Thomas Molloy is a clinical supervising attorney and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic. He brings a background in appellate litigation, higher education, and ministry to his work supervising students in religious liberty advocacy. The clinic represents individuals and institutions from diverse faith traditions in administrative proceedings and trial and appellate litigation, including matters involving religious accommodations in employment, religious exercise in prisons, and land-use disputes affecting houses of worship.

Before joining Stanford, Molloy practiced in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn as a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. He represented clients in proceedings before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals involving constitutional, administrative, and criminal law. He maintained an active pro bono practice focused on religious liberty.

Before entering the legal profession, Molloy served as an ordained minister for nearly a decade and taught philosophy and religion at several universities, including Life Pacific University, where he also directed the Ministry Formation program focused on developing students’ practical ministry skills. He serves on Life Pacific University’s Board of Trustees.

Molloy earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies from Life Pacific University, his M.A. in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, and his J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School. At Chicago, he served as online projects editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard A. Epstein. He clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.