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One of the unique strengths of Notre Dame Law School is its extensive and extremely dedicated alumni network. The value of the alumni network has never been more evident than...

The Wall Street journal listed "What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics" among the 10 best books of 2020.

Patrick F. McCartan, chairman emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees and a recipient of the University’s highest honors, died Monday (Nov. 30) in Cleveland with members...

John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett has joined the Manhattan Institute as an adjunct fellow. Garnett's research focuses on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and...

Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Thomas F. Broden Jr. — a pioneer in clinical legal education and a skilled advocate for civil rights and the indigent — died Friday, November...

Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has filed three amicus briefs, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court, representing Muslim organizations and scholars in defense of Jewish groups who...

Patrick Pursley spent two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit, receiving his exoneration in 2019. While proving his innocence, he also changed Illinois law. Pursley was recently...

Amid COVID-19 cancellations and challenges, Melvin Hydleburg and Zahraa Nasser, both second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, argued and won an asylum case last month through the Law School's...

Faculty and staff from across the University worked together to deliver alternative, virtual solutions for USAID's Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity in Paraguay program.

Notre Dame Law School is hitting the ground running with our Religious Liberty Initiative. We’ve already assembled the first cohort of five students. This semester, these students have already helped write...

Barrett, a member of ND Law's Class of 1997, is the first Notre Dame graduate and faculty member to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

When Professor Jimmy Gurulé took his London Law Program students to The Hague last spring to visit the International Criminal Court and Peace Palace, two Notre Dame Law School alumni were...

Richard Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, was recently elected a member of the American Law Institute. The institute’s members have...

Notre Dame Law School's Program on Church, State & Society is pleased to welcome Judge Amul Thapar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as a guest...

Themes of inclusion and using one’s opportunities to benefit others were prevalent as Judge Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit spoke to Notre...

Notre Dame Law School is launching a new summer program for law students — the Hamburg Honor Scholars Program — and an associated partnership with Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

Harvard University Press has announced the publication of Professor O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics…

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and a 1997 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, was nominated today to the Supreme Court of the United States...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was nominated to the court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and was known as the architect of the legal fight for...

Dwight B. King Jr. joined the Kresge Law Library faculty in 1986 as a research librarian and became head of research services in 1990. Warren Rees joined as a research...

Professor Paul Miller has published a new book on fiduciary law — Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics and Law — with Cambridge University Press. Miller edited the book with Professor Matthew...

Notre Dame Law School’s presence at the U.S. Supreme Court continues to grow. Alexa Baltes ’17 J.D. will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during the 2021-22 term. She...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke to Notre Dame Law students on September 10 in a virtual event attended by approximately 100 viewers. Christie was introduced by G. Marcus...

After a towering 25-year career in law teaching and legal scholarship at Notre Dame Law School, Biolchini Family Professor of Law John M. Finnis has decided to retire. An internationally...

Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, along with Prof. Dr. Klaus Mathis, faculty of law...

For the third time in a year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled in favor of an appeal argued by Notre Dame Law students participating...

Professor Paul Miller and Professor John Oberdiek of Rutgers Law School have published an important new collection of essays on private law theory with Oxford University Press. The recently released volume...

The Women's Legal Forum provides summer funding through one of its signature programs, the Women's Empowerment Stipend. Each stipend recipient is someone who pursues unpaid public interest work over the summer,...

Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, delivered a virtual lecture earlier this summer to lawyers...

When the Covid-19 pandemic began sweeping the country this spring, law firms, government agencies, nonprofits, and other employers were forced to reevaluate their summer associate and intern programs for law...