Emily Albrink Hartigan
Professor
Department of Law
Saint Marys University
United States of America
Biography
Before embarking on her teaching career Professor Hartigan practiced law for eight years. She served as a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and later, to U.S. District Judge James B. McMillan in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hartigan joined the permanent faculty at St. Mary’s in 1995, after a yearlong visit. She has taught courses in torts, professional responsibility, law and literature, evidence, jurisprudence, state constitutional law, law and theology, property and local government, and a seminar on religious consciousness and law. Highlights Order of the Coif Former Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska School of Law Former Visiting Professor, Tulane Law School Former Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law Member of the Globalization, Law and Religion Project (2002-4) Frequently published in the Journal of Law & Religion Has served on the Board of the Journal of Law & Religion for over ten years Has made numerous national presentations, including for the ABA Law, Religion and Ethics National Conference in 1999. Before embarking on her teaching career Professor Hartigan practiced law for eight years. She served as a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and later, to U.S. District Judge James B. McMillan in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hartigan joined the permanent faculty at St. Mary’s in 1995, after a yearlong visit. She has taught courses in torts, professional responsibility, law and literature, evidence, jurisprudence, state constitutional law, law and theology, property and local government, and a seminar on religious consciousness and law. Highlights Order of the Coif Former Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska School of Law Former Visiting Professor, Tulane Law School Former Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law Member of the Globalization, Law and Religion Project (2002-4) Frequently published in the Journal of Law & Religion Has served on the Board of the Journal of Law & Religion for over ten years Has made numerous national presentations, including for the ABA Law, Religion and Ethics National Conference in 1999.
Research Interest
Jurisprudence Law and literature Law and religion Professional responsibility State constitutional law Torts
Publications
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When Borders Cross People: Whose [Who’s] Poor, or the Spirit of Immigration, 5 J. Catholic Social Thought 161 (2008).
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L’Oz, 20 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 51 (2010).
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Just Talking with the Furniture, 13 Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 615 (2010).
