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A collection of NDLS faculty experts comments on the Pope's visit to the United States.

p(image-right). !/assets/71620/100x/cassel.jpg(cassel)! The agreements announced in Havana today between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) could bring to an end that country's 51-year war. The...

p(image-right). !http://humanrights.nd.edu/assets/176274/100x/yarafree.jpg! Center for Civil and Human Rights alumna Yara Sallam, LL.M. ’10, who has been in a Cairo jail cell since "June 2014":http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/justice-in-egypt-yara-sallam-imprisonment-president-sisi, was pardoned today by Egyptian President...

p(image-right). !/assets/132380/100x/mary_yu.jpg(mary_yu)! Growing up in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, an area historically inhabited by working class Irish immigrants, Mary Yu, ’93 J.D., wasn’t afforded the opportunity of seeing many people who...

p(image-right). !/assets/132380/100x/mary_yu.jpg(mary_yu)! Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu, ‘93, will meet with students on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, to discuss her career path and clerkship opportunities. Justice Yu is on...

Double domer, John Leahy passed away on August 19, 2015 after losing a fast-paced battle with cancer. While at Notre Dame, John was the senior football manager and lived in...

August 24, 2015 Dear students, Welcome back to NDLS! Each August I like to take a few moments to give you a brief overview of the new people, programs, and...

p(image-right). !/assets/172733/100x/img_0171.jpg(img_0171)! A key aspect of Orientation Weekend at Notre Dame Law School is the service projects students participate in at various local community service organizations. This year, more than...

During the week of Aug. 15, California Supreme Court Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan will serve as the Judge James J. Clynes, Jr. Visiting Chair in the Ethics of Litigation...

p(image-right). !/assets/172192/100x/merryman_in_front_of_rivers_of_jewels_2003_smaller_300x260.jpg(merryman_in_front_of_rivers_of_jewels_2003_smaller_300x260)! Photo by Steve Gladfelter. John Merryman was a world renowned expert in art law, cultural property law, and comparative law. John studied and taught in these areas at...

p(image-right). !/assets/171878/100x/220px_sonia_sotomayor_in_scotus_robe.jpg(220px_sonia_sotomayor_in_scotus_robe)! U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will hold a conversation with Notre Dame law students Wednesday, September 2, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Patrick F. McCartan...

Douglass Cassel, Professor of Law and advisor to the Center for Civil and Human Rights, has been named by the Colombian government to a high-level bilateral working group (subcomisión) on...

p(image-right). !/assets/69628/75x/pat_salvi2_web.jpg(pat_salvi2_web)! Patrick A. Salvi II '07 J.D., was awarded the 2015 F. Scott Baldwin Award by the American Association for Justice at its annual convention in Montreal, Canada, this...

|=. !/assets/170835/fullsize/patrick_salvi_ii_aaj_2015_award.jpg(Patrick Salvi II)! (L to R) Lindy Salvi, Patrick Salvi Sr., Patrick Salvi II, and Julianna Salvi| Patrick A. Salvi II '07 J.D., was awarded the 2015 F. Scott...

p(image-right). !/assets/170793/100x/img_0097.jpg(img_0097)! Shashan DeYoung knew the odds were against her to attend law school. As an African American single mom to twins, she realized her chances for success in law...

On July 8th, ND lawyers in the Bay Area gathered at "Irish Times" to join Dean Nell Newton for a mid-week happy hour. In addition to the ND alumni, the...

Despite the stormy weather in New York City June 16, more than 170 Notre Dame Lawyers turned out for the 5th Annual NDL-NYC Reception held at the beautiful Union League...

p(image-right). !/assets/166588/100x/amelia.jpg(amelia)! Amelia Yowell, J.D. ’11, has been selected as the 2015-2016 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

p(image-right). !/assets/165700/100x/pauldrey_ims_award.jpg(pauldrey_ims_award)! Paul Drey, the managing partner of Brick Gentry, P.C., was recently honored with the John F. Sanford Award during the Dinner Gala at the Iowa Medical Society’s (IMS)...

p(image-right). !/assets/165008/100x/finelli_1.jpg(finelli_1)! When Alisa Finelli, JD ’15, learned that she had won the national Pro Bono Award from the Super Lawyers rating service, she was grateful for the recognition the...

Graduating Notre Dame Law students were honored today at the first annual “Prize Day” with awards for activities ranging from academic performance to service to the Notre Dame and greater...

p(image-right). !/assets/71520/100x/belliaaj2014.jpg(bellia_aj)! Anthony J. Bellia Jr., O’Toole Professor of Constitutional Law at Notre Dame Law School and recipient of the 2015 Law School Distinguished Teaching Award, will address the graduates...

A two-day conference begins tomorrow at Notre Dame University London Law Center with more than 25 experts exploring the financing of terrorism and strategies to combat terrorism, with a keen...

p(image-right). !/assets/164146/75x/ajamie_bio_3.jpg(ajamie_bio_3)! Tom Ajamie, who founded his own Houston and New York based litigation firm in 1997, was named one of 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2014 by _Lawdragon_....

p(image-right). !/assets/163768/100x/kjb_headshot_2014_2015.jpg(kjb_headshot_2014_2015)! Katie Jo Luningham, 3L, has been named a Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award Winner, one of the highest national awards for student legal writing. Her paper _Resisting Rulemaking:...

The Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State, and Society sponsored an opportunity for four students to travel to Italy over spring break to participate in the Fondazione Studium...

p(image-right). !/assets/71645/100x/garnettr.jpg(garnettr)! Professor Richard Garnett has been appointed as The Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law.

Nine students were awarded public interest summer scholarships from the Women’s Legal Forum, Asian Law Student’s Association, and the Environmental Law Society. Seven scholarships were funded by the Women’s Legal...

p(image-right). !/assets/162347/100x/aaj_trial_team_web.jpg(aaj_trial_team_web)! The Law School’s AAJ national team advanced to the final four of the American Association of Justice National Student Trial Advocacy Competition in Pittsburgh this past weekend. In...

p(image-right). !/assets/161559/100x/officialphotojpghighres_copy.jpg(officialphotojpghighres_copy)! Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, will have a conversation with the Notre Dame Law School Community titled _The Real "Fighting Irish:” Is Peace Here to Stay?_ Professor...