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Carter Snead, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of law and bioethics. His specific areas of expertise include stem-cell research, human cloning, assisted reproduction, neuroscience, abortion, end-of-life matters, and research involving human subject.
Professional Experience
Carter Snead is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, where he writes and teaches in the area of law and bioethics.His research and scholarship explore the possibility, wisdom, and mechanisms of the governance of biomedical science, medicine, and technology according to ethical principles.Professor Snead’s scholarly works have appeared in such publications as Constitutional Commentary, the Yale Journal of Health Policy Law and Ethics, the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Quaderni Costituzionale, and The New Atlantis. Professor Snead has provided advice to officials in all three branches of the federal government on legal and public policy matters of bioethical import.Most recently, he advised a body of state and federal judges on the legal and ethical implications of advances in neuroscience.He has provided testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives on the regulatory questions surrounding RU-486.Prior to joining the faculty of Notre Dame, Professor Snead served as General Counsel to the President's Council on Bioethics (a White House advisory body), where he advised the Chairman and members on the legal and public policy dimensions of ethical questions arising from advances in biomedical science and biotechnology.In that capacity, he also served as a liaison between the Council and key Executive Branch officials; members of Congress and their staffs; top officials at various administrative agencies; elected officials and representatives of foreign governments; and various intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.From 2004-2005, he served as the chief negotiator and head of the United States delegation to UNESCO for the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (adopted in October 2005). Recently, Professor Snead was listed in UNESCO's Global Ethics Observatory, a worldwide directory of experts in science, technology, medical, and environmental ethics. Professor Snead has delivered numerous lectures and presentations, nationally and internationally, in a variety of venues, both scholarly (including at HarvardLawSchool, StanfordLawSchool, and the University of Notre Dame) and popular.His popular commentary and analysis have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Indianapolis Star, the San Jose Mercury News, Wired,Washington Lawyer, National Review Online, Science and Spirit, Today's Catholic, and the National Catholic Register.
Education
Professor Snead received his B.A. from St. John'sCollege in Annapolis, Maryland, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from GeorgetownUniversity.He clerked for the Hon. Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 1999-2000.
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Carter Snead
1015 15th St N.W., Suite 900
Washington 20005
Tel. 202-682-1200
Fax. 202-408-0632
csnead@eppc.org
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