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Margaret Foran, J.D. ’79, a Pioneer in Proactive Shareholder Engagement
Margaret M. (“Peggy”) J.D. ’79, has been given a warm tribute by the quarterly journal Directors & Boards. The special feature article called Foran, the chief governance officer and corporate...
Professor Patricia Bellia wins Honorary Monogram at Notre Dame Football Awards Show
Since joining NDLS in 2000, Bellia has become well known to students for teaching popular courses in Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, and Cyberlaw, and to colleagues for being among the...
Visiting Professor Barry Cushman
Visiting Professor Barry Cushman is James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Professor Cushman returned to Virginia in 1998 from the faculty...
NDLS Profile: Leslie Berg
Debi McGuigan Jones and Beth Given sat down for a quick “interview” with one of the newest members of the NDLS family, Leslie Berg, to learn more about what brought...
Sofía Galván Puente, LL.M. ’09, Awarded Mexico’s Highest Public Honor
Sofía Galván Puente, a 2009 graduate of Notre Dame Law School’s LL.M. degree program in international human rights law, will receive the National Youth Award of 2011 for Human Rights....
Jury Verdict Reporter Presents Career Achievement Award to Patrick Salvi, J.D. ’78
Patrick A. Salvi, J.D. ’78, has been presented with the 2011 Career Achievement Award by Cook County’s Jury Verdict Reporter and the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. The Award is presented...
Professor Richard Garnett Named a Consultant to U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty
Professor Richard W. Garnett has been appointed as a consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty. The Committee is updating the bishops...
Professor Jodi Clifford leads new Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic
The Notre Dame Legal Clinics are expanding their transactional services to the local business community in January with a new Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic headed by intellectual property lawyer...
Mary Ellen O'Connell: The Power and Purpose of International Law
The Power and Purpose of International Law (OUP 2008).
Prof. Mayer quoted in National Catholic Register in article What Will Be the Outcome of Catholic Answers vs. IRS?
What Will Be the Outcome of Catholic Answers vs. IRS? National Catholic Register (also published at Catholic News Agnecy) However, the lawsuit’s success is “highly unlikely,” said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer,...
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell Speaks on "Peace as a Global Good"
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell is speaking on "Peace as a Global Public Good" at a global public goods symposium in San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy. The October 24 symposium, “Public...
Carter Snead appointed director of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture
O. Carter Snead, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the W.P. and H.B. White Director of the University’s Center for Ethics and Culture (CEC)...
Professor Barry Cushman to Give a Public Lecture on "Carolene Products and Constitutional Structure"
Professor Barry Cushman will lecture on “Carolene Products and Constitutional Structure” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, October 27, in Eck Hall of Law Room 3140. The author of Rethinking the New...
Cardinal Mahony and a new imagination of human dignity
Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles, is urgently concerned with the reform of the nation’s immigration policy, and he wants Catholic college and university students to be as...
ND Expert: Al-Awlaki killing was illegal
An airstrike carried out by the CIA and U.S. Joint Special Operations Command that killed radical Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki today in Yemen was illegal, according to University of Notre...
ND Expert: Supreme Court to hear “one of most important church-state cases in decades”
As the U.S. Supreme Court opens its October 2011 term, there is intense focus on several high-profile cases and questions the justices are likely to tackle later, including those involving...
Mary Cowsert was awarded a certificate of completion for the Frontline Supervision sessions
Mary Cowsert was awarded a certificate of completion for the Frontline Supervision sessions offered by the Human Resources Department at Notre Dame. The Frontline Supervision course is a series of...
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell Analyzes Issues Raised by the U.S. Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell’s legal and policy analysis of the recent use of drones to kill Americans Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan in Yemen has been reported by numerous news...
"Realizing the DREAM Act" Hosted by NDLS Program on Law and Human Development
NDLS alum Jessica Brock (B.A. ’05, J.D. ’10, LLM ’11), Professor Paolo Carozza, and His Eminence Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, will speak on the DREAM Act...
Prof. O'Connell quoted in multiple sources on Al-Awlaki Killing In Yemen Raises Constitutional Questions
Al-Awlaki Killing In Yemen Raises Constitutional Questions Huffington Post That doesn’t excuse his killing, said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame scholar who studies targeted killings. “Derogation from the fundamental...
Opinion by Prof. Bradley and Prof. Snead: Obama Admin Anti-Conscience Mandate Threatens Health Care
Obama Admin Anti-Conscience Mandate Threatens Health Care Life News A recent rule issued by the Obama administration threatens our nation’s healthcare by attacking the consciences of our nation’s healthcare providers….O....
Prof. Moyn presents President Carter’s 1977 Notre Dame Commencement Address in the History of Human Rights
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...
President Carter's 1977 Notre Dame Commencement Address in the History of Human Rights
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.”...
Welcome Professor Randy Kozel
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 Addresses Changes in Debt Collection, Mortgage Foreclosure Laws
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...
Prof. Mayer quoted in Media Matters for America on Fox News Partners With Google After Years Of Attacks
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...
Prof. John Nagle quoted by WSBT on South Bend plans open bids for sale of Family Dollar
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...
Prof. Snead quoted in The Hill on Obama and the Catholic vote
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. Snead addresses international conference on stem cell issues
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...
Regis Philbin gives two thumbs up to NDLS
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...