ND Law creates new exchange program with Strathmore Law School in Kenya
Notre Dame Law School has added another exchange program opportunity for students and faculty — its first in Africa — with a recent agreement with Strathmore Law School in Nairobi,...
International faculty visit Notre Dame Law School for 2022 spring semester
Notre Dame Law School is hosting three international law professors this semester. Visiting Professors Luigi Crema and Francisco J. Urbina, as well as Fulbright Visiting Professor Tamás…
ND London Law Professor Philippa Webb awarded top prize in international law publishing
Philippa Webb, visiting professor and distinguished fellow with the Notre Dame London Law Program, was recently awarded the top prize in international law publishing for her 2021 book on the...
Winner, semifinalists announced in ND Law’s first International and Comparative Law Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Office of International & Graduate Programs recently held its first International and Comparative Law Writing Competition. First prize went to third-year law student Thomas Hellenbrand for...
ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic hires new investigator
The Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired a new clinic investigator to assist in freeing wrongfully convicted clients. Christian Sheckler joined the clinic in March 2022. Sheckler’s role…
ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic joins Innocence Network
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic is now part of the Innocence Network, a coalition that brings together lawyers and organizations working to end wrongful convictions in the United...
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....
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...
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....
Kresge Law Library receives rare, antique English legal documents from alumnus
The Kresge Law Library recently acquired several rare English legal documents from the 15th to 18th centuries through a donation from Notre Dame alumnus Lt. Col. (Ret.) James R. Anthony...
ND Law’s IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic settles in at Innovation Park
When the Law School expanded its Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic into a new office space at Innovation Park last summer, the idea behind the move was that law students...
Two Notre Dame Law students help mother and daughter win asylum
A mother and daughter have been granted asylum in the U.S. after fleeing gender violence in Latin America, thanks in part to Notre Dame Law School students Jacquelyn Aguirre and...
2021 ND Law graduate awarded prestigious Permanent Court of Arbitration fellowship
Daniela Johnson Restrepo ’21 J.D. joined the Permanent Court of Arbitration as a fellow November 8. She is the first J.D. graduate from Notre Dame Law School to be selected...
Two Notre Dame Law faculty write chapters in Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood
Professors Veronica Root Martinez and Paul B. Miller have contributed chapters to the recently published Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood. The handbook, published…
Alumni named to leadership roles at International Society of Public Law
Two Notre Dame Law School alumni were recently named co-directors of chapter development for the International Society of Public Law, also known as ICON-S. Felicia Caponigri ’12, ’15 J.D. and...
From Nigeria to Ireland to Notre Dame: Meet LL.M. student Grace Oladipo
Grace Oladipo’s motivations for pursuing human rights law may have begun in her childhood home in Nigeria, but they grew in her adolescence and college years in Ireland. “Human rights...
ND Law Professor Judith Fox appointed to new Indiana Commission on Equity and Access in the Court System
Notre Dame Law Professor Judith Fox will serve on a new commission created by the Indiana Supreme Court to foster public trust and confidence in the state’s courts. The Indiana...
Notre Dame Law student helps win asylum for Salvadoran mother and child
A young mother and child from El Salvador were granted asylum in the United States, thanks to the legal advocacy of Notre Dame Law School student Sophia Aguilar.
Notre Dame Law School adds expertise and diversity with new faculty hires
“Notre Dame Law School has added incredible strength, expertise, and diversity with our new faculty,” said G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law.
ND Law J.S.D. student wins important parental rights case before the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal
Jorge Barrera Rojas, a student in Notre Dame Law School’s J.S.D. program, recently represented 15 senators before the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal — the country’s highest court — resulting in a...
Judge dismisses murder charge against Exoneration Justice Clinic client Andy Royer
Andrew Royer is free — finally exonerated nearly two decades after he was charged with a crime he did not commit. For years, Royer said that police had exploited his...
Professor Samuel Bray testifies on Supreme Court case selection
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ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic hires Kevin Murphy ’14 J.D. as first staff attorney
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired its first staff attorney, Notre Dame Law School alumnus and former Jenner & Block litigator Kevin Murphy ’14 J.D. The Exoneration...
Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion starts summer fellowship program
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ND Law places second in Midwest in USPTO Patent Application Drafting Competition
Two teams of Notre Dame Law School students competed for the first time in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition earlier this spring.…
Indiana Court of Appeals affirms decision in Royer wrongful conviction case
An order overturning a wrongful murder conviction and granting a new trial, pursued for several years by students and faculty in Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic, was affirmed...
Law School event focuses on unprecedented presidential transition
A recent presentation by presidential scholars Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Chris Lu gave Notre Dame Law students a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the handoff from one presidential administration...
Professor Veronica Root Martinez appointed to FINRA NAC
Professor Veronica Root Martinez was appointed to the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as of the start of 2021 for a four-year term. FINRA is...
3L Rachel Palermo to work for Vice President Kamala Harris
Third-year Notre Dame Law student Rachel Palermo will join the White House staff after President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are inaugurated on Jan. 20. Palermo will work...