Healey, Director of Clinical Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor, Touro Law Center Marah Stith McLeod, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School Honorable Richard J. Sullivan, United States Circuit Court Judge for the Second Circuit
- 12:50 – 2:30 pm – Lunch/Tour of Central Islip State Hospital Cemetery
- 2:30 – 3:40 pm – Past, Present, and Future of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools (I)
Patricia Salkin, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, Provost, Graduate and Professional Divisions, Touro University — Moderator Marvin Krislov, President, Pace University Tim Perrin, Senior Vice President for Strategic Implementation, Pepperdine University D. Gordon Smith, Dean, Ira A. Fulton Chair and Professor of Law, BYU Law School
- 3:40 – 3:50 pm – Break
- 3:50 – 5:00 pm – Past, Present, and Future of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools (II) Patricia Salkin, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, Provost, Graduate and Professional Divisions, Touro University — Moderator Fayneese S. Miller, President, Hamline University Rod Smolla, President, Vermont Law and Graduate School Michael Waterstone, Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School, Senior Vice President, Loyola Marymount University, Professor of Law
- 5:00 pm – Tour and Reception, Judaica Room, Gould Law Library
- 6:00 pm – Dinner
Friday, September 16
- 9:00 – 9:30 am – Breakfast
- 9:30 – 10:30 am Religion and the Practice of Law (I) Mark Osler, Professor and Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, Univ. of St. Thomas (MN) — Moderator Jeanne Bishop, Assistant Public Defender at Cook County Public Defender’s Office Allen Fagin, Former Chairman, Proskauer Rose, LLP; Board Member & Senior Advisor, Validity Finance Joel A. Nichols, Interim Dean and Mengler Chair in Law, Univ. of St. Thomas (MN)
- 10:30 – 10:45 am – Break
- 10:45 – 11:45 am – Religion and the Practice of Law (II) Tiffany C. Graham, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Law, Touro Law Center — Moderator Honorable Joseph F. Bianco, United States Circuit Court Judge for the Second Circuit Jordi Goodman, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, BU/MIT Technology Law Clinic, Boston University School of Law Randy Lee, Professor of Law, Widener Law Commonwealth
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Lunch and Keynote Address Russell G. Pearce, Edward & Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion Fordham University School of Law
- 1:00 – 2:15 pm – Religious Liberty Advocacy John Linarelli, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center — Moderator Nathan J. Diament, Executive Director, Orthodox Union Advocacy Center Josh McDaniel, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Religious Freedom Clinic, Harvard Law School John Meiser, Supervising Attorney, Religious Liberty Clinic, Notre Dame Law School Lori Windham, Senior Counsel, Becket
- 2:15 – 2:30 pm – Closing Remarks Elena B. Langan, Dean and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center Samuel J. Levine, Professor of Law and Director, Jewish Law Institute, Touro Law Center — Conference Organizer
Posted by Rick Garnett on September 1, 2022 at 01:48 PM
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