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The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded three summer fellowships to first-year law students Lydia Woods, Sarah Karchunas, and Kyle Smith. Each will receive a $10,000...

A controversial bill to crack down on online sex trafficking was recently passed by Congress and sent to President Donald Trump’s desk, but anti-trafficking advocates and experts, including a University...

April is Fair Housing Month, and this year also brings the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act.

Erika Gustin, 2L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2018-19 academic year at Notre Dame Law School. Carrying on in the tradition of...

In the prologue of his Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society, “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States,” the Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D.,...

Walter Jean-Jacques, 1L, has been named a 2018 Haywood Burns Fellow by the National Lawyers Guild. The fellowship sponsors law students working in public interest internships across the country to...

The Father Mike Variety Show, named for the late Law School Professor Rev. Michael D. McCafferty, C.S.C., returns for its 30th anniversary March 27 at Legends of Notre Dame.

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, will deliver the keynote lecture for the fifth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture...

We are very sorry to report that Robert “Bob” Winfred Cox, a Double Domer and longtime member of the Law School Advisory Council, passed away March 5 in Phoenix, Arizona.

p(image-right). !/assets/268941/canva_photo_editor_10_.png(Canva Photo Editor 10)! Terrence Brady has been elected President of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL), the Not-For-Profit operations of UL in Northbrook, Illinois. Brady previously served as UL’s Senior...

p(image-right). !/assets/268930/canva_photo_editor_8_.png(Canva Photo Editor 8)! Reed Smith LLP announces the addition of Jill Vorobiev as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group in Chicago. Vorobiev was formerly...

p(image-right). !/assets/268927/canva_photo_editor.png(Canva Photo Editor)! Daniel Gallegos has been appointed by Governor Susana Martinez as a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, the state's second-highest court. Immediately prior to...

p(image-right). !/assets/268928/canva_photo_editor_7_.png(Canva Photo Editor 7)! Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that David Butler has been named to the firm’s 2018 Executive Committee. Butler is a partner...

p(image-right). !/assets/268932/canva_photo_editor_12_.png(Canva Photo Editor 12)! Matthew Schechter was part of the trial team at McManis Faulkner that was honored by the Daily Journal in its “Top Verdicts” supplement. The firm’s...

p(image-right). !/assets/268936/canva_photo_editor_11_.png(Canva Photo Editor 11)! Tyler Atkinson was part of the trial team at McManis Faulkner that was honored by the Daily Journal in its “Top Verdicts” supplement. The firm’s...

p(image-right). !/assets/268938/canva_photo_editor_9_.png(Canva Photo Editor 9)! Eric Wu has joined Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl as an associate in its newly opened office in El Segundo, California. Wu will focus his...

p(image-right). !/assets/268939/canva_photo_editor_13_.png(Canva Photo Editor 13)! Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that long-time partner, Michael Messaglia has been elected as Krieg DeVault’s new Managing Partner. Messaglia, who practices in the...

p(image-right). !/assets/268944/canva_photo_editor.png(Canva Photo Editor)! Christine Mayle was elected to serve as Presiding Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Sixth District, which sits in Toledo and hears appeals...

p(image-right). !/assets/268925/canva_photo_editor_14_.png(Canva Photo Editor 14)! Howard & Howard is pleased to announce that Chase Hundman has joined the firm and will be practicing out of its Chicago office. Hundman will...

A team of four Notre Dame Law School students won an international religious freedom moot court competition last week in Bologna, Italy.

Impowerus removes a barrier to legal representation. It offers a novel solution by providing a platform where attorneys and clients can communicate over the Internet through a secure video chat...

The Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Ill., will examine key elements contributing to the racial divide in the United States and the emergence of...