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Supreme Court case risks government censorship of young people’s protected political and religious expression, Professor Rick Garnett says
“For more than 50 years, the justices have struggled to define the free-speech rights of public school students,” said Richard W. Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law...
Notre Dame Law School announces new exchange program with Tel Aviv University
Scheduled to start in fall 2021, the program will include faculty and student exchanges with Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann Faculty of Law, which is Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law school.
SCOTUS donor privacy case could have ramifications for dark money in elections, Professor Lloyd Mayer says
While Congress currently requires tax-exempt charities to provide this information to the IRS, only a few states require charities to also provide this information to state officials who regulate charities,...
ND Law students prepare expungement petitions for hundreds of local residents
A group of students assisted an overwhelmed prosecutor’s office during winter break by completing expungement petitions on behalf of South Bend-area residents with criminal records.
LisaMarie Collins ’07 J.D. featured in ‘How I Made Partner’ Q&A on Law.com
LisaMarie Collins ’07 J.D., of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in New York, was featured in a Q&A on Law.com. “Be unapologetic about who you are. Focus on your...
Three 2020 graduates join Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Three members of Notre Dame Law School's Class of 2020 have joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP. Ijeoma Odigwe has joined the firm as an associate in the Kansas City office....
Patrick A. Salvi, ‘78 J.D.
The Illinois law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. is proud to announce that Law360 has named the firm’s Founder and Managing Equity Partner, Patrick A. Salvi, a 2021...
Tony Carucci, ‘14 J.D.
Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that attorney Tony Carucci has been selected to join the Board of Directors for The Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County (CRF-OC). The...
Ijeoma “EJ” Odigwe, ‘20 J.D.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP is pleased to announce that Ijeoma Odigwe has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. Odigwe will focus his practice...
Alfred J. Stashis, Jr., ’96 BS, ‘05 J.D./MBA
Alfred Stashis, a shareholder of Dunwody White & Landon, P.A., in Naples, Florida, has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Stashis is...
Meghan M. Cox, ‘10 BA, ‘13 J.D.
Meghan Cox has been promoted to Senior Associate with the law firm of Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP in Memphis, Tennessee. Cox, who joined Wyatt in 2018, is a member...
Hannah T. Sanchez, ‘20 J.D.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP is pleased to announce that Hannah Sanchez has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. Sanchez will focus her practice...
Yara K. Rashad, ‘20 J.D.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP is pleased to announce that Yara Rashad has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. Rashad will focus her practice on...
Emily Felder, ‘12 J.D.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Shareholders Emily Felder has been named as a co-chair of the firm’s Health Care Group. Felder, who is based in the...
Monica Schmucker, ‘12 J.D.
The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. is pleased to announce that litigation attorney Monica Schmucker has been elected President of Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club. As...
Indiana Court of Appeals affirms decision in Royer wrongful conviction case
An order overturning a wrongful murder conviction and granting a new trial, pursued for several years by students and faculty in Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic, was affirmed...
Training program brings together communities, government, and developers in Amazon region
“The water and land of this region nourish and sustain the natural world, the life and cultures of hundreds of communities. ... Water, the source of life, has a rich...
Klau Center awards summer fellowships to four ND Law students
The law students will work in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights, and/or the enforcement of federal rights on behalf of underrepresented minorities.

















