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World Class: London alumni recount summer abroad.
It was “a once in a lifetime experience,” Australian law student Chloe Donjerkovich recounts. Last summer, Chloe and 33 other law students from around the world embarked upon Notre Dame...
April 3 Natural Law Lecture to Feature University College London Professor Tasioulas
p(image-right). !/assets/64371/john_tasioulas_natural_law_lecture_2012_web.jpg(john_tasioulas_natural_law_lecture_2012_web)! John Tasioulas, Quain Professor of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Laws at "University College London":http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ will be delivering the 2012 Natural Law Lecture at NDLS on Tuesday, April...
Court of Appeals Comes to NDLS to Hear Arguments in Murder Case
"!/assets/65413/courtappealsposter_hr_329_story.jpg(courtappealsposter_hr_329_story)!":/assets/65411/courtappealsposter_hr_329.pdf The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hear oral arguments in _Lawson v. State_ on Monday, April 2, at 3:30 p.m. in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. The case...
Ninth Circuit Judge Carlos T. Bea Wins Graciela Olivarez Award
p(image-right). !/assets/65034/carlos_bea.jpg(carlos_bea)! The Graciela Olivarez Award will be presented to the Honorable Carlos T. Bea at 3:30 p.m. this Friday in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom (reception to follow). The...
Program on Constitutional Structure Presents Lecture by Professor Finnis
"!/assets/65054/finnisposter_hr_323.jpg(finnisposter_hr_323)!":/assets/65055/finnisposter_hr_323.pdf Professor John Finnis will lecture on “Structural Restraints: Low Level Waste, Civics Lessons, or Something More?” at 4 p.m. March 29 in Eck Hall Room 1140. The lecture is...
Professor O’Connell Speaks on Drone Warfare
p(image-right). !/assets/4253/oconnell_news.jpg(Mary Ellen Oconnell news)! Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell is giving two talks next week on the legal and ethical issues raised by drone warfare. One will take place at...
Indiana Court of Appeals Argument
April 2, 2012 McCartan Court Room Eck Hall of Law 3:30 p.m. There will be a Q & A with the judges after the arguments, then a reception in Eck...
Scholars Gather for Constitutional Structure Roundtable at NDLS
The second annual roundtable conference of the NDLS Program on Constitutional Structure took place March 23. p(image-right). !/assets/2211/mason_mcaward_news.jpg(mason-mcaward news)! Organized by "Professor Jennifer Mason McAward":http://law.nd.edu/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/jennifer-mason-mcaward/, the theme of this year’s...
Professor Gurulé Travels To Bahrain to Support Pretrial Detention Reforms
p(image-right). !/assets/64169/gurule_bahrain1.jpg(gurule_bahrain1)! Professor Jimmy Gurulé spent the NDLS Spring Break in Bahrain to assess the country’s pretrial detention policies and procedures. (Photo: Federal District Court Judge Nanette Laughrey, Jimmy Gurulé,...
John Ashcroft to deliver keynote for Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy Symposium
"!/assets/63955/jlepp_ph_version_poster.jpg(jlepp_ph_version_poster)!":/assets/63956/jlepp_ph_version.pdf Former Attorney General John Ashcroft will deliver the keynote address at the annual Symposium hosted by the Law School’s _Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy_ March 26. The...
Program for Law and Human Development Presents Lecture by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
p(image-right). !/assets/64098/aleinikoff_news.jpg(aleinikoff_news)! The Program on Law and Human Development presented its inaugural Annual Lecture Monday March 19 at 5:15 p.m. in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. This year’s guest speaker...
Professor Snead Lectures on “Cognitive Neuroscience and the Future of Punishment”
p(image-right). !/assets/2824/snead_news.jpg(carter snead news)! Professor O. Carter Snead will deliver a lecture at Vanderbilt University Law School March 13 on scientists’ use of neuroimaging research as a basis for transforming...
A Man of Many Firsts: John H.A. Whitman
John H.A. Whitman first stepped onto the campus of Notre Dame in 1918 when he was hired to teach American literature and Latin in the prep school. But, the Law...
2L AAJ Trial Team is Las Vegas Bound for National Competition
p(image-right). !/assets/63663/ajj_team_story.jpg(ajj_team_story)! An NDLS American Association of Justice (AAJ) Trial Team was victorious at the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Regional Competition held in Louisville, Ky., March 1-4. The team will...
When Living in Limbo Avoids Living on the Street
Judith Fox has changed the advice she gives defaulting clients. “Three or four years ago, I would always tell clients, ‘You have three or four months to get yourself together,’...
Stephen Smith, Mary Ellen O’Connell, and Nicole Garnett
I received a notice of recent reprints for the Dean’s Bookshelf, from Stephen Smith, Mary Ellen O’Connell, and Nicole Garnett. Stephen contributed a response to an article by Adam Gershowitz...
Intellectual Property Law Symposium on Emerging Issues in IP
p(image-right). !/assets/62811/emerging_issues_in_intellectual_property_symposium_web.jpg(emerging_issues_in_intellectual_property_symposium_web)! The Notre Dame Intellectual Property Law Society presented a symposium on March 2. The program featured opening remarks by "Dean Nell Jessup Newton":http://law.nd.edu/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/nell-newton/ and presentations on “Clean Tech...
62nd Moot Court Showcase
p(image-right). !/assets/62572/showcase2012_group_story.jpg(showcase2012_group_story)! The Hon. Emilio M. Garza (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit), the Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit), and the...