Here’s an announcement about a workshop series that may interest some First Things readers.
This spring, the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s will host its third biennial Colloquium in Law and Religion. The colloquium invites leading law and religion scholars to make presentations to a small audience of students and faculty. The following speakers will be presenting this year:
February 1: Brett G. Scharffs (Brigham Young University School of Law)
February 16: Robin Fretwell Wilson (University of Illinois School of Law)
February 29: Robert P. George (Princeton University)
March 14: Mark Tushnet (Harvard Law School)
April 4: Justice Samuel A. Alito (United States Supreme Court)
April 18: Elizabeth H. Prodromou (Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy)
We will announce topics as sessions occur. To read more about past colloquia, please see these links:
- Spring 2012 Colloquium
- Spring 2014 Colloquium (hosted with Villanova Law School)
For more information about the Spring 2016 colloquium, please contact Marc DeGirolami at [email protected] or me at [email protected].
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