The Program on Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law was pleased to host its inaugural academic conference on February 4-5, 2026 at the Law School’s Newark, New Jersey campus. More than 30 multifaith religious scholars from around the globe converged at Seton Hall Law School to discuss how the world’s great religious, theological and philosophical traditions have shaped humanity’s understanding of the rule of law at a time when it is under attack. Bringing together a diverse and interdisciplinary group of theologians, scholars, researchers, law and religion professors, and doctoral and graduate students from the United States and around the world, the conference examined how the world’s great religious, theological and philosophical traditions have contributed to contemporary understandings of justice and human dignity that underpin the rule of law. To learn more about the conference, read this article on the Seton Hall Law website.
Throughout the semester, the Program holds in-person convivium dinners with the program participants as a way to promote its community-based learning model. The second of these dinners was held on Thursday, October 23, 2025 in the Paula A. Franzese Faculty Library at Seton Hall Law School. Excerpts from Greek and Roman authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Justinian and more were discussed over dinner. The themes of common law, the role of lawyers, legal governance, justice, happiness, virtue were robustly discussed and debated around the table.
