Catholic Law's Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT) announced on August 28, 2023, a lineup of speakers for the fall 2023 semester. CIT will begin its semester’s programming on September 7 at 4:00 p.m. with a Chair Lecture given by CIT co-director Kevin C. Walsh to mark his installation in November 2022 as the Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition.

Continuing its innovative approach to its speakers program, CIT will host some of its events on campus and other events at academic institutions with a presence in Washington, D.C. This will allow CIT’s programming — which is primarily directed to legal scholars and law students — to reach a broader audience and bring more people into a conversation about the relationship between the Catholic intellectual tradition and American constitutionalism. This semester’s programming includes partnerships with the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics & Public Policy Center, the Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College, and Pepperdine University.

The fall’s speakers program will explore the relationship between the Catholic intellectual tradition and federal courts doctrine, practical reasoning and administrative law, and Cicero and constitutionalism, among other topics of theology, constitutional law, and philosophy.

For a full list of events and to learn more about the visiting speakers and topics, visit https://cit.catholic.edu/events/. A link to join CIT’s mailing list and be kept up-to-date about its events is available at the bottom of its website.