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Religious Liberty Initiative Student Spotlight: Tom Hellenbrand
As a member of the Religious Liberty Initiative’s 2021-2022 cohort, third-year law student Tom Hellenbrand has had several opportunities to work with Notre Dame Law School faculty on research and writing...
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief this week in Shurtleff v. Boston, a case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that government officials...
Two Notre Dame Law students help mother and daughter win asylum
A mother and daughter have been granted asylum in the U.S. after fleeing gender violence in Latin America, thanks in part to Notre Dame Law School students Jacquelyn Aguirre and...
ND Law student to speak at National Association of Muslim Lawyers conference
Zahraa Nasser, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and member of this year’s Religious Liberty Initiative student cohort, will speak Saturday at the National Association of Muslim Lawyers...
2021 ND Law graduate awarded prestigious Permanent Court of Arbitration fellowship
Daniela Johnson Restrepo ’21 J.D. joined the Permanent Court of Arbitration as a fellow November 8. She is the first J.D. graduate from Notre Dame Law School to be selected...
ND Law student Gregory Jenn receives Public Interest Advocate Scholarship
Gregory Jenn, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has received a Public Interest Advocate Scholarship from the Diversity Scholarship Foundation in Chicago. The Public Interest Advocate Scholarship is...
Veterans Day 2021: Honoring our ND Law student veterans
About 20 current students have served in the U.S. military. Some are retired from service; others remain active in reserve units. Some will serve in the JAG Corps after graduation.
Houston Chronicle publishes ND Law Religious Liberty Initiative editorial on Ramirez v. Collier
On November 9, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial written by John Meiser, supervising attorney of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, and Thomas Hellenbrand, a third-year law student and...
ND Law holds London conference to celebrate the work of Professor John Finnis
A conference marking the 25-year career at Notre Dame Law School of Biolchini Family Emeritus Professor of Law John Finnis was held October 16 at the University of Notre Dame’s...
Two Notre Dame Law faculty write chapters in Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood
Professors Veronica Root Martinez and Paul B. Miller have contributed chapters to the recently published Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood. The handbook, published…
Professor Diane Desierto named chair-rapporteur of UN expert group finalizing first human rights treaty in nearly a decade
Diane Desierto, professor of law and global affairs in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, was named chair-rapporteur of the United Nations’ Expert Group on the...
Alumni named to leadership roles at International Society of Public Law
Two Notre Dame Law School alumni were recently named co-directors of chapter development for the International Society of Public Law, also known as ICON-S. Felicia Caponigri ’12, ’15 J.D. and...