ON NATURAL LAW & MODERN LEGAL PRACTICE


APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, September 19, 11:59pm

The Collegium Institute invites you to apply for the Fall 2022 Fellowship program in the Legal Humanities. The program welcomes a small group of student fellows to participate in six seminar-style discussion sessions. The discussions will be facilitated by academics and professionals in law, history, and philosophy. The seminars seek to cultivate reflection on the relationship between law and the good life, exploring questions like: How can law — its substance and practice — help us to become more fully human?

This semester, we will consider the natural law tradition of legal thought. We will aim to understand some of the philosophical underpinnings of natural law and see how this tradition can shape approaches to civil rights, American legal history, and constitutional law. 

Alumni of the Fellowship are eligible to participate again in the Fall 2022 semester, as all of the readings and speakers will be new. To learn about past semesters' speakers, readings, and topics, visit https://www.collegiuminstitute.org/legal-humanities.

The meetings will take place at Benjamin Franklin Room 218 on Mondays, 12:00pm–1:15pm.

September 26: Introduction to Natural Law

October 3: History of Natural Law and Legal Practice

October 10: Natural Law and the Civil Rights Movement

October 17: Natural and Human Rights

October 24: Natural Law and the Constitution

October 31: Distinguished Panel

November 10: Reception

This Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students from University City colleges. Please direct any questions you may have to Dr. Terence Sweeney (tsweeney@collegiuminstitute.org).