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p(image-right). !/assets/4253/oconnell_news.jpg(Mary Ellen Oconnell news)! On June 28, Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell was "quoted by NPR’s _Morning Edition_":http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137454984/human-rights-defender-now-fights-for-u-s-policy?sc=emaf for a story about State Department Adviser Harold H. Koh’s defense of...

p(image-right). !/assets/43645/stem_cell_workshop_news.jpg(Stem Cell Workshop news)! 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...

p(image-right). !/assets/43351/alumni_fellows_program_news.jpg(Notre Dame Fellows news)! The Law School’s first Notre Dame Fellows, Jessica L. Howton of Friendswood, Texas, and Brian M. Murray of Annapolis, Maryland, accepted their awards April 25.

p(image-right). !/assets/42954/student_jacqueline_pimentel_gannon_news.jpg(student_jacqueline_pimentel_gannon_news)! The Sister Jean Lenz, O.S.F., Leadership Award, given to a post-baccalaureate student who displays leadership in promoting a more diverse and inclusive campus community, was awarded to Jacqueline...

For the third year, the Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) has awarded internship funding to three J.D. students, thanks to the generosity of the CCHR Advisory Committee. The...

p(image-right). !/assets/40825/meghan_sweeney_news.jpg(Meghan Sweeney news)! Meghan E. Sweeney, J.D. Candidate '11, has been named a "2011 Distinguished Legal Writing Award" winner by the Board of Directors of the Burton Awards for...

Prof. Carter Snead was cited by Judge Ginsburg in the D.C. Circuit opinion in the landmark judicial decision of Sherley, et al., v. Sebelius of his interpretation of the “Dickey...

NDLS players made their presence known in The Bookstore Basketball Tournament, which wrapped up Sunday May 1.

p(image-right). !/assets/40548/alpha_fall_news.jpg(Alpha Fall)! Alpha Fall, LL.M., ‘02, died April 21, 2011 in Brussels. Mr. Fall was a gentle soul, a generous friend, and a true giant in the protection of...

Derek Muller, Sean Seymour, Joseph A. Tomain, and Eric Jensen accept teaching posts.

p(image-right). !/assets/2256/seckinger_news.jpg(seckinger news)! Professor James H. Seckinger was in São Paulo, Brazil, March 23-25 as part of the first Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy Mini-Course ever to be offered in...

p(image-right). !/assets/2205/jenuwine_news.jpg(jenuwine news)! Michael Jenuwine, a faculty member in the "Notre Dame Law School":http://law.nd.edu, has received the 2011 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D. Faculty Community-Based Research Award for research into Indiana’s...

p(image-right). !/assets/2205/jenuwine_news.jpg(jenuwine news)! Professor Michael Jenuwine received the 2011 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award April 11.

p(image-right). !/assets/4242/garnettn_9_08_news.jpg(Nicole Garnett news)! Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett is moderating a panel discussion on K-12 education in the Leighton Concert Hall of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center April 13.

p(image-right). !/assets/29611/baker_news.jpg(Colleen Baker news)! Professor Colleen Baker led students who are interested in business law on a tour of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on April 8. The group also visited...

p(image-right). !/assets/5168/garnettr_8_08_news.jpg(Rick Garnett fall08 news)! Professor and associate dean Richard W. Garnett was counsel of record for amicus curiae the American Center for School Choice in the Supreme Court’s recently...

p(image-right). !/assets/4253/oconnell_news.jpg(Mary Ellen Oconnell news)! Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell spoke on “Good Law Against War” at The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study’s “Dimensions of Goodness” conference April 5.

The Honorable Willie G. Lipscomb, J.D. ‘75, of Michigan’s 36th District Court, has been named the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year by the Notre Dame Chapter of the Black...

p(image-right). !/assets/39848/natural_law_lecture_odonovannews.jpg(Oliver O'Donovan news)! Oliver O’Donovan, professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh, will be at Notre Dame Law School April 11 to deliver the...

p(image-right). !/assets/2602/obrien_news.jpg(staff sean o'brien news)! "The Indiana Lawyer.com":http://www.theindianalawyer.com/-notre-dame-professor-to-train-human-rights-lawyers/PARAMS/article/26087 Sean O’Brien, professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, is in Tunis, Tunisia this week to participate in the training...

p(image-right). !/assets/2602/obrien_news.jpg(staff sean o'brien news)! Professor Sean O’Brien is participating in the training of North African human rights lawyers this week in Tunis, Tunisia.

Dean Nell Jessup Newton has announced that beginning in 2011-2012, 2L students may choose between a one-semester or full-year option and 3L students will also be able to enroll in...

p(image-right). !/assets/4255/rougeau_news.jpg(Vince Rougeau news)! Notre Dame Law School faculty, staff, and students have been congratulating Professor Vincent Rougeau this week on being appointed the next dean of Boston College Law...

p(image-right). !/assets/39652/student_harrison_stgermain_news.jpg(Harrison St)! Second-year student Harrison St. Germain has been awarded the Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year.

p(image-right). !/assets/2189/belliaaj_news.jpg(belliaaj news)! A roundtable conference at the law school March 25 considered the latest leading scholarship in the field of Separation of Powers. Conference papers addressed separation of powers...

The Notre Dame Law School Spring 2011 Symposium, “Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in a Post-Crisis World” will be held on Friday April 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m....

p(image-right). !/assets/2205/jenuwine_news.jpg(jenuwine news)! Professor Michael Jenuwine hosted the Indiana Adult Guardianship State Task Force retreat at the Law School March 19.

p(image-right). !/assets/38317/alumni_nussbaum_news.jpg(Matt Nussbaum, ’04 J)! After three years as associate general counsel for the National Hockey League Players Association, Matt Nussbaum, J.D. 2004, has been named assistant general counsel to...

As part of the CCHR’s continuing efforts to promote human rights locally, two CCHR attorneys participated in a strategic convening on ending cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by U.S. officials....

The first professional library school in the United States was founded by Melvil Dewey at Columbia University in 1887. For many years thereafter, it was difficult for women to hold...