NDLS Communicator

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

9-30-2024

Abstract

The Latest News

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rules in favor of prison minister barred from county jail
  • ND Law Black Law Students Association explores DEI challenges and opportunities following SCOTUS race conscious admissions decision

Faculty News and Briefs

  • All-Faculty Team: Sam Bray. Sam Bray was honored as a member of this year's All-Faculty Team and was recognized during last week's home football game for his research on the law of equity and its lasting contributions to the work of courts in the United States.
  • This week, Marcus Cole will speak at the inaugural Hope & Healing Lecture at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. The new lecture series is in honor and memory of Rev. David T. Link, former dean of Notre Dame Law School and founding dean of the St. Thomas School of Law.
  • Last week, Bruce Huber was quoted in several news articles about California's lawsuit against ExxonMobil.
  • Sadie Blanchard's article, "Nominal Damages as Vindication," was cited by the Supreme Court of Connecticut and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
  • Mary Ellen O'Connell was featured in a podcast with The World Today about the UN's investigations of potential war crimes against Lebanon.
  • Lloyd Mayer's article "Charity law & blockchain technology: Using old wineskins for new wine?" was published in The Tax Lawyer, which is the peer-reviewed tax law journal published by the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation.
  • Sherif Girgis's new essay "Originalism's age of Ironies" will be published in a forthcoming edition of the Harvard Law Review Forum.
  • Sam Bray and Paul Miller wrote and edited chapters in a new book, "Interstitial Private Law."
  • Nicole Garnett was mentioned in an article by The Columbus Dispatch highlighting intellectual diversity centers at Ohio's public universities. She is an academic council appointee to the University of Toledo's Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership.
  • Diane Desierto has been named as a fellow at the Center for International Sustainable Development Law.
  • Susan Azyndar wrote "The Limits of Generative AI in Administrative Law Research" for the Yale Journal on Regulation's Notice & Comment blog discussing generative artificial intelligence and administrative law research.
  • Derek Muller was quoted in articles by CNN and AlterNet about legal cases pertaining to mail-in voting.
  • Fr. John Paul Kimes and Carter Snead spoke last week at a conference at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. "

Student/Alumni News

  • Eighteen students join Notre Dame Law School’s LL.M. Class of 2025
  • 2024-25 Rita Bahr Cari Scholars Announced

Events

Monday, September 30

  • Law and Economics Workshop: Rachel Geoffrey (Ohio State University, College of Business), How Do Multiple Regulators Regulate? Evidence from Fairness Opinion Providers’ Conflict of Interest Disclosures, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Tuesday, October 1

  • Fall Staff Town Hall, 1:00 p.m., Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  • Red Mass, 5:15 p.m. Mass at the Basilica, 6:15 p.m. reception to follow in the Law School Commons, Principle Celebrant, Bishop McClory (Diocese of Gary, Indiana)

Wednesday, October 2

  • IGP: Lunch and Learn: Visiting Professor Nicholas Aroney (University of Queensland) “Christianity and Constitutionalism”, 12:30 p.m., 1315 Biolchini Hall
  • Wrongful Conviction Day: Speaker and Exoneree Leaon Benson, 12:30 p.m., 1315 Biolchini Hall

Thursday, October 3

  • Precedent, Stare Decisis, and En Banc Rehearings: Judge Britt Grant, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
  • Judicial Ethics: Justice Anita Earls, North Carolina Supreme Court, 12:30 p.m., 1140 Eck Hall of Law

Friday, October 5

  • Law Review Symposium: Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 10:15 and 12:30, McCartan Courtroom

Future Event

  • Notre Dame Law School's Alumni Homecoming will take place on October 11-12 Faculty and Staff are invited to the ND Law Homecoming Tailgate on Saturday, October 12, 12:00 - 3:00 PM, Outdoor tent in DeBartolo Quad, Free for faculty and staff.

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