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Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in Supreme Court religious expression case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief on March 2 urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reaffirm the importance of protecting private religious...
Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic welcomes law and undergraduate students to intern
Each semester, students from Notre Dame Law School and undergraduates join the Exoneration Justice Clinic to assist with the important work of freeing wrongfully convicted clients. “The students enrolled in...
ND Law Professor Judith Fox given Drum Major for Community Service Award
The mayors of South Bend and Mishawaka honored Notre Dame Law Professor Judith Fox recently for her decades of dedication to helping low-income people facing eviction and other financial hardships....
U.S. Department of Justice awards grant to ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has received a $300,000 federal grant that will increase the clinic’s capacity to investigate, litigate, and overturn wrongful convictions. The U.S. Department of...
Notre Dame Law LL.M. alum joins International Criminal Court
Notre Dame Law School alumna Angie García Atehortúa ’20 LL.M. was awarded a prestigious placement at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, as a visiting professional, one of...
ND Law student wins scholarship from National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys Foundation
Kathryn Pflug, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded a scholarship from the National Association of Former United States Attorneys Foundation. The program awards $5,000…
Sidley Austin’s Kelly Huggins ’96, ’01 J.D. shares her expertise with ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic
The Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic is seeking to tap into Notre Dame’s national alumni network for partnerships with pro bono attorneys who have a heart for the wrongfully convicted....
ND Law’s IP students to compete in national finals of Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Once again, Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property Moot Court team has advanced to the national championship round of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. This is the fourth time in...
ND Law student elected president of National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Second-year law student Dillon Yang has been elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA). He is the first Notre Dame Law student to hold the...
ND London Law Program hosting largest group of students in program’s history
Notre Dame Law students are studying abroad with the London Law Program at the highest numbers in the program’s 53-year history. This semester, 44 second- and third-year law students are studying...
Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in California euthanasia case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of religious medical professionals…
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society receives transformational gift
For more than a decade, the Program on Church, State & Society has enhanced the distinctive Catholic mission of Notre Dame Law School. Through legal scholarship and meaningful conversations, the...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to speak at ND Law Review symposium
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett will deliver the keynote address at the Notre Dame Law Review’s 2022 Federal Courts Symposium at 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 14, in...
ND Law alumnus Joe Donnelly confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
The U.S. Senate today confirmed the nomination of University of Notre Dame alumnus and former senator Joe Donnelly as ambassador to the Holy See.
Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks at Walk the Walk Week prayer service
Amid the glow of hundreds of candles in the rotunda of Notre Dame’s Main Building, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole spoke at the University’s...
ND Law holds first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
The University of Notre Dame announced last fall that, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day would be a holiday for students, faculty, and staff. With no classes...
In Shurtleff v. Boston, Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts say
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the case to ensure that government actors — like the city of Boston — may not create benefits, opportunities or...
Zachary Pohlman ’21 J.D. wins Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation legal writing award
Zachary Pohlman, a 2021 Notre Dame Law School graduate, has won first place in the Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation’s 2021 Award for Excellence in Legal Writing — one...