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This summer, the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) welcomed a diverse cohort of 14 student interns from the University of Notre Dame, St. Olaf College, Strathmore Law School in...

Notre Dame Law School faculty and programs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Hall v. Fleming and Johnson v. Fleming in support of petitioners Bethany Hall...

First-year students Nicholas Bianco, Kathleen Farnan, Matthew Sawtelle, and Noel Vanderbilt have been named Notre Dame Law School’s 2026–27 Murphy Fellows. The Murphy Fellowship gives students opportunities to participate in...

This summer marked the second year of the Leadership and Scholarly Excellence (LSE) program, which Dean G. Marcus Cole launched in 2025 to equip first-year law students for academic and...

Notre Dame Law professors John Meiser and Dennis Wieboldt discussed recent litigation involving public religious displays and the Supreme Court’s shift toward a history and tradition approach to Establishment Clause...

Professor Stephen Tierney KC (Hon) FRSE, global distinguished professor of law at the Notre Dame London Law Programme, has been elected a fellow of the British Academy.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling granting Jason Hubbell a new trial, a client of the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) who has spent...

Yesterday, Notre Dame Law School’s Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court. The application requests that the Court stay a New…

Emily Meraia ‘18 J.D. has joined the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group at Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC, as one of seven new associates. More here.

Adila Hassim ‘06 J.S.D. was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the Western Cape in recognition of her nearly three-decade career advancing constitutional rights, healthcare access, and social...

Patrick A. Salvi II ‘07 J.D., managing equity partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., has been recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2027 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical...

Maureen Wilkerson ‘76 J.D. has received an award from the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, recognizing over ten years of pro bono work as a solo practitioner in...

Adam MacLeod ‘00 J.D. has been named Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America. He previously served as Professor of Law and Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global...

Baird Allis ‘06 J.D., a former vice president and associate general counsel at Kemper Corporation, has rejoined Troutman Pepper Locke as a partner in the firm’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory...

Courtney L. Tawresey ‘06 J.D. has joined Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. as a shareholder in its Tax Credit Financing & Syndication group. She represents developers, syndicators, investors, nonprofit organizations, and...

Lynn McGuire ‘97 J.D. has been named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2026 “Influential Women of Law”. She has devoted nearly 30 years to advising employers on employee benefits, executive compensation, and...

James McCament ‘20 J.D. has been named chief digital transformation officer in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where he leads the agency’s enterprise-wide strategy to modernize mission systems, data...

Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) client Iris Seabolt has been fully exonerated more than two decades after she was wrongfully convicted of felony murder in Elkhart, Indiana.

University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. has appointed Randy Kozel, the Fritz Duda Family Law Professor, to succeed Tricia Bellia (live link), the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill...

Notre Dame Law School Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett traveled to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the first Open Consultation on proposed Guiding Principles on Educational Pluralism,…

This summer, Notre Dame Law J.S.D. candidates Felipe Lyon Errazuriz, Ángel Muñoz-Carpintero, and Valentina Salazar presented their work at the 2026 World Congress of Constitutional Law (WCCL) hosted by Externado...

Four visiting faculty members join the Notre Dame Law School community for the 2026–27 academic year, including two new and two returning faculty members. Andrew Torrance and Dennis J. Wieboldt...

Notre Dame Law School is pleased to welcome six new faculty members and one visiting professor for the 2026–27 academic year. Collectively, they bring extensive scholarly, teaching, and practical experience...

Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé, founder and director of the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC), conducted two four-hour training sessions on August 13-14 at Mexico's Directorate-General for Consular...

It is with great sadness that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of Lawrence Medow ‘58, ‘59 J.D., who died July 25, 2026, at age 90. Medow graduated cum...

It is with great sadness that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of John S. Hosinski ‘90 J.D. John spent his entire 34 year legal career practicing in the...

It is with a heavy heart that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of James Patrick Cooney ’66, ’69 J.D. Cooney built a distinguished legal career spanning more than...

Christopher Spring ’01 J.D. has been nominated by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to serve on the Massachusetts Trial Court. Spring has operated a private practice for the past 20 years,...

Eric Hageman ’13 B.Arch., ’16 J.D. participated in the National Press Club's Headliners: Cocktails & Conversation program, "The Free Press on Trial: A Conversation with Toni Locy, Laura Handman and...

Christian Schultz ‘00 MBA, ‘01 J.D. has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. Schultz joins from Arnold & Porter and previously served for...