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Devin Humphreys | Monday, April 24, 2023
In this space, I have, in the past, invoked St. John Henry Newman’s hymn “Lead, Kindly Light.” But “remember not my past, but lead me still,” as Newman would say, since as my time at Notre Dame Law School draws to a close, the words “I do not ask to see the distant scene; one
Devin Humphreys | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Back in undergrad, I was one of the founding members of Michigan State University’s Knights of Columbus chapter. While the ceremonials for being inducted into the first three degrees of the Knights were a closely guarded secret at the time of my initiation, they were declassified during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I am now able
Liam Kelly | Thursday, January 26, 2023
“The only solution is to defeat Putin sooner rather than later,” Taras Dobko, vice-rector of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) said during a virtual flash panel on the war in Ukraine hosted by the Nanovic Center for European Studies Wednesday afternoon. Dobko was joined by Law School professor Mary Ellen O’Connell and political science professor Michael
Isa Sheikh | Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Last week, the Supreme Court heard two concurrent cases on the state of affirmative action in college admissions, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. The petitioner in both cases — Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit that has taken issue
Gracie Eppler | Monday, September 26, 2022
On Friday, Sr. Helen Prejean participated in a fireside chat hosted by the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. The fireside chat was moderated by dean and professor of law G. Marcus Cole in the Eck Visitors’ Center. Prejean said she believes that all humans,
Isa Sheikh | Friday, May 13, 2022
With almost 80% of graduating seniors reporting their post-graduation plans to the Meruelo Family Center for Career Development (CCD), early results indicate trends for the class of 2022 are similar to previous classes. According to data collected in a joint effort by the CCD and Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research (OSPIR), about two-thirds
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, March 29, 2022
I am, at times, amazed by the rabbit holes into which I have fallen while at Notre Dame Law School. From comparing lawsuits with dating to using my canon law final paper as an excuse to reconsider mens rea reform, the opportunities for those rabbit holes to manifest have been plentiful. But perhaps the deepest
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Professor Samuel Bray teaches an absolutely exceptional upper-level course on remedies. I’m taking it this semester, and it’s a true honor to be learning the law of remedies (including the distinction between law and equity) from a renowned national expert in the subject. One of the things I’ve noticed about remedies (the course, not the
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 1, 2019
On Wednesday, the LGBT Law Forum at the law school hosted an event featuring Jim Obergefell, Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon, plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which mandated that every state recognize same-sex marriage. The talk was co-sponsored by student groups as well as the Mendoza College of Business. It is the
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 28, 2017
Where to begin with Mr. Caruso’s attack (“Preventing Catholic Jihadist Judges,” Observer Sept. 22) on the judicial nomination of Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett? Let’s start with the truly offensive headline invoking the term “jihadist” to suggest the kind of judge professor Barrett will be. Really, just reprinting the word and noting