The Lumen Christi Institute’s Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network and the Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative of the UW-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy present Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform: a Scholarly Colloquium. This three-day public lecture and workshop series gathers a diverse array of legal scholars and ethicists to explore how Catholic tradition and social thought can inform the many challenges confronting today’s American criminal justice system.
As part of this colloquium, there will be a keynote panel on “Redeeming Punishment: Catholic Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform,” featuring Dean Strang, Cecelia Klingele, Rev. Javier del Castillo, and Secretary Kevin Carr, moderated by the Hon. Thomas Donnelly. This keynote event is open to the public. Attendance for the full colloquium is invite-only. For more details on the event schedule and presenters, see our news item HERE.
Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy for hosting this colloquium of the Lumen Christi Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network (CCJRN), and to the following people and institutions for making this colloquium possible:
Most. Rev. Donald Hying, Rev. Eric Nielsen, St. Paul’s University Student Center, Professor Richard Avramenko, University of Wisconsin Law School, and Badger Catholic
Oher cosponsors of the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network include:
Georgetown University Law Center, Notre Dame Law School, Boston College Law School, Fordham University School of Law, Loyola University Chicago Law School, University of St. Thomas School of Law, The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, The Institute on Religion, Law, and Lawyer’s Work at Fordham University School of Law, Center on Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham University School of Law, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, Catholic Prison Ministry Coalition, Kolbe House Jail Ministry