NDLS Communicator: Week of 10.09.23

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

10-9-2023

Abstract

The Latest News

• Exoneration Justice Clinic receives $3 million grant to defend Mexican nationals in U.S. criminal cases
• The annual Red Mass was held last week in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
• Daniel R. Murray ‘67 receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago
• Last week the Indiana Court of Appeals brought its "Appeals on Wheels" program to ND Law's McCartan Courtroom. Students attended an argument for the case State v. Lucas, and had the opportunity to ask questions to Judges Robert Altice Jr., Terry Crone, and Elizabeth Tavitas.
• Paolo Carozza was quoted in an AP News article, "Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel" about land rights.
• Rick Garnett authored an op-ed for National Review that discusses the federal Title IX religious exemption, a necessary protection for faith-based universities to uphold their religious identity and mission.
• Mary Ellen O’Connell presented virtually “Political Economy of Violence” to a conference at the Freie Universität Berlin, Political Economy and the International Laws of Violence.
• Derek Muller was quoted in a Reuters article about his analysis of Education Department data for law schools with the highest debt-to-income ratios.
• Jim Farrington spoke at the Texas A&M's Journal of Property Law symposium last week as a member of a panel discussing the book, The Genome Defense.
• Stephanie Barclay has two new article drafts. "Replacing Smith" was accepted for publication in the Yale Law Journal Forum. "A Crust of Bread: Religious Resistance and the Fourteenth Amendment," with Kurt Lash, was accepted for presentation at the upcoming Originalism Works in Progress Conference.
• David McIlroy spoke last Friday at the American Chamber of Commerce in Albania about business ethics in practice.
• Last week, Cecilia Lopez Monterrosa, an adjunct professor, was honored at the Hispanic Heritage Month Community Celebration and Awards Ceremony in South Bend.

Student News

• Tristan Mullen, was the featured student spotlight for The Appellate Project (TAP): a mentorship program that empowers law students of color to become the next generation of appellate attorneys and judges.

Events

• Monday, Oct. 9
  Health Law Regulatory Panel, 12:15 p.m., 3140 Eck Hall of Law
  Law & Economics Workshop, Scott Baker, Wash University in St. Louis School of Law, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Eck Hall of Law
  Death Penalty Discussion with Sherif Girgis and Rick Garnett, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
  Open Conversations: Affirmative Action, Students for Fair Admissions, 12:30 p.m., 3130 Eck Hall of Law
• Tuesday, Oct. 10
  What Does it Mean to be a Progressive Prosecutor?, 12:15 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
• Wednesday, Oct. 11
  Faculty meeting, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Eck Hall of Law
  How I Survived Being Framed in an Apartheid-Era Massacre: A Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Shares His Story, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
• Thursday, Oct, 12
  Judges Thapar and McFadden, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
  Middle Eastern Attorney Virtual Panel, 12:30 p.m., 1310 Biolchini
• Friday, Oct. 13
  Innovation Rally: Accelerating Autonomy: The Future of Self-Driving Cars, Noon, Idea Center
• Saturday, Oct. 14
  Notre Dame vs. USC, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 16-20
  Fall Break

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 10.09.23" (2023). NDLS Communicator. 257.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_communicator/257