FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH
Elizabeth Schiltz | HERRICK PROFESSOR OF LAW AND THOMAS J. ABOOD RESEARCH SCHOLAR Elizabeth Schiltz’s scholarly work explores issues including voting rights for the disabled, disability- selective abortions, the disability rights community’s opposition to the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, Minnesota’s racial imbalance in special education and the disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people. Schiltz has collaborated with disability rights organizations such as the ARC, L’Arche USA, the National Catholic Partnership on Disabilities, the Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Minnesota Disability Rights Center and Dyslexia Advocates. She worked to develop the Governor’s Council Disability Justice website (disabilityjustice.org), which now receives more than 10,000 views monthly. This spring, Schiltz established a Special Education Clinic at St. Thomas Law to help underserved parents and children negotiate special education services.
racial injustice and clergy sexual abuse. Shea will also continue to work for passage of the Veterans Restorative Justice Act in Minnesota, as part of his
work with the Veterans Defense Project. Gregory Sisk | PIO CARDINAL LAGHI
DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN LAW, PROFESSOR AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE TERRENCE J. MURPHY INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC THOUGHT, LAW, AND PUBLIC POLICY Gregory Sisk’s research focuses on government accountability for official wrongdoing, lawyer ethics, and empirical analysis of judicial decision-making. He has authored twoWest Academic hornbooks, Litigation with the Federal Government and Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession . The latter, published in 2018, was the first new hornbook published by West Academic on legal ethics in more than 30 years. Sisk regularly invites law students to co- author published works. His scholarly publications are frequently placed in the nation’s top law journals, such as University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, New York University and University of Chicago, and are cited regularly in the courts. Susan Stabile | SENIOR DISTINGUISHED FELLOW Susan Stabile’s early scholarship focused on issues relating to employee benefit plans; her co-authored casebook is widely used by law schools and her co-authored book on ERISA Litigation is praised by practitioners. Her early criticisms of overreliance on employer securities in 401(k) plans helped bring attention to this issue, and in the aftermath of the Enron debacle she testified before Congress on the need for change. She also, like Lyman Johnson, argued for more social responsibility in corporate behavior, providing an important voice in opposition to the prevailing law and economics model and the misplaced emphasis on maximizing shareholder profit. In later years, her scholarship addressed the intersection of Catholic social thought and the law, bringing Catholic teaching to bear in a variety of legal areas. Dr. Artika Tyner | CLINICAL PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER ON RACE, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Dr. Artika Tyner’s scholarship focuses on creating practical solutions to long-standing racial justice issues, from bridging the wealth gap to ending racial discrimination in the workplace. She is also an internationally recognized leadership scholar who is
Hank Shea, right, with Dr. Artika Tyner and guest speakers at the 2019 law journal symposium, Restorative Justice, Law and Healing.
Hank Shea | SENIOR DISTINGUISHED FELLOW, SCHOOL OF LAW; FELLOW, HOLLORAN CENTER FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE PROFESSIONS Hank Shea has focused his writing in recent years on the use of restorative justice to address harm, ensure accountability and promote healing. Working with Father Daniel Griffith, he looks to expand his teaching, training and community outreach activities to bring more restorative justice opportunities and benefits to the St. Thomas Law community, the Twin Cities and beyond. In particular, Shea and Griffith will seek healing for those who have suffered from
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