NDLS Communicator: Week of 10.04.21

The Latest News A look back at Supreme Court visits to Notre Dame Law School Justice Samuel Alito defends Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket Jay Tidmarsh presents at Society of Legal Scholars conference Lloyd Mayer spoke at University of San Diego on churches and tax-exemption Carter Snead interviewed on EWTN Radio Alumni News Bailey Hans from the Class of 2021 won the 2021 Christopher E. Bergin Award for Excellence in Writing from TaxNotes. Events Monday, October. 4: Graduate Seminar Speaker Series: Humanitarian-Development/Dignity with José Luis Chito Gascón, chair of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights, 12:30 p.m., 1310 Biolchini Tuesday, October, 5: First Generation Professionals present: An Evening with Dean Cole, 4:30 p.m., McCartan Courtroom Faculty and staff are welcome. Wednesday, October 6: International and Comparative Law Spotlight: Faculty and Careers with Nicole Garnett and Diane Desierto, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law Human Dignity Under Natural Law with Sherif Girgis, 2:30 p.m., 2108 Eck Hall of Law Thursday, October 7: Cancel Culture: Have We Gone Too Far? with Sean Seymore, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law Friday, October 8: Sixth Annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom, all day, virtually on Zoom Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket—and Its Critics with Professor Steve Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law and CNN Supreme Court analyst, 12:30 p.m., via Zoom Saturday, October 9: Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m. Around the Watercooler Happy Birthday this week to Jaimi Woo