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*Dear Alumni and Friends of Notre Dame Law School,* The end of fall term, with Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, presents an opportunity to reflect on the Law School and to...

The U.S. Senate has voted 70-29 to confirm Elizabeth A. Wolford to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

p(image-right). Designed to prepare students for practice in a wide variety of intellectual property-related fields, the program includes basic and advanced courses in patent, copyright, trademark and unfair competition as...

NDLS Dean Nell Jessup Newton has announced that new student exchange agreements have been reached with Peking University Law School and Tsinghua University School of Law.

It is with a sad heart that the Law School announces the recent death of Associate Dean Emeritus William O. McLean.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. has invited NDLS alum G. Ryan Snyder (JD ’12) to join his chambers as a judicial clerk for the October 2014 Supreme Court term....

The Notre Dame Law School community has learned that Judge Willie Lipscomb Jr. died unexpectedly while winterizing his boat at his Detroit home on November 6.

Georgina Vargas Vera, a 2012 graduate of Notre Dame Law School’s LL.M. degree program in international human rights law, received the National Youth Award of 2013 for Human Rights.

D.C. Circuit "Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh":http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/VL+-+Judges+-+BMK gave the keynote address for the 2013 _Notre Dame Law Review Symposium_ November 1 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. The presentation was sponsored...

The London Law Centre and the "NDLS Program on Constitutional Structure":http://constitutional-structure.nd.edu/ recently brought leading scholars from the United States and United Kingdom together for a conference addressing “International Perspectives on...

J.S.D. candidate Mirakmal Niyazmatov will present and defend his dissertation, “Evidence Obtained By Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment: A New Interpretation in Light of the General Principles of Law,” on...

Yara Sallam (LLM ’10), has been named one of 5 recipients of the inaugural Africa Human Rights Defenders Awards. She was nominated representing North Africa for her work at the...

Coached by "3L Paul Kerridge":http://www.invadersfc.com/Staff/483392.html, an "Indiana Invaders":http://www.invadersfc.com/ girls' travel soccer team has qualified for nationals and will compete against some of the best soccer teams in the country in...

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit visited the Law School October 15-16 to speak with students and faculty.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced the appointment of Paul M. Lewis as special envoy for the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Randall T. Shepard delivered a Clynes Chair Lecture on “The Future of Legal Education” to NDLS students and faculty September 25. Shepard is a former Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice...

The Notre Dame Law Association has named Charles A. Weiss, the 2013 recipient of The Rev. Michael D. McCafferty, C.S.C., Award. The McCafferty award is presented by the association to...

At the outset of its 40th anniversary year, The Center for Civil & Human Rights was profiled in NDWorks, a Notre Dame publication. Sean O’Brien, assistant director and LL.M. program...

The formal reception showcasing the Notre Dame Law in Chicago program’s new headquarters is not scheduled until November 14, but the doors are already open at 224 South Michigan Avenue in...

Notre Dame Law School's American Association of Justice (AAJ) 2013 National Champion Moot Court Trial Team was honored by the Melvin M. Belli Society at a reception and dinner in...

NDLS hosted a live Tax Court session in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom on Wednesday, September 11. The case Union Township, St. Joseph County v. State of Indiana, Department of...

The ranks of NDLS grads serving as judges continued to expand this summer. First, NDLS classmates and others with Notre Dame connections came out to help Michael E. Ridgway (J.D....

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/110209/jack_gilligan_200.jpg(John Gilligan)! Former Ohio governor John J. Gilligan, professor emeritus of law at the University of Notre Dame, died Monday (Aug. 26) at his home in Cincinnati. He was...

A reception and book signing event celebrating a new book about Rev. David T. Link’s prison ministry was held August 28 at the Eck Visitors Center on the Notre Dame...

Dear students, On behalf of all faculty and staff: Welcome back, we’re delighted to see you! While I promise to try to keep my emails short and their numbers to...

Notre Dame Law in Chicago is moving into recently renovated quarters in the Loop in time for the beginning of the fall semester. The program, which allows Notre Dame Law...

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/108914/roemer_200.jpg(James Roemer)! James A. Roemer, former director of community relations at the University of Notre Dame, died Sunday (Aug. 10) in California. He was 83. A native of South...

For Sarah Bosha, LL.M. ’13, completing the CCHR graduate program brings with it a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of international human rights law and international peace building.…

“The NDLS Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) made it possible for me to work in the public interest and I have had truly wonderful experiences,” says Krista (Yee) Cox (J.D....

Stephen Astringer, who will be a 2L this fall, has been named a “Distinguished Law Student” by the 2013 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar.