Jean Marc Brissau

Program Manager, International and Graduate Programs

Office: 2150A Eck Hall of Law
Phone: 574-631-8866
Email: jbrissau@nd.edu

Before joining the Law School, Brissau spent 12 years as the Haiti Program Country Director, an initiative funded by the University's Biology Department. In this role, he led efforts to decrease the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis and iodine deficiency throughout Haiti.

Brissau transitioned to Notre Dame Law School in 2020 as the Graduate Programs Manager, where he was responsible for supporting international and graduate law students. Following this, he served for eighteen months as a Staff Attorney at the Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic before returning to his current role as Program Manager for International and Graduate Programs.

Beyond his work at Notre Dame, Brissau served as a Legal Advisor to Haiti’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (UCREF) from March to July 2017. Demonstrating his commitment to philanthropy, he founded a school in 2017 in his hometown of Léogâne, providing affordable education, medical care, and food to underprivileged children.

Brissau is also the Founding President of the Rotary Club of Léogâne, having served two terms in that position. Additionally, he held the position of Assistant Governor of District 7020 from 2016 to 2019. His service and leadership, including his crucial response efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have been recognized several times. In 2010, he received the prestigious Notre Dame Presidential Award for his distinguished contributions to the University.

Brissau is an alumnus of Notre Dame Law School, having graduated from the Human Rights LL.M. Program in 2008. He is married to Marie Michelle Brissau-Nestor, and they are the proud parents of two children, Jean Marc Sébastien and Mark-Mitchell Sterlyn Brissau.