Marc O. DeGirolami

Assistant Professor of Law
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 and Criminal Law.  His book, Tragedy and History: The Quality of Religious Liberty, is under contract with Harvard University Press.  His papers have appeared or will be published in various law journals including Constitutional Commentary, Legal TheoryOhio State Journal of Criminal Law, Boston College Law ReviewAlabama Law Review, and St. John's Law Review, among others.  He is 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 Criminal Law, Professional Responsibility, and courses in Law and Religion.