Gerard V. Bradley, a noted scholar in the fields of constitutional law as well as law and religion, joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1992, having taught at the University of Illinois from 1983 to 1992. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1976 and his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1980. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1981, he practiced law as an assistant district attorney with the New York County District Attorney’s Office from 1980 to 1983. Professor Bradley participates in numerous professional organizations that involve the study of law and religion and related constitutional issues.

Dale Carpenter is the Fred Parks Distinguished Chair at South Texas College of Law. He is also the Earl R. Larson Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, the First Amendment, sexual orientation and the law, and commercial law. Professor Carpenter received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale College in 1989 and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School in 1992, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. Professor Carpenter clerked for The Honorable Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Jesse Choper is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he has taught since 1965. He served as Boalt Hall’s dean from 1982 to 1992. Choper has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Fordham Law School, the University of Milan, Free University in Amsterdam, Autonoma University in Barcelona, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. The Boalt Hall Alumni Association presented Choper with the Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He served as law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Teresa Stanton Collett began her teaching career at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She then taught at South Texas College of Law in Houston for thirteen years.  Since 2003, she has been Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis where she teaches property law, constitutional law, and a course on human sexuality and the constitution. Professor Collett is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has published numerous law review articles on topics related to marriage and family. She graduated with honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

David Frum is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and writes a daily column for National Review Online. He contributes frequently to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as to Great Britain’s Daily Telegraph and Canada’s National Post. From January 2001 to February 2002, Frum was special assistant to President Bush for economic speechwriting. Frum was born in Toronto, Canada in 1960. He received a simultaneous B.A. and M.A. in history from Yale in 1982. He was appointed a visiting lecturer in history at Yale in 1986; in 1987, he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Charles Murray is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950–1980. This was followed in 1988 by In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government, in 1994 by The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (with Richard J. Herrnstein), in 1997 by What It Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation, in 2003 by Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950, and in 2006 by In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State.

Robert Nagel joined the faculty of University of Colorado Law School in 1975, where he focuses on constitutional law and theory. He has written prolifically, including four books and over 50 law review articles. He has also contributed to the popular debate on constitutional issues, including free speech, hate codes, and federalism, by addressing his ideas to the general citizenry in publications such as The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, First Things, and Washington Monthly. Professor Nagel has testified before several congressional committees. He was formerly the director of the Law School’s Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law.

Jonathan Rauch, a senior writer and columnist for National Journal magazine in Washington and a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, is the author of several books and many articles on public policy, culture, and economics. He is also a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. In 2005 he received the National Magazine Award for columns and commentary. His latest book is Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America, published in 2004. His award-winning column, “Social Studies,” is published biweekly in National Journal. Rauch was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated in 1982 from Yale University.

John Yoo is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he has taught since 1993. From 2001–2003, he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Yoo has published numerous articles about foreign affairs, international law, and constitutional law.