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Professor Christine Venter awarded grant for research on Supreme Court dissents
Christine Venter, professor and director of the Legal Writing Program at Notre Dame Law School, was among the 12 faculty members awarded research grants by the University of Notre Dame...
ND Law student, professor speak at MLK Celebration Luncheon
Jennifer Mason McAward, director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, and Cameasha Turner, a third-year law student,...
Father Mike's Law School legacy
On a Tuesday evening in late March, the club at Legends of Notre Dame was packed with law students, faculty, and administrators. In the middle of a long semester, they...
Professor Patrick Thomas selected for Indiana’s Leadership Development Academy
Professor Patrick W. Thomas, director of Notre Dame Law School’s Tax Clinic, has been chosen as one of 25 members of the Indiana State Bar Association’s…
Czech university honors Michael Seng ’64, ’67 J.D.
Michael Seng ’64, ’67 J.D. grew up on a farm in Iowa, but he came of age during the civil rights era. He studied history during his undergraduate years at...
Professor Samuel Bray discusses national injunctions as federal courts grapple with the topic
Samuel Bray is considered the leading expert on national injunctions and has urged Congress to pass legislation prohibiting them.
Lawyers in love: The Class of 1981's many couples
There was something special about 1981. The royal wedding of Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer captured the attention of millions of Americans. A record-setting 30 million viewers...
In Memoriam: Professor Donald P. Kommers
Donald P. Kommers, the Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Chair in Government and International Studies and a concurrent professor emeritus of law, died Dec. 21 at his home in Holy Cross...
G. Marcus Cole: Squirrel Hill taught me about community
Writing for Tablet magazine, G. Marcus Cole recalls growing up as one of the few African-Americans in Pittsburgh’s ‘shtetl’ neighborhood.
Stanford professor Marcus Cole appointed dean of Notre Dame Law School
G. Marcus Cole, the William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law at Stanford University, has been appointed Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and professor of law at...
2L Walter Jean-Jacques appointed to Equal Justice Works Board of Directors
Walter Jean-Jacques, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as a student member of the Equal Justice Works Board of Directors. Equal Justice Works is a...
ND Law students attend Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing
A group of five Notre Dame Law students had the opportunity to attend a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last month in Washington, D.C. The hearing on...
Q&A: Nell Jessup Newton reflects on her tenure as dean
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of...