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2L Jazmyn Ferguson to speak at National Black Pre-Law Conference
Jazmyn Ferguson, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, will be one of the panelists at the 18th annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair from November 10-12...
Four LL.M. in International Human Rights Law students are named Rita Bahr Cari Scholars
The Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce the Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund Scholars for 2022-23. The recipients are human rights lawyers enrolled in the...
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic represents Bruderhof, Sikh, and Muslim groups defending a Rastafarian inmate’s right to wear dreadlocks
Notre Dame, IN — A Rastafarian man’s right to practice his…
Commissioner Nury Turkel shares insights on the Uyghur genocide
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted “The…
The DEI Podcast, Episode 2: Staying in the Game
What do DEI efforts look like in the sports and entertainment industry? How do mandates like the NFL’s Rooney Rule impact diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of leadership?...
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic contests expansive interpretation of state-action doctrine that threatens religious organizations
Notre Dame, IN — Religious social service organizations in…
Timothy Bradley ’20 J.D. to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Notre Dame Law School graduate Timothy Bradley ’20 J.D. is serving as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the court’s 2022-23 term, which began last...
Notre Dame Law students sweep International Moot Court Competition in Spain
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board started off the academic year strong with victories at the International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion, hosted by the International...
Gwendolyn Loop is ND Law’s 2022 Polking Family Fellow
Gwendolyn Loop is the recipient of the 2022 Polking Family Fellowship, which aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders who understand that law and public policy are essential elements...
"Careers in Religious Liberty" panelists explore the intersection of law and faith
On September 26, Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a “Careers in Religious Liberty” discussion with a panel of accomplished attorneys who have addressed religious liberty questions…
ND Law establishes new Murphy Fellowship for students studying law and religion
Notre Dame Law School has established a new fellowship to support students exploring the area of law and religion. The Murphy Fellowship is named in honor of longtime and former Notre...
Class of 2022 builds on Notre Dame Law School’s strong tradition of securing clerkships
Notre Dame Law School has always had a strong record of graduates securing highly coveted judicial clerkships. The Class of 2022 continued that tradition with a significant increase in clerkship...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic supports Buddhist association in Alabama land use case
Notre Dame, IN — Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today in support of a...
Eric Leis ’22 J.D. wins second place in Georgetown Law writing competition
Eric Leis, a 2022 Notre Dame Law School graduate, won second place in the Georgetown Law Technology Review Student Technology Writing Competition. His paper, “Judicial Review of Commissioner HAL 9000,”…
Two recent ND Law graduates help Nigerian family win asylum in United States
Micah Allred and Nick Mohr, two members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2022, helped a family from Nigeria win asylum this week. They worked with their clients through...
Mary Mancusi wins 2022 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion has announced that rising third-year student Marilyn “Mary” Mancusi is the winner of the 2022 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition. Mancusi’s...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief supporting school choice in Kentucky
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic submitted an amicus brief on behalf of EdChoice Kentucky, which represents a broad coalition supporting parental choice, in the Kentucky…
Marilyn Mancusi receives Lardy Scholarship Award for 2022-23
Marilyn “Mary” Mancusi, a rising third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2022-23 academic year. Only one recipient...
Program on Church, State & Society names winners of 2022 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. First place went to Michael Bradley, a member of the Law...
Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights awards summer fellowships to five ND Law students
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights has announced its 2022 Summer Fellows — Notre Dame Law School students working in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights,...
Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and student Elizabeth Totzke write op-ed on Supreme Court religious liberty cases for City Journal
On April 25, City Journal — a publication of the Manhattan Institute — published an op-ed written by John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett and third-year...
ND Law's First Generation Professionals group creates alumni mentor program
The Notre Dame Law School student group, First Generation Professionals, was formed in 2020 to address some of the unique issues faced by first-generation students in law school. After only...
ND Law team wins Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion
Third-year law students Andrew Ross D’Entremont, Reid Edwards, and Vincent Gangemi won first place in the Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion. The competition was...
ND Law’s 2022 Bank of America Fellows to focus on exoneration and wrongful conviction work
Notre Dame Law School students Anna McGinn and Jessa Webber have been named the Class of 2022’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows. Both of their fellowships will focus on exoneration...
ND Law’s 2022 Shaffer Fellows to address mental illness in Illinois prisons, mortgage foreclosures in Chicago
Madison Kemker and Annika Nielsen-Kim, both third-year law students, have been awarded Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellowships. The fellowship, named in honor of former dean and professor Thomas L....
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 students learn at home and abroad during 2022 spring break
Earlier this month, Notre Dame Law students spent their 2022 mid-semester break contributing to a number of meaningful projects. In addition to service trips — notably, the twice-yearly…
ND Law hosts second annual Financial Wellness Week with free financial coaching, education, and resources for students
Notre Dame Law School hosted its second annual Financial Wellness Week from March 14 to 18 on important financial education topics most relevant to law students. The programming, hosted in...
Program on Church, State and Society names 2022 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded four summer fellowships to John Hale, Anthony Imburgia, Rev. Matt Kuczora, C.S.C., and Martin Wolk. The fellowships...
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...