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Biography
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Sister Melanie comes to Seton Hall University
Law School as a Distinguished Visiting
Practitioner and the founding Director of
the Seton Hall Center for Religiously
Affiliated Nonprofit Corporations. Formerly
a shareholder, and now counsel, of
Buchanan-Ingersoll and Rooney, Sister works
extensively with nonprofit corporations in
governance, transactional and litigation
matters. Her practice includes the
interaction of Roman Catholic canon law
(church law) and American law in the
representation of religiously affiliated
corporations. In addition to her law degree,
Sister has a doctorate in canon law.
Sister Melanie is currently an elected
member of the American Law Institute and
member of the board of Dominican Health
Services. In addition to service on the
boards of on health, educational and housing
corporations, she has served on the legal
commission of Caritas Internazionales, Rome,
Italy, the Urban League, Pittsburgh, PA.,
the Human Relations Commission of the City
of Pittsburgh, and the Board of Public
Welfare, Commonwealth of PA and the former
National Association of Christians and Jews,
Pittsburgh, PA..
She is an author and speaker, both
nationally and internationally, on matters
concerning nonprofit governance, especially
in multi-system religiously affiliated
corporations. She organized the first
Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic
canonists sponsored jointly by the
University of St. Thomas in Rome, Duquesne
University Law School and Cardiff
University, England. |
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Publications |
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Human Dignity First: John Paul II,
Systems Analysis and the ERISA Fiduciary,
Alison McMorran Sulentic, 44 J.
Cath. Leg. Stud. 523 (2007)
The Relevance of Canon Law in a
Bankruptcy Proceeding,
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Seton Hall Legis. J. 399 (2005)
An Examination of the Universitas Rerum
and the Universitas Personarum of New Public
Juridic Persons Succeeding to the Healthcare
Apostolates of Religious Institutes in the
United States, J.C.D. diss. Pontifical
University of St. Thomas, Rome, Italy, June
2003.
Clergy Discipline and Canonical and
Secular Court Process in the United States,
Proceedings of The Second Colloquium
of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers,
Windsor Castle, London England, May 2000,
Published by the University of St. Thomas,
Roma, Italy, 2001.
Joint Ventures in Church-Related
Corporations: What Happens to “Church
Related”? Jubilee International and
Ecumenical Canon Law Conference; The
Administration of Church Property,
Co-Sponsors: The Angelicum University, Rome,
Italy and Cardiff University, University of
Wales, Cardiff and Duquesne University
School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
February 4-5, 2000.
The Interfacing of Canonical Principles
and American Law in the Negotiation of Joint
Ventures Between Church-Related and
Non-Church-Related Corporations, Acts
of the Colloquium; Public Ecclesiastical
Juridic Person and Their Civilly
Incorporated Apostolates in the Catholic
Church in the U.S.A.: Canonical – Civil
Aspects, published by Pontifical
University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome
and Duquesne University School of Law,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998.
Impact of Canon Law on Health Care
Delivery, Hospital Contracts Manual,
Edited by Baker & Hostetler, publisher,
Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1987 et seq. (annual
updates).
Incorporated Apostolates, Chapter 22
of Church Finance Handbook, Canon Law
Society of America, The Catholic University
of America, Washington, D.C. 1999, Eds.
Kevin E. McKenna, Lawrence A. DiNardo and
Joseph W. Pokusa.
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