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Saints, Sinners, And Scoundrels: Catholic Law Faculty And A Light Unseen: A History Of Catholic Legal Education In The United States, Teresa Stanton Collett Oct 2020

Saints, Sinners, And Scoundrels: Catholic Law Faculty And A Light Unseen: A History Of Catholic Legal Education In The United States, Teresa Stanton Collett

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

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As a faculty member at a Catholic law school for the past seventeen years, I have often been frustrated with the inability of many professors and administrators at Catholic law schools to describe what makes a law school “Catholic.” As Professors Breen and Strang report in A Light Unseen: A History of Catholic Legal Education in the United States, too often the description is limited to something like “a commitment to social justice,” or “inculcating a strong sense of professional ethics.” Yet as the authors observe, “Catholic law schools do not have a monopoly on or even a …


A Human Rights Code Of Conduct: Ambitious Moral Aspiration For A Public Interest Law Office Or Law Clinic, Lauren E. Bartlett Apr 2018

A Human Rights Code Of Conduct: Ambitious Moral Aspiration For A Public Interest Law Office Or Law Clinic, Lauren E. Bartlett

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Part I of this Article argues that the lack of moral aspiration in legal ethics rules helps contribute to unhappy and unhealthy law students and lawyers, undermining the legal profession. Part II reviews the existing rules and standards that guide the ethical behavior of lawyers in the United States, arguing that all too often the binding rules focus on providing guide posts, signaling where behavior is unacceptable and disciplinary action is possible, instead of providing moral aspiration and options or next steps to describe what a lawyer should do to deal with an ethical dilemma.

Part III of this …


There Are No Strangers Among Us: Catholic Social Teachings And U.S. Immigration Law, Terry Coonan Nov 2017

There Are No Strangers Among Us: Catholic Social Teachings And U.S. Immigration Law, Terry Coonan

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Evangelium Vitae: Crossing The Threshold Of Law With The Gospel Of Life, David A. Daigle Oct 2017

Evangelium Vitae: Crossing The Threshold Of Law With The Gospel Of Life, David A. Daigle

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


What Is Written In The Law? How Do You Read It? Homily At The Red Mass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 8, 1996, Monsignor William Smith Oct 2017

What Is Written In The Law? How Do You Read It? Homily At The Red Mass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 8, 1996, Monsignor William Smith

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


On Religious Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer Oct 2017

On Religious Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Vatican Ii: The Impact On American Society - The Pas De Deux Between Rights And Responsibilities, Robert J. Araujo, S.J. Oct 2017

Vatican Ii: The Impact On American Society - The Pas De Deux Between Rights And Responsibilities, Robert J. Araujo, S.J.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Teleology Of Law: Responsible Citizenship And Discpleship, Robert J. Araujo, S.J. Oct 2017

The Teleology Of Law: Responsible Citizenship And Discpleship, Robert J. Araujo, S.J.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Ethical Foundations Of Judicial Decision-Making, Philip J. Grib, S.J. Oct 2017

The Ethical Foundations Of Judicial Decision-Making, Philip J. Grib, S.J.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Church, The Law, And The Advancing Armies Of Death, Nat Hentoff Oct 2017

The Church, The Law, And The Advancing Armies Of Death, Nat Hentoff

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Withholding Or Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition And Hydration From Terminally Ill And Permanently Unconscious Patients: Some Recent Case Law And Contemporary Catholic Theology, Peter J. Ausili Oct 2017

Withholding Or Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition And Hydration From Terminally Ill And Permanently Unconscious Patients: Some Recent Case Law And Contemporary Catholic Theology, Peter J. Ausili

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Catholicism, Ethics And Health Care Policy, Lisa Sowle Cahill Oct 2017

Catholicism, Ethics And Health Care Policy, Lisa Sowle Cahill

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


A Historical Account Of The Curran Controversy, Michael Scott Feely Oct 2017

A Historical Account Of The Curran Controversy, Michael Scott Feely

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Constitution And The Declaration Of Independence: Natural Law In American History, Edward J. Melvin, C.M. Sep 2017

The Constitution And The Declaration Of Independence: Natural Law In American History, Edward J. Melvin, C.M.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Obscenity: Its Moral Meaning And Scope, John S. Connor, C.M. Sep 2017

Obscenity: Its Moral Meaning And Scope, John S. Connor, C.M.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Influences Of An "Annulment Mentality", Cornelius J. Van Der Poel, C.S.Sp Sep 2017

Influences Of An "Annulment Mentality", Cornelius J. Van Der Poel, C.S.Sp

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Rediscovering Realism In Ethics, Rev. Ronald D. Lawler Sep 2017

Rediscovering Realism In Ethics, Rev. Ronald D. Lawler

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Intolerable Marriage Situations Revisited, James H. Provost Sep 2017

Intolerable Marriage Situations Revisited, James H. Provost

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Law Of The Child - In A Changing World, Leonor Ines Luciano Aug 2017

The Law Of The Child - In A Changing World, Leonor Ines Luciano

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The National Committee For A Human Life Amendment, Inc.: Its Goals And Origins, Robert N. Lynch Apr 2017

The National Committee For A Human Life Amendment, Inc.: Its Goals And Origins, Robert N. Lynch

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Wade & Bolton: Medical Critique, Andre Hellegers, M.D. Mar 2017

Wade & Bolton: Medical Critique, Andre Hellegers, M.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Time Of Death - A Legal, Ethical And Medical Dilemma, John E. Pearson Mar 2017

The Time Of Death - A Legal, Ethical And Medical Dilemma, John E. Pearson

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Solution Of The "Defense Of The Guilty", William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D. Mar 2017

Solution Of The "Defense Of The Guilty", William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Solution Of The Disclosure Problem, William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D. Mar 2017

Solution Of The Disclosure Problem, William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Editorial Comment, Edward T. Fagan Mar 2017

Editorial Comment, Edward T. Fagan

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Foreword To "The Theology Of Work And The Dignity Of Workers", David L. Gregory Mar 2017

Foreword To "The Theology Of Work And The Dignity Of Workers", David L. Gregory

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


Wrongful Life Tort And John Paul Ii, Graham J. Mcaleer Feb 2017

Wrongful Life Tort And John Paul Ii, Graham J. Mcaleer

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Philosophical Principles In Catholic Social Thought: The Case Of Gaudium Et Spes, Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. Feb 2017

The Use Of Philosophical Principles In Catholic Social Thought: The Case Of Gaudium Et Spes, Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


Opening Address, Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. Feb 2017

Opening Address, Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


On Lawyers And Moral Discernment, Robert E. Rodes, Jr. Feb 2017

On Lawyers And Moral Discernment, Robert E. Rodes, Jr.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.