John Carter

John E. Carter is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Wake Forest University School of Law and the Program for Leadership and Character. A 2010 alumnus of Wake Forest School of Divinity, he also serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Law, and Public Life at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. John completed his PhD at Boston College, having previously earned a JD from Duke University School of Law. His doctoral dissertation explored legal and moral debates about religious liberty and the sanctity of conscience in light of the Christian tradition's understanding of both. John also practiced law for over a decade in Kentucky and Tennessee in a variety of practice areas, including six years specializing in the defense of municipalities in litigation brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.