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The McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy Hosts Inaugural Summer Fellowship Program
In summer 2020, the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy held its inaugural Summer Fellowship Program. The McCullen Center offered six internship placements to students in the areas of constitutional law, the role of religion in civil society, and the promotion of human dignity and the common good. The program also offered 12 research assistantships to students who wished to conduct research projects under faculty supervision on issues related to the intersection of law, religion and public policy.
New Constitutional Studies Initiative to examine the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and religion
The new initiative is part of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy at the Charles Widger School of Law. Students and scholars will explore the significance of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and religion, as well as the relationship between economic freedom and civil society, through a new Constitutional Studies Initiative.
Villanova University Appoints Michael P. Moreland, JD, PhD, as University Professor of Law and Religion
Dr. Moreland also appointed Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Villanova University Provost Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD, today announced the appointment of Michael P. Moreland, JD, PhD, as University Professor of Law and Religion.
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law announced today that its Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy will be named in honor of Eleanor H. McCullen, recognizing recent gifts totaling $5 million from her husband, Joseph T. McCullen Jr. ’57 CLAS.
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The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
299 N. Spring Mill Road
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085