The Faith in Action Lecture Series aims to provide a unique opportunity for law students to explore the connections between faith, justice, and service with one another, exchange ideas with guest participants, and participate in some real world service initiatives in the local community.
Submissions from 2023
Winning Daily Battles: The Life of a Political Lawyer, Brian Svoboda
Submissions from 2022
Reflections on Integrating a Life of Faith and a Legal Vocation, William H. Rooney
John Fisher and Thomas More: Keeping Their Souls While Losing Their Heads, Robert J. Conrad Jr. and Elizabeth Kirk
Submissions from 2021
Love, Healing, and Justice in Washington, Louis Brown
Not Lost but Found: Finding Freedom in Submission, William J. Haun
Submissions from 2019
Protecting Freedom, Sharing Faith, and Serving Persons, Kathleen Brady
A Champion for the Silenced: The Prosecutor’s Role as a Voice for Victim’s Rights, Cynthia G. Wright
Capital Markets and Human Capital, Hester Peirce
Submissions from 2018
Virtue as a Driver of Success in the Law, Anthony J. Dick
How I Became a Civil Rights Lawyer in the Federal Government, Maya Noronha
Pope Francis's Message of Faith,Love,Humility and Mercy: Does it Really Matter?, Mark Shriver
Submissions from 2017
Restoring the Sacred from the Profane, Laila E. Leigh
Finding Your Best Use: A Life of Purpose, Bill Bachman
Lawyers and the Atonement, The Honorable Thomas B. Griffith
Go and Do Likewise: Lawyering as a Life of Service, The Honorable Patricia Millett
Submissions from 2016
The Consequences of Public Corruption: An Insider’s View, Richard A. Juliano
Finding God In All Things: Even Law School and the Legal Profession, David Koelsch
The Ebola Orphans of Africa: International Adoption and the Kindness of Colleagues, Chris Pilkerton
Grace in the Criminal Justice System, Shon Hopwood
Submissions from 2015
Little Sisters and Big Faith: The Supreme Court's Next Religious Liberty Case, Mark L. Rienzi
A Jesuit Vocation: A Call to the Frontiers of the Church, Father Pat Conroy
The Sky Above: How a Lawyer Helped a Congregation Provide Affordable Housing, Save a Steeple and Start a Trend, Robert Ryland
From Atheist to Catholic, from Rome to the Capitol Dome: The Journey of a Congressional Staffer, Nathaniel Hurd
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Question of ‘Illegal Laws’: Civil Law, Justice, and Morality, Rev. Dominic Legge
Submissions from 2014
Letters from Terrance: Juvenile Life without Parole, Inmate Correspondence, and the Quest for Human Dignity, Cara H. Drinan
Criminal Justice and Issues of Poverty, Race, and Human Dignity, Cara H. Drinan
Submissions from 2013
Pro Bono Work to Help Others Today (and Your Career Tomorrow), Mark L. Rienzi, Jennifer Tschirch, and Emmjolee Mendoza Waters
So My Client is an Ax-Murderer…, A.G. Harmon, Sarah Helene Duggin, Clifford S. Fishman, Melissa Moschella, and Dr. Ahmad Kazemi-Moussavi
Almost Home, Kevin Ryan