Nicole Stelle Garnett's teaching and research focus on education policy and topics related to property law (especially land use and urban development policies). In addition to dozens of articles on these subjects, she is the author of two books, Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America (University of Chicago Press, 2014) and Ordering the City: Land Use, Policing and the Restoration of Urban America (Yale University Press, 2009). Currently, she is engaged in an ambitious research effort in collaboration with scholars from around the world to gain a comprehensive understanding of the legal rules governing, and public funds available to, faith-based schools in the Global South.
Garnett received her B.A. with distinction in Political Science from Stanford University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Morris S. Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States. Before joining the law school faculty in 1999, she worked for two years as a staff attorney at the Institute for Justice, a non-profit public-interest law firm in Washington, D.C.
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Preserving Judicial Independence in a Time of Political Division
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Free Exercise & Religious Charter Schools
Vanderbilt Student Chapter
Vanderbilt Law School, Moore Room131 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37203
Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required?
Michigan Student Chapter
The University of Michigan Law School625 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Plenary Session #2 Religious Charter Schools: Protected or Prohibited by the First Amendment?
2023 Education Law & Policy Conference
Washington Hilton1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Panel: America and Her Discontents
24th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina333 W Harbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression: Will the proposed accreditation standard support freedom of thought at law schools?
Recent high-profile incidents at law schools have raised questions about the scope of academic freedom...
Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression: Will the proposed accreditation standard support freedom of thought at law schools?
Recent high-profile incidents at law schools have raised questions about the scope of academic freedom...
Plenary Session #2 Religious Charter Schools: Protected or Prohibited by the First Amendment?
2023 Education Law & Policy Conference
Supporters of charter schools argue that their popularity and proven effectiveness in improving learning outcomes...
Panel: America and Her Discontents
24th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
Featuring: Prof. Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law...
Religious Liberty and Education: Kennedy, Carson, and Parental Rights
2022 National Lawyers Convention
This panel discussion will examine public and private education, with a focus on the relationship—and...