Associate Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center for Law and Religion
A.B. Duke University
M.A. Harvard University
J.D. Boston University School of Law
LL.M., J.S.D.,Columbia University School of Law
Professor DeGirolami’s scholarship focuses on law and religion,
constitutional law, and criminal law. His book, The
Tragedy of Religious Freedom, is forthcoming from Harvard
University Press. His papers have appeared in various law
journals including Constitutional Commentary, Legal Theory,
Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Boston College Law Review,
Alabama Law Review, and St. John's Law Review, among
others. He also writes occasionally for The New
Republic. He is the Associate Director of the Center for
Law and Religion, and a member of the popular legal blog, “Mirror
of Justice.”
Following law school, Professor DeGirolami clerked for Judge
William E. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of
Rhode Island and Judge Jerome Farris of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit. His professional experience includes
service as an Assistant District Attorney in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Prior to joining the St. John’s faculty, he
taught legal research and writing as an Associate-in-Law at
Columbia Law School, and then served as a Visiting Assistant
Professor and Scholar in Residence at Catholic University’s
Columbus School of Law.
At St. John's, he teaches Constitutional Law, Criminal Law,
courses in Law and Religion, and Professional Responsibility.