NDLS Communicator: Week of 08.07.23

The Latest News The Religious Liberty Initiative and Brigham Young University’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies recently hosted a conference at the University of Oxford. Emily Bremer has been appointed a Senior Fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), an independent federal agency that provides authoritative, nonpartisan legal advice on administrative law and federal regulatory procedures. Mary Ellen O\u27Connell was on “Background Briefing with Ian Masters” podcast. Nicole Garnett reviewed “Sacred Easements,” a forthcoming paper in the Virginia Law Review written by new faculty member Rev. Patrick Reidy, C.S.C. Jimmy Gurulé was quoted about the Trump indictment in the Associated Press article, “Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say. Diane Desierto was quoted by Scientific American in, Which is More Dangerous: Outer Space or the Deep Sea? Lloyd Mayer was quoted by the Columbus Dispatch in the article, Aug. 8 election: Churches, ballot measures and lobbying law, explained. Jay Tidmarsh and Tladi Marumo have published Good Representatives, Bad Objectors, and Restitution in Class Settlements in the BYU Law Review. Paolo Carozza has been granted a fellowship to serve as a Senior Research Associate of St. Edmund\u27s College, Cambridge University, and of the von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry for the next three years. Yan Yu spoke on the panel A Rose By Any Other Name: Charting a New Path Towards Career Fulfillment at the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference. Exoneration Justice Clinic in Indiana Lawyer The Call for Papers for the 11th Law and Economics Conference in Lucerne, organized in collaboration with ND LAMB and the Center for Corporate Governance of the Harvard Law School, is now open. Student News Pavithra Rajendran ’23 LL.M. wins Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs’ Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize Alumni News Joseph Connor ’16 J.D. was a teacher with a keen interest in education law and policy when he decided to study law at Notre Dame. Now he is the founder and CEO of Odyssey, a technology company that helps families access funding for the K-12 education of their choice. The U.S. Supreme Court recognizes Robert Burgdorf \u2770, \u2773 J.D. as “the drafter of the original Americans with Disabilities Act bill, but in 1971, he was a ND Law student looking for a worthwhile project to work on. Events August 14-18: Welcome Week Around the Watercooler Happy Birthday to Kate Singe