NDLS Communicator: Week of 03.24.25

Authors

Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

3-24-2025

Abstract

The Latest News

• Opponents, exonerees to take part in inaugural Death Penalty Abolition Week at Notre Dame
• The law against war 'appears to be dead,' according to Notre Dame Law School Professor.

Student and Alumni News Stories

• LL.M. student Salina Kafle advances human rights at Salzburg Global's Asia Peace Innovators Forum

Faculty Briefs

• Fr. John Paul Kimes spoke at a book reception for "Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics" on March 20.
• Sam Bray was quoted in NBC News, Bloomberg Law, ABC News, and The Darien Times about national injunctions against the Trump administration executive orders.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was quoted in PolitiFact and Al Jazeera critiquing the Trump administration's use of "invasion" rhetoric to justify deportations without due process.
• Last week, Rick Garnett spoke on religious accommodations and other values as part of the Murphy Institute's "Hot Topics: Cool Talk" series at the University of St. Thomas.
• Mark Hill was consultant editor for the newly published fifth edition of the Ecclesiastical Law volume in the iconic Halsbury’s Law of England series.
• Derek Muller contributed several posts to the Election Law Blog this week.
• Last week, Jorge Barrera Rojas participated in a roundtable discussion on "The future of constitutionmaking in Chile" at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
• Susan Azyndar spoke on the AI and Teaching & Learning Panel at the IT@ND Town Hall. She also gave a presentation on AI and copyright law to the Notre Dame AI Academy.
• Emilia Justyna Powell's co-authored book, "The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial and Maritime Disputes," was awarded the Best Book in International Law by the International Studies Association.
• The Observer: Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic to argue before Supreme Court.

Events

Monday, March 24

• Law and Economics Workshop: Jeffery Zhang, Michigan Law School, Creditors, Shareholders, and Losers In Between: A Failed Regulatory Experiment, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting Room
• Death Penalty Abolition Week: A talk with Yusef Salaam, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall. A discussion with Yusef Salaam, a member of the Central Park Five who was wrongfully convicted and later exonerated.

Tuesday, March 25

• Death Penalty Abolition Week: A talk with death row exoneree Lamont Hunter and his attorney Erin Barnhart '05 J.D., 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall. A conversation with Lamont Hunter, who was released from death row after being wrongfully convicted, and Erin Barnhart '05 J.D,. an ND Law graduate who represented him.
• Faculty Colloquium: Conor Casey: University of Surrey The Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice Option: A Classical Natural Law Method for Interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Faculty Meeting Room

Wednesday, March 26

• Death Penalty Abolition Week: A talk with Syl Schieber, 12:30 p.m., McCartan Courtroom. Syl Schieber will share his personal journey and decades of advocacy with his wife to abolish the death penalty in the U.S. following the murder of their daughter, Shannon. His opposition is rooted in his Catholic faith and belief in the sanctity of human life.
• The Warren Court vs. the Roberts Court with University of Chicago Professor Geoffrey Stone, 12:30 p.m., 3140 Eck

Thursday, March 27

• Death Penalty Abolition Week: A talk with St. Helen Prejean, 12:30 p.m., McCartan Courtroom. Sister Helen Prejean, a leading voice for the abolition of the death penalty, has dedicated her life to advocating for human dignity. Her book Dead Man Walking sparked a nationwide movement. Sister Helen will share her journey in the fight to abolish the death penalty.
• Free Speech in the Trump Administration: Senior Counsel, Knight Institute, Scott Wilkens, 12:30 p.m., 1310 Biolchini
• Fr. Mike Show, 6:30 p.m., Dahnke Ballroom

Friday, March 28

• Symposium: What Do We Owe Our Veterans?, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Downes Ballroom. Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include Denis McDonough, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Angela Lowe, veterans disability attorney with Jan Dils, Attorney at Law; and Brian Nicholson, Department of Defense Cyber Program Director.
• Private Law Workshop: Gabriel Rauterberg, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Corporate Origins: The Medieval Corporation, 12:30 p.m., 3108 Eck Hall. There will be a pause at 1:30 p.m. to allow for those who need to leave early.
• March 27-28 The Journal of Legislation, Volume 52 Symposium, The Regulation of Social Media

All Clinical Information Session Tuesday, April 2 | 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eck Hall, Room 3130

Around the Watercooler

• Blood Drive. Please participate.
• March Birthday Celebration

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Notre Dame Law School, "NDLS Communicator: Week of 03.24.25" (2025). NDLS Communicator. 319.
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