Facebook pixel Nootbaar Institute Blog - Surf Report | Pepperdine School of Law Skip to main content
Pepperdine | Caruso School of Law

Nootbaar Institute Blog

Third Annual Nootbaar Conference participants

Pepperdine Caruso Law Hosts 2024 Nootbaar Fellows Workshop and Conference on “Charting the Future of Church and State”

On February 7-9, Pepperdine Caruso Law hosted the third annual Nootbaar Fellows Workshop and Conference, titled “Charting the Future of Church and State.”

Ryan Gardner and Ryan Hiepler Pepperdine Caruso Law alumni

Ryan Gardner (JD ‘16) and Ryan Hiepler (JD ‘22) File Successful Temporary Restraining Order in Houston Religious Liberty Case

Pepperdine Caruso Law alumni Ryan Gardner (JD ‘16) and Ryan Hiepler (JD ‘22) filed a successful temporary restraining order in the religious liberty case Heimish of Houston v. The City of Houston.

Theme tower with tree

Pepperdine Caruso Law Receives Founders' First Freedom Gift

Pepperdine Caruso Law is pleased to announce a generous gift from Founders' First Freedom that will allow the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics to expand its fellows program and launch an annual conference.

Supreme Court

Pepperdine Caruso Law Religious Liberty Clinic Amicus Brief Cited by Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy

An amicus brief written by the Pepperdine Caruso Law Religious Liberty Clinic is cited in the Supreme Court opinion in Groff v. DeJoy.

Michael Helfand head shot

Professor Michael Helfand Named Senior Legal Advisor for the Orthodox Union's Teach Coalition

Professor Michael A. Helfand has been named senior legal advisor for Teach Coalition, a project of the Orthodox Union that advocates for equitable funding for nonpublic schools.

Eric Rassbach at Jagiellonian University

Professor Eric Rassbach Presents "Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech" -- Jagiellonian University

Professor Eric Rassbach spoke at a conference at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, on a panel titled "Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech."

Faith and Justice trip participants 2023

Second Annual Faith and Justice Spring Break Trip to Montgomery, Alabama

Members of the Pepperdine Caruso Law community participated in the second annual Faith and Justice spring break trip to visit memorials to the nation’s history of slavery, lynching, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement.

Jennifer Koh and Bob Cochran

Professors Jennifer Koh and Robert Cochran Participate in Law, Christianity, and Racial Justice Symposium -- Emory University Law

Professors Jennifer Lee Koh and Robert F. Cochran participated in the Emory University School of Law symposium "Law, Christianity, and Racial Justice."

Photo of Shabbat candles

Pepperdine Caruso Law Community Celebrates Shabbat

The Pepperdine Caruso Law community came together on Friday, February 10, for its first ever large-scale Shabbat dinner.