To honor the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, 1958–63, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law has established a lecture series that draws upon the varied backgrounds of outstanding professionals by inviting them to share their perspectives on a wide variety of current topics in a formal lecture presented to the law school and university community. The lecturers have been:

1965 — Professor Elliott Cheatham, Vanderbilt University School of Law

1966 — Professor Victor G. Rosenblum, Northwestern University School of Law

1967 — Professor David Daube, University of California School of Law, Berkeley

1968 — The Honorable Roger J. Traynor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of

              California

1969 — Dean Monrad Paulsen, University of Virginia School of Law 

1970 — Professor Daniel Madelker, Washington University School of Law

1971 — Professor Arthur Larson, Duke University School of Law

1972 — Professor David W. Louisell, University of California School of Law

1973 — Professor John T. Noonan Jr., University of California School of Law,

              Berkeley

1974 — Professor Harold J. Berman, Harvard University School of Law

1975 — Professor George C. Christie, Duke University School of Law

1976 — Professor Charles L. Black Jr., Yale University School of Law

1977 — Professor Monroe Freedman, Hofstra University School of Law

1978 — Professor Guido Calabresi, Yale University School of Law

1979 — Professor Theodore St. Antoine, University of Michigan School of Law

1981 — Professor Thomas Ehrlich, Stanford School of Law

1982 — The Honorable Robert H. Bork, United States Court of Appeals, District of

             Columbia

1983 — Professor Vern Countryman, Harvard University

1984 — Professor Philip B. Kurland, University of Chicago Law School

1985 — Professor Mauro Cappelletti, University of Florence, Italy, and Stanford

             University Law School

1986 — Professor Kent Greenawalt, Columbia Law School

1987 — Professor David P. Currie, University of Chicago Law School

1988 — Professor Carin A. Clauss, University of Wisconsin Law School

1989 — Professor Jan M. Broekman, The Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven

1991 — President Paul Verkuil, College of William and Mary

1993 — Reverend William J. Byron, S.J., President, The Catholic University of

              America (1982–92)

1994 — The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Governor of the Commonwealth of

              Pennsylvania

1996 — Professor Simon Lee, Liverpool University, Hope College

1997 — His Eminence Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston

1998 — His Eminence Cardinal Adam Maida, Archbishop of Detroit

1999 — His Eminence Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia

2001 — Most Reverend Macram Max Gassis, Diocese of El Obeid, Sudan

2002 — George Weigel, Senior Fellow and John M. Olin Chair in Religion and

              American Democracy, Ethics and Public Policy Center

2002 — Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, President, Institute on Religion and

              Public Life and Editor-In-Chief, First Things

2004 — Professor Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr., Valparaiso Law School

2004 — Professor Ruth Wedgewood, Johns Hopkins University

2005 — The Honorable Michael S. Steele, Lieutenant Governor, Maryland

2006 — The Honorable Bob Casey Jr., Pennsylvania State Treasurer

2007 — Naomi Churchill Earp, Chair of the United States Equal Employment

              Opportunity Commission

2008 — Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former United States trade

              representative, senior international partner, WilmerHale

2009 — The Honorable Eric T. Washington, Chief Judge, D.C. Court of Appeals

2010 — The Honorable Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General of the United States,

              2005–08, King and Spaulding; The Honorable Seth Waxman, Solicitor

              General of the United States, 1997–2001, Wilmer Hale; President John

              Garvey, The Catholic University of America

2011 — The Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz, U.S. District Judge, District of

              Minnesota

2014 — His Excellency William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore

2015 — The Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

2016 — Monsignor Peter Vaghi, Pastor, Church of the Holy Flower and Chaplain, John Carroll Society

2018 — The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Secretary of Labor           

                                                                                                     

Named to honor the sixth dean of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Brendan Francis Brown (1949–54), this program seeks to provide the law school community with an opportunity to participate in an exchange of views on a variety of topics within both a formal and informal context. The lecturers have been:

1982 — The Honorable Edward D. Re, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade

1982 — Professor John Norton Moore, University of Virginia School of Law;

              Former Ambassador, U.N. Law of the Sea Conference

1983 — Dean Emeritus Erwin N. Griswold, Harvard University School of Law;

              former Solicitor General of the United States

1983 — Professor Marian G. Gallagher, University of Washington School of Law

1983 — Professor Iredell Jenkins, University of Alabama

1983 — The Honorable Stephen M. Schwebel, Member, International

              Government of Justice, The Netherlands

1984 — The Honorable William H. Webster, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

1984 — Professor A.E. Dick Howard, University of Virginia School of Law

1984 — The Honorable Rex L. Lee, Solicitor General of the United States

1984 — Barbara A. Caulfield, Partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco

1985 — Professor Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Kennedy Institute of Ethics

1985 — Professor Richard A. Falk, Princeton University

1985 — C. Joseph Nuesse, Ph.D., Provost Emeritus, The Catholic University of America

1985 — Professor Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Georgetown University Law Center

1985 — The Honorable Roger Gale, Member of Parliament, London, England

1985 — The Honorable Derek W. Bowett, Whewell Professor of Law, Cambridge University

1985 — Professor John A. Robertson, Edward Clark Centennial Professor of Law,

             University of Texas

1986 — The Honorable John Hume, M.P., M.E.P., Leader of the Social

              Democratic and Labour Party of Northern Ireland

1986 — The Honorable Wade H. McCree Jr., University of Michigan Law School

1986 — Professor James Franklin Childress, Department of Religious Studies,

              University of Virginia

1986 — Professor Charles E. Rice, University of Notre Dame Law School

1986 — Professor Thomas L. Schaffer, Director of the Frances Lewis Law Center,

              Washington and Lee University

1986 — The Honorable Tommy T.B. Koh, Ambassador of Singapore

1987 — Roger Dillemans, Rector, The Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven

1987 — Professor A. Leo Levin, Director, Federal Judicial Center

1987 — Professor David H. Smith, Director, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics

              and American Institutions

1987 — Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, University of Notre Dame Law School

1987 — Professor William H. Rodgers Jr., University of Washington School of Law

1988 — Professor Richard Duncan, University of Nebraska College of Law

1988 — Professor Walter J. Wadlington, University of Virginia School of Law and

              School of Medicine

1988 — John C. Fletcher, Ph.D., University of Virginia

1988 — The Honorable Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals for the

              Seventh Circuit

1989 — Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

1989 — Professor Edward J. Murphy, University of Notre Dame Law School

1989 — Dean Steven P. Frankino, Villanova Law School

1989 — William E. Colby, Director, Central Intelligence Agency

1990 — Professor Steve H. Nickles, University of Minnesota Law  School

1990 — Professor Sanford N. Katz, Boston College Law School

1990 — Professor George J. Annas, Boston University School of Public Health 

1990 — Professor Richard B. Bilder, University of Wisconsin Law School

1990 — Margaret Somerville, Ph.D., McGill University 

1991 — Daniel Callahan, Ph.D., The Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 

1991 — Professor Paul Goldstein, Stanford Law School 

1992 — Professor Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America

1992 — Professor Harry D. Krause, University of Illinois 

1993 — The Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy, Washington, D.C. 

1993 — Professor Donald P. Kommers, Notre Dame Law School

1994 — The Honorable Koenraad Lenaerts, Judge of the Court of First Instance

              of the European Communities

1997 — Anne P. Jones, Former Federal Communications Commissioner

1998 — The Honorable Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor of Indianapolis

1998 — The Honorable John T. Noonan, United States Court of Appeals for the

              Ninth Circuit

1999 — Ibrahim Shihata, Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank

1999 — Winfried Brugger, Ph.D., University of Heidelberg

1999 — Kenneth Pennington, Ph.D., Syracuse University

1999 — The Honorable Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of the District of Columbia

2000 — R.H. Helmholz, Ph.D., University of Chicago

2000 — Professor Harold J. Berman, Emory University

2001 — Sister Helen Prejean

2001 — Professor Helen Alvaré, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

2002 — Jean Bethke Elshtain, Ph.D., University of Chicago

2002 — John Haldane, Ph.D., University of St. Andrews

2002 — The Honorable Sean O’Huiginn, Irish Ambassador to the United States

2002 — The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

2002 — J.G.A. Pocock, Ph.D., John Hopkins University

2002 — The Honorable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

2003 — Mark Chopko, General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

2003 — The Honorable Sam Brownback, United States Senate (R- Kansas) 

2003 — Professor Charles Donohue, Harvard Law School

2003 — Professor John Gardner, University College, Oxford

2003 — Professor W. Michael Reisman, Yale Law School

2004 — The Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Supreme Court of Florida

2004 — Francis J. Lorson, Former Chief Deputy Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States

2004 — Maureen E. Mahoney, Latham and Watkins

2004 — Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering

2004 — Joe D. Whitley, General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security

2005 — Professor Patrick M. Brennan, Villanova University Law School

2005 — Professor Charles H.B. Garroway, CBE, U.S. Naval War College

2006 — The Honorable Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

2007 — Ambassador John Bruton, Head of Delation of the European 

             Commission to the United States

2009 — Professor James Pietsch, University of Hawaii, and Brigadier General (Ret.) Coral Pietsch

2011 — The Honorable Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary for Employee

              Benefits Security, United States Department of Labor

2013 — Ms. Emily Hardman, Professor Mark Rienzi, and Dr. Stephen Schneck

2014 — Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

2014 — Kenneth Feinberg, Special Settlement Master, mediator, and arbitrator

2015 — Hon. Jerome H. Powell, Member of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

2015 — Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

2016 — Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

2016 — Director James B. Comey Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation

2017 — Hon. Judge Sri Srinivasan, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

2017 — Cornell William Brooks, former President of the NAACP

2018 — The Honorable Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General of the United States

2019 —  Mark Hetfield, President and CEO, HIAS

2022 —  John H. Breen, Georgia Reithal Professor of Law at Loyola University of Chicago Law School, and Lee Strang, John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values at the University of Toledo College of Law

The Mirror of Justice Lecture Series was inaugurated in 1989 to honor Mary under her title, “Mirror of Justice.” Sponsored by the Saint John Paul II Guild of Catholic Lawyers, the lecture series is intended to recognize and encourage lawyers and scholars who, through their scholarly and research contributions and dedication to teaching, clarify and advance the pursuit of peace with justice through the law. All lecturers were active professors at the law school when they presented the Mirror of Justice Lecture.

1989-90 — Professor David J. K. Granfield

1990-91 — Professor William Wagner

1991-92 — Professor Urban A. Lester

1992-93 — Professor George E. Garvey

1993-94 — Professor Robert A. Destro

1994-95 — Professor Veryl V. Miles, 1980

1995-96 — Professor Raymond B. Marcin

1996-97 — Professor Lucia A. Silecchia

1998-99 — Rev. Charles V. Antonicelli, 1986

1999-00 — Mr. Michael McGonnigal, 1985

2001-02 — Professor Clifford S. Fishman

2002-03 — Professor Antonio F. Perez

2003-04 — Professor Michael F. Noone

2004-05 — Professor Helen M. Alvaré

2005-06 — Professor Marshall J. Breger

2007-08 — Professor Peter "Bo" Rutledge

2008-09 — Dean Veryl Victoria Miles, 1980

2009-10 — Professor Mary Graw Leary

2010-11 — Professor Ellen M. Scully, 1968

2012-13 — Professor Mark L. Rienzi

2013-14 — John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America

2014-15 — Professor Cara Drinan

2016-17 — Rev. Raymond C. O'Brien

2017-18 — Clinical Associate Professor A.G. Harmon

2018-19 — Clinical Associate Professor Frederick E. Woods

2019-20 — Lawrence J. Morris, Chief of Staff and Counselor to the President of The Catholic University of America

2021-22 — Professor Regina T. Jefferson

2022-23 — Elizabeth R. Kirk, Director of the Center for Law & the Human Person, Research Associate, and Lecturer

2023-24 — Associate Professor J. Joel Alicea, Co-Director, the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition