NDLS Communicator: Week of 02.10.25

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

2-10-2025

Abstract

The Latest News

• Galilee Immersion Program: Exposing first-year law students to the impact of public interest law
• Dennis Wieboldt exemplifies success in Notre Dame Law School's dual degree program

Faculty News and Briefs

• Mary Ellen O'Connell appeared on DW News, where she spoke about President Trump's remarks about potential U.S. involvement in Gaza.
• Sam Bray was mentioned in a Daily Caller article about recent legal injunctions as a result of Trump administration executive orders.
• Rick Garnett was quoted about the meaning of separation of church and state in an NCR article about the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School case in Oklahoma.
• Mark Hill published a chapter in a recent proceeding of the Europenan Consortium for Church & State Research.
• Patrick Corrigan was quoted by FundFire about the legal battle surrounding SmileDirectClub, where banks and asset managers are challenging a lawuit filed by a union pension fund over what it knew about false financial information before the company's 1029 IPO.
• Last week, David McIlroy spoke to Irish lawyers at the Irish Stock Exchange in Dublin about crypto-asset litigation in England and in Ireland.
• Nicole Garnett co-authored an article for City Journal about continued state discrimination against religious preschools.
• Last week, Paolo Carozza presented "The Dignity of Human Life in the Digital Age" as part of the Mendoza College of Business's 2025 Dean's Speaker Series.
• Last Thursday, Bruce Huber presented his paper, "Replumbing the American heartland: A research agenda," to the law faculty at the University of Miami.
• Roger Alford was quoted in Business Times about the new administration's Department of Justice policies surrounding tech.
• Next week, Derek Muller will speak on the courts and democracy postinauguration as part of the 2025 Arnold Lecture at the William H. Bowen School of Law in Arkansas.
• The Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic was mentioned as a supporter of the Drummond and St. Isidore cases in an EWTN article about how a Trump administration executive order directly benefits school choice programs.

Student and Alumni News

• Notre Dame J.S.D. candidate Khawla Wakkaf receives prestigious ITLOS-Nippon Fellowship.

Events

Tuesday, February 11

• Faculty Colloquium: Anne Choike, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Wednesday, February 12

• The Judiciary and Public Interest with Katie Takeuchi, Judge Nancy Abudu, and Walter Jean-Jacques, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law
• Can you Baptism an Alien? A Talk on Faith and Reason With Professor Christopher Baglow, 12:30 p.m., 1140 Eck Hall
• Faculty Meeting, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Thursday, February 13

• Faith and the Law: Judge Stephanos Bibas (Third Circuit) and Judge Kyle Duncan (Fifth Circuit), 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall
• Higher Education Roundtable from Law Student to University President with Prof. John Garvey, 12:30 p.m., 2173 Eck Hall

Around the Watercooler

• Christmas Party Photos were shared via a secure link.
• Martin Luther King Day of Service Photos were shared via a secure link.
• Nominations for the 2025 University Faculty Awards are due soon.
• Staff are encouraged to complete the ND Voice survey before the deadline on Friday, Feb. 14.

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 02.10.25" (2025). NDLS Communicator. 315.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_communicator/315