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John M. Breen Professor of Law Biography As an undergraduate, Professor Breen studied the "Great Books" while majoring in Notre Dame's Program of Liberal Studies; he graduated with highest honors. He then attended Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Board of Student Advisors, teaching research and writing to first year law students. Following graduation from law school, Professor Breen clerked for Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. At the completion of his clerkship he practiced law at Sidley & Austin in Chicago where he specialized in commercial litigation. Professor Breen was an associate visiting professor of law at the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University before joining the Loyola faculty. Education B.A., Notre Dame, 1985 J.D., Harvard, 1988		Loyola University Chicago School of Law 25 E. Pearson Street Room 1334 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 915-8554 Fax: (312) 915-7201 Email: jbreen1@luc.edu

Courses Taught Contracts Jurisprudence: Perspectives on the Law and Justice Jurisprudence: The Catholic Social Tradition Negotiable Instruments Professional Responsibility Sales Publications Articles Modesty and Moralism: Justice, Prudence, and Abortion: A Reply to Skeel & Stuntz, 31 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 219 (2008) John Paul II, The Structures of Sin and the Limits of Law, 52 St. Louis U. L. Rev. 317 (2008) The Air in the Balloon: Further Notes on Catholic and Jesuit Identity in Legal Education, 43 Gonzaga L. Rev. 41 (2007-08) Never Get Out'a the Boat: Stenberg v. Carhart and the Future of American Law, 39 Conn. L. Rev. 297 (2006) (Michael A. Scaperlanda, co-author) The Catholic Lawyer: 'Faith' in Three Parts, 20 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics and Pub. Pol'y 431 (2006) Justice and Jesuit Legal Education: A Critique, 36 Loy.U.Chi. L.J. 383 (2005) [article] Fair Deals, Good Deals, and Real Deals: Liberal Neutrality, Catholic Social Thought and American Contract Law, _ Villanova Journal of Catholic Social Thought (forthcoming 2004) The Catholic Lawyer and the Meaning of "Success", 40 Cath. Law. 227 (2001) Statutory Interpretations and the Lessons of Llewellyn, 33 Loy.L.A.L.Rev. 263 (2000) [article] The Catholic Lawyer: Justice and the Incarnation, 39 Cath. Law. 269 (2000) The Lost Volume Seller and Lost Profits Under U.C.C. 2-708(2): A Conceptual and Linguistic Critique, 50 U.Miami L.Rev. 779 (1996) Other Publications Conflicts of Interest in Small Firm Practice Litigation Ethics: Course Materials for Continuing Education (with Barry S. Alberts) (ABA Section of Litigation 2001) Official Comments, in ILLINOIS RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Recent Presentations "Catholic Legal Thought and the Misunderstood Relation Between Faith and Reason," Seattle University Law School, May 2008 Served as co-organizer of the "Modesty and the Limits of Law," Conference on Christian Legal Thought, The Lumen Christi Institute, Washington, D.C. January, 2007. "The Air in the Balloon: Further Notes on Catholic and Jesuit Legal Education," 6th Annual Conference of Religiously-Affiliated Law Schools, March 30-April 1, 2006, Baylor Law School "A Critical Look at Jesuit Legal Education,"Interdisciplinary Conference, Catholic University at Notre Dame, September, 2005 Panelist, "Christian Approaches to Private Law," Conference on Taking Christian Legal Thought Seriously, San Francisco, January 2005 "Catholic Social Thought Critiques of 'Neutrality'," Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Justice, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA, October 2003 Professional Service Arab American Bar Association of Illinois, Board of Directors, Member Illinois Supreme Court, Committee on Professional Responsibility, Reporter Lumen Christi Institute for Catholic Faith, Thought and Culture, Law and Culture Forum, Chair, 2003 -Present

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