B.S., Brigham Young University–Idaho; J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; D.Phil (Law), University of Oxford
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Stephanie Barclay is a Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School, and the Faculty Co-Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. 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‘s work is published or is forthcoming in leading journals such as the Harvard Law Review, the Chicago Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal Forum. One of her articles was also selected for the 2020 Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum.
Prior to joining Georgetown, Barclay was twice voted Professor of the Year. Barclay has also litigated constitutional cases at both the trial and appellate level, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. Barclay 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.
Barclay is a Faculty Affiliate at the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School; and a Nootbaar Fellow at the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics at Pepperdine University. She has served as the Chair for the AALS Law and Religion Section, and she currently serves as a Research Associate for the Centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia, and on the Steering Committee for the Quill Project at Pembroke College. She graduated summa cum laude from BYU Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She is completing a Ph.D. in Law at Oxford University as a Clarendon Scholar and a Tang Scholar.
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
"Viewing abortion rights through the lens of religious liberty is revealing," coverage in The Hill, October 8, 2024, featuring Professor Stephanie Barclay.
"Georgetown Graduate Schools Welcome 21 New Faculty," coverage in The Hoya, September 12, 2024, featuring Professor Stephanie Barclay, Associate Professor Emily Chertoff, Associate Professor Sara Colangelo, Associate Professor Eduardo Ferrer, Associate Professor Filippo Lancieri, Associate Professor Sarah Sloan, and Professor Stephen Vladeck.
"Douglas Laycock Honored for Work in Law of Religion and Remedies," coverage in American Law Institute News, August 15, 2024, featuring Professor Stephanie Barclay.