NDLS Communicator: Week of 11.11.24

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

11-11-2024

Abstract

The Latest News

• Veterans Day 2024: Honoring our ND Law student veterans and reflecting on God, Country, Notre Dame
• Notre Dame Law Professor Avishalom Tor awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of Lucerne for pioneering behavioral legal research
• Notre Dame Law School hosts annual Rev. David T. Link Public Interest Banquet
• Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic Provides Legal Support to Faith-Based Nonprofits
• Trailblazing Judge Michael Fitzgerald reflects on his career and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights at ND Law LGBT Law Forum event

Faculty News and Briefs

• Diane Desierto's chapter about the UNHRC's jurisprudence from 2022-23 surrounding authoritarian regimes and emergency measures was published last week in the 2023 Global Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence.
• Barry Cushman was on Faculti Net to discuss how judicial reforms proposed during Franklin Roosevelt's administration could shape the conversation about Supreme Court reform today.
• Last week, Nicole Garnett co-authored an article for City Journal about Loffman v. California Department of Education.
• Lloyd Mayer was quoted in Religion Unplugged and The Nevada Independent about IRS rules for nonprofit organizations engaging in political advocacy.
• Fr. John Paul Kimes was quoted in a Catholic Review article about the use of "Catholic" in the names of lobbying groups.
• This week, Derek Muller was quoted in The Hill, CNN, The Week, PolitiFact, and The Gazette (Iowa).
• This week, Sherif Girgis will discuss his recent article, "Originalism's age of ironies," at an event with the University of Virginia's Federalist Society.
• Rick Garnett's lecture, "Freedom of religion in Catholic teaching and constitutional law," was featured in The Observer.
• Sam Bray was published in Notice & Comment, the Yale Journal on Regulation.
• Paul Miller and Sam Bray are editors of the recently published textbook, Interstitial Private Law.
• Chris O'Byrne was quoted in a LexisNexis article about AI's role in legal education and training at law schools and firms.

Student & Alumni News

• It was great to see so many alumni at our annual Homecoming Weekend on October 11-12. More than 500 alumni and guests traveled to campus to join in the festivities.
• Approximately forty classmates from the Class of 1984 returned to campus to celebrate their 40th reunion!
• The Black Law Students Association hosted a fireside chat, “Still in the Game,” with panelists Max Siegel ‘86, ‘92 J.D., USA Track & Field; Dianhann Billings-Burford, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality; and Ndidi Massay ‘93 J.D., CBS Sports. Moderated by Jackie Wilson ‘07 J.D., BSE Global.

Events

Monday, November 11

• What is confession? 12:30 p.m. in Room 3130
  Fr. Bill Daily and Fr. Kimes will be giving a talk on the Sacrament of Confession, exploring its practical and biblical aspects. This presentation will be beneficial for those unfamiliar with Confession or those wishing to refresh their understanding of this important sacrament.
• Law and Economics Workshop: Guglielmo Briscese (University of Chicago) Targeting Behavioral Change Interventions: An Experiment on Debiasing Savings for College, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room
• Election Law 2024 with Derek Muller 12:30 p.m., McCartan Courtroom
• A Conversation with Notre Dame's Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck
• Workshop on AI and the Foundations of Law, 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m, Eck Visitor Center
  Two back-to-back keynote speakers with discussion and a reception to follow:
  John Evans, Tata Chancellor’s Chair of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute of Practical Ethics, University of California, San Diego, will speak on Will AI Transform the Definition of a Human? Lessons from the Study of Human Biotechnology
Javier Prades, Professor of Systematic Theology at the Universidad San Dámaso in Madrid and member of the International Theological Commission, will speak on The Challenges of Digital Technologies in the Change of Epoch. Some Theological Reflections on Anthropology

Tuesday, November 12

• Job Talk 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Library
• State Supreme Court Justices: Justice Couriel (FL), Justice Mitchell (AL), Justice Papik (NE) 2 p.m., McCartan Courtroom
• Confession at the Law School, 12:00 - 2:30 p.m., Eck 2145 and Eck 2146
  Fr. Bill Daily, Fr. Kimes, and other priests from Notre Dame and the South Bend area will be present to offer the Sacrament of Confession. Priests will also be available during this time for non-Catholics who wish to speak with a spiritual advisor. The sacrament will be offered from 12:30-2:30. Faculty and staff, please attend whenever works best! Concurrent with the Confession times, there will be Adoration in the chapel from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.

Wednesday, November 13

• Faculty Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room
• IGP: Lunch-and-Learn with Prof. Antoinette Kankindi, 12:30 p.m. in 1315 Biolchini Hall
• Global Human Rights Clinic: Lunch & Learn with guests Beatriz Borges and Cristina Ciordia from CEPAZ, 12:30 p.m., 3140 Eck
  They will discuss "The role of the United Nations and the international mechanisms in the human rights and political crisis in Venezuela."
• Judge Milan D. Smith: Kennedy v. Bremerton decision, 12:30 p.m., 1140 Eck

Thursday, November 14

• Job Talk, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 11.11.24" (2024). NDLS Communicator. 303.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_communicator/303