NDLS Communicator: Week of 02.24.25

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

2-24-2025

Abstract

The Latest News

• Notre Dame Law School launches Dean's Initiative for Leadership and Scholarly Excellence to support incoming J.D. students
• Law and Economics of Organizations: The 12th Law and Economics Conference

Faculty News and Briefs

• Jennifer Mason McAward authored “Understanding Brady Violations," forthcoming in the Vanderbilt Law Review.
• Jeff Pojanowski's article, "Faces of Formalism," was the download of the week on Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory Blog.
• Sam Bray was quoted in the CNN article, "Trump and allies celebrated court orders against Biden they now claim are 'tyrannical.'"
• Nicole Garnett was quoted in an article by The 74 about open enrollment policies for school choice.
• David McIlroy authored two chapters in the recently published book Financial Technology and Commercial Law.
• This month, Mark Hill spent ten days in Nepal conducting a scoping exercise for a project by the British Government to promote the Rule of Law and Freedom of Religion.
• Carter Snead co-authored an article, "Responsible selfgovernance and assisted reproductive technologies," published by the Ethics & Public Policy Center.
• This weekend, Derek Muller will speak at the 25th Anniversary of Bush v. Gore Conference, hosted by the Election Law Center at Florida State University.
• Jim Farrington published a new article in the Texas A&M Journal of Propert Law.
• Lloyd Mayer wrote two posts for the Nonprofit Law Prof Blog about the impact of recent executive orders on nonprofits and a summary of government grants and contracts for nonprofits in 2023.
• Last week, Rick Garnett spoke at the virtual symposium, "In search of common ground: Religion and secularism in a liberal democratic society," hosted by the Chicago-Kent Law Review.
• Francisco Urbina recently published "The Object of Interpretation."
• Diane Desierto wrote for EJIL:Talk!, "Undoing the grand bargain? Pax Americana and the United Nations."

Events

Monday, February 24

• Law and Economics Workshop: Dhruv Chand Aggarwal, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room
• Zionism: An Indigenous People's Fight for Its Ancient Homeland: Judge Roy Altman, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law

Tuesday, February 25

• Faculty Colloquium: Will Baude, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Fear of Balancing, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room

Wednesday, February 26

• State of the Law School Address with Dean Cole, Christine Holst- Haley, Bruce Huber, and Shideya Parrilla. Max Gaston will moderate, 12:30 p.m., McCartan Courtroom. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Thursday, February 27

• International Law Society presents Professor Keisuke Takeshita, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall. Professor Takeshita will discuss private international law, the Hague Judgments Convention, and its impact on U.S. law and cross-border business.

Friday, February 28

• Coffee Chat with Professor Takeshita, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University, 10:00 a.m., 2171 Eck Hall

Around the Watercooler

• Happy Birthday to those celebrating birthdays in February!

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 02.24.25" (2025). NDLS Communicator. 317.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_communicator/317