St. Mary’s University welcomes you to a free, annual lecture series featuring men and women who have shaped the Catholic Intellectual Tradition – a tradition at the heart of the educational enterprises at St. Mary’s.

Law

Featuring Richard Garnett, J.D.
Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corp. Professor of Law
Concurrent Professor of Political Science
Director, Program on Church, State and Society, University of Notre Dame

Drawing upon the Catholic intellectual tradition of religious liberty and human dignity, Garnett will focus on religious freedom within the First Amendment, particularly emphasizing the autonomy of religious institutions.

About the Speaker

Richard W. Garnett, J.D., teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, criminal law, the First Amendment, and law and religion. He is a leading authority on questions and debates regarding religious freedom and church-state relations and is the founding director of Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State and Society. Garnett clerked for the late Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist, and for the late Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Richard S. Arnold. He earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Yale Law School in 1995 and his Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, from Duke University in 1990. He joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame in 1999 after practicing law in Washington, D.C., with Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin.

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Glenn MacTaggart (J.D. ’79, M.A. ’89), longtime attorney and counsel with Prichard Hawkins Young LLP, and his wife, Karla MacTaggart, gave a major gift to St. Mary’s to create the MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series Endowment. The gift allows for the recruitment of speakers from various faith traditions to speak to the University and San Antonio communities about such topics as Catholicism in a changing world, religion in a pluralistic society, and faith in areas such as art and science.

The lecture series is a cornerstone of the Center for Catholic Studies which is a result of the University’s Defining Moment Comprehensive  Campaign.

For more information, contact Jason King, Ph.D., at jking25@stmarytx.edu.