Carter Snead
@cartersnead
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Charles E. Rice Professor of Law, Univ. of Notre Dame; Fellow, @EPPCdc. Author of “What It Means to be Human” (Harvard U Press 2020). Fmr Dir, @ND_EthicsCenter
Joined July 2009
Excited and grateful to participate in this fascinating and timely conversation tomorrow, moderated by the extraordinary @bariweiss!
We are entering an era in which humans will wield unprecedented power over our own biology. Is gene editing the only ethical choice to reduce human suffering and ensure happier, healthier lives for our children? Or are we sliding toward a new era of turbo-charged eugenics? Join
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ND Law Professor @cartersnead will take part in @TheFP live debate, "Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?" In May of this year, it was announced that doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR—the revolutionary gene-editing technology—to save the
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Book launch day! Sort of. Amazon has had it for several days now, but today is the official release from @OSV Press. I put my heart and soul into this - which was made more meaningful by my father's death. It prepared me for that experience and I hope it can help prepare
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Extraordinary book forthcoming from an amazing woman— The Bride (@SneadLeigh of @CatholicAssoc )!!!
TCA FELLOW LEIGH SNEAD ON WHY SHE WROTE A BOOK ON INFERTILITY: SO MANY PEOPLE REACHED OUT EACH TIME SHE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT HER STORY. COMING IN JANUARY FROM SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS! @SneadLeigh
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For anyone interested in an extended reflection and discussion of novel reproductive technologies, the meaning of embodiment, the nature of parenthood, the concept of a child as a gift -- a mysterious stranger to be welcomed and loved unconditionally, and the difference between
This is such a revealing moment: @DouthatNYT, moved by a poem about the beauty and gift of procreation, asks the woman who wants to take it all away if she thinks something will be lost, and she responds, “what do you mean?”
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Delighted to be part of this important upcoming @TheFP debate with thoughtful discussants and the extraordinary @bariweiss! Join us in Pittsburgh!!
We are entering an era in which humans will wield unprecedented power over our own biology. Is gene editing the only ethical choice to reduce human suffering and ensure happier, healthier lives for our children? Or are we sliding toward a new era of turbo-charged eugenics? Join
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Very excited to participate in this exciting @TheFP event next month with thoughtful and interesting discussants, including Dr. Lydia Dugdale! Join us!!
Get your tickets now for our next live debate on September 10 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Very excited for @SneadLeigh's forthcoming book, "Infertile but Fruitful," previewed here on @CatholicAssoc's new substack:
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So proud of the bride (@SneadLeigh ) for her amazing forthcoming book— Why I Wrote a Book on Infertility
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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 @NDLaw has to offer. Go Irish!
Today, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I introduced Joshua Dunlap of Scarborough, who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He came to Washington for his hearing with several members of his family, including his parents, wife, and
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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
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🧵 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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More great @NDLaw news - two amazing colleagues tenured and promoted to full professor. Special things happening at NDLS!
Notre Dame Law School congratulates Professors Sadie Blanchard and Sherif Girgis on being granted tenure and promoted to full professor. Read more: https://t.co/O6mmV9Ibrc
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So excited for the nomination of my wonderful former @NDLaw student, Josh Dunlap to the First Circuit. Brilliant in the classroom, great lawyer, and will be an outstanding judge.
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vacation reading we’ve brought (and local pottery)
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Me pidieron este obituario sobre MacIntyre en @alfayomegasem que he escrito con gran cariño y admiración. Gracias siempre al @ND_EthicsCenter por darme la oportunidad de conocer al maestro. @cartersnead @mccabaniss et al
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Congratulations to Amanda Garcia, one of our Sorin Fellows at @NDLaw, 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."
Amanda Garcia, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2025-26 academic year. The Lardy Scholarship Award was established by the ND Law Class of 1975 to honor their beloved classmate Peter A.R. Lardy. https://t.co/EIHLEZmmCq
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Three of our de Nicola Center student fellows will clerk at the Supreme Court next year. Michael Bradley, our Polking Family Fellow at @NDLaw, and Sorin Fellow alumni William Eisenhauer and Caitlin Fennelly Ferguson will all serve in the 2025 term. https://t.co/XW0KIrQJ8F
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