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It is with deep sorrow that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Thomas L. Shaffer, who died on February 26, 2019, after a long...

Jessica Binzoni ’15 J.D. came to Notre Dame Law School knowing that her calling was to work with refugees, especially those displaced by international conflicts. Her path after law school—including...

At the beginning of the spring semester, 15 students in the Notre Dame London Law Program traveled south for the weekend, swapping the bright lights of London for the stark and...

With help from Notre Dame Law School students, expectations at Clay are high this year ahead of regionals later this month and the annual state competition in March.

Fernanda Gianesella Bertolaccini wants her voice to be heard. An activist in her native Brazil, Bertolaccini focuses on how private companies…

A group of Notre Dame Law School students recently hosted a legal aid night for veterans at the Miller Veterans Center in South Bend. They met with homeless vets on...

After working for three years as a senior associate in the merger and acquisition transaction services department for Deloitte Financial Advisory in China, Yue Yu decided it was time for...

Raphael Ng’etich of Kenya has known that he wanted to study and teach law since he was in high school. As a law student at Strathmore University…

The first law class at Notre Dame was held on February 1, 1869, which makes this year Notre Dame Law School’s sesquicentennial. The Law School community kicked off the celebration...

More than 500 people came out to hear the NPR legal affairs correspondent speak with Notre Dame Law Professor Randy Kozel.

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution-Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame, will lecture on artificial intelligence, weapons,...

One hundred and thirty-five students. Twenty-eight travel groups. Thirteen cities. A large contingent of first-year J.D. and LL.M. students from Notre…

Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to announce that veteran immigration lawyer, Michael Durham, '01 J.D., has joined its South Bend office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Department....

In December 2018, Thomas Curtin, '68 J.D., was the recipient of the Donald A. Robinson Meritorious Service Award which was established in 2009 to recognize the contributions of Donald A....

Fisher Phillips is pleased to announce the addition of Drew Tate, '16 J.D., as an associate in its Sacramento office. Tate represents employers in a variety of employment litigation matters,...

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl is pleased to announce the election of Eric Wu, '08 J.D., to partner in its El Segundo, California, office. Wu is a member of the...

Katheryne Zelenock, '91 J.D., a partner at Dickinson Wright PLLC, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Eversight, an international non-profit based in Southeast Michigan that works to restore...

Anna Catherine Mourlam, '16 J.D., an attorney at Perkins Coie LLP in Palo Alto, was selected for publication by the California State Bar in The California International Law Journal. Read...

Katz, Korin and Cunningham, of Indianapolis, is pleased to announce that Kathryn Cordell '97 J.D. was promoted to shareholder effective January 2019. Cordell focuses her practice on the defense of health care...

Kelley Drye is pleased to announce that Jim Carr, '87 J.D., has been re-elected chair of the firm effective January 1, 2019, for a second four-year term. Carr was first...

Maree Russo Mulvoy '73 J.D. was selected by the National Safety Council as one of their 2019 CEOs Who "Get It". Every year, the National Safety Council awards this designation to...

A group of Notre Dame Law students traveled to Texas during winter break to put into practice the Law School’s mission of educating a different kind of lawyer. They spent...

Jason Boehmig '12 J.D. is the co-founder and CEO of Ironclad, a technology company that recently raised $23 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia. Read the company's...