Two NDLS Grads Accept Supreme Court Clerkship Offers
Shortly after taking the phone call from Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Megan Dillhoff became the second NDLS graduate to accept a Supreme Court judicial clerkship for the October...
Professor O’Connell to Deliver Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture at Cambridge
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell will deliver the 2014 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture at the University of Cambridge’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law in Cambridge, England.
NDLS Turns Out to Support 3L Jason O’Brien’s Naval Commissioning
Members of the NDLS community and the U.S. Attorney’s Office joined family and friends to support 3L Jason O'Brien at his U.S. Navy ensign commissioning ceremony in the Patrick F....
Elizabeth Wolford (JD ’92) Confirmed as U.S. District Judge
The U.S. Senate has voted 70-29 to confirm Elizabeth A. Wolford to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
NDLS Announces New Program of Study in IP Law
p(image-right). Designed to prepare students for practice in a wide variety of intellectual property-related fields, the program includes basic and advanced courses in patent, copyright, trademark and unfair competition as...
Elite Chinese Law Schools Partner With NDLS
NDLS Dean Nell Jessup Newton has announced that new student exchange agreements have been reached with Peking University Law School and Tsinghua University School of Law.
Chief Justice Taps G. Ryan Snyder (JD ’12) for Judicial Clerkship
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. has invited NDLS alum G. Ryan Snyder (JD ’12) to join his chambers as a judicial clerk for the October 2014 Supreme Court term....
Judge Willie Lipscomb Jr. (JD ’75)
The Notre Dame Law School community has learned that Judge Willie Lipscomb Jr. died unexpectedly while winterizing his boat at his Detroit home on November 6.
Judge Kavanaugh Comes to NDLS
D.C. Circuit "Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh":http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/VL+-+Judges+-+BMK gave the keynote address for the 2013 _Notre Dame Law Review Symposium_ November 1 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. The presentation was sponsored...
Leading Scholars Gather at NDLS’s London Law Centre
The London Law Centre and the "NDLS Program on Constitutional Structure":http://constitutional-structure.nd.edu/ recently brought leading scholars from the United States and United Kingdom together for a conference addressing “International Perspectives on...
NDLS 3L Coaches South Bend Girls' Soccer Team to Nationals
Coached by "3L Paul Kerridge":http://www.invadersfc.com/Staff/483392.html, an "Indiana Invaders":http://www.invadersfc.com/ girls' travel soccer team has qualified for nationals and will compete against some of the best soccer teams in the country in...
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski Comes to NDLS
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit visited the Law School October 15-16 to speak with students and faculty.
Paul M. Lewis, BA ’80, JD ’83, Appointed to Key Defense Post
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced the appointment of Paul M. Lewis as special envoy for the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Former Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Discusses Challenges Facing Law Schools
Randall T. Shepard delivered a Clynes Chair Lecture on “The Future of Legal Education” to NDLS students and faculty September 25. Shepard is a former Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice...
Notre Dame Law in Chicago has room to move in new Loop quarters
The formal reception showcasing the Notre Dame Law in Chicago program’s new headquarters is not scheduled until November 14, but the doors are already open at 224 South Michigan Avenue in...
National Trial Advocacy Champions Honored
Notre Dame Law School's American Association of Justice (AAJ) 2013 National Champion Moot Court Trial Team was honored by the Melvin M. Belli Society at a reception and dinner in...
NDLS Grads Named Judges in Minnesota, Michigan, and New York
The ranks of NDLS grads serving as judges continued to expand this summer. First, NDLS classmates and others with Notre Dame connections came out to help Michael E. Ridgway (J.D....
Reception and Book Signing Honors Rev. David Link
A reception and book signing event celebrating a new book about Rev. David T. Link’s prison ministry was held August 28 at the Eck Visitors Center on the Notre Dame...
Notre Dame Law School in the Loop
Notre Dame Law in Chicago is moving into recently renovated quarters in the Loop in time for the beginning of the fall semester. The program, which allows Notre Dame Law...
Krista (Yee) Cox (J.D. ’08) Extols LRAP Program
“The NDLS Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) made it possible for me to work in the public interest and I have had truly wonderful experiences,” says Krista (Yee) Cox (J.D....
Astringer (J.D.’15) Honored for Excellence in Bankruptcy Law
Stephen Astringer, who will be a 2L this fall, has been named a “Distinguished Law Student” by the 2013 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar.
Gregory “Ryan” Snyder, J.D. ‘12, named Bristow Fellow
Gregory “Ryan” Snyder is one of five recent law school graduates nationwide to be selected as a 2013 Bristow Fellow.
Dean Announces New Interdisciplinary Program on Law and Market Behavior
Under the direction of "Professor Avishalom Tor":/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/avishalom-tor, "ND LAMB":http://law.nd.edu/academics/interdisciplinary-studies/the-notre-dame-research-program-on-law-and-market-behavior-nd-lamb/ will promote research across the various fields that study how the law and legal institutions shape and are shaped by the...
New Chicago Program for NDLS Students
A new Chicago externship program will debut in August 2012, Dean Nell Jessup Newton has announced.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Adds NDLS Clinic to Agency’s Certification Pilot Programs
By any measure, the Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic’s debut last spring was a resounding success. Among other things, all four of the Clinic’s first graduates went on...
NDLS Professors Discuss Religious Liberty Lawsuit
!/assets/2824/snead_news.jpg! !/assets/5168/garnettr_8_08_news.jpg(Rick Garnett fall08 news)! Major television news outlets have interviewed Professor "Richard W. Garnett":/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/richard-w-garnett and Professor "Carter Snead":/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/o-c-snead about the University of Notre Dame’s "lawsuit":http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/30962-notre-dame-files-religious-liberty-lawsuit-related-to-hhs-mandate/ challenging an HHS mandate...
Adrienne de la Rosa Awarded Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship
p(image-right). !/assets/68974/lardy2012_news.jpg(lardy2012_news)! Adrienne M. de la Rosa has been awarded the Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship for the 2012-13 academic year. Dedicated by the Class of 1975 to the memory of...
Sunny Hostin, J.D. ‘94, Gives Keynote at 2012 BLSA Awards Banquet
Sunny Hostin, J.D. ’94, was named the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year Award and asked to give the keynote address at the 2012 Black Law Students Association awards banquet...
Third Circuit Judge Hardiman, Former UN Ambassador Bolton, To Speak at NDLS
p(image-right). !/assets/65554/judge_thomas_hardiman.jpg(judge_thomas_hardiman)! The Notre Dame Federalist Society will host Judge Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on April 3 at 12:30 p.m. in Eck...
2L AAJ Trial Team is Las Vegas Bound for National Competition
p(image-right). !/assets/63663/ajj_team_story.jpg(ajj_team_story)! An NDLS American Association of Justice (AAJ) Trial Team was victorious at the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Regional Competition held in Louisville, Ky., March 1-4. The team will...