2025 Good Counselor Project National Conference
March 27, 2025 - Washington D.C.
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March 27, 2025 - Washington D.C.
Through formation, service, and community, Good Counselor Project fellows discover the unique interplay between law, justice, and virtue, and what this means for their vocation. The GCP Fellowship opens with our National Conference, which features keynote speakers, Great Books seminars, networking opportunities, and high-quality CLE presentations. While the GCP Fellowship itself is closed, anyone is welcome to the program's opening conference .
Judge Duncan received his B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1994, his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1997, and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2004.
After graduating from law school, he clerked for Louisiana-based Circuit Judge John Malcolm Duhé Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
From 2008–2012, Duncan served as Appellate Chief for Louisiana's Attorney General's office. From 2012–2014, he served as general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. From 2004-2008, he was an assistant professor of law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Before becoming a judge, Duncan practiced at the Washington, D.C. firm of Schaerr Duncan LLP, where he was a founding partner. He was appointed by President Trump to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 1, 2018.
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The Conference will take place on March 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C. It will be co-sponsored by the Catholic University of America's Center for Religious Liberty.
In the words of Napa Legal's Executive Director and Vice President Mary Margaret Bush, through the Good Counselor Project, Napa Legal "teaches attorneys one-on-one how to explore virtue and the first principles of law so that when they do practice their technical skills, they have the wisdom to do so in a way that makes the world a better place." If you want to start, continue, or revamp your journey into a philosophical understanding of what it means to be a good counselor, this is the place for you. Come to our open-invite GCP National Conference to enrich both your practical and theoretical knowledge of the law.
To learn more about Napa Legal, the GCP National Conference, or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, email events@napalegalinstitute.org. To apply for a sponsorship, click here. To register to attend the conference, click here.
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