The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett on Constitutional Originalism and Continuity, 2/25

The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy Welcomes 

The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett

Monday, February 25, 2019
3:00 p.m.
Law School Commons

 “Constitutional Originalism and Continuity”

A recording of this lecture is available to view online.

The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in November 2017. Before joining the bench, she served on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she continues to teach. 

Judge Barrett earned her JD, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, where she was a Kiley Fellow, earned the Hoynes Prize, the Law School’s highest honor, and served as executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. She clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. As an associate at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin in Washington, D.C., she litigated constitutional, criminal, and commercial cases in both trial and appellate courts. From 2010-2016, she served by appointment of the Chief Justice on the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. 

Judge Barrett has published widely in the areas of federal courts, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation. Her scholarship in these fields has been published in leading journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Texas Law Review.

The lecture takes place on Monday, Feb. 25 at 3:00 p.m. in the Commons of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (299 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova). This program is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1 substantive CLE credits.

**The event is free and open to the public.