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The world needs Christ’s light. Humanity needs him to be the bridge so that God and his love can reach us. Pope Leo XIV, Urbi et Orbi Blessing, 8 May 2025

Welcome to the

Catholic Bar Association



2026 CBA Annual Conference

and General Assembly


September 24-26, 2026


Dallas, Texas

CBA2026 Conference Information

Honoree and Banquet Speaker


The Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh

United States Supreme Court Justice

On Saturday, September 26, the Annual Conference and General Assembly of the Catholic Bar Association will conclude with the Red Mass and a dinner banquet hosted by the St. Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Dallas. This year's honoree will be United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Justice Kavanaugh will receive the St. Thomas More Award and will give an address at the dinner.

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Conference Speakers

The Honorable William Barr

Partner at Torridon Law and

former Attorney General of the United States

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The Honorable Amul R. Thapar

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals

for the Sixth Circuit

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The Honorable Stuart Kyle Duncan

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals

for the Fifth Circuit

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The Honorable Andrew S. Oldham

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals

for the Fifth Circuit

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The Honorable Reed O'Connor

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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Adrian Vermeule

Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School

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William Kelley

Notre Dame Law Professor and former Deputy Counsel to the President

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Director of The Conscience Project

and Legal Analyst for EWTN News

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Mary FioRito

Cardinal Francis George Fellow

at the Ethics and Public Policy Center

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The Catholic Bar Association (CBA) is a lay movement within the Church to build community, nationally and internationally, among Catholic members of the legal profession. The CBA, founded in 2015, is the first national association of Catholic attorneys in the United States. Its mission is to educate, organize, and inspire its members to faithfully uphold and bear witness to the Catholic faith in their study and practice of the law. The CBA has members in over forty states and expands its reach through the members of its thirteen local affiliates.

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