M. Cathleen Kaveny

Endowed Professor
Department of Theology
John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Professor of Theology

Degrees

A.B., Princeton University; M.A., M.Phil., J.D., Ph.D., Yale University

Research Profile

Prior to joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Kaveny, a member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1993, clerked for the Honorable John T. Noonan Jr. and worked as an associate at the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray in its health-law group. She has published many articles on issues lying at the intersection of law, morality, and religion, in journals such as The Hastings Center Report, Theological Studies, and the Wake Forest Law Review. Particular topics she has addressed include the function of religious discourse in the public square, the role of law as a moral teacher in a pluralistic society, and various topics in health care ethics such as managed care, cloning, and assisted suicide. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Law and Religion, The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Current projects include one book on medical ethics, and another on complicity with evil.

Contact Information

324 Law School
631-7844
kaveny.1@nd.edu