Michael S. Ariens

ph: (210) 431-2009
email: mariens@stmarytx.edu
website: www.michaelariens.com

Professor of Law and Director of Faculty Scholarship
B.A., 1979, St. Norbert College
J.D., 1982, Marquette University
LL.M., 1987, Harvard University

Before St. Mary's

After graduating from law school, Professor Ariens was a law clerk at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and an associate in a Washington, D.C. firm.

Specialties:

Professor Ariens has taught at St. Mary's since 1987, in areas of:

Constitutional law
Church and state
American legal history
Evidence

Books:

Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas (2011)
Law School: Getting In, Getting Out, and Getting On (2009)
Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society (2002)

Articles and Essays:

'Playing Chicken’: An Instant History of the Battle over Exceptions to Client Confidences, 33 J. Legal Prof. 239 (2009)
Simon Greenleaf, in YALE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN LAW 234 (2009)
Charles T. McCormick, in YALE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN LAW 370 (2009)
Edmund M. Morgan, Jr., in YALE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN LAW 389 (2009)
American Legal Ethics in an Age of Anxiety, 40 St. Mary’s L.J. 343 (2008)
What Hath Faith Wrought?, 24 J. L. & Rel. 195 (2008-09)
United States v. Cruikshank, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (Gale Publishing 2008)
The Storm between the Quiet: Tumult in the Texas Supreme Court, 1911-21, 38 St. Mary’s L.J. 641 (2007)
Religion in the 19th Century—Bible Wars, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES (2006)
The Ethics of Copyrighting Ethics Rules, 36 U. Toledo L. Rev. 235 (2005)
Church and State in the United States, 1900-2001, in NEW CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA (2003)
Religion in the Courtroom, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (2003)
Law School Branding and the Future of Legal Education, 34 St. Mary=s L.J. 301 (2003)
Forms of Legal Practice, in THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LAW (Oxford University Press 2002)
Sole Practitioners, in THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LAW (Oxford University Press 2002)
Paralegal and Legal Secretary, in THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LAW (Oxford University Press 2002)
Book Review, 16 J. L. & Rel. 249 (2001)
Defining ‘Church’ in American Law, in CHURCH AUTONOMY: A COMPARATIVE SURVEY (Gerhard Robbers ed. 2001)
A True Crime, International Commentary on Evidence, available at http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/ice/ (May 1999)
On ‘Doctrine’ and the Establishment Clause, in VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOL CHOICE: CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY? AN AMERICAN JEWISH REAPPRAISAL (Marshall J. Breger & David M. Gordis eds. 1998)
A Short History of Hearsay Reform, With Particular Reference to Hoffman v. Palmer, Eddie Morgan and Jerry Frank, 28 Ind. L. Rev. 183 (1995)
Know the Law: A History of Legal Specialization, 45 S.C. L. Rev. 1003 (1994)
A Thrice-Told Tale, or Felix the Cat, 107 Harv. L. Rev. 620 (1994)
Wouldn’t You Like To Be an Expert, Too?, 18 Legal Stud. F. 221 (1994)
Constitutional Law and the Myth of the Great Judge, 25 St. Mary’s L.J. 303 (1993)
Progress Is Our Only Product: Legal Reform and the Codification of Evidence, 17 Law and Social Inquiry: J. Am. B. Found. 213 (1992)
The Law of Evidence and the Idea of Progress, 25 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 853 (1992)
Modern Legal Times: Making a Professional Legal Culture, 15 J. Am. Culture 25 (1992)
Evidence of Religion and the Religion of Evidence, 40 Buffalo L. Rev. 65 (1992)
Dutiful Justice, 22 St. Mary’s L.J. 1019 (1991)
On the Road of Good Intentions: Justice Brennan and the Religion Clauses, 27 Cal. W.L. Rev. 311 (1991)
Just a Bigger Fish, 15 J. Legal Prof. 329 (1990)
The Politics of Law (Teaching), 13 Law and Social Inquiry: J. Am. B. Found. 773 (1988)
Suicidal Rights, 20 Rutgers L.J. 79 (1988)
A Uniform Rule Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys Before United States District Courts, 35 De Paul L. Rev. 649 (1986)

Organizations:

Member, The American Law Institute
Member, American Society for Legal History
Member, American Culture Association
Former Program Chair, Law and Religion Section, Association of American Law Schools