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Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion announces winners of 2021 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion has announced the winners of the 2021 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition. Eric Singerman, a rising third-year student at the...
In Memoriam: Professor J. Eric Smithburn
Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus J. Eric Smithburn — a leading scholar in family law and a compassionate advocate for disadvantaged children and families — passed away June 18. He...
Program on IP & Technology Law announces winners of 2021 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce this year’s winners of the Law School’s Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law Annual Writing Competition. Created to reward the excellent...
Supreme Court cites four Notre Dame Law professors in one day
On June 17, three ND Law faculty members were cited in the decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, and another faculty member was cited in Nestle v. Doe.
ND Law doctoral student elected to UN committee on enforced disappearances
Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro, doctoral candidate at Notre Dame Law School and student affiliate of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, has been elected to be a member of the...
Professor Diane Desierto to lead the ND Law’s human rights program
Desierto, an expert in human rights and international law, is the new faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law.
Notre Dame Law School announces the Class of 2021 awards
Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce the Class of 2021 awards. Highest Academic Honors The Law School proudly recognizes three students in the 2021 graduating class with the...
ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic hires Kevin Murphy ’14 J.D. as first staff attorney
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired its first staff attorney, Notre Dame Law School alumnus and former Jenner & Block litigator Kevin Murphy ’14 J.D. The Exoneration...
Uyghur human rights advocate Nury Turkel to receive first Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty
The award presentation will be the capstone of the inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, to be held at the University of Notre Dame, June 28-29.
Andrew ‘Ross’ D’Entremont receives Lardy Award for 2021-22 academic year
Kind. Generous. Faithful. Positive. Friendly. Compassionate. Humble. These are the words used repeatedly to describe Andrew “Ross” D’Entremont, a rising third-year student at Notre Dame Law School who has been...
Cristal Brisco ’06 J.D. appointed as St. Joseph Superior Court judge
On June 3, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb named Cristal Brisco ’06 J.D. as his appointment for St. Joseph County Superior Court judge. Brisco has served as a magistrate judge in...
Law School to host inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit on June 28-29
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative will bring together some of the world’s foremost thought leaders on religious freedom at the end of June for the inaugural Notre Dame...
J.S.D. student Bernardo Pulido Márquez receives Kellogg Institute Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student Contributions
Bernardo Pulido Márquez, a J.S.D. student at Notre Dame Law School whose work addresses eligibility restrictions designed to keep political candidates off the ballot in Latin American countries, is the recipient...