The Past
April 26, 2007
- The Second Annual Louis Brandeis Lecture, 12:30 p.m. in SR-1
* Distinguished guest lecturer Amitai Etzioni, the founder of the Communitarian Movement and University Professor at The George Washington University spoke based on his book, "Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy" (Yale University Press). Professor Etzioni also drew from the essay, "The Global Importance of Illiberal Moderates."
March 29, 2007
- Religion and the Law Symposium, Chapman School of Law
* Professor Cochran spoke at the Third Annual Religion and the Law Symposium; Pepperdine University School of Law and Pepperdine Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics were co-sponsors of the Symposium.
March 21, 2007
- "Only One Choice": Human Trafficking in Burma and Thailand, 12:30 p.m. in
Room D
* Moon, a young woman from Burma, who was trafficked into prostitution at a very young age. Accompanying her were Mark and Christa Crawford, founders of Just Food, Inc. and the Garden of Hope in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
February 24, 2007
- Racial and Ethnic Diversity Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law
February 23, 2007
- Raul Gonzalez (CLS Lunch Speaker), 12:30 p.m. in SR-1
February 16, 2007
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference, Chapman Law School (the Nootbaar
Institute was a conference sponsor)
- 8:30-8:45 am Conference Welcome: Welcome by Joseph Bentley, Chair of J. Reuben Clark Law Society International
- 8:45-9:30 am Morning Keynote Speaker: By Kenneth Starr, Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law
- 9:30-10:15 am The Church and the United Nations Panel: Moderated by Robert O'Brien and featuring Former Governor Olene Walker and Elder Walker
- 10:30-11:30 am Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought; Traditional Christian Attitudes Toward Law; Mormon Attitudes Toward Law: Implications of an International Perspective: Presented by Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law; W. Cole Durham, Gates University Professor of Law, Director, BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU; and Elizabeth Sewell, Associate Director, BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU
February 11-13, 2007
- Genocide and Religion Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law and
the Simon Wiesenthal Center
*Approximately 61 attendees not including students who attended for course credit.
February 8, 2007
- Transforming the Balkans from the Inside Out, Sam Ericsson,president and
CEO of Advocates International,12:30 p.m. in the Appellate Courtroom
* co-sponsored with CLS
November 2-5, 2006
- Christian Legal Society Conference in San Antonio, Texas
*The Nootbaar Institute sent 25 Pepperdine students
October 24, 2006
- Lunch with Charles Michaels,President of the LA County Bar, 12:00 p.m. in Dean's Conference Room
October 16, 2006
- War Crimes Panel, 12:30 p.m. in SR-1
October 12, 2006
- Lessons from Enron, 7:00 -8:00 p.m. in Room G (co-sponsored with the Palmer Center)
October 9-13, 2006
- Human Rights Awareness Week
* co-sponsored with IJM Law School Chapter and ILS
Monday, October 9th
Exercise of Religious Freedom
7:30am - 8:30am: Prayer Breakfast with Jay Wolf ('08 Salima Medical Clinic,
Malawi)
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Presentation European Free Exercise with Latcho Popov of
Advocates Europe
Tuesday, October 10th
Violence Against Women
7:30am - 8:30am: Breakfast with Judith Wood of The Human Rights Project
Wednesday, October 11th
Rights of the Child
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Presentation on Addressing the Needs of Children Around the
World: Justice for the least of these with Restore International
Thursday, October 12th
Exercise of Religious Freedom
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Presentation on Human Trafficking with Professor Goodno
Friday, October 13th
Social Entrepreneurship
7:30am - 8:30am: "Make a Difference, Make A Choice" - Breakfast with Megan
Datrice ('08 Kayamundi Trust Center, Cape Town, South Africa)
September 26, 2006
- The Nootbaar Institute Luncheon-Joe LaConte Presentation, 12:30 p.m. in SR-1
July 31-August 12, 2006
- The Nootbaar Institute Summer Courses
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- Religion and the Constitution: co-taught by Dean Kenneth Starr and John H. Garvey, Dean and Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
- Legal Ethics Seminar: Theresa Stanton Collett, Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Restorative Justice: Daniel Van Ness, Executive Director of the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation, an Institute of Prison Fellowship International
May 16, 2006
- Russell Pearce, professor of law and director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University, delivered the Louis D. Brandeis Lecture at the School of Law on May 16, 2006. That night, ILRE and David Nimmer of Irell & Manella, LLP hosted a dinner discussion moderated by Pearce, titled "Religious Faith and Law Practice: Integrated, Irreconcilable, or Irrelevant?"
- Russell Pearce and ILRE Director Robert Cochran were featured in a May 2006 article published in California Lawyer magazine titled "In Good Faith: Lawyers Look for Ways to Work Religiously." The article discussed the "religious lawyering movement" that Pearce is credited with founding, and chronicled ILRE's work in this emerging field. It also highlighted Cochran's efforts to promote religion as "a means of bringing attorneys together to practice law in a more cooperative, compassionate, and productive way."
February 3-6, 2006
Conference: "Lawyers, Faith, and Peacemaking." Listen to audio from the conference:
Feb 3, 2006
- 9:15 am - Keynote Speakers: Adlerstein, Carrasco, & Smith
- 11 am- Peacemaking in the Ordinary Practice of Law: Hofheimer, Bollard, Shemitz, & Casey
- 2:30 pm - Muslim/Christian Dialogue on Peacemaking: Stassen & Shafiq
- 3:45 pm - Peacemaking in the Family and the Religious Congregation: Mendoza, Supancic, & Pace
Feb 4, 2006
- 9:15 am- Crime, Punishment, and Reconciliation: Claassen & Ward-Kaiser
- 11:15 am - Faith and Peacemaking in Family Law and Civil Litigation: Stock, Firmat, Williams, & Beam
- 1 pm - Luncheon Address: Dean Kenneth W. Starr
April 7, 2005
"Erasing the Tension Between Career and Mission: Law as the Practical Application of Deeply Held Values" - Rabbi Daniel Lappin
April 6, 2005
International Religious Freedom: A Report Card - Samuel Ericson, Director, Advocates International
March 9, 2005
The Christian Concept of Vocation - Justice Donald Lemons, Virginia Supreme Court
February 1 - March 29, 2005
Weekly Discussions on the Spirituality of St. Ignatius - Attorney Byron Beam
February 4-5, 2005
Conference: Lawyers, Religious Faith, and Social Justice: Our Responsibility to "the Orphan, the Widow, the Alien," and "the Least of These"
November 11, 2005
Manna in the Desert of Law Practice - The Honorable Frank Firmat, Orange County Superior Court
October 13, 2004
Family, Law Practice, and Time Pressures - Attorney Panel
Fall, 2004
Opening of Pepperdine's J.D./M.Div. joint degree program, offering a Juris Doctor and a Master of Divinity degree
February 6-7, 2004
Conference: "Can the Ordinary Practice of Law be a Religious Calling?"
January 12, 2004
Forum: "Lawyers Seeking Justice for Human Rights Abuses"
November 17, 2003
Inaugural lecture: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, "The Establishment Clause and Judicial Initiatives that Are Driving Religion Out From the Public Square"