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Mark L. Rienzi is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. He teaches constitutional law, religious liberty, torts, and evidence, and has been voted Teacher of the Year three times by the student bar association.
Professor Rienzi earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2000 cum laude and his B.A. from Princeton University in 1997 cum laude. He served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and clerked for the Hon. Stephen F. Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit before joining Wilmer Hale LLP's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group.
Rienzi's research focuses on constitutional law, particularly the First and Fourteenth Amendments with emphasis on religious liberty and free speech. His scholarship has appeared in prestigious journals including the Harvard Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Emory Law Journal, Notre Dame Law Review, and George Mason Law Review. His work consistently examines the tension between government regulation and individual constitutional rights, with particular attention to religious exemptions, abortion law, and free speech jurisprudence.
Professor Rienzi has successfully argued multiple landmark Supreme Court cases including McCullen v. Coakley (2014), Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014), and Holt v. Hobbs (2015). As Senior Counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, he has been instrumental in shaping religious freedom jurisprudence through strategic litigation. His recent work has also addressed contemporary issues such as campus antisemitism, representing students in the successful $6 million settlement against UCLA.
Professor Rienzi is widely sought after as a speaker on constitutional issues and has appeared in major media outlets including CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX News, and NPR. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Times, USA Today, and National Review Online, bridging academic scholarship with practical legal advocacy in constitutional law and religious freedom.
