Visiting Assistant Professor of Law


Bio

John 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 Wake Forest Divinity.  John completed his Ph.D. at Boston College in 2022, having previously earned a J.D. from Duke University Law School.  His doctoral dissertation explores legal and moral debates about religious liberty and the sanctity of conscience in light of the Christian tradition’s understanding of both.