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p(image-right). !/assets/26807/alumni_wendy_kosek_news.jpg(Wendy Kosek news)! NDLS alumna Wendy Kosek, a Purple Heart recipient, stood next to President Barack Obama at the White House on the fourth of July as he recognized...

p(image-right). !/assets/26713/alumni_hurley_john_news.jpg(John Hurley news)! On July 1, 2010, Notre Dame Law School alumnus John Hurley began his tenure as the first lay president of Canisius College in that institution’s 140-year...

p(image-right). !/assets/26708/studenttranwendy2010_news.jpg(Wendy Tran news)! Half of Notre Dame Law School’s first-year class—92 students—spent several days last semester exploring public interest lawyering around the country through the GALILEE program. An acronym...

p(image-right). !/assets/13129/kelly_news.jpg(Dan Kelly news)! Daniel B. Kelly is a promising scholar in property law and law and economics and has taken great strides to assist in developing the University’s law-and-economics...

p(image-right). !/assets/2194/brinig_news.jpg(brinig news)! Margaret Brinig, Fritz Duda Family Chair in Law and associate dean for faculty research, will present a paper at Notre Dame’s Colloquium on Violence and Religion during...

p(image-right). !/assets/26038/alumni_robert_urban_news.jpg(Robert Urban news)! Robert Urban is an attorney and principal at Wiener Soto Caparros in Buenos Aires, the only law firm in Argentina managed and represented by Americans.

The CCHR congratulates Prof. Bernard Duhaime for excellence in teaching prize

Notre Dame Law School hosts fifth annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop June 11-12.

p(image-right). !/assets/25629/news_ts_t.jpg(tender strong true logo news)! The Notre Dame Alumni Association will present an online program titled “Restoring Balance and Reducing Stress: Living Gospel Priorities” at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday,...

p(image-right). !/assets/25420/peshel_news.jpg(Gail Peshel news)! The Honorable Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, appointed Notre Dame Law School’s Assistant Dean for Career Services Gail Peshel to the...

p(image-right). !/assets/2056/carozza_news.jpg(carozza)! Notre Dame Professor of Law Paolo Carozza is leading a group of more than 50 law professors from 15 countries who have submitted written comments asking the Grand...

p(image-right). !/assets/3777/ohara7_08_news.jpg(Patricia O'Hara news)! !/assets/4244/barrett_news.jpg(Matt Barrett news)! !/assets/2207/kaveny_news.jpg(kaveny news)! The University of Notre Dame honored three Law School faculty members during its President’s dinner on Tuesday, May 18. The awards...

p(image-right). !/assets/2824/snead_news.jpg(carter snead news)! When Notre Dame Associate Professor of Law O. Carter Snead looked into the audience during a recent lecture in Hungary, that nation’s president—László Sólyom—looked back.

p(image-right). !/assets/24927/faculty_kirschprof_of_year_commencement_2010_news.jpg(Kirsch Prof of Year 2010 news)! Each year, Notre Dame Law School’s graduating class honors a member of the faculty with the Distinguished Professor of the Year Award. This...

p(image-right). !/assets/24923/vangorkomlindsay_news.jpg(Lindsay Updike Van Gorkom news)! When Lindsay Updike Van Gorkom sits down at her desk to begin her day as a clerk for State Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason,...

p(image-right). !/assets/24786/graduationstole_news.jpg(graduation stole news)! Twenty-seven of Notre Dame Law School’s 172 J.D. alumni received awards during the May 15, 2010, diploma ceremony on the lawn overlooking the Hesburgh Library’s reflecting...

p(image-right). !/assets/24786/graduationstole_news.jpg(graduation stole news)! On May 15, 172 J.D. students became Notre Dame Law School alumni. As a group, they are employed in 24 states and the District of Columbia....

p(image-right). !/assets/24120/mapofearth_news.jpg(map of earth news)! Notre Dame Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) has awarded internship funding to three J.D. students, thanks to the generosity of the...

p(image-right). !/assets/24170/alumni_olinger_ordination_news.jpg(Gerard Olinger news)! Six years after graduating from NDLS, the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross ordained Gerry Olinger at Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart...

p(image-right). !/assets/24181/kommersmay2010_news.jpg(Don Kommers 5-10 news)! Notre Dame Professor Emeritus Donald Kommers (law and political science) joined Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Antonin Scalia and Justice...

p(image-right). !/assets/24120/mapofearth_news.jpg(map of earth news)! The Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) has awarded internship funding to three J.D. students, thanks to the generosity of the CCHR’s Advisory Committee....

p(image-right). !/assets/23967/student_ashon_mckenzie_news.jpg(Ashon McKenzie news)! When Ashon McKenzie graduates from Notre Dame Law School in May, he will have already argued a case before one of the most respected judges and...

p(image-right). !/assets/23861/student_robert_sharp_news.jpg(Robert Sharp news)! I am pleased to announce that Robert Anthony Sharp will become the 11th Dean of the University of Notre Dame Law School on April 27, 2010...

p(image-right). !/assets/23866/cchr_digesto_de_jurisprudencia_news.jpg(Digest of Latin American news)! The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) and the Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) at the University of Notre Dame, with the...

p(image-right). !/assets/3777/ohara7_08_news.jpg(Patricia O'Hara news)! !/assets/17030/alumni_bob_green_news.jpg(Bob Greene news)! The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association recently honored the achievements of two Notre Dame Law School graduates with distinguished annual awards.

Only a select few enter the hallowed chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States to clerk for a justice. Notre Dame Law School alumna Tara Stuckey made the...

p(image-right). !/assets/2267/scales_news.jpg(scales)! Joshua Kezer re-entered society in February 2009 after serving 16 years—nearly half of his life—of a 60-year prison sentence for murder. Notre Dame Law School alumnus Charles Weiss...

p(image-right). !/assets/3505/court_front_med.jpg(supreme court building news)! For the second year in a row, a Notre Dame Law School alum will clerk for a justice of the Supreme Court of the United...

p(image-right). !/assets/23035/japanesejudge_3_31_10_013_news.jpg(Takeshi Nobuhiro news)! Takeshi Nobuhiro is one of 30 judges chosen by the Supreme Court of Japan to study law and judicial system in a foreign country for a...

p(image-right). !/assets/22963/cchr_battletojustice_news.jpg(battle to justice news)! As the world becomes more interdependent, attention turns to the scope and importance of international law and its relationship with national sovereignty.