Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer's Work

Religious Lawyering: Defining Our Terms

What characterizes the "religious lawyering" conversation is its focus on how religious values and perspectives may provide a completely different structural framework for an approach to professional life

Religious lawyering insists that there should be room in the profession for lawyers to integrate religious perspectives and substantive critiques to the issues which arise not just at the margins, but at the heart of ordinary day-to-day legal practice.

It suggests that this is a conversation to be held not just within the quiet of one's individual conscience, but as an open dialogue and debate in law offices, in judge's chambers, in legislatures, and even in law schools.

IRLLW In the News

Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

In celebration of Earth Day, Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) invited a group of scholars to discuss the right to a healthy environment through a …

Celebrate Earth Day with Fordham Law

Celebrate Earth Day with Fordham Law

Join the Fordham Law community in celebrating the 53rd Earth Day (April 22) through various programs designed to educate and inspire action around themes of environmental justice and protection, climate, …

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion Law and Lawyer’s Work and Consulus, a global innovation by design firm, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to shape a new generation of lawyers …

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

Fordham Law School’s Institute on Religion, Law, and Lawyer’s Work held a conference on November 14, 2022, looking at theological, legal, and contemporary implications related to immigration. The conference was …

Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work Closes Out Semester Discussing the Future of Freedom of Religion

Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work Closes Out Semester Discussing the Future of Freedom of Religion

On May 20, the Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) at Fordham Law held its fourth and final expert panel discussion in its yearlong “New Frontiers of Human …

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Invites Experts to Discuss Environmental Justice Strategies

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Invites Experts to Discuss Environmental Justice Strategies

Ahead of Earth Day, Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) invited a group of experts to discuss climate change, injustice gaps that pose a significant challenge …

Two Fordham Graduates Make Middle East Policy Council’s ’40 Under 40’ List

Two Fordham Graduates Make Middle East Policy Council’s ’40 Under 40’ List

Two Fordham graduates were recently named to the Middle East Policy Council’s inaugural cohort of 40 Under 40 awardees. Jayson Browder, PCS ’13, and Mohamed Sweify, S.J.D., LAW ’21, were …

Two Decades Later, a Conference on Law and Religion Still Resonates

Two Decades Later, a Conference on Law and Religion Still Resonates

Twenty years ago, Fordham Law convened “Rediscovering Religion in the Lives of Lawyers and Those They Represent,” a conference that brought together lawyers, judges, students, and scholars looking to help …

Fordham Hosts Third International Agunah Summit

Fordham Hosts Third International Agunah Summit

On June 21–22, Fordham Law School hosted the Third International Agunah Summit featuring a keynote address by Israel Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel as well as insights from leading scholars and …

Access to Justice (A2J) at Fordham Law School

Access to Justice (A2J) at Fordham Law School

Access to Justice (A2J) at Fordham Law School Join the A2J Initiative at Fordham Law for a screening of clips from Rikers: An American Jail, the powerful documentary from acclaimed …

Legal and Business Experts Encourage Workplace Interfaith Dialogue

Legal and Business Experts Encourage Workplace Interfaith Dialogue

While individual members of a given workplace may subscribe to distinct religions, they can all share the belief in talking openly with coworkers and employers about their unique faith practices. …

Taking Ethics to a Higher Level

Taking Ethics to a Higher Level

A conversation with five Fordham Law professors about ethics and professional responsibility. When it comes to being an ethical lawyer, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct seem to be …

Event Examines Ideas Driving Domestic Violence Advocacy

Event Examines Ideas Driving Domestic Violence Advocacy

Fordham Law School’s Access to Justice Initiative and the National Center for Access to Justice convened a distinguished panel of practitioners and scholars on domestic violence to highlight how a …

“Uncharted Waters” of Trump Immigration Order

“Uncharted Waters” of Trump Immigration Order

Fordham Law School Professors Jennifer Gordon, Abner S. Greene, and Russell G. Pearce voiced concerns about the legality and constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration, during …

New Humanity and Law: Congress for Law Operators

New Humanity and Law: Congress for Law Operators

Endy Moraes of the Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work spoke on a panel during an international congress held in Rome on November 26 and 27. The event was …

Caring for Our Common Home

Caring for Our Common Home

Fordham Law School students and faculty gathered on November 22 for a discussion of lawyers’ responsibilities in the face of climate change, framing their discussion with Pope Francis’s encyclical letter …

Dialogue Across Faiths

Dialogue Across Faiths

Members of the Fordham Law community attended a symposium on September 7 and 8 hosted by Pope Francis in Vatican City for the purpose of discussing interreligious cooperation toward the …

New York Gets First Private Law Firm Dedicated to Representing Religious Institutions

New York Gets First Private Law Firm Dedicated to Representing Religious Institutions

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work at Fordham Law School was featured in The Christian Post along with Nelson Madden Black LLP, who announced itself as the first private New …

A Choice Between Love and Hate

A Choice Between Love and Hate

Against the backdrop of this fall’s divisive presidential election, Fordham Law Professors Russell Pearce and Olivier Sylvain joined leading religion and public policy thinkers at an event discussing how American …