The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey presented the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award to Thomas R. Curtin at its annual dinner June 21. The award is given to an outstanding lawyer whose contributions to the law are recognized by the Association as deserving of special and unique recognition as befits the name of Justice Brennan, in whose name the award is given. Read More

Professor Richard Garnett was interviewed for NPR’s Morning Edition with Nina Totenberg June 28 regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a California law restricting the sale of violent video games. Read More

Some of the world’s leading scholars across a variety of relevant disciplines are visiting the University of Notre Dame for a week-long “Workshop on Adult and Non-embryonic Stem Cell Research,” being held on campus through July 2. Read More

Human Rights Defender Now Fights For U.S. Policy
That came as a surprise to Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame who fought alongside Koh to protest a broad view of executive power that became popular during the Bush years. > NPR, WFAE 90.7 FM, Minnesota Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting Read More

High Court OKs Sales Of Violent Video Games To Kids
“The answer that we’re getting pretty clearly from a solid majority of the court is that” parental pressure, and market pressure, through labeling, are the only way to limit child access to these games, said Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett
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On June 28, Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted by NPR’s Morning Edition for a story about State Department Adviser Harold H. Koh’s defense of U.S. involvement in Libya. Read More

Some of the world’s leading experts across a variety of relevant disciplines are coming to the Notre Dame Law School for a weeklong “Workshop on Adult and Non-embryonic Stem Cell Research” June 27 – July 1. In conjunction with the workshop, an afternoon lecture series, “Alternate Visions of Stem Cell Research: Scientific, Ethical, Legal & Theological Dimensions” will be open to the public from 4 – 5 p.m. each day in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom in the Law School’s Eck Hall of Law. Read More

Does Libya intervention violate War Powers Resolution?
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“The U.S. has deployed manned and unmanned aircraft to fire missiles and drop bombs — the type of weapons only permissible for use in armed conflict hostilities,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell Read More

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Notre Dame international law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell said the White House is playing word games. “I have no doubt that if we are using drones in Libya, armed drones, we are engaged in hostilities,” O’Connell said. > Read Article Read More

(CNN) — Harold Koh, legal adviser to the U.S. State Department, attempted to convince Congress on June 15 that the “limited nature” of U.S. military operations in Libya are not “hostilities” as envisioned in the War Powers Resolution, and, therefore, required no Congressional authorization. Read More

The Sister Jean Lenz, O.S.F., Leadership Award, given to a post-baccalaureate student who displays leadership in promoting a more diverse and inclusive campus community, was awarded to Jacqueline Pimentel-Gannon of Indianapolis. Read More

National Archives and Nixon Foundation to Host Program on Combating Organized Crime
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A noted team of Nixon era Justice Department officials, Congressional counselors, and White House advisers will discuss how the Nixon administration combated organized crime and brought substantial, lasting changes to the American criminal justice system…. Panelists will include: G. Robert Blakey…before assuming his present teaching position at Notre Dame Law School in 1980. Read More

Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life in the Department of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law, has been named a co-recipient of the Hubert Morken Award for his book, God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson (Cambridge University Press 2009). Read More

Associate Dean Ed Edmonds was quoted in the LA Times by Douglas Farmer in the article A compendium of corruption: Some of the notorious (and some alleged) scandals in sports history. Read More