Rev. William R. Dailey, C.S.C.

Rev. William R. Dailey, C.S.C.

Lecturer in Law and Chaplain, Notre Dame Law School

University of Notre Dame
124 Corby Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

William.R.Dailey.16@nd.edu

 

 

Rev. William Dailey, C.S.C., is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross and currently serves as the Lecturer in Law and Chaplain at the Notre Dame Law School, where he is also working on a book on Faith & Reason. He also teaches courses for undergraduates in the Constitutional Studies program of the Political Science Department. Father Dailey previously served as the Founding Director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith & Reason in Dublin Ireland, and has served as Rector in Stanford, Zahm, Pangborn, and Graham Family Halls. Father Dailey earned his B.A. in Philosophy summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, where his thesis on Charles Sanders Pierce was honored as the Most Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis. After teaching Philosophy and working in Administration at the University of Portland, Father Dailey attended Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He served as a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then practiced law in Washington, D.C., with Wiley Rein LLP. Father Dailey also serves as the Thomas More Fellow of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.