Nootbaar Institute Fellows
The Nootbaar Fellows Program at Pepperdine Caruso Law brings together a community of distinguished scholars in the law and religion field. Through regular workshops and conferences, Nootbaar fellows share innovative research and academic projects with the ultimate goal of deepening knowledge and wisdom in the field of law and religion. Annually, we hold a Nootbaar Fellows Conference here in Malibu. This conference is scheduled to expand over the next three academic years thanks to a generous donation pledge from Founders First.
Meet the Fellows
Netta Barak-Corren
Haim H. Cohn Chair in Human Rights, Faculty of Law & The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stephanie Barclay
Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Georgetown University Law Center
Nathan Chapman
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Cleveland Distinguished Chair, University of Georgia School of Law
Marc DeGirolami
St. John Henry Newman Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law and the Human
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Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
Rick Garnett
Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law; Concurrent Professor of Political Science; Founding Director, Program on Church, State & Society, University of Notre Dame
Frederick Gedicks
Guy Anderson Chair & Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School
Christopher C. Lund
Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School; Romano Stancroff Research Scholar
Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, McGill University
Nicholas Miller
Professor of Law and Religion, Honors College, Washington Adventist University; Director, Center for Law and Public Policy
James Nelson
Vinson & Elkins Professor at the University of Houston Law Center
Laura Portuondo
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
Zalman Rothschildi
Assistant Professor of Law and Horn Family Distinguished Research Scholar in Law and Religion, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Faraz Sanei
Assistant Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Chagai Schlesinger
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Haifa Law Faculty
Micah Schwartzman
Hard Cross Dillard Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Amy Sepinwall
Associate Professor, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Sepper
Crillon C. Payne II Professor of Health Law, University of Texas School of Law
Mark Storslee
Associate Professor and C. Boyden Gray Distinguished Scholar, University of North Carolina School of Law
Lael Weinberger
Assistant Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Fellows Conference
Favoritism, Coercion and the Establishment Clause
Christopher Lund
On Compelling Interests and the Costs of Freedom
Netta Barak-Corren
The Myth of Second-Class Free Exercise
Frederick Gedicks
Mysterizing Religion
Marc DeGirolami
Effecting Free Exercise and Equal Protection
Laura Portuondo
Sacred Easements
Pat Reidy
Established Churches and American Church Autonomy
Lael Weinberger
Breaking Down Bigotry
Amy Sepinwall
Religious Nondelegation
Jessie Hill
The Future of Schools and the First Amendment
Alan Brownstein