Past Speakers
Inaugural Lecturer
Veryl Victoria Miles
Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
Special Assistant to the President of the University on Sister Thea Bowman Initiatives
Professor Miles delivers the inaugural lecture of the Series, entitled “Catholic Social Teaching and the Law: Helping, Healing and Restoring Hope,” on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
Past Distinguished Speakers at STU
This Lecture Series will continue our College of Law’s tradition of celebrating excellence by honoring nationally and internationally renowned scholars. Distinguished speakers previously appearing at STU include:
- Justice Antonin Scalia
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
- The Hon. Richard Posner
- Stanley Fish
- Edmund Pellegrino
- Robin West
- Randy E. Barnett
- Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte
- Rolando Araya Monge
- Donna E. Arzt
- Lawrence M. Solan
- Philip Selznick
- Helen “Ginger” Berrigan
- Dorothy E. Roberts
- John Gardner
- Erica-Irene Daes
- Rennard Strickland
- R. Richard Banks
- The Hon. Edward D. Re
- Mary E. Becker
- Monroe H. Freedman
- Thomas L. Shaffer
- Karen Gross