CIT is proud to announce its fifth class of the Aquinas Fellowship. The Aquinas Fellowship is a program for young lawyers in the D.C. area that examines the relationship between the Catholic intellectual tradition and American constitutionalism. The program consists of eight monthly seminar-like discussions conducted by leading scholars in
We are delighted to announce that Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Whitney Hermandorfer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will serve as CIT’s Visiting Jurists for the 2026-2027 academic year. Through the Visiting Jurist Program, Judges
We are thrilled to share another robust calendar of fall events which bring together scholars, jurists, and public intellectuals for conversations at the intersection of law, faith, and the American constitutional tradition: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion: A Conversation with Author Luke Burgis with Luke Burgis and
Professor Chad Squitieri, Managing Director of CIT, and Director of the Separation of Powers Institute, delivered a lecture to the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s (NCLA) Scalia-Ginsburg Fellows on June 30 at NCLA’s headquarters. NCLA describes the Ginsburg-Scalia Fellowship as bringing together Fellows “from both sides of the political aisle –
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea was quoted in a recent Fox News Digital article examining two high-stakes Supreme Court cases testing President Trump’s authority to remove federal officials. The article, titled “Trump’s firing power faces twin Supreme Court tests, but one agency may get special treatment,” analyzes the legal distinctions
On Thursday, May 21, we gathered to honor our graduating Ex Corde Fellows at a ceremony led by Prof. Elizabeth Kirk, Director of the Center for Law and the Human Person, and Prof. Chad Squitieri, Managing Director of CIT. The celebration recognized those students whose significant participation in the fellowship’s
