NDLS Communicator

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

12-2-2024

Abstract

The Latest News

  • Inaugural Justice Amy Coney Barrett Moot Court Tournament at Notre Dame Law School culminates in strong competition and awards for top teams
  • 2024 Peace Through Law Lecture: Juan E. Méndez
  • Notre Dame Law School hosts symposium on the philosophical foundations of legal precedent
  • Democracy Initiative awards 40 Democracy Catalyst Grants to projects across campus

Faculty News and Briefs

  • Notre Dame is a pipeline for Supreme Court clerks, magnet for justices
  • Roger Alford testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing about the Credit Card Competition Act.
  • Dean Marcus Cole spoke at Cathedral High School in New York as part of the school's Distinguished Speaker Series.
  • Nicole Garnett and John Meiser co-authored an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, "Trump can end religious discrimination."
  • Paul Miller recently published a chapter, "Political trust, public justification and judicial office" for Nikolas Kirby's What is Good Government?
  • Lloyd Mayer published a new paper, "Are nonprofit tax exemptions and deductions 'federal financial assistance'?"
  • Carter Snead's book, What It Means to Be Human," was mentioned in a Washington Post article about Britain's new assisted suicide bill.
  • Derek Muller was featured on the Law & Democracy podcast and quoted in VOA, MSN, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and NBC5.
  • Diane Desierto taught International Commercial Arbitration for the Hague Academy of International Law's 2024 Advanced Courses in Manila with the Republic of the Philippines' Office of the Solicitor General.
  • Rick Garnett was quoted by The Hill in an article about the Texas State Board of Education's recent decision to allow Bibles in public schools.
  • On November 22, Kristina Swanson spoke at the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana's annual Women in the Law Breakfast on trends and issues impacting women trial attorneys and the needs of women entering the legal profession.
  • Francisco Urbina's new paper, "Reasons for interpretation," was published in the Columbia Law Review.
  • Gerard Bradley wrote an article for the National Catholic Register anticipating judicial appointments from the Trump administration.

Student & Alumni News

  • First-year Mintae Cha wins 2024 American Society for Legal History Dissertation Prize
  • APALSA members attend the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention
  • J.S.D. candidate Perla Khattar published a new article for Tech Policy.press about California's new law protecting neural data.

Events

Monday, December 2

  • Law and Economics Workshop: Tim Friehe (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Department of Economics). Deterrent and Retributive Punishment: Evidence on Their Relative Importance and the Influence of Social Norms, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Tuesday, December 4

  • Job Talk 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Friday, December 6

  • The Future of the Federal Trade Commission Symposium, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law. William Kovacic will give a keynote, Avishalom Tor will moderate, and Maria Macia and Jonathan Baker will be commentators. A reception will follow.

Around the Water Cooler

  • November Birthday Celebrations

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