RELIGIOUS LAWYERING AT TWENTY Fordham Law School, New York City Thursday, September 13, 2018 - Friday, September 14, 2018 Building on the seminal work of Tom Shaffer (On Being a Christian a Lawyer, 1981), the late 1990s saw a very creative ferment in reflection on how religious values might inform legal education and the practice of law. In 1997 and 1998, lawyers, judges, law students and law professors from various religious traditions gathered at Fordham Law School for two interfaith conferences: The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer’s Work (1997) and Rediscovering Religion in the Lives of Lawyers and Those They Represent (1998). At about the twenty year mark, we pause to gather insights from personal and institutional journeys thus far, and look toward the future. Sponsors: CORAL (Council on Religion and Law) Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work, Fordham University School of Law Cosponsor: Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University Thursday September 13, 2018 Festschrift in honor of Howard Lesnick, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Law School, author of Religion in Legal Thought and Practice, Listening for God, The Moral Stake in Legal Education, and numerous other articles and essays that are foundational to the field of religious lawyering. 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Discussion: Humanizing Legal Education “... I want to teach people to be people, to become people, to become more fully human. And what that means to me is to lead students to ask themselves: Who am I? What am I doing in the world? What do I want to do in the world? -- Howard Lesnick (1982), quoted in Roger C. Cramton, Beyond the Ordinary Religion (Dec. 1987) The Honorable David Shaheed, retired Superior Court Judge, Associate Professor at IUPUI School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Amy Uelmen, (Lecturer, Georgetown Law), will spearhead a discussion with graduates who while in law school benefitted from Howard Lesnick’s work (Georgetown Law alumni: Daniel DiRocco, Lindsey Keiser, Patricia Jerjian, James Simmons, David Schwartz). 6:00 p.m. Dinner: In Appreciation of the Work of Howard Lesnick ● Deborah J. Cantrell, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School ● Emily Albrink Hartigan, Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law ● Timothy Floyd, Tommy Malone Distinguished Chair in Trial Advocacy and Director of Experiential Education, Mercer University School of Law ● Darryl Trimiew, Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics and Interim Director of Black Church Studies At Candler School of Theology 1 Friday, September 14, 2018: Religious Lawyering at Twenty 8:30 Continental Breakfast and Coffee, Registration 9:00 Welcome and Brief Introduction from CORAL (Council on Religion and Law) 9:15 - 10:40 - Religious Lawyering at Twenty In conversation with the next generation: Scholars of the religious lawyering movement share their insights, how they see the future of the project, and the crucial questions and challenges to address. ● David Zeligman, SJD Candidate, Emory Law School ● Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, Founding Board Member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers ● Russell G. Pearce, Professor of Law; Edward and Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion, Fordham University School of Law ● Marcia Pally, professor of multilingual multicultural studies at New York University and at Fordham University; guest professor of theology at Humboldt University, Berlin ● David Opderbeck, Professor of Law and co-director of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology, Seton Hall University School of Law CLE credit available for this session. 10:40 - 11:00 Break, with time to peruse display tables 11:00 - 12:15 Workshops The workshops are designed to create space for scholars and lawyers from particular religious communities and/or with an interest in a particular topic to gather and reflect on their own journey over the past two decades. 1. Muslim Perspectives. Coordinators: Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison Yasir Billoo, Partner, International Law Partners LLP, Board Member and Secretary of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers Saleemah Snow, Associate Professor of Law, David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia Engy Abdelkader, Lecturer at Rutgers University 2 2. Jewish Perspectives. Coordinators: Tsvi Blanchard, Meyer Struckmann Professor of Jewish Law at Humboldt University Faculty of Law in Berlin, Scholar-in-Residence, Institute for Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work, Fordham University School of Law Perry Dane, Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law Samuel J. Levine, Director of the Jewish Law Institute and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center 3. Hindu Perspective on Criminal Defense Presenter: Sai Santosh Kumar Kolluru (Emory Law School, ‘18). Moderator and commentator: Clark D. Cunningham, Director National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism (NIFTEP); W. Lee Burge Chair in Law and Ethics, Georgia State University College of Law Commentator: Marie Failinger, Judge Edward J. Devitt Professorship, Professor of Law, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law 4. “Rejoice and Be Glad” for Lawyers: Insights from Pope Francis. Coordinators: Robert Vischer, Dean and Mengler Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law Lucia Silecchia, Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America 12:15 - 1:15 LUNCH 1:15 - 2:30 Report Back and Shared Reflections from the Workshops Full-group gathering to connect and relate conversations that occurred in the morning workshops. The gathering will use a “relational perspectives” methodology to foster an interactive, interreligious exchange. Facilitator: Deborah J. Cantrell, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School 2:30 - 2:45 Break 2:45 - 4:00 Religious Lawyering and the Commitment to Justice ● Gadeir Abbas, President, National Association of Muslim Lawyers ● Doug Ammar, Executive Director, Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta ● Mary Novak, Associate Director for Ignatian Formation, Georgetown Law, Chair of the Board for Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty and Promote Restorative Justice ● Gemma Solimene, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School ● Ian Weinstein, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School CLE credit available for this session. 3 4:00 - 4:30 Conclusions: Looking to the Future Brief discussion with a small group, followed by plenary discussion of ideas for follow-up, as well as needs and desires based on particular practice areas. 4:30 - 5:15 Reception 4 .