NDLS Communicator: Week of 02.05.24

The Latest News Last week, the International Religious Freedom Summit occurred in Washington, DC. Several ND Law faculty members participated. Last week, Lloyd Mayer presented a draft essay, Nonprofit Corporations & Politics: The Entity/Coordination Tension at The University of Chicago Business Law Review\u27s symposium on The Corporation\u27s Role in Politics. Christian Burset co-authored Partisan Legal Traditions in the Age of Camden and Mansfield, which will be published in a forthcoming Oxford Journal of Legal Studies issue. Francisco Urbina published a new essay, It Doesn\u27t Matter What \u27Interpretation\u27 Is, based on Cass Sunstein\u27s book. Avishalom Tor recently co-edited “Oxford Handbook on the Psychology of Competition” (Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor & Andrew J. Elliott eds., 2024). Including two chapters within. He also published another chapter in Law and Economics in All Seinen Facetten, Festschrift zu Ehren von Klaus Mathis 45 (Peter Noble, Alexander Gian-Carlo Baumann & Elias Aliverti eds., 2023). Paul Miller has published a new book with Thilo Kuntz, Methodology in Private Law. Derek Muller was quoted in a CNN article, Trump\u27s critics hope that Antonin Scalia can sway the Supreme Court in 14th Amendment fight. Sam Bray will speak at the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum this week. The Forum\u27s focus is Rule by One Judge: The Question of Universal Injunctions. Stephanie Barclay is presenting (with Kurt Lash) A Crust of Bread: Religious Resistance and the Fourteenth Amendment at the 15th Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference at the University of San Diego this week. Sherif Gergis is one of the conference participants. Jay Tidmarsh participated in a panel discussion on Florida tort reform on February 4. Vincent Phillip Muñoz is speaking at Claremont McKenna College as part of the College\u27s Anthenaeum 40th Anniversary Series. Events Monday, Feb. 5 Practicing Humility with Julian Velasco, 12:30 p.m., 3130 Eck Hall of Law Law & Economics Workshop: Syrena Shirley, Columbia Business School, Independent or Informed? How Combining the Roles of Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer Impacts Legal Risk, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Eck Hall of Law. Conversation on International Law Practice: Jeremy Cole, \u2799 JD, Jones Day, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law. Tuesday, Feb. 6 Faculty Colloquium, Sam Estreicher, NYU School of Law, 12:30 p.m., 2130 Eck Hall of Law Federalist Society: Lunch with Derek Muller, 12:30 p.m., 2171 Eck Hall of Law KPMG Tax Principal Robert Weyman, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of Law Wednesday, Feb. 7 Explaining the ICJ Ruling on South Africa\u27s Genocide Case Against Israel, 12:30 p.m., 1130 Eck Hall of LawProfessors Mary Ellen O’Connell and Ebrahim Moosa discuss the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice on South Africa\u27s genocide case against Israel. Thursday, Feb. 8 Lunar New Year Lunch, 12:30 p.m., 3108 Eck Hall of Law.APALSA is celebrating Lunar New Year with the ND law community by hosting their annual Lunar New Year Luncheon. Looking Ahead Join us in celebrating Black History Month with a screening of Fannie. Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. in the McCartan Courtroom, ND Law School. Voter Registration Drive, Wednesday, February 14, 2024 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Duncan Student Center on campus. Around the Watercooler Max Gaston and Jonathan Bailey are going to be in a production of the Piano Lesson at South Bend Civic theater from March 15-24