NDLS Communicator: Week of 03.17.25

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

3-17-2025

Abstract

The Latest News

• Notre Dame Law School's Global Lawyering Initiative expands to Brazil, forging partnerships with Insper, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazl, and Fundação Getulio Vargas.
• ND Law associate professor continues research on the Brady rule by hosting a workshop in Washington, DC.
• Haitian human rights defenders visit Notre Dame Law School Global Human Rights Clinic.
• Notre Dame Law School to host Inaugural Death Penalty Abolition Week, March 24-27, 2025
• Catholic educators argue against religious discrimination in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Faculty News and Briefs

• Jimmy Gurulé was quoted in Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick about Indiana's bill changing police lineup procedures.
• Jennifer Mason McAward was interviewed on WNDU about her largest-ever study of Brady rule violations.
• Brett Cavanaugh's article on gift acceptance policies was published this week by the Napa Legal Institute.
• Sam Bray was quoted twice in the New York Times last week about the rise of nationwide injunctions, particularly during President Trump's administration, where federal judges have used them to block several executive actions, including efforts to end birthright citizenship and freeze federal funding.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell's research on wartime law and her recent article, “What Remains of Law Against War,” published in the Georgetown Law Journal, was featured in a Notre Dame News article.
• Diane Desierto's article, "Entrenching Business and Human Rights in a multi-aligned Global Economy: The United States, China, Middle Powers, and the Global South," was published in the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics Online Forum.
• Carter Snead was quoted in The Lion about IVF debates.
• Last week, Bruce Huber spoke at Dartmouth College on "Playing God: Can (Religion & Technology) Save the Planet?" Mark
• Mark Hill traveled to Switzerland to attend the Spring Gathering of the Article 18 Alliance as a member Council of Experts of the International Religious Freedom and Belief Alliance, held at Pepperdine University’s premises in Vevey, near Geneva.
• Roger Alford was mentioned in The Crimson's coverage of the search for the next dean of Harvard Law School.
• Derek Muller wrote a piece for Election Law Blog about a judge's rejection of a constitutional challenge to absentee ballot signature matching practices.
• Christina Jones presented "Increasing Opportunities for Private, Religious Education for Students with Disabilities" at Touro Law School's conference on Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation in New York.
• Veronica Webb presented "A Holistic Approach to Disability: Advocating as an Occupational Therapist, an Attorney, and an Individual with a Disability" at the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) Conference in California.
• The newly established Kopko Family Law Fellowship at Notre Dame Law School was featured in Family Law Prof Blog.
• Catholic News Agency highlighted the beginning of oral arguments for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Student & Alumni News

• J.S.D. candidate Perla Khattar has been recognized as one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics by Women in AI Ethics, an organization dedicated to increasing women experts' recognition, representation, and empowerment in AI.

Events

Monday, March 17

• Law and Economics Workshop: Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, University College London and Notre Dame Law School Global Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, ESG Ratings, Firm Performance, and the French Duty of Vigilance Law, 12:30 pm, Faculty Meeting Room

Tuesday, March 18

• A Call to Serve: Judge Carlton Reeves, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 12:30 pm, 1140 Eck
• Textualism and Artificial Intelligence: Judicial Law Clerk Jack Kieffaber, 12:30 pm, 1170 Eck

Wednesday, March 19

• Faculty and Staff Birthday Celebration 9:00 am, 1315 Biolchini Hall
• EJC Fireside Chat with exoneree Ben Spencer and Barbara Bradley Hagerty, author of Bringing Ben Home, 12:30 pm, McCartan Courtroom
• Faculty Meeting / Committee on Appointments, 12:30 pm. Faculty Meeting Room
• IGP: Lunch and Learn with Professor Esin Küçük: The Principle of Solidarity and Its Potential to Transform Constitutional Law and Human Rights, 12:30 pm, 1315 Biolchini Hall
• 75th Annual Moot Court Competition - Showcase Argument, 4:30 pm, McCartan Courtroom, Judge Kenneth F. Ripple of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and Judge Damon R. Leichty of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana will judge the competition

Friday, March 21

• Alumni Reunion Weekend All Day
• Different Kind of Lawyer Day All Day
• HLSA Graciela Olivarez Banquet, Honoring Judge Federico Moreno '74, Senior Judge of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
• BLSA Alumni Fireside Chat, Kevin Warren '90 JD, President and CEO, Chicago Bears
• APALSA Alumni Fireside Chat, Sang Yup Lee '05, '09 JD, Director of Development, Chicago Bar Foundation; Karen Selking '05 JD, Principal Attorney, Corporate Immigration, Zulkie Partners LLC; Madhavi Seth '17 JD, Privacy Counsel, CrowdStrike; Jobil Cyriac '06 JD, Head/Director of Data Use, AI, and Privacy (US & Americas), RWE
• 2025 Patricia O'Hara Lecture in Law & Business: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., 12:30 pm, McCartan Courtroom
• NDLA Board All Day

Saturday, March 22

• Alumni Reunion Weekend

Looking Ahead

• What Do We Owe Our Veterans?, A Notre Dame Forum Event. Friday, March 28, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Downes Club, Corbett Family Hall
• Death Penalty Abolotion Week, Monday, March 24 through Thursday, March 27
• All Clinic Information Session Tuesday, April 2 | 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eck Hall, Room 3130

Around the Watercooler

• Blood Drive at Notre Dame Law School, Monday, March 24, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Bloodmobile On Site.
• Staff celebrated Mardi Gras with festive decorations and plenty of sweets.
• Over spring break, the Administrative, Finance, Marketing, and Events Departments volunteered at Cultivate.

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 03.17.25" (2025). NDLS Communicator. 318.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_communicator/318