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Professor criticizes execution The Observer Rick Garnett, professor of law and associate dean at the Notre Dame Law School, said the execution highlighted the American courts’ inability to properly handle...

President Carter’s 1977 Notre Dame Commencement Address in the History of Human Rights September 27, 2011 On May 22, 1977, President Jimmy Carter delivered a commencement address at Notre Dame...

On September 27th at 4:30 p.m. in the Geddes Hall Auditorium, the CCHR is co-sponsoring the event “President Carter’s 1977 Notre Dame Commencement Address in the History of Human Rights.”...

"Most important" religious freedom case Deseret News “People think separation of church and state means President Obama can’t say, ‘God bless America’ or ministers can’t talk about politics. But historically...

The Perfect Constitutional Question for Republican Candidates American Thinker “Would you as President propose to Congress appropriate legislation pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to protect human life in all stages...

Professor Kozel teaches and researches in areas including freedom of speech, legal change, contract law, and civil procedure. He previously worked as Special Counsel at General Electric Co., and as...

Professor Judith Fox presented Indiana judges with an update on mortgage foreclosure law at the Annual Meeting of the Judicial Conference of Indiana in French Lick, Indiana, September 21. On...

Fox News Partners With Google After Years Of Attacks Media Matters for America Christianity Today reported that “corporations often exclude faith-based groups from their philanthropic programs or restrict who can...

South Bend plans open bids for sale of Family Dollar WSBT “They want anything that comes in there to contribute to the city’s pre-existing vision of economic development,” said John...

Obama and the Catholic vote The Hill “This will likely drive many important Catholic social service providers to close up shop, inevitably harming the poor communities that they serve,” Notre...

Prof. Carter Snead was a featured speaker at a conference on the public policy questions concerning experimental research on human embryos that was held this September at Oxford University (Corpus...

Loyal ND alum Regis Philbin, ‘ 53, singled out the NDLS facilities and the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom for special praise September 19. Recounting how it felt to return to...

Thomas says high court needs geographic diversity Associated Press University of Notre Dame Law School professor Richard Garnett told The Associated Press he’s not bothered by the lack of geographic...

President Obama has nominated Judge David Campos Guaderrama to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Continuing the features of our newest faculty and staff for the beginning of the school year, this week we’d like to introduce new faculty member Dr. Avishalom Tor, who teaches...

It’s always nine-o’clock at the north end of the Main Reading Room just outside Associate Dean, Ed Edmonds’ office. Hanging there on the wall is an old clock from the...

Church-state separation seen as issue in hospital merger The Courier-Journal …Richard W. Garnett, law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said: “We could have what the court has called...

Robert George, the McCormick Chair of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, will speak at 5 p.m. September 8 in 1130 Eck Hall of Law.

Court Rejects Challenges to German Euro Bailouts New York Times, GoUpstate “The court has defined itself as the guardian of the Constitution, playing a much different role from that of...

Osvaldo Hurtado, former President of Ecuador, will speak at NDLS September 8 on “Independence of the Judiciary, Freedom of the Press and other Constitutional Developments in Ecuador.”

Rob Kelly joined the Notre Dame Law School in July, coming to work with us through the Notre Dame Rotation Program. He was a 2003 graduate of the joint undergraduate...

The Justice Department is suing to prevent AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile USA and displacing Verizon as the nation’s largest wireless carrier, and antitrust expert Joseph Bauer, professor of law at...

In particular Cotler, who is a member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights that drafted the report – and appeared as well as an expert witness before the...

Osvaldo Hurtado has been one of the most influential politicians in the last 30 years of Ecuadorian history. He earned both his BA in Political and Social Sciences (‘63) and...