Emily Albrink Fowler Hartigan

ph: (210) 431-2273
email: ehartigan@stmarytx.edu

Professor of Law
B.A., 1968, Swarthmore College
M.A., Ph.D., 1975; University of Wisconsin
J.D., 1978, University of Wisconsin

Before St. Mary's

Before embarking on her teaching career, Professor Hartigan served as a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and, later, to U.S. District Judge James B. McMillan in Charlotte, North Carolina and practiced law for eight years.

Professor Hartigan joined the permanent faculty at St. Mary's in 1995, after a yearlong visit. She has taught courses in torts, professional responsibility, law and literature, evidence, jurisprudence, state constitutional law, law and theology, property and local government, and a seminar on religious consciousness and law.

Highlights:

• Order of the Coif
• Former Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska School of Law
• Former Visiting Professor, Tulane Law School
• Former Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
• Member of the Globalizaton, Law and Religion Project (2002-4)
• Frequently published in the Journal of Law & Religion
• Has served on the Board of the Journal of Law & Religion for over ten years
• Has made numerous national presentations, including for the ABA Law, Religion and Ethics National Conference in 1999.

Specialties:

• Law and Religion
• Jurisprudence
• Professional Responsibility
• Torts
• Law and Literature
• State Constitutional Law

Publications:

An expert in law and religion from a feminist perspective, Professor Hartigan has written over twenty scholarly articles and book chapters on law and religious thought and articles on state constitutional law and jurisprudence. She serves as editorial board member of the Journal of Law and Religion, chair-elect of the AALS Section for Law and Religion and a member of the Pew Trust Christian Jurisprudence Project.