Reverend John J. Coughlin, O.F.M. , is a Franciscan Friar and Catholic priest. He presently serves as Professor of Law and Concurrent Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a B.A. from Niagara University, an M.A. from Columbia University, a Th.M. from Princeton Seminary, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a license, J.C.L., doctorate, J.C.D., in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and a frequent speaker at academic conferences. He also serves as a Visiting Professor of Canon Law at the Gregorian University.