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According to statistics from the American Bar Association, Notre Dame Law School alumni who graduated between 2012 and 2016 are more widely dispersed than their counterparts from any other U.S....

As far back as fourth grade, Riley Koval, ’16 J.D., would write in the back of his notebooks at school, “I will attend the University…

Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society will award up to four summer fellowships, in the amount of $10,000 each, to students working for a religious institution…

It was 1987 when John McCabe returned to Alumni Hall, across Main Circle from the Law School. McCabe, ’86, ’89 J.D., had lived in Alumni as an undergraduate, but was...

p(image-right). !/assets/259556/canva_photo_editor_5_.png(Canva Photo Editor 5)! Jeffrey Linton has been appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Quality Systems, Inc., known as NextGen Healthcare. Linton brings extensive healthcare experience...

After his first year as a law student, Michael Hagerty, ’13 J.D., spent his summer hiking the desert trails of the U.S.-Mexico border. As a research assistant for Paolo Carozza,...

p(image-right). !/assets/258915/canva_photo_editor_1_.png(Canva Photo Editor 1)! It is with great sadness that the Law School announces the passing of Matthew Nielsen on October 30, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona after a strong...

p(image-right). !/assets/258903/canva_photo_editor_3_.png(Canva Photo Editor 3)! Stacy Schauvliege, an attorney at Crowe & Dunlevy, was honored as a 2017 NextGen Under 30 Award winner by Ion Oklahoma Magazine which awards professionals...

p(image-right). !/assets/258905/canva_photo_editor.png(Canva Photo Editor)! Johanna Oh has joined McManis Faulkner, a leading Northern California trial firm, as an associate. Oh will represent both plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases, ranging...

p(image-right). !/assets/258906/canva_photo_editor_4_.png(Canva Photo Editor 4)! Christina Jones is a Visiting Professor of Practice and Director of William & Mary Law School’s PELE Special Education Advocacy Clinic. Jones was part of...

Thomas Burnett, an attorney at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in its Milwaukee office, has been recognized as a 2017 “Super Lawyer-Rising Star” in the area of Business Litigation.

Robert Driscoll, an attorney at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in its Milwaukee office, has been recognized as a 2017 “Super Lawyer-Rising Star” in the area of Employment Litigation: Defense.

p(image-right). !/assets/258907/canva_photo_editor_2_.png(Canva Photo Editor 2)! Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP is pleased to announce that Patrick Cooke has joined the firm as a partner in its Chicago office. Cooke focuses...

Bray was one of four experts invited to testify Thursday in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The hearing was on...

From left to right: Judge Debra Livingston, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Judge David Barron, Notre Dame Law Professor A.J. Bellia, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, George Washington University Law School…

The Wall Street Journal published a feature article about Green Bridge Growers in the newspaper’s Monday edition. Notre Dame Law Professor Jay Tidmarsh’s wife, Jan Pilarski, and their son, Chris...

p(image-right). !/assets/257998/deborah_kunselman_small.jpg(Deborah Kunselman Small)! Judge Deborah Kunselman has been elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. In 2005, Kunselman became the first woman to be elected to the Court of Common...

p(image-right). !/assets/257987/oconnor400_small.jpg(Oconnor400 Small)! Nancy O’Connor has been appointed by Catholic University President, John Garvey, as the University’s new general counsel, effective January 1, 2018. O’Connor brings over 41 years of...

p(image-right). !/assets/257944/jamessweeney_small.jpg(Jamessweeney Small)! President Donald J. Trump has nominated Barnes & Thornburg partner James R. Sweeney II to fill a judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the...

p(image-right). !/assets/257938/john_lynch_small.jpg(John Lynch Small)! Davis Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. is proud to announce that shareholder John Lynch has been named to the list of 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Lynch practices...

p(image-right). !/assets/257939/masters_loreliec_2_.jpg(Masters Loreliec 2)! Lorelie Masters has joined Hunton & Williams LLP in Washington, D.C. as a partner in the Insurance Recovery Group.

p(image-right). !/assets/257940/traci_griffith_small.jpg(Traci Griffith Small)! Traci Griffith is a professor at St. Michaels College, a Catholic and liberal arts college, in Vermont. Griffith was awarded the college's outstanding teaching award for...

p(image-right). !/assets/257941/john_sawyer.jpg(John Sawyer)! Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Jack Sawyer as an Atlanta-based partner in the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Sawyer counsels clients in...

Verus LLC announces that Deborah Zonies has joined the company at their Princeton, NJ, headquarters as Vice President of Mass Tort Services and General Counsel. Zonies will focus on providing...

p(image-right). !/assets/257945/award2.jpg(Award2)! FBI Supervisory Special Agent Thomas Olohan was awarded an “Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Furthering the Interests of U.S. National Security” at the 65th Annual Attorney General's...

The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board recently hosted its Second Annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom. Ten moot court teams from across the country…

I am very sorry to report that Robert F. Biolchini, a trustee and generous benefactor of the Law School, passed away November 8 in Jackson Hole, Wyo.  Bob was a...

Jennifer Klute Hall, ’99 J.D., has navigated the politics of Washington, D.C., drafted major legislation that won congressional approval, and now serves as general counsel at a national trade association...

Martha Jones, scholar on American legal history, tied more than two centuries of debate over the 14th Amendment and citizen rights for former slaves to today’s political debate surrounding undocumented...

By Nell Jessup Newton, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law I am very sorry to announce that Professor Regis Campfield, founder of the Notre Dame Tax and Estate…