Lunch with Teresa Stanton
Capital City Club 201 Monroe St #2100
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery Lawyers Chapter
Speaker:
- Professor Teresa Stanton Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Speaker:
- Professor Teresa Stanton Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law
A passionate advocate for the protection of human life and the family, Professor Collett is a nationally sought-after scholar and speaker on the topics of marriage, religion, and bioethics. She has published numerous legal articles and is the co-author of a law casebook on professional responsibility and co-editor of a collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law. Professor Collett is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has testified before committees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as before legislative committees in several states. In 2009, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI appointed Collett to a five year term on the Pontifical Council for the Family. She represented Congressman Ron Paul and various medical groups in the defense of the federal ban of partial-birth abortion. Before the United States Supreme Court, she represented the Governors of Minnesota and North Dakota in the defense of the requirement of state parental involvement prior to performance of an abortion. She often represents the interests of government officials before federal appellate courts and has served as special Attorney General for the States of Oklahoma and Kansas. She has assisted other state Attorneys General in defending laws protecting human life and marriage. Prior to joining St. Thomas in 2003, Professor Collett taught at the South Texas College of Law where she established the nation's first annual symposium on legal ethics
