Richard Garnett, J.D. • The MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series • April 2, 2025
From Loretta Sanchez
St. Mary’s University welcomes you to a free, annual lecture series that engages the Catholic Intellectual Tradition — a tradition at the heart of the educational enterprises at St. Mary’s.
The Spring 2025 lectures focus on aspects of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition that can be helpful for addressing issues or problems we, as a society, are facing. Our upcoming speakers will focus on two areas through a constructive lens — Law and the Environment.
Wednesday, April 2
7 p.m.
University Center, Mengler Conference Room
Featuring Richard Garnett, J.D.
University of Notre Dame
Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corp. Professor of Law
Concurrent Professor of Political Science
Director, Program on Church, State and Society
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.
Garnett 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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