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Professor Richard Garnett co-authors book analyzing Supreme Court cases on religious freedom
Richard Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law and director of Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society, has joined John Witte Jr. and...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief with Religious Freedom Institute to protect the rights of prisoners
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court this week to assert that all people — including those who are incarcerated —...
Program on Church, State & Society names winners of 2022 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. First place went to Michael Bradley, a member of the Law...
Religious Liberty Clinic files brief in Ohio to defend religious schools from discrimination
The Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School recently filed an amicus brief in Ohio to defend the state’s school-choice program and ensure that the state is not required...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief to protect rights of religious health care workers and hospitals
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Court of Appeals this week to protect the fundamental right of health care workers and religiously...
Notre Dame officials call for release of Cardinal Zen, SDB, Catholic bishop emeritus of Hong Kong
“We are deeply saddened to learn that Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB, the Catholic bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been arrested by Chinese national security authorities for allegedly violating Hong...
Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and student Elizabeth Totzke write op-ed on Supreme Court religious liberty cases for City Journal
On April 25, City Journal — a publication of the Manhattan Institute — published an op-ed written by John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett and third-year...
ND Law team wins Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion
Third-year law students Andrew Ross D’Entremont, Reid Edwards, and Vincent Gangemi won first place in the Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion. The competition was...
Program on Church, State and Society names 2022 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded four summer fellowships to John Hale, Anthony Imburgia, Rev. Matt Kuczora, C.S.C., and Martin Wolk. The fellowships...
Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in Supreme Court religious expression case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief on March 2 urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reaffirm the importance of protecting private religious...
Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in California euthanasia case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of religious medical professionals...
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society receives transformational gift
For more than a decade, the Program on Church, State & Society has enhanced the distinctive Catholic mission of Notre Dame Law School. Through legal scholarship and meaningful conversations, the...
In Shurtleff v. Boston, Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts say
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the case to ensure that government actors — like the city of Boston — may not create benefits, opportunities or...
Three ND Law alumni join Religious Liberty Initiative team
Three of Notre Dame Law School’s alumni were drawn back to campus at the beginning of the fall 2021 semester by the opportunity to work for the Law School’s new...
John Templeton Foundation awards $2.1 million grant to ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative
The John Templeton Foundation has awarded ND Law School a historic grant that will enable the Religious Liberty Initiative to explore new ways to facilitate principled pluralism in the United...
Religious Liberty Initiative Student Spotlight: Tom Hellenbrand
As a member of the Religious Liberty Initiative’s 2021-2022 cohort, third-year law student Tom Hellenbrand has had several opportunities to work with Notre Dame Law School faculty on research and writing...
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief this week in Shurtleff v. Boston, a case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that government officials...
ND Law student to speak at National Association of Muslim Lawyers conference
Zahraa Nasser, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and member of this year’s Religious Liberty Initiative student cohort, will speak Saturday at the National Association of Muslim Lawyers...
Houston Chronicle publishes ND Law Religious Liberty Initiative editorial on Ramirez v. Collier
On November 9, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial written by John Meiser, supervising attorney of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, and Thomas Hellenbrand, a third-year law student and...
ND Law's Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court school choice case
On Friday, September 10, Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed its second amicus brief in the upcoming Supreme Court case Carson v. Makin…
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief on Thursday, September 2, to request that the U.S. Supreme Court review the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in...
Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty recipient Nury Turkel writes op-ed for USA Today
This past weekend, USA Today published a powerful op-ed written by Nury Turkel of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom regarding the atrocities that China’s government has perpetrated on...
Uyghur human rights advocate Nury Turkel to receive first Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty
The award presentation will be the capstone of the inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, to be held at the University of Notre Dame, June 28-29.
Law School to host inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit on June 28-29
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative will bring together some of the world’s foremost thought leaders on religious freedom at the end of June for the inaugural Notre Dame...
ND Law's Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in support of Maine families in school choice case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday (March 11), representing the Council for Islamic Schools in North America, Partnership for...
Women Lead 2021: Stephanie Barclay
Professor Stephanie Barclay was profiled in Notre Dame’s Women Lead feature in celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in support of Apache Stronghold in Oak Flat litigation
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative has filed an amicus brief in the United States District Court in the case Apache Stronghold vs. United States of America. The...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative represents Muslim voices defending Jewish groups subject to discriminatory COVID-19 closures
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has filed three amicus briefs, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court, representing Muslim organizations and scholars in defense of Jewish groups who...
Meet the Religious Liberty Initiative's first student cohort
Notre Dame Law School is hitting the ground running with our Religious Liberty Initiative. We’ve already assembled the first cohort of five students. This semester, these students have already helped write...
Notre Dame Law School establishes Religious Liberty Clinic
With the receipt of a transformational gift from Matt and Lindsay Moroun and family, Notre Dame Law School will put its rich tradition of religious liberty scholarship into practice by...