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Nell Jessup Newton, most recently chancellor and dean of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California, has been appointed as the new Joseph A. Matson Dean...

The “New York Times” worked with Notre Dame Associate Clinical Professor of Law Judy Fox to document a growing phenomenon in the foreclosure crisis: banks walking away from foreclosed homes...

Here is a brief excerpt from an op-ed written by Notre Dame Professor of Law Richard Garnett and published by USA Today on Monday, March 30, 2009:

Timothy Endicott, dean of the law faculty and professor of legal philosophy at the University of Oxford, will deliver the keynote lecture for the 2009 Natural Law Institute at Notre...

As part of its Advisory Committee Meeting, the CCHR will present a panel discussion entitled “The Obama Administration’s Record on Human Rights and Terrorism: The First Sixty Days”. Panelists include...

The Hispanic Law Students Association at Notre Dame Law School celebrated excellence in the Hispanic legal community with the 14th annual Graciela Olivarez Award ceremony. The May 21 event took...

Notre Dame Law School’s Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy is hosting a symposium that will explore the relationship of religion and environmental policy.

Prof. O’Connell Tells NPR: Airstrikes in Pakistan Must Comply with International Law

Dean Ed Edmonds presented:“The Negro Leagues – Was a Merger Possible?” Panel presentation, “The Integration of Baseball and the Influence of Jackie Robinson Upon the Negro Leagues: Consideration of an...

Dean Ed Edmonds presented:“Major League Baseball Salary Arbitration in 2009,” NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture – 16th Annual Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact...

Douglass Cassel, Notre Dame Professor of Law and director of the Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR), and Sean O’Brien, Assistant Director of the CCHR and concurrent...

BBC News – UK… by a giant open-pit gold mine located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. … Besides the rashes, Goldcorp has been accused by some Guatemalan … >...

One unprecedented result of President Obama’s decision to abolish restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research is that the U.S. government now compels taxpayers to promote research involving...

Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law Mary Ellen O’Connell was recently named Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. O’Connell will...

Interested in researching federal legislative history, public policy information, or the jurisdictional interests of Congressional committees over a broad range of subject areas? Or maybe just “cite-checking” Congressional documents? Now...

Douglass Cassel, Notre Dame Professor of Law and director of the Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights, says the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuance of an arrest warrant...

Notre Dame Professor of Law Vincent Rougeau was invited to participate in one of London’s best-known forums—The Cheapside Debates—on Tuesday, March 10 at the St. Mary le Bow Church. The...

Notre Dame Law School alumnus Max Siegel and leader of Baker & Daniels LLP’s sports and entertainment industry team has been named to the Board of Directors for USA Track...