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JerryOrgan has been named the inaugural Bakken Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Organ is a foundingmember of the St. Thomas Law faculty. “Jerry has earned a reputation as a gifted classroom teacher who cares deeply about his students. He is one of our finest teachers and consistently receives glowing student evaluations,” law school Dean Robert Vischer said at Organ’s investiture ceremony on Feb. 6. “Jerry has become a national leader on research into issues associated with the culture of law school and the formation of professional identity. I’ve seen him speak many times at academic conferences, and he attracts an enthusiastic following. His research is both data and mission driven. He brings a big mind for numbers and a big heart together in ways not often seen in the academy.” JERRY ORGAN NAMED INAUGURAL BAKKEN PROFESSOR OF LAW

The Bakken professorshipwas named for Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic. It is intended to support the work of the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions at St. Thomas Law, of whichOrgan serves as co-director.

FACULTY PUBLISH NEW BOOKS

The book Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (Oxford University Press, 2016), co-authored by Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Joel Nichols , will be translated into Spanish and published later this year in Ecuador.

Cambridge University Press recently published a new book, Great Christian Jurists in American History , that includes chapters authored by St. Thomas Law faculty members Charles Reid and Tom Berg . Reid wrote a profile of John T. Noonan Jr., a circuit court judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Berg’s chapter profiles U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In December, a book co-edited by Berg, Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property , also was published by Cambridge University Press.

Charles Reid

Joel Nichols

Tom Berg

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