Stephanie Barclay is a Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. Her research focuses on the role our different democratic institutions play in protecting minority rights, particularly at the intersection of free speech and religious exercise. Barclay has published work in the Harvard Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, the Boston College Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal Forum, among others. Her article, “An Economic Approach to Religious Exemptions,” was selected for the 2020 Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum.
Prior to joining the Notre Dame faculty, Barclay was an Associate Professor of Law at BYU Law, where she was twice voted Professor of the Year. Before becoming a professor, Barclay litigated First Amendment cases in D.C., where she represented many clients at both the trial and appellate level, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. Barclay has also served as a law clerk to Judge N. Randy Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Annual Symposium on Religious Liberty
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Penn Law School3501 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Establishment Clause Law After Kennedy v. Bremerton
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law School1585 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
Westin Washington DC Downtown999 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
The Nature of Constitutional Rights
Minnesota Student Chapter
University of Minnesota, Mondale Hall229 S 19th Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55455
A Defense of Strict Scrutiny
Michigan Student Chapter
The University of Michigan Law School625 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
Featuring: Prof. Stephanie Barclay, "Constitutional Rights as Protected Reasons," Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School Prof....
Panel III: Unique Aspects of American Democracy: Structural Bugs or Features?
2023 National Student Symposium
Many aspects of the United States governing structure have been criticized as inconsistent with democracy...
Panel III: Unique Aspects of American Democracy: Structural Bugs or Features?
2023 National Student Symposium
Many aspects of the United States governing structure have been criticized as inconsistent with democracy...
Litigation Update: Apache Stronghold v. United States
Apache Stronghold v. United States is an ongoing case involving religious land use. On February...
Religious Liberties: Religious Liberty and the New Court
2020 National Lawyers Convention
On November 9, 2020, The Federalist Society's Religious Liberties Practice Group hosted a virtual panel...