Faculty Bio
Contact Information
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
(P) { (619) 260-7969
smiths@sandiego.edu
Online Resources
Assistant
Steven D. Smith
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
Co-Executive Director, Institute for Law & Religion
Co-Executive Director, Institute for Law & Philosophy
- JD, 1979, Yale University
- BA, 1976, Brigham Young University
Areas of Expertise
Professor Smith teaches in the areas of law and religion, constitutional law, and torts.
Professional Experience
Smith taught at the University of Notre Dame Law School, the University of Colorado School of Law, and the University of Idaho. He was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. Smith joined the USD School of Law faculty in 2002.
Honors and Affiliations
Smith was the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and was the Byron R. White Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law. He is the co-director of USD’s Institute of Law and Religion.
Key Works
Smith's publications include The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse (Harvard University Press, 2010); Law's Quandary (Harvard University Press, 2004); The Constitution and the Pride of Reason (Oxford University Press, 1998); Foreordained Failure: The Quest for a Constitutional Principle of Religious Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1995); "Discourse in the Dusk: The Twilight of Religious Freedom" in 122 Harvard Law Review 1869 (2009); and "How to Remove a Federal Judge" in 116 Yale Law Journal 72 (with Prakash) (2006).
