NDLS Communicator: Week of 11.20.23

The Latest News Notre Dame Law School establishes new Global Human Rights Clinic. Diane Desierto is currently representing Nobel laureate Maria Ressa in her defense against cyber libel charges at the Philippine Supreme Court. The Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon case St. Timothy\u27s Episcopal Church et al. v. City of Brookings, advocating for religious organizations’ freedom to serve the hungry. The Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to protect a sacred site in San Antonio, Texas, that is of great spiritual significance to many Indigenous tribes. The Religious Liberty Initiative recently hosted “Religious Liberty: The Key to Healing LGBT Divides.” St. Joseph Superior Judge Cristal C. Brisco, a 2006 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, has been nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana by President Joe Biden. Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted in the America Magazine article, What a Catholic peace studies expert thinks is the way out of war in Gaza. Derek Muller was quoted by the AP in Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in insurrection, but rejects constitutional ballot challenge. Sam Bray wrote a blog post for The Volokh Conspiracy, Standing Doctrine and the Supreme Court. Lloyd Mayer was quoted in an article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy about proposed IRS regulations of charitable giving. Paul Miller has written The Concept of Personality in Private Law, forthcoming in Interstitial Private Law, ed with Bray, Goldberg, and Smith. Paolo Carozza spoke at the annual Feast of St. Edmund at St. Edmund\u27s College at the University of Cambridge on Saturday. Satvinder Juss was interviewed by BBC World News about the UK Supreme Court\u27s Rwanda decision. Events Monday, Nov. 20Law & Econ Workshop, Peter Salib, University of Houston Law Center, Abolition by Algorithm, 12:30 p.m., Faculty Meeting RoomThe Ongoing Efforts to Protect LGBT Rights: A Conversation with Ken Falk, Legal Director of the ACLU of Indiana, 12:30 p.m., 3130 Eck Hall of Law Wednesday, Nov. 22-Friday, Nov. 24Thanksgiving Break Saturday, Nov. 25Notre Dame at Stanford, 7 p.m. Around the Watercooler Patti McLaughlin\u27s son, Tommy, designed new basketball uniforms for the team representing the Kingdom of Tonga over the summer