Sixth Annual Conference on Catholic Legal Thought[*]
University of Oklahoma
College of Law
300 W. Timberdell
Norman, Ok. 73069
May 17-19, 2011
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Registration11:00-12:00Boren Atrium
Lunch12:00-1:00Sneed Lounge
Introduction1:10-1:30Classroom 3
First Session1:15-5:00Classroom 3
Lecture, Responses, 15 minute break, general discussion
Panel Topic:The EssentialSt. Augustine for 21st Century Lawyers and Law Professors
Please Read in Advance:
“Augustine: Political Writings,” Adkins & Dodaro (eds), Cambridge Univ. Press 2001.
Books 2 and 19 of Augustine’s “City of God” (either Henry Bettenson translation in Penguin Classics or R. W. Dyson translation in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Featured Speaker:Paul Griffiths, Warren Professor of Catholic Theology, Duke University
Respondents:Luis Cortest, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Oklahoma
George Martinez, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University
Brian McCall, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma
Moderator:TBA
Mass5:30TBA
Reception6:15Sneed Lounge
Dinner7:00TBA
Hospitality Suite9:00TBA
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mass8:30TBA
Breakfast 8:45-9:30Sneed Lounge
Second Session9:45-11:45TBA
Panel Topic:The City of Man: What role should law playing in infusing the City of Man with the City of God?
Panelists:John Breen, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
Kevin Lee, Professor of Law, CampbellUniversity
Lisa Schiltz, Associate Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas
Moderator TBA
Lunch12:00-1:15Sneed Lounge
Third Session1:30-3:00Classroom 3
Panel Topic:Forgiveness and Conversion: What should be the law’s attitude toward and treatment of post-conviction criminals?
Panelists:Mark Osler, Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas
Meghan Ryan, Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University
Susan Stabile, Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas
Moderator TBA
Break3:00-3:30
Spiritual Exercises3:30-5:00Bell Courtroom
Director:Fr. Greg Kalscheur, SJ
Field Trip5:30OKC Memorial and St. Joseph’s Old Cathedral
Dinner7:00On your own in OKC’s Bricktown District
Return to Norman9:00
Hospitality Suite9:30TBA
Thursday, May 19, 2010
Mass8:00TBA
Breakfast8:30-9:15Sneed Lounge
Fourth Session9:30-12:00Classroom 3
Panel Topic:Steven Smith, “The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse”
Lecture, responses, general discussion
Please Read in Advance: “The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse (Harvard 2010).
Featured Speaker:Steven Smith, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Respondents:John Inazu, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University (starting summer 2011)
Michael Moreland, Associate Professor of Law, Villanova Law School
Jeffrey Pojanowski, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Moderator David DeWolf, Professor of Law, Gonzaga Law School
Lunch12:15-1:30Sneed Lounge
Subject:Planning session for nextyear’sConference
Adjournment
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Conf. on Catholic Legal Thought
May 17-19, 2011
Norman, Oklahoma
[*] Sponsored by the Conference of Catholic Legal Scholars in conjunction with St. Thomas More University Parish. Made possible through generous support of the Our Sunday Visitor Foundation and the University of Oklahoma College of Law.