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 Religious Liberty Initiative . The groundbreaking initiative promotes and defends religious freedom for people of all faiths through scholarship, events, and the Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic. John Meiser ’07, ’10 J.D. , previously a career law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, serves as the supervising attorney for the Religious Liberty Clinic. Francesca Genova ’15 J.D. , a former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, is the Religious Liberty Initiative’s first legal fellow. Brendan Wilson ’04 J.D. , a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, is an adjunct professor of law and teaches the Religious Organizations Lab Class. The innovative course enables students to work on real-world legal questions that are of specific concern to churches, faith-based nonprofit groups, and other religious organizations. Meiser, Genova, and Wilson each expressed the profound impact their time at the Law School had on them as students. That impact was influential in their decisions to return to […]
