On June 21-22, Alabama Law hosted the 14th Annual Law & Religion Roundtable, in partnership with Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society Institute. Each year, the Roundtable hosts both leading and emerging scholars from law schools across North America—including Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, New York University, Notre Dame, and Alabama. The Roundtable emphasizes collegial discussion of forthcoming research at the intersection of religious freedom and law.
“The Roundtable has been an enormous boon to work in law and religion during a very active, often controversial period of legal developments in this field,” said Alabama Law’s Paul Horwitz, the Gordon Rosen Professor of Law and a co-organizer of the Roundtable since its inception. “Countless books and leading articles got their start, or their final polish, at the Roundtable. We’re especially proud of the work the Roundtable has done to build community in a contentious area. For every established scholar who has participated, there have also been countless young and emerging scholars who are welcomed, encouraged, and plugged in to the community through the Roundtable.”
Founded in 2010 by co-organizers Horwitz, Garnett, and Cornell law professor Nelson Tebbe, this roundtable has become one of the most important annual events in the field of law and religion. Since its conception, scores of scholars have gathered to share their work, and to challenge each other to see and understand their arguments through new perspectives. Although most of its participants are American law professors, it has also benefited from the participation of Canadian and European scholars and experts in fields such as religious studies and history.
View images from this year’s roundtable, hosted at Alabama Law.
