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178th University Of Notre Dame Commencement, University Of Notre Dame

Commencement Programs

The Commencement Program includes:

• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 3
• GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY 8
• DOCTORAL DEGREES 10
• MASTER DEGREES 23
• MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS GRADUATE BUSINESS 38
• GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE 44
• LAW SCHOOL 45
• UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY 49
• COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS 52
• COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 61
• COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 66
• MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 71
• SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE 77
• VALEDICTORIAN CANDIDATES 78
• EMERITI FACULTY 78
• HONOR SOCIETIES 78
• AWARDS AND PRIZES 85
• TASSELS 104

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.15.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND Law’s 2023 Shaffer Fellows to address housing issues, provide expungement relief in Chicago and rural Kentucky
• Justice Leona Theron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa visits Notre Dame Law School
• ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic represents Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups defending a Muslim inmate’s religious rights
• 3L Erica Patterson named ABA Law Student Representative of the Year
• Studying abroad – in America: Japanese prosecutor at Notre Dame Law to learn about American law
• Marcus Cole was one of four keynote speakers who provided remarks at the Fairness for All Summit marking the 10th annual …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.08.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND London Law students learn constitutional law from two Supreme Court justices
• These law schools sent the most grads to federal clerkships
• Roger Alford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Wednesday on the topic of competition in digital advertising.
• David Pruitt was appointed to the Indiana Coalition for Court Access. The Coalition for Court Access coordinates all Indiana Supreme Court related programs designed to provide civil legal aid to those with limited financial resources. The Coalition includes judges, law school representatives, civil legal aid and pro bono providers, and Indiana State Bar Association and Foundation members. …

Hearing Before The United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary, Subcommittee On Competition Policy, Antitrust, And Consumer Rights: Competition In The Digital Advertising Ecosystem, Roger P. Alford

Congressional Testimony

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Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.01.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in the Colombian Constitutional Court
• ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic defends Apache sacred site from mining plan as Ninth Circuit reviews case
• London book launch with Lord David Alton explores need for international response to genocide
• John Meiser and Olivia Rogers were on the 2023 ND Day broadcast last week talking about the Religious Liberty Clinic.
• Jim Kelly filled on amicus brief in the case, Tyler v. Hennepin County.
• Avishalom Tor has published two new articles.
• Ed Edmonds wrote “Should sports betting be legal in all states? What are …

Mmu: 05/01/23–05/07/23, Student Bar Association

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Mmu: 04/24/23–04/30/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Victoria Villanueva

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Ndls Communicator: Week Of 04.24.23, Notre Dame Law School

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• John Garvey gives Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture
• Notre Dame Law School holds second annual Interfaith Dinner in observance of Ramadan, Passover, Easter, and Ridvan
• The DEI Podcast, Episode 5: The Mental Health Crisis in Prisons
• Harvard University Press releases Spanish translation of Professor Carter Snead’s book, ‘What It Means to be Human’
• Stephanie Barclay was interviewed in the Time article, "The Post Office Made a Christian Employee Work on Sundays. Now He's at the Supreme Court," about the case of Groff v. DeJoy.
• Avishalom Tor was one of the speakers at a workshop on Applying Behavioural Insights to …

Mmu: 04/17/23–04/23/23, Student Bar Association

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Staff Appreciation: Beth Smith

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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 …

Mmu: 04/10/23–04/16/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Morgan Rubino

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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 …

Mmu: 04/03/23–04/09/23, Student Bar Association

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NDLS Faculty & Staff Spotlights: Ann Kiley

1L of the Week: Sage Yang

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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 …

Mmu: 03/27/23–04/02/23, Student Bar Association

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NDLS Faculty & Staff Spotlights: Margaret Lloyd

Ask a 3L: Guillermo Ramon Maria Perez Warnisher

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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 …

Mmu: 03/20/23–03/26/23, Student Bar Association

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NDLS Faculty & Staff Spotlights: Patti McLaughlin

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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

NDLS in the News

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.

Mmu: 03/06/23–03/12/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Jennifer Lee

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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 …

Live Chat With G. Marcus Cole, Marcus Cole, Lou Nanni

2019–Present: G. Marcus Cole

Join us on Wednesday, March 1 [2023] @ Noon ET, for a live chat with G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. Marcus will discuss recent successes at the Religious Liberty Initiative, the Exoneration Justice Clinic, and more.

Host: Lou Nanni, Vice President, Office of VP-University Relations

Mmu: 02/27/23–03/05/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Emily McLane

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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 …

Mmu: 02/20/23–02/26/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week:Joey Forchetti

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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 …

Mmu: 02/13/23–02/19/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Robert Stone Curl

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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 …

Mmu: 02/06/23–02/12/23, Student Bar Association

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1L of the Week: Tristan Mullen

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