A joint project between the Notre Dame Law School’s Legal Aid Clinic and the College of Arts and Letters’ Center for Children and Families will examine the effectiveness of mediation in child custody disputes—specifically the success of educational programs required by the courts and whether the type of mediation makes a difference.

Margaret Brinig, the Law School’s associate dean for faculty research, is one of the project’s principal investigators. Read More

Professor G. Robert Blakey was interviewed by the Times of Northwest Indiana on the corruption in East Chicago. > Read Article Read More

More single dads winning primary custody of children
Greenwich Times
“If the dad is really interested in getting custody and wants to have a relationship with his kids, he is far more successful than he was 20 years ago,” said Margaret Brinig, a family law professor at the University of Notre Dame. Read More

Illinois Injury Lawyer: Supreme Court Ruling Shows State’s Tough Stance On Drugged Driving
Yahoo! News
[Patrick A.] Salvi and his law firm have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for Illinois car accident victims, including compensation for their medical expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering. Salvi teaches personal injury law at the University of Notre Dame School of Law. Read More

IRS Buckled To GOP Pressure On Secret Donations, Lawyer Says
Huffington Post
Lloyd Mayer, who teaches tax law at the University of Notre Dame, agreed. “The worst fear of most career government servants is being drawn into the political spotlight,” he said. “The political heat got a little bit too hot, and the IRS blinked, rather than stick to its position, which I think was right.” Read More

Wyoming enters uncharted territory with wolf deal
Casper Star-Tribune
Professor Nagle was quoted in a Casper Star-Tribune story on an agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state of Wyoming to remove the state’s roughly 340 wolves from the endangered species list. Read More

A Moral Flip-Flop? Defining a War
The New York Times
Professor O’Connell was quoted in a New York Times OpEd concerning State Department Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh’s position on Congress’s role in the Libya conflict. Read More

Robert M. Greene, J.D. ’69, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, has received the New York State Bar Association’s 2011 Root-Stimson Award. Read More

In July the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit became the latest federal court to cite an influential law review article on corporate responsibility for human rights published by Professor Douglass Cassel, Director of the Notre Dame Law School Center for Civil and Human Rights. Read More

Households Headed by Single Dads Surge as Public and Courts Rethink Traditional Roles
ABA Journal
Compared to 20 years ago, courts are much more likely now to award custody to a dad who is involved in his child’s life, law professor Margaret Brinig of the University of Notre Dame tells the news agency. Read More

Quadruple Domer Marty Loesch, J.D. ’91 and LL.M. ’92, has been promoted from General Counsel to Chief of Staff for Washington Governor Chris Gregoire. Read More

Single-Dad Courtroom Wins Show Greater Embrace of New Families
Bloomberg
“If the dad is really interested in getting custody and wants to have a relationship with his kids, he is far more successful than he was 20 years ago,” said Margaret Brinig, a family law professor at the University of Notre Dame. Read More

The Indiana Conference on Legal Education Opportunities (ICLEO) is designed to assist Indiana minority, low-income or educationally disadvantaged college graduates in pursuing a law degree. ICLEO fellows, who will all be starting law school in the fall at one of Indiana’s four law schools, attended classes for six weeks during the summer to prepare them for the rigors of law school. Read More

Recently international law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell of Notre Dame University said that the new reliance on drones could prompt an already militaristic superpower to fight even more wars of choice. Read More

A joint project between the Law School’s legal aid clinic and the College of Arts and Letters’ Center for Children and Families will examine the effectiveness of mediation in child custody disputes—specifically the success of educational programs required by the courts and whether the type of mediation makes a difference. Read More

Cordell Carter, J.D. ’07, has joined the Business Roundtable as Director of Public Policy leading the association’s Education, Innovation and Workforce initiative. Read More

Its scope is limited to U.S. activity where Americans are affected, as in the Noriega case, which means that prosecutors would have limited options for using RICO to pursue News Corp, said G. Robert Blakey, a University of Notre Dame law school professor who drafted the act, which became law in 1970. Read More

Notre Dame Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights and the British Human Rights Lawyers Association are co-sponsoring a seminar from 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. July 20 at the University of Notre Dame London Center, 1 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4HG. Read More

In its July 2011 ruling in Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit cites a law review article by Notre Dame Law Professor Doug Cassel, Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, arguing that corporations involved in human rights violations overseas can be sued for money damages under the Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”). Read More

Popularity Of Drones Takes Off For Many Countries
NPR
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at Notre Dame University, says there is a risk the U.S. is using more force than is lawfully warranted just because the new technology makes it easy. Read More

FUF: Criticism of Obama over Drone Attacks
WNYC (AP)
Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Notre Dame University, discusses major human rights organizations’ criticism of the Obama administration’s use of drone strikes. Read More

“It comes from the fact that the players allow the players’ association to license their images because it is such a huge source of money,” said Ed Edmonds, a sports law professor at Notre Dame.
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“We think that it is crucial that ethical alternatives to embryonic stem cell research be pursued,” Notre Dame law professor O. Carter Snead told CNA June 29.
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The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey presented the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award to Thomas R. Curtin at its annual dinner June 21. The award is given to an outstanding lawyer whose contributions to the law are recognized by the Association as deserving of special and unique recognition as befits the name of Justice Brennan, in whose name the award is given. Read More

Professor Richard Garnett was interviewed for NPR’s Morning Edition with Nina Totenberg June 28 regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a California law restricting the sale of violent video games. Read More

Some of the world’s leading scholars across a variety of relevant disciplines are visiting the University of Notre Dame for a week-long “Workshop on Adult and Non-embryonic Stem Cell Research,” being held on campus through July 2. Read More

Human Rights Defender Now Fights For U.S. Policy
That came as a surprise to Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame who fought alongside Koh to protest a broad view of executive power that became popular during the Bush years. > NPR, WFAE 90.7 FM, Minnesota Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting Read More

High Court OKs Sales Of Violent Video Games To Kids
“The answer that we’re getting pretty clearly from a solid majority of the court is that” parental pressure, and market pressure, through labeling, are the only way to limit child access to these games, said Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett
NPR
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On June 28, Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted by NPR’s Morning Edition for a story about State Department Adviser Harold H. Koh’s defense of U.S. involvement in Libya. Read More

Some of the world’s leading experts across a variety of relevant disciplines are coming to the Notre Dame Law School for a weeklong “Workshop on Adult and Non-embryonic Stem Cell Research” June 27 – July 1. In conjunction with the workshop, an afternoon lecture series, “Alternate Visions of Stem Cell Research: Scientific, Ethical, Legal & Theological Dimensions” will be open to the public from 4 – 5 p.m. each day in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom in the Law School’s Eck Hall of Law. Read More