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

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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.