St. Paul Inside the Walls established an outreach to lawyers and judges in 2008, with the hope of helping them integrate their faith into their practice of law. It is now a very active ministry, hosting several events per semester. 

Our Outreach to Catholic Lawyers has sponsored multiple engaging events:

 

• "Human Dignity and Religious Freedom:  Civil Rights within Today's Healthcare Challenges"  with Louis Brown of Christ Medicus Foundation

 

• "America's Founding Principles, Catholic Social Teaching, and Racism: 
  An Initial Conversation" with Professor Teresa Stanton Collett of St. Thomas University School of Law, Father Alonzo Q. Cox of the African-American Apostolate and Ministry to African-American Catholics in the Diocese of Brooklyn, and Karol Corbin Walker, Esq.

 

• Seminar exploring "the American Founders’ understanding of the first principles of our law, and the moral grounds of their own rights," presented by the James Wilson Institute's Professor Hadley Arkes

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• “Religious Freedom in the Constitution and in Federal Law" presented by United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

 

• "When Mature Christianity Meets the Letter of the Law" presented by Mary Rice Hasson, Esq.

 

• "Moral Truth Matters" presented by Professor Robert George

 

• "Mock" trials conducted by actual attorneys and judges, entitled "Holley vs. Knot: The Trial of God" and "The Trial of St. Peter"

 

• Modified "Oxford-style" debates, including"Harry Truman in the Court of Conscience"

The Outreach to Catholic Lawyers has initiated Advocati Christi, Catholic lawyers and judges who have entered into an elite fellowship of those who are committed to both the legal profession and the profession of their faith. The membership includes seasoned Founding Fellows, Fellows who act as mentors and guides, and Fellows Elect who are in the process of becoming members. The Fellowship’s home is at St. Paul Inside the Walls, the Catholic Center for Evangelization in the Diocese of Paterson, located in Madison, New Jersey.

Advocati Christi Membership information can be found here.