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Ndls Communicator: Week Of 04.17.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Marcus Cole was one of the keynote speakers at the 10th annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day. He spoke about the value of religious freedom in society.
• Nicole Garnett and Meredith Kessler wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was one of the Notre Dame experts who talked to ND News about the recent attention toward Taiwan and its impact on U.S.-China relations.
• Nicole Garnett was quoted in the New York Times article, "Nation’s First Religious Charter School Could Be Coming to Oklahoma."
• Jeff Pojanowski spoke about "Enduring Originalism’ and common law constitutionalism at …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 04.10.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Law students from Ukrainian Catholic University learning at Notre Dame this spring
• Spring break course brings students to London to learn about international capital markets
• Panelists share insights on Carson v. Makin and the legal landscape for school choice
• Marcus Cole was recently inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy at a ceremony on March 24.
• Fr. John Paul Kimes was quoted by First Things in the article, "Attacks on the seal of the confessional."
• Sam Bray was quoted by the New York Times in the article, "With dueling rulings, abortion pill cases appear …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 04.03.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND Law enhances Loan Repayment Assistance Program
• Professor Paolo Carozza testifies before Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• .ND LAMB co-sponsors 10th University of Lucerne Law and Economics Conference
• .Christine Venter gave the Judy Stinson Lecture at ASU Law where she presented her award-winning paper Dissenting from the Bench: The Performative Jurisprudence of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, which was recently published in the Wake Forest Law Review.
• Nicole Garnett was quoted in the The Tablet article, "Oklahoma Dioceses Hoping for Green Light on First U.S. Religious Charter School."
• Diane Desierto was a panelist for The Brooklyn …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 03.27.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Paol0 Carozza was asked to serve as an expert witness before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Court in the Beatriz et al. v. El Salvador case. The case relates to the alleged violations of the rights of Beatriz and her family due to the prohibition of the voluntary termination of pregnancy in El Salvador, which allegedly prevented her from the possibility of accessing a legal, early and timely termination when dealing with of a situation of alleged risk to life, health and personal integrity; as well as the non-viability of the fetus outside the womb. Paolo testified …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 03.20.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Professor Diane Desierto serves as co-counsel in landmark UN ruling for Filipina ‘comfort women’
• Margarette Macaulay of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Afghan alumni discuss protecting women’s rights
• Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted in the Guardian article, “Miscalculation fears rise after Russian fighter jet collides with US drone over Black Sea.”
• Lloyd Mayer was quoted extensively by ABC in the report, “Trump loyalist Kash Patel’s tax-exempt charity raises questions, experts say.”
• Nicole Garnett published "Unlocking the Potential of Private-School Choice: Avoiding and Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Implementation for the Manhattan Institute."
• Jeff Pojanowski gave a …

Emily Bremer: Women Lead 2023, Denise Wager, Office Of Public Affairs And Communications, University Of Notre Dame

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Emily Bremer has emerged as a leading expert and scholar in the area of administrative law. She looks specifically at the cross-cutting rules and procedures that federal agencies are required to follow when administering the law, such as by determining Social Security benefits, licensing telecommunications companies, enforcing immigration laws, or deciding how other laws apply to individual cases.

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 03.06.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Women Lead 2023: Emily Bremer
• Bob Jones was quoted in an Indiana Lawyer article about a housing law report published by IU McKinney law students. The article also mentions the eviction report that ND Law clinic students recently published.
• Avishalom Tor presented his forthcoming article "The Private Costs of Behavioral Interventions," 72 Duke Law Journal (forthcoming 2023) as part of the 53rd Duke Law Journal Administrative Law Symposium.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was one of the panelists at the Notre Dame Forum event with Cardinal Robert McElroy last week.
• Diane Desierto has published a book review on "Human …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 02.27.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Religious Liberty Initiative supports criminal complaint against Chinese government for Uyghur genocide
• The Supreme Court will hear arguments in President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan case tomorrow. An amicus brief filed by Sam Bray, along with William Baude of the University of Chicago, about the case was mentioned in several media outlets.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was quoted by Our Sunday Visitor in "Putin’s Suspension Of Key US-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Increases Global Risk, Say Experts.”
• Nicole Garnett wrote, "Losing a Lifeline" for the City Journal about the closure of more than a dozen New York City …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 02.20.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Notre Dame Clinical Law Center publishes report on shortcomings in Indiana eviction laws
• Federal judges visit ND Law to hear 73rd annual Moot Court Showcase Argument
• Religious Liberty Clinic supports Catholic dioceses’ efforts to operate the first faith-based charter school in the U.S.
• Catholic Schools and Religious Liberty: A Global Perspective
• Religious Liberty Initiative adds three members to board of advisors
• Freedom of Expression at Notre Dame
• Emily Bremer joined a discussion on a recent Law and Governance episode discussing Kathleen Claussen's new article about what if anything constrains federal agencies in implementing transnational regulatory agreements.
• Philanthropy …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 02.13.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza of South Africa visits Notre Dame Law School
• Mary Ellen O’Connell to speak at international AI summit at The Hague
• Avishalom Tor presented “When Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? Revisiting Benartzi et al. (2017),” (coauthored with Jon Click) at the UCL-based London Judgment and Decision Making Seminar on February 1.
• Diane Desierto participated in a Q&A interview Völkerrechtsblog’s symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic!" She answers a variety of questions about her work and life.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell reflects on the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine with other ND experts. …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 02.06.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Kresge Law Library serves as a Preservation Steward for U.S. Government Publishing Office
• LL.M. alumni publish article calling on United Nations to take urgent action to protect Afghan women’s rights
• Sam Bray was interviewed by CNN in an article about if states challenging President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program have the legal right to bring the dispute in the first place.
• Bruce Huber spoke with the Guardian about how a new complaint against Shell highlights the pressure that environmentalists are placing on fossil fuel companies.
• Jimmy Gurulé joined the Bloomberg Law Podcast earlier this week to discuss …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 01.30.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND Law Review symposium features Q&A with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephanie Barclay will speak at the UC Hastings Law Journal's annual symposium, "The Present and Future of Religious Freedom" on Feb 3. She will discuss the development of the Free Exercise Clause and the future of religious freedom.
• Diane Desierto has published, "Global Perspectives on Teaching International Investment Arbitration: Teaching International Investment Arbitration in the Global North and the Global South" in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
• Rick Garnett was also quoted in the Tablet article, "Supreme Court to Hear Case of Postal Worker Forced …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 01.23.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• Notre Dame Law School serves community on 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
• DEI Podcast: Advocating for the Innocent: Exoneration Justice
• Lloyd Mayer was quoted by the Daily Beast in“Trump’s Dark Money Machine Just Got Darker.”
• Nicole Garnett was a guest on the Fordham Institute's Education Gadfly Show podcast talking about the Supreme Court and religious charter schools.
• Rick Garnett was quoted in the NBC News article, "Supreme Court says it is unable to identify the person who leaked draft of abortion ruling."
• Gerry Bradley spoke on the Catholic foundations of the Establishment Clause at …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 01.17.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND Law implements new DEI programming series to connect students and law firms
• Program on Church, State & Society helps Christian attorneys through the Legal Vocation Fellowship
• Sam Bray, along with William Baude of the University of Chicago, filled an amicus brief in the Supreme Court last week in a case about President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. Although they call the plan “unlawful,” they urge the Supreme Court to reject the legal challenges that have been brought against it.
• Jay Tidmarsh examines how corporations use jurisdictional rules to gain power in his review of the …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 01.09.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• John Finnis was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to legal scholarship. Finnis is renowned throughout the world for his work in moral, political, and legal theory, and constitutional law.
• Take a look back at ND Law’s 2022 highlights — from enrolling the most diverse class in our history (36% students of color) to hosting speeches by Supreme Court justices and death penalty abolitionist Sr. Helen Prejean, as well as events like the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was quoted by the AP in a report on …

Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award, Notre Dame Law School

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In Recognition of our Beloved Classmate

We, the Class of 1975, Dedicate this Scholarship Award to those who exemplify his, Courage, Love and Understanding toward his fellow man.

It’s like this: When I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things. In the way, we can see and understand only a little about God now, as if we were peering at a reflection in a poor mirror, but someday we are …

Kyle D. Smith Mock Trial Award, Notre Dame Law School

Student, Faculty, and Staff Awards

Chosen by the Moot Court Trial Team faculty for excellence in mock trial.