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Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion to focus on ethics in government service in 2020-21
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion announced that the ethics of government service will be its primary scholarly focus for the 2020-21 academic year. The program...
Program on Church, State & Society 2020 fellows share summer experiences
Three Notre Dame Law students gained valuable exposure this summer in the area of religious-institutions practice. Sponsored by the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society, each summer fellow...
ND Law student awarded prestigious real estate scholarship
Natasha Gunasekara, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded a real estate scholarship from The Goldie Initiative Scholarship Program. Founded by Goldie B. Wolfe Miller,...
Amid coronavirus, ND Tax Clinic and other University partners provide remote assistance for low-income taxpayers
The Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) coordinated assistance for 53 taxpayers via the videoconferencing app Zoom and referred another 100 taxpayers to Goodwill for assistance, representing those without access to...
Professor and former Dean Patricia O’Hara to remain active as professor emerita
After nearly 40 years of service to Notre Dame Law School, Professor and former Dean Patricia O’Hara has decided to transition to emerita status. O’Hara ’74 J.D. said she was “deeply...
Two ND Law students named National Black Law Students Association executives
Ijeoma Oti and Jaylen Amaker, both rising second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, have been appointed to the 2020-2021 National Black Law Students Association executive board. Oti will serve...
Professor Paolo Carozza contributes to new State Department report on human rights
Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza, an expert in international human rights law, is part of a federal commission that recently released a report affirming America’s unique role in protecting...
In Memoriam: Michael Barnes '73 J.D.
When former St. Joseph County prosecutor and senior Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Mike Barnes passed away May 22, he left behind a legacy of abiding friendship, love, and compassion...
ND Law places 7th on list of law schools with most Supreme Court clerks
Notre Dame Law School was tied for 7th on a recent list of law schools with the most Supreme Court clerkship placements. Professor Brian Leiter of the University of Chicago...
Supreme Court cites treatise edited by Professor Nell Newton
Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law was cited by both the majority and the dissent in the Supreme Court’s July 9 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma.
Professor Rick Garnett: Supreme Court religious schools ruling makes important correction
With its ruling, the Supreme Court re-affirmed an important implication of our separation between church and state, according to Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard Garnett, director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society.
The Future of Privacy brings together global audience in virtual event
The world's top privacy lawyers and scholars will discuss the future of privacy in an exclusive online event August 27, with opening remarks from former Irish President Mary McAleese and...
Notre Dame 3L Mikhael Bunda wins national bankruptcy writing contest
Rising 3L Mikhael Dizon Bunda won the 2020 Law Student Writing Competition from the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees with a paper focusing on the fresh start doctrine in...
Statement written by Professor Doug Cassel urges president to lift International Criminal Court sanctions
Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Douglass Cassel recently wrote a statement asking President Donald Trump to rescind his June 11 executive order, which imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court investigators who...
Winners of Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition announced
Professor Veronica Root Martinez, director of Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion, announced the winners of the 2020 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition, with 3L Allison...
Sean O’Brien completes 15 years advancing Hesburgh’s human rights vision
“Making a Notre Dame education accessible to human rights lawyers from around the world has been the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Sean O’Brien '95, '01 J.D., '02 LL.M., the...
Professor Mark McKenna named founding director of ND Technology Ethics Center
The center supports curriculum that engages Notre Dame students on issues of technology ethics, and research and engagement to develop technology policy.
Justice Thomas cites Professor Samuel Bray in securities case
Justice Clarence Thomas cited Notre Dame Law School Professor Samuel L. Bray four times in his dissent to the Supreme Court’s June 22 decision in Liu v. SEC, No. 18-1501....
Avishalom Tor awarded fellowship from the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies
Avishalom Tor, professor and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as one of two winners of an individual...
Notre Dame Law School establishes Religious Liberty Clinic
With the receipt of a transformational gift from Matt and Lindsay Moroun and family, Notre Dame Law School will put its rich tradition of religious liberty scholarship into practice by...
In Memoriam: Robert Gaynor Berry, ’63 J.D.
It is with deep regret that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of longtime Law School Advisory Council member Robert Gaynor Berry, ’63 J.D., who died on April 23...
Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion announces initiatives for 2020-2021 academic year
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” ― James Baldwin I am not sure I have...
ND Law's Class of 2019 ranked 7th in nation for federal clerkship placements
Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019 ranked 7th in the nation for federal clerkship placements, according to American Bar Association data reported by Law.com. Notre Dame Law School had...
ND Law Review ranked 8th on Washington & Lee’s list of top legal publications
The Notre Dame Law Review jumped from 22nd to 8th on Washington & Lee University School of Law’s most recent ranking of top legal publications. The annual W&L Law Journal...
ND Law recognized for donations to March Against Hunger
Katelyn Doering, a rising 2L at Notre Dame Law School, is passionate about the issue of food security. So, when she donated to the 2020 March Against Hunger during the...
Program on IP & Technology Law announces winners of 2020 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce the winners of the Law School’s Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law Annual Writing Competition. This year’s first prize paper, Why...
Dean G. Marcus Cole: 'I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something.'
"While my education and position do not grant me immunity from racial violence, they do place me in a position to do something about it."
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...
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...
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.