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Victoria Kelley receives Lardy Award for 2020-21 academic year
Victoria Kelley, a rising third-year law student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2020-21 academic year. “Victoria Kelley...
Hope Tone '18 J.D. selected for NIJC's Rising Star award
The National Immigrant Justice Center has selected Hope Tone '18 J.D. to receive its Rising Star award. The award celebrates Tone’s generosity in providing high-quality pro bono services to clients with complex immigration...
Peter Lardy's second life: Class of 1975's scholarship continues to make ND Law a kinder place
Notre Dame Law School recognizes its students’ outstanding academic achievements with an array of prestigious awards. In classic Notre Dame fashion, however, one of its most beloved and unique annual...
In Memoriam: Bob Whitmore '69, '76 J.D.
Bob Whitmore '69, '76 J.D., who starred for the Fighting Irish basketball team and later graduated from Notre Dame Law School, died May 23 after a long fight with pancreatic...
Nicholas Surmacz ’07 J.D.
Kobre & Kim is proud to announce that Nicholas Surmacz '07 J.D. has been selected and profiled by Global Investigations Review as one of the “40 Under 40” world’s leading young...
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, ’09 J.D.
King and Spalding is proud to announce that Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos '09 J.D. has been selected and profiled by Global Investigations Review as one of the “40 Under 40” world’s leading...
Cameasha Turner ’19 J.D.
Cameasha Turner '19 J.D. has accepted a clerkship with a federal judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. Turner was formerly employed...
Erin Brown Jones ’10 J.D.
Latham and Watkins is proud to announce that Erin Brown Jones has been selected and profiled by Global Investigations Review as one of the “40 Under 40” world’s leading young...
Notre Dame confers degrees on Class of 2020
Notre Dame conferred 3,234 degrees — including 228 law degrees — in the University's first-ever virtual ceremony.
Law students serve entrepreneurs overseas through Business on the Frontlines
Midway through the spring semester, as the coronavirus pandemic began to halt travel plans and change the daily routines of people around the world, third-year law student Melanie Hess was...
Jeff Heck '91, '98 J.D. featured in Indiana Lawyer
Jeff Heck '91, '98 J.D. was featured in a Q&A in The Indiana Lawyer on April 29. Heck is the pro bono director at Indiana Legal Services. "'Servant leader' may best describe the life’s...
Cristal Brisco '06 J.D. featured in Indiana Court Times
Magistrate Cristal Brisco '06 J.D. of the St. Joseph County Circuit Court was featured in a recent article in the Indiana Court Times. She talks about her childhood, what attracted her...
Heather McShain '96, '99 J.D. sworn in as magistrate judge
On May 1, Heather McShain '96, '99 J.D. was sworn in as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of Illinois. “Our court is so delighted to welcome Judge McShain....
ND Law students win national case study competition
Three Notre Dame Law students recently placed first in the business schools category of the Arthur W. Page Society's 2020 Case Study Competition. The team of Christina Beyer, 2L, Natasha...











