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ND Law hosts annual moot court tournament on religious freedom
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board hosted the fourth annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom on Nov. 8-9 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. Thirteen moot...
3L Ayah Sarsour receives Public Interest Advocacy Scholarship
The Diversity Scholarship Foundation presented Ayah Sarsour, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, with the Public Interest Advocate Scholarship Award on December 3 at the 2019 Unity Award...
ND Law students assist with both prominent and intimate cases through Appalachia Externship
Steeped in the last of the vibrant fall colors, the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains surround both sides of the road. Billboards scattered across the mountainside advertise attorneys for black...
Leading design scholars gather for ND Law roundtable in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law hosted the inaugural Design Law Scholars Roundtable at the Notre Dame Law Chicago space on November 15 and 16....
ND Law School starting Dublin summer internship program
The internships will provide rising second-year law students with invaluable experience as they are exposed to transnational legal issues and the laws of Ireland and the European Union.
Jennifer Thompson: The Concentric Circles of Harm
On Thursday, November 7, the Klau Center and the Exoneration Project welcomed Jennifer Thompson to Notre Dame Law School. Thompson, founder and director of the Healing Justice Project, recalled her...
Notre Dame students participate in United Nations drafting session
Three Notre Dame students recently had the extraordinary opportunity to participate in the drafting of a United Nations convention focused on the right to development. The students, affiliates of the...
Project helps survivors of domestic violence navigate expungement process
Chris Kozelichki, a former deputy prosecutor and now assistant director for career development at the Law School, hosted an expungement clinic with 45 law students at the YWCA in South Bend.
LRAP enables ND Law graduates to pursue public interest paths
Notre Dame Law School created the Loan Repayment Assistance Program in 2001 to help alumni who are beginning legal careers in public interest and public service. LRAP is designed to ensure that J.D....
Panelists discuss ‘perplexing issues’ around Brexit at ND London Law forum
The discussion was led by Michael Addo, director of the London Law Program, with remarks from Law School Dean Marcus Cole. Journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The...
Former President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou, visits ND's London Global Gateway
The honorable Ma Ying-jeou, who served as President of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016, spent last Wednesday, October 30, at the University of Notre Dame London Global...
ND Law student wins Seventh Circuit appeal
Alyssa McClure ’19 J.D. won an appeal in a habeas corpus case that she argued through Notre Dame Law School’s Seventh Circuit Practice Externship.
How Kevin Warren '90 J.D. went from ND Law to Big Ten commissioner
Family led Kevin Warren ’90 J.D. to Notre Dame Law School, but the world-class legal education kept him there. Warren was wrapping up his MBA at Arizona State University, where...
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell publishes ‘The Art of Law in the International Community’
O'Connell writes that the secret to the renewal of international law lies in revitalizing the moral foundation of natural law through drawing on aesthetic philosophy and the arts.
‘What Would You Fight For?’ features client of IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic
A client of Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic was the focus of a “What Would You Fight For?” ad that debuted during the Notre Dame-Virginia game.
Two ND Law students win top prizes in annual religious liberty writing contest
Third-year law students David Spicer and Timothy Bradley won first and second place, respectively, in the Tenth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition. The competition is sponsored by the BYU Reuben...
Turkey’s military aggression in Syria is as unlawful as Russia’s in Ukraine, expert says
Turkey continues its military operation in northeast Syria to control a major swath of Syrian territory, moving the Kurdish population far from its border, and Notre Dame Law School Professor...
U.S. Attorney General William Barr talks about religious freedom at ND Law
In a speech Friday, October 11, at Notre Dame Law School, U.S. Attorney General William Barr decried the ascendancy of secularism and vowed to do all he can to assure...
Justice Alan Page on football, civil rights, and doing justice
In a wide-ranging conversation at Notre Dame Law School on Friday, October 11, former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page expressed both his deep concern, and his enduring hope, for...
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim shares antitrust expertise
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division shared his expertise with Notre Dame Law students on Friday, October 11. Professor Roger Alford, who served the Antitrust...
Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. is BLSA's alumnus of the year
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association recently honored Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. with the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year Award at their alumni reception....
Notre Dame Law School marks 150 years with celebration weekend
A weekend-long celebration served as the culmination of a year's worth of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Notre Dame Law School. Sesquicentennial Reception The Sesquicentennial Reception, held in Dahnke Ballroom...
Senators discuss ‘Partisan Politics in the Era of Trump’ at ND Law event
On Friday, September 28, Notre Dame Law School hosted a panel discussion titled “Partisan Politics in the Era of Trump: A Threat to our Democracy or Merely Politics as Usual?”...
Klau Center welcomes new class of human rights lawyers to Notre Dame
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights welcomes the new class of international human rights lawyers to Notre Dame Law School for the 2019-20 academic year. The LL.M. class...
Klau Center announces 2019-20 Rita Bahr Scholars
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce its Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund Scholars for 2019-20. The recipients are human rights lawyers enrolled in the LL.M....
ND Program on Private Law launches new series on private law theory
The Notre Dame Program on Private Law and the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy co-hosted a workshop to launch Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory in August at the University...
New ND Technology Ethics Center to address ‘big questions’ of emerging technology
Notre Dame Law Professor Mark McKenna, interim director of ND-TEC, said, “We are living in an age of unbridled and increasingly fierce competition to pursue ever-more-capable and human-like technologies. The aim...
Former professor donates Maltese collection to Kresge Law Library
A special collection focused on the Republic of Malta is being added to the Kresge Law Library at Notre Dame Law School. The collection was donated by Douglas Kmiec, a...
In Memoriam: Timothy J. Malloy '66, '69 J.D.
It is with deep sorrow that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of longtime Law School Advisory Council member Tim Malloy, who died on September 3, 2019. After earning...
Program on Church, State & Society 2019 fellows share summer experiences
Four Notre Dame Law students gained valuable exposure this summer in the area of religious-institutions practice. Sponsored by the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society, each summer fellow...