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Two years ago, Notre Dame Law Professor Roger Alford was called upon to serve in a leadership role in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. This fall,...

Timely and thought-leading research on fiduciary principles and philosophical legal ethics were the central themes for a roundtable held in June at Notre Dame’s Kylemore Abbey Global Centre in Connemara,...

With growing concerns over data breaches and privacy, some argue that control over one’s data is necessary, but that might not be the most practical solution, argues Professor Woodrow Hartzog....

Notre Dame Law School will begin the 2019-2020 school year with three new faculty members, including experts in business law, commercial law, and economics. Professor Patrick Corrigan holds a B.A....

The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has launched a new podcast to highlight the research and peacebuilding work of Institute faculty, alumni, students, and visiting scholars. Each episode of...

A generous gift from Kirkland & Ellis partner Jim Basile ’86, ’89 J.D., will enable Notre Dame Law School to bring more outstanding trial attorneys and judges from around the...

Notre Dame Law student Delaney Foreman participates in an exercise at the Department of Psychology's Virtual Reality Lab. On a Monday evening this past April, a class of Notre Dame...

“It has been the great honor of my life to train lawyers, and I am humbled to have the opportunity to help do so at one of the most important...

Jennie Christensen, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was chosen to receive one of the Women & Hi Tech Corporate Law Scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year.  Christensen...

Though Vampiro’s name might bring about images of vampires, the medical device’s purpose means less operating room time and fewer surgical site infections for patients. But, like vampires, Vampiro is...

Riley Sissung, a 2019 Notre Dame Law School graduate, was recently selected as one of the 2019 Distinguished Law Students for this year’s Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. The award is...

Notre Dame Law School launched two new interdisciplinary research programs in July: the Program on Ethics, Compliance, & Inclusion and the Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law.

Carozza, who also serves as director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, is one of 10 experts appointed to the new Commission on Unalienable Rights.

Notre Dame Lawyers across the country honored Nell Jessup Newton this spring as she concluded her decade of service as the Law School’s dean. G. Marcus Cole, the Law School’s...

Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce that rising third-year law student Jack Dahm is the winner of the Law School’s first Intellectual Property and Technology Law Writing Prize....

Professors Barry Cushman, Randy Kozel, and Jeff Pojanowski were cited in two U.S. Supreme Court cases on June 26.

The Family Law & Policy Program at the University of Illinois College of Law recognized Brinig's interdisciplinary approach and tremendous scholarship.

Notre Dame Law Professor Dan Kelly is the faculty director of the new Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate — an interdisciplinary institute where researchers will study all aspects of real estate, including...

Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé said rising concerns about cyber attacks sparked the idea for an interdisciplinary conference to discuss and analyze cybersecurity issues

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on June 10, John M. Finnis, the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School and a Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow...

Professor Veronica Root Martinez has been granted tenure and promoted to full professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. She joined the faculty in 2014 after serving as a...

Audrey Beck ’17 J.D. will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during the 2019 term. She will join Laura Wolk ’16 J.D., who will clerk for Justice Clarence...

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer's comprehensive approach yields surprising and controversial solutions, beginning with the creation of a simple and broad definition of political activity that charities will be prohibited from engaging...

Vincent, a South Bend restaurant worker, came to the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center last summer looking for help with back taxes he owed. The situation was complex, and the...

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that John Copeland Nagle, Notre Dame Law School’s John N. Matthews Professor of Law, died on May 18, 2019, after a...

Lenora Popken, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 academic year at Notre Dame Law School.

Rising 3L Jennie Christensen placed second in Berkeley’s Technology Law Journal’s writing competition with her paper, “Fasten Your Seatbelts, We’re Encountering Turbulence: The Legal Implications of Biometric Scanning at U.S....

The Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture Series will serve as a flagship annual event and celebration of the Program on Church, State & Society.

The Hispanic Law Student Association at Notre Dame Law School honored Congressman Joaquin Castro on Thursday, April 25, with the 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award.

Notre Dame Law School’s Applied Mediation Clinic, led by Professor Michael Jenuwine, gives students practical experience both in and out of the classroom, preparing them to enter the legal profession...