Rev. Patrick E. Reidy, C.S.C. serves as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, a Faculty Director for the Church Properties Initiative within the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate, and a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He is also a Regent of the University of Portland.

After graduating from Yale Law School, Father Pat clerked for Judge Thomas M. Hardiman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and for Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court. Between clerkships, Father Pat returned to Yale as a Visiting Lecturer in Law and Fellow in Private Law.

In his research, Father Pat explores the intersection of property law and religion. Two principal inquiries guide his research: (1) how legal institutions comprehend religion when evaluating property claims, owners, and instruments; and (2) how property doctrines and devices enable, or inhibit, religious practice. While contributing to private law theory, Father Pat also seeks to address practical questions faced by faith communities in their ownership of real and personal property.

Father Pat is the former Rector of Marilyn M. Keough Hall at the University of Notre Dame, where he offered chaplaincy support to Campus Ministry, the Notre Dame Law School, the Notre Dame Vision Program, and the Notre Dame Boxing Team. He earned a B.A. in Political Science and a Master of Divinity from the University of Notre Dame.