Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform (February 10-12, 2022)

About the Conference

In co-operation with the Lumen Christi Institute’s Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network, this three-day public lecture and workshop series gathers a diverse array of legal scholars and ethicists to explore how Catholic tradition and social thought can inform the many challenges confronting today’s American criminal justice system.

This event is the second of two academic gatherings on this topic (the first held at Seattle University October 7-9, 2021). The papers from both colloquia will be published as an edited volume.

Confirmed participants include:

• Patrick Brennan, Villanova University School of Law
• Herschella Conyers, University of Chicago Law School
• Marc DeGirolami, St.John’s Law School
• Rev. Javier del Castillo, Prelature of Opus Dei
• Maria Hawilo, Loyola University Chicago Law School
• R.H. Helmholz, University of Chicago Law School
• Most Rev. Donald J. Hying, Diocese of Madison
• Michael O’Hear, Marquette University Law School
• Rev. Gregory O’Meara, S.J., Marquette University Law School
• Mark Osler, University of St. Thomas (MN) Law School
• Stephen Popoe, Boston College
• Francis X. Shen, Harvard Medical School
• John Stinneford, University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Dean Strang, Loyola University Chicago Law School

Hosted by Cecelia Klingele, University of Wisconsin Law School