We at the de Nicola Center mourn the passing of Alasdair MacIntyre, our Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow, widely regarded as the most important figure in modern virtue ethics. ethicscenter.nd.edu/news/de-nicola…

So proud of my two amazing research assistants. Something very special happening at Notre Dame Law School (and de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture)!

In his intellect, wisdom, creativity, courage and breadth of learning, Alasdair MacIntyre was unsurpassed. By his life and his writing, he taught us how to be fully human, writes Carter Snead on.wsj.com/4jBDVn6

Prof. Carter Snead's Wall Street Journal essay on philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre reflects on his quiet but important influence on bioethics—reminding us that life is not defined by will and power, but by love and friendship for every member of the human family.

Congratulations to Olivia Lyons '25 J.D., one of our newest graduate/professional Sorin Fellow alumni, honored with the Dean Joseph O'Meara Award from Notre Dame Law School for her outstanding academic achievement!

Congratulations to Amanda Garcia, one of our Sorin Fellows at Notre Dame Law School, recipient of the 2025–26 Lardy Scholarship Award, which honors a student who exemplifies the late Peter A. R. Lardy's "courage, love, and understanding toward his fellow man."

Three of our de Nicola Center student fellows will clerk at the Supreme Court next year. Michael Bradley, our Polking Family Fellow at Notre Dame Law School, and Sorin Fellow alumni William Eisenhauer and Caitlin Fennelly Ferguson will all serve in the 2025 term. ethicscenter.nd.edu/news/three-de-…

Me pidieron este obituario sobre MacIntyre en Alfa y Omega que he escrito con gran cariño y admiración. Gracias siempre al de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture por darme la oportunidad de conocer al maestro. Carter Snead Margaret Cabaniss et al

vacation reading we’ve brought (and local pottery)

So excited for the nomination of my wonderful former Notre Dame Law School student, Josh Dunlap to the First Circuit. Brilliant in the classroom, great lawyer, and will be an outstanding judge.

More great Notre Dame Law School news - two amazing colleagues tenured and promoted to full professor. Special things happening at NDLS!

🧵 1/ For the third year in a row, Notre Dame Law School ranked fourth in the nation for placing graduates in federal judicial clerkships — per U.S. News and World Report and ABA data.

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Jesus asks us today to weave networks of relationships, of love, of gratuitous sharing where friendship is profound. Networks where we can mend what has been broken, heal from loneliness, not focus on the number of followers, but experience the greatness of infinite Love in every

Thrilled for my amazing former student (and fellow clerkship alum of the wonderful Judge Paul J. Kelly). He will be a wise, thoughtful, brilliant, and fair judge. He represents the very best Notre Dame Law School has to offer. Go Irish!

So proud of the bride (Leigh Snead ) for her amazing forthcoming book— Why I Wrote a Book on Infertility open.substack.com/pub/catholicas…

Very excited for Leigh Snead's forthcoming book, "Infertile but Fruitful," previewed here on Catholic Association's new substack: catholicassociation.substack.com/p/why-i-wrote-…

Very excited to participate in this exciting The Free Press event next month with thoughtful and interesting discussants, including Dr. Lydia Dugdale! Join us!!

Delighted to be part of this important upcoming The Free Press debate with thoughtful discussants and the extraordinary Bari Weiss! Join us in Pittsburgh!!

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