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Professor Michael Helfand Presents "Emerging Issues at the Interface of Religion and State" -- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Professor Michael A. Helfand presented "Emerging Issues at the Interface of Religion and State" at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law's Gruss Workshop.

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Professor Michael Helfand Presents "Ten Commandments in the Classroom: Rabbi Nathan's Case Against SB 10" -- University of Texas at Austin Law School

Professor Michael A. Helfand presented "Ten Commandments in the Classroom: Rabbi Nathan's Case Against SB 10" at the University of Texas at Austin Law School.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."