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Check out the website below to see the results of the 2008 Summer Research Experience Survey recently completed by our 2L’s and 3L’s.

Notre Dame Law School Professor G. Robert Blakey, author of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), is prominently featured in a “Fortune” magazine article for his role in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed by the Russian Customs Service against the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Blakey has been retained as an expert for Russia on civil RICO. The case is being tried in a Moscow commercial court.

Notre Dame Law School Professor Carter Snead spoke to an audience of federal and state judges at Rice University on Monday, Oct. 6, about how cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging evidence have entered the courtroom and impacted verdicts and sentencing.

Choices exist when considering what you wish to do with a law degree, and we thought it might be helpful to describe some of the avenues available to you — in addition to traditional law firm practice. Because the positions described are primarily for third year students, we are titling…

Notre Dame Professor of Law Mary Ellen O’Connell will discuss her new book, THE POWER AND PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (Oxford University Press, August 2008), on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore.

The CSO is continually updating a list of state court judges still looking for term clerks for 2009. Please consider these positions as they are extremely valuable, especially to those students interested in litigation. We can provide you with the contact information and application requirements for the judges who are…

Please forward your resumes to the CSO so that we may review them in advance of November 1, at which time we can start meeting with 1Ls. If your last name begins with A-L, forward your resume to Carly Nasca. If your last name begins with M-Z, forward your resume…

On Monday, October 6th, at 12:15 pm in room 120, the Honorable Tim Corrigan from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and his former clerk, Jeff Perconte from the United States Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois, will give a presentation and answer…

The public is invited to attend a lecture by Professor Kent Greenawalt of Columbia University Law School on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Eck Visitors’ Center Auditorium. Greenawalt, a preeminent constitutional law scholar, will discuss his new book, “Religion and the Constitution: Establishment and Fairness.” The lecture will focus on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the federal Constitution, which reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

Hallett Movers are getting ready to pack and move books at the Kresge Law Library. They are looking for some good help. The project will run approximately October 13 – October 29, 2008 (including Saturdays). If you are dependable, hard working and can lift up to 35 pounds, we are…

Complete Spring 2008 Issue – includes faculty notes, administration and staff notes, library news, student notes, alumni notes and much more…….

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who is nothing if not a charmer, has succeeded in seducing many of my friends in the democratic left in Europe and the Americas. His formula is simple: denounce the gringos, embrace the poor, add charisma, and stir.

Attorneys Network October 1 5:30pm – 7:30pm Location: Emerald Loop Bar & Grill, 216 N. Wabash, downtown Chicago RSVP: Click Here (It is free to sign up and free to attend. We ask that you sign up in advance so that we can properly prepare for adequate food and staff)...

Wish to connect with more Notre Dame alumni in the city where you are seeking employment? Wish to know where alumni are meeting? Check out the information on the Notre Dame website: https:// secure.alumni.nd.edu/site/c.luIZLdMOJpE/b.2576699/. Select “alumni communities” from the tabs across the top of the site. Select “clubs” from the…

Please mark your calendars to attend this year’s pro bono retreat. It will take place from 5:30 to 8:00 pm on Monday, October 13th. Dinner will be served. This is a great opportunity to get involved with current projects such as: The Family Justice Center Project Small Business Information Project…

The Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy (JLEPP), in conjunction with the Hispanic Law Student Association, presents “Yearning to Breathe Free: Immigrants and the American Dream,” a symposium on immigration on Tuesday, September 30, at 5:00 p.m. in the Law School courtroom.

A new book titled “Peace through Commerce: Responsible Corporate Citizenship and the Ideals of the United Nations Global Compact,” includes essays by major business leaders and scholars—including Notre Dame Law School’s Douglass Cassel and Sean O’Brien—who discuss the issues presented by the United Nations Global Compact, including the impact of commerce in promoting peace and the benefits of global economic development through voluntary corporate policies and actions.

Next month, Oxford University Press (OUP)—a premier publisher of research and scholarship, and the world’s largest University press—will release “Christians in the American Empire,” a book by Notre Dame Law Professor Vincent Rougeau. OUP describes the book this way:

The application deadline for the Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship is October 15, 2008. The Fellow will be notified in January 2009, and work will begin in September 2009. The Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship will be awarded to a talented, committed law school graduate at the beginning…

It is currently possible to take the NY and NJ, or NY and CT, or NY and MA bar exams in three days as NY state-specific exam questions are on one day, the multi-state bar exam is on the middle day, and the other statespecific exam is on the third…

Third-year law students may wish to consider staff attorney positions at the U.S. Circuit and District courts as most staff attorneys are hired directly from law school. Staff attorneys are hired by the judges and concentrate their work on cases that are decided on the merits: a) cases decided on…

Notre Dame Law Professor Alejandro Camacho tells Nature-an international weekly journal of science-that the legal implication of assisted migration are immense. Assisted migration is the relocation of species threatened by climate change. This environmental tactic is not currently practiced, and is a controversial idea.

John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States, will hold a one-day appointment to the James J. Clynes Visiting Chair in the Notre Dame Law School on Friday (Sept. 12).

On Monday, Sept. 15, Muthee Kiunga, a post-doctoral research associate for Notre Dame Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) will present “Beyond Darfur: Conflict and Human Rights in Southern and Eastern Sudan.” The talk begins at 12:15 in room 101 of the Law School.

The Dalai Lama. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Notre Dame Law Professor Carter Snead. They all have this in common: Each has been invited to speak at The Rimini Meeting over the years. The Rimini Meeting is one of the largest, most highly regarded cultural events in the world.

Scholars, jurists, and advocates from around the globe will gather at the University of Notre Dame to discuss “Church-State Relations and Religious Liberties: Comparative Perspectives” on September 22-23, 2008.

Our law library is a founding sponsor of AudioCaseFiles, a service that provides audio opinions of more than 1,000 cases (you listen while someone reads the opinions to you) and 4,000 hours of trial video to the legal community. Download MP3s and listen on the go.

The reaction of the United States to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, particularly the authorization of torture and secret detention, has greatly depleted the power of already strained international institutions, and Mary Ellen O’Connell would like to do something about that.

In her new book, “The Power and Purpose of International Law,” published by Oxford University Press, O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at Notre Dame, opposes the recently revived arguments about the impotence of international law and its inapplicability to the United States.

On Friday September 26th from 12:15 to 1:15 in room 101, attorneys from Jenner and Block in Chicago will give a presentation about incorporating pro bono work into law firm practice. Please RSVP to the CSO by September 24th if you’d like to attend….

The deadline for EJW 2009 Fellowship applications is September 16th at 5 pm. The two-year Fellowships offer salary and generous loan repayment assistance; a national training and leadership development program; and other forms of support during the term of the Fellowship. The EJW Conference and Career Fair is a national…