Leo Strine, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, spoke at Santa Clara University in a talk co-sponsored by Santa Clara Law and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. This event continued Santa Clara Law’s annual tradition of hosting a prominent Delaware jurist. This year’s talk focused on criminal justice and the Catholic conscience.
The Honorable Leo E. Strine Jr. was sworn in as Chief Justice on February 28, 2014, having previously served as the Chancellor of the Court of Chancery since June 2011, and as Vice Chancellor since 1998. Chief Justice Strine also has long-standing positions as the Austin Wakeman Scott Lecturer in law at the Harvard Law School, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Program of Corporate Governance, and Adjunct Professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University Law Schools.