Schiltz had agreed to clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the United States Supreme Court following his clerkship with Scalia.

While at Notre Dame, Schiltz wrote "On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession,"[3] one of the most widely read law-review articles ever published.

[4] In 2000, Schiltz left Notre Dame to become the founding associate dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minnesota.

Schiltz had primary responsibility for almost every significant aspect of creating the new law school, from hiring the faculty to designing the building.

Among those who served on the Committee during Schiltz’s tenure were future Supreme Court Justices John G. Roberts, Jr. and Samuel A. Alito, Jr.[2] On December 14, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Schiltz to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota after Judge Richard H. Kyle assumed senior status.