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Professor Michael Helfand Quoted in "Fifth Circuit Allows Texas to Require Ten Commandments in Classrooms" -- Washington Post

Professor Michael A. Helfand is quoted in the Washington Post article "Fifth Circuit Allows Texas to Require Ten Commandments in Classrooms."

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Pepperdine Caruso Law Students Participate in Fifth Annual Faith and Justice Spring Break Trip to Montgomery, Alabama

Over spring break in March, professors Tanya Cooper and Stephanie Williams led Pepperdine Caruso Law students on the Fifth Annual Faith and Justice spring break trip in Montgomery, Alabama.

Eric Rassbach Pepperdine Caruso School of Law

Petition for Certiorari Authored by Religious Liberty Clinic Director Eric Rassbach Granted by Supreme Court

On Monday April 20, the Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari authored by Eric Rassbach, visiting professor and director of the Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Religious Liberty Clinic.

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Pepperdine Caruso Law Team Wins International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion 2026

The Pepperdine Caruso Law team of Mitchell Brost, Megan Hoefs, and Isaac Zwerling won the International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion 2026.

Michael Helfand Pepperdine Caruso Law faculty

Professor Michael Helfand, "Mapping Carson: New Frontiers of Religious Exclusion in Government Programs" -- Notre Dame Law Review (forthcoming)

Professor Michael A. Helfand's article, "Mapping Carson: New Frontiers of Religious Exclusion in Government Programs," will be published in the Notre Dame Law Review.

Michael Helfand Pepperdine Caruso Law faculty

Professor Michael Helfand, Government Religious Speech and the Establishment Clause -- Vanderbilt Law Review (forthcoming)

Professor Michael A. Helfand's article, Government Religious Speech and the Establishment Clause, will be published in the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Christian Legal Thought panel 2025

Pepperdine Caruso Law Nootbaar Institute Hosts Workshop on Christian Legal Thought

On Friday, November 7 the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law held an academic workshop titled “Christian Legal Thought from the Margins."

Jennifer Koh Pepperdine Caruso Law faculty

Professor Jennifer Koh Presents "AAPI History and Contemporary Immigration Enforcement Challenges" -- Huntington Library

Professor Jennifer Lee Koh presented "AAPI History and Contemporary Immigration Enforcement Challenges" at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

Sukkah of Faith and Solidarity 2025

Pepperdine Caruso Law Hosts Sukkah of Faith and Solidarity

In honor of the eight-day Jewish festival of Sukkot, the Jewish Law Students Association at Pepperdine Caruso Law, in partnership with the Nootbaar Institute for Law, Religion, and Ethics, hosted the Sukkah of Faith and Solidarity.