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Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic Defends Catholic Charter School’s Mission to Expand Educational Options for Underserved Children
Oklahoma Educators Pursue Diverse School Choice Amidst Legal Challenge For more than 100 years, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa have served families in Oklahoma through...
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic represents client in asylum proceedings before the Immigration Court
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic represented an Iranian convert to Christianity in his asylum proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). The Religious Liberty Clinic represented...
Thomas Berg explores how religious liberty can reduce polarization in book talk hosted by ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative
In Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age, author Thomas Berg shows us how reaffirming religious freedom cultivates the good of individuals and society. In a book talk hosted by Notre...
Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic students help draft UK Parliamentary report on the state of religious liberty in Nepal
A group of student fellows in Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic worked with the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief to draft a...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative hosts human dignity conference at Oxford with BYU Law
From July 27 to 29, Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative and Brigham Young University’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies hosted an enriching conference at the University...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative selects seven junior scholars to present at Notre Dame Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has selected seven junior scholars who will present at the upcoming Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference on October 27-28 at Notre Dame...
Third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit spotlights need to protect religious freedom around the world
“Freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression are mutually reinforcing, as they allow all persons — no matter what religious belief or no belief at all,...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative presents 2023 Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty to Lord David Alton
The third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative, culminated on Thursday, July 13, with a black-tie gala at the Merchant Taylors’...
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 Taylors’ Hall in London. Good evening, and...
2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Day 3 Recap
During the final day of the 2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, panels included discussions on living up to FoRB (freedom of religion or belief) commitments, the rise of persecution...
2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Day 2 Recap
During day two of the 2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in London, attendees heard thought-provoking dialogue on religious liberty and international tribunals, religious liberty in the corporate space, and...
2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Day 1 Recap
Yesterday was the first day of the third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, which the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative is hosting this week at the Honourable...
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.
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society names winners of 2023 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. The goal of the competition is to encourage scholarship related to...
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty presents ND Law Dean G. Marcus Cole with 2023 Legal Service Award
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty presented its 2023 Legal Service Award to Notre Dame Law School Dean G. Marcus Cole on Thursday, May 25, at Becket’s annual gala in...
UK House of Lords member David Alton to receive 2023 Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty
Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative has selected Lord David Alton, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, to receive the 2023 Notre Dame Prize...
ND Law to hold third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in London
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative will host the third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit from July 11-13 in London. The summit is an annual gathering of...
Program on Church, State & Society names 2023 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded summer fellowships to four rising second-year students. This year’s fellows are Alesondra Cruz, Maria Lake, Adem Osmani, and...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic Highlights Student Fellows’ Work Defending Religious Freedom Around the World
This academic year, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic student fellows have been actively defending religious liberty around the world in a variety of cases. Here are a...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic represents Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups defending a Muslim inmate’s religious rights
A Muslim man’s right to practice his religion was suppressed by state officials while being held in a New York correctional facility. His case highlights the importance of interpreting religious...
London book launch with Lord David Alton explores need for international response to genocide
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a book launch and discussion in London last month for Lord David Alton’s and Ewelina Ochab's recently published book, State Responses...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic defends Apache sacred site from mining plan as Ninth Circuit reviews case
Apache Stronghold v. United States was one of the first cases that the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic supported when the clinic was newly established in the 2020-21...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in the Colombian Constitutional Court
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Constitutional Court of Colombia earlier this month to defend university students’ rights to establish and participate...
John Garvey, president emeritus of Catholic University of America, gives 2023 Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture
John Garvey, president emeritus of Catholic University of America, gave the 2023 Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture at Notre Dame Law School on Friday, April 14.
Notre Dame Law School holds second annual Interfaith Dinner in observance of Ramadan, Passover, Easter, and Ridvan
Notre Dame Law School held its second annual Interfaith Dinner on April 12 in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Jewish Passover, Easter, and the Baha’i festival...
Panelists share insights on Carson v. Makin and the legal landscape for school choice
On March 30, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a panel discussion that explored the dynamic and complex intersection of education and religious liberty. The event featured...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic defends Apache sacred site in oral argument before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
A group of Western Apaches and a diverse coalition of legal and religious experts today urged the government in federal court to protect Native American sacred sites on the same...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative supports criminal complaint against Chinese government for Uyghur genocide
The Religious Liberty Initiative’s amicus brief represents renowned U.S. & U.K. human rights advocates Notre Dame, IN — In what appears to be the largest incarceration of an ethnoreligious group...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative adds three members to board of advisors
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has added three new members to its board of advisors: Kristina Arriaga of Intrinsic Communications, Peter Petkoff of Brunel Law School, and David...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative explores religious liberty challenges facing Catholic schools at symposium hosted with Kellogg Institute, the Australian Catholic University
From December 11 to 14, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies joined the Australian Catholic University in convening a group of...