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July 07, 2026

2026 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s opening remarks

Good morning, and welcome to the sixth annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit. I am Marcus Cole, Dean of Notre Dame Law School, and I want to welcome you to...
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June 26, 2025

2025 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s remarks at Awards Dinner

Good evening, and welcome to the fifth annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit Gala Dinner, highlighted by the award of the 2025 Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty. Before I...
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June 24, 2025

2025 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s opening remarks

Welcome to the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Summit. This is our fifth annual Religious Liberty Summit, and we're delighted to host it here in Ireland, where the University...
Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks July 10, 2024, at the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit’s Gala & Award Dinner, held in the Dahnke Ballroom.

July 11, 2024

2024 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s remarks at Gala & Award Dinner

Good evening, I am Marcus Cole, Dean of Notre Dame Law School, and I want to welcome you to the fourth annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit Gala Dinner, highlighted...
Joseph A. Matson Dean & Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole speaks on July 10, 2024 in Notre Dame's McKenna Hall

July 10, 2024

2024 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s welcome remarks

Good morning, and welcome to the fourth annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit. I am Marcus Cole, Dean of Notre Dame Law School, and I want to welcome you to...
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July 17, 2023

2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s remarks at Gala & Award Dinner

Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks July 13, 2023, at the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit’s Gala & Award Dinner, held at the Merchant…
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July 12, 2023

2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s welcome remarks

The 2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative, was held in London from July 11-13.
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May 21, 2023

Commencement 2023: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s charge to the graduating class

Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole delivered the following charge to Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023 during the Law School’s Hooding Ceremony on...
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July 25, 2022

Dean G. Marcus Cole’s remarks at the 2022 Religious Liberty Summit Gala in Rome

Good evening, and welcome to the second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit Gala Dinner, highlighted by the award of the 2022 Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty. Before I...
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July 21, 2022

Dean G. Marcus Cole’s Welcome Address at the 2022 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome

Good morning! I am Marcus Cole, Dean of Notre Dame Law School, and Founder of the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Initiative. On behalf of myself and our Faculty Director, Professor...
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January 19, 2022

Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks at Walk the Walk Week prayer service

Amid the glow of hundreds of candles in the rotunda of Notre Dame’s Main Building, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole spoke at the University’s...
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January 07, 2021

Dean G. Marcus Cole's statement on the U.S. Capitol attack

Dear Members of the Notre Dame Law School Community, Yesterday, I watched in horror as a mob made a terrorist assault on the United States Capitol. As the images unfolded,...
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June 08, 2020

Dean G. Marcus Cole: 'I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something.'

"While my education and position do not grant me immunity from racial violence, they do place me in a position to do something about it."
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January 11, 2019

G. Marcus Cole: Squirrel Hill taught me about community

Writing for Tablet magazine, G. Marcus Cole recalls growing up as one of the few African-Americans in Pittsburgh’s ‘shtetl’ neighborhood.
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