Amy Coney Barrett, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will speak at the University of Notre Dame Sept. 12.
Barrett will engage in a moderated conversation with Vincent Phillip Muñoz, director of Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, on themes related to her soon-to-be-published book, Listening to the Law. Barrett will also answer questions submitted by the audience.
The event is sponsored by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government and will serve as the center’s 2025 Jeanie Poole O’Shaughnessy Memorial Lecture. It will also serve as the university’s Constitution Day event.
“There may be no better way to teach students about the American Constitution than to have them engage directly with a sitting Supreme Court justice,” Muñoz said in a press release. “We are honored to host and are looking forward to hearing about her experiences on the court.”
In addition to her public lecture, Barrett will participate in a seminar with the center’s undergraduate Tocqueville Fellows. The seminar will allow students to ask the justice questions and engage with her in a small-group setting.
“Tocqueville Fellows receive the unique opportunity to directly interact with and receive mentorship from the center’s guests,” Lilian Jochmann, a senior student in the Tocqueville Fellowship Program, said. “Each speaker visit is a chance for us to soak in the wisdom of some of our nation’s most learned scholars and politicians, and to be inspired by their stories and career paths.”
The lecture will take place 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in the Leighton Concert Hall of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The talk will also be livestreamed on the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government’s YouTube channel.
Launched in 2021, the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government seeks to cultivate thoughtful and educated citizens by supporting scholarship and education concerning the ideas and institutions of constitutional government.
