Lindsey Freeman

Today we are immensely grateful to have with us three federal judges who will be presenting their perspectives as jurists at this event.

And after we open up with a prayer, I'll introduce our moderator, who is Judge Kyle Duncan, who will conduct today's panel discussion with Judges Josh Divine and Judge Lindsey Freeman.

Uh, after this event, I encourage you to check out our website at cit.catholic.edu where you can find out, uh, more about what we're up to, uh, here at CIT.

So with that, I'll let us start as we always do with our on-campus CIT events, uh, with a prayer.

I'm delighted to be here.

Uh, uh, and even more delighted to introduce our panelists, which I will do in short order and then turn it over to them to give you, uh, their thoughts, uh, about the Catholic intellectual tradition and how it impacts, uh, has impacted their lives and how it impacts their service as federal judges.

Uh, to my immediate left, Judge Lindsey Freeman, uh, is a judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Uh, she was nominated by President Trump in September 2025 and then was confirmed, uh, by the Senate, uh, on December the 2nd, 2025.