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Boston College Law SchoolDigital Commons @ Boston College Law SchoolLaw School Publications Law School Archive3-29-2004St. Thomas More Society SymposiumBoston College Law SchoolFollow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/law_school_publicationsPart of the Legal Education CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Archive at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Law School Publications by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For moreinformation, please contact nick.szydlowski@bc.edu.Digital Commons CitationBoston College Law School, "St. Thomas More Society Symposium" (2004). Law School Publications. 450.http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/law_school_publications/450Updated: May 10, 2010Maintained by: Boston College Law SchoolAccessibility | Contact | Feedback © 2016 The Trustees of Boston College. LegalLAW SCHOOL HOMEStudents HomeAbout BC LawAdmission & Financial AidCenter for ExperientialLearningThe Rappaport CenterFaculty & AdministrationNews, Events & Calendars2016 News Archive2015-News Archive2014-News Archive2013-News Archive2012-News Archive2011-News Archive2010-News Archive2009-News Archive2008-News Archive2007-News Archive2006-News Archive2005-News Archive2004-News Archive2003-News Archive2002-News Archive2001-News Archive2000-News ArchiveEventsServices & DepartmentsLaw ReviewsAlumni and FriendsContact UsLaw LibrarySt. Thomas More Society Symposium3/29/04-- Boston College Law School’s St. Thomas More Society will be holding their annualspring symposium on April 3rd, 2004, from 9:00am-4:00pm. This year’s event is entitled “TheCatholic Law School and Modernity: Reforming Our Identity and Mission.”“For students, faculty and administrators at every educational institution, identity and missionare fundamental components of what we do,” said David J. Galalis, Co-President of the St.Thomas More Society. “It is what attracts us to our institutions, directs our work while we arethere, and binds us to these places once we have left. Through my experiences at BostonCollege Law School, I know that defining identity and mission within a Catholic law school is ofparticular difficulty, and at times, a source of needless contention and division. Such is also thecase at other Catholic law schools across the nation. In keeping, then, with the Boston Collegepractice of providing national forums for discussion of many of the country’s most divisive andcontroversial subjects, our symposium has been designed to highlight, front and center, theubiquitous debates and dialogues concerning what it means to be a ‘Catholic law school.’Six preeminent scholars on the subject will present a wide range of interactive lectures thatadopt a variety of perspectives on four general questions: (1) does there exist an increasinglyhostile secular-humanism within the entire legal academy; (2) what are the distinctive featuresthat make a law school “Catholic”; (3) how can a law school be “more Catholic” whilerespecting and fostering religious plurality; and (4) what are the unique contributions thatCatholic law schools can make to the modern world that cannot be made by their secularcounterparts? The event is intended to foster a much needed open and critical dialogue among the students,faculty, and administration of BC Law. There will be a free breakfast, lunch and reception.Please RSVP to galalis@bc.edu.bc home > schools > law school home > news-events > 2004-archive > A  –  Z BC  NEWS MAPS DIRECTORIESPROSPECTIVE & ADMITTED STUDENTS CURRENT STUDENTS & COMMUNITY ALUMNI & FRIENDS

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