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For Thomas MacPhee, a steadfast commitment to faith and service has long guided his path to law school and a legal career. Tom was born and raised in Conifer, Colorado,...

This spring, Notre Dame Law School hosted the Private Law Workshop, led by Professor Sadie Blanchard. The seminar introduced students to emerging scholarship at the forefront of private law through...

Nate and Gloria Wertjes arrived at Notre Dame Law School not just as classmates, but as a team. The couple met through the John Jay Institute in Philadelphia in a...

From the time she was in third grade, Morgan Hall knew she wanted to be a lawyer. While looking through an old notebook years later, Morgan found she had written...

The 2026 Peace Through Law Lecture, Notre Dame Law School’s flagship event at Notre Dame London, brought together leading voices in global justice to examine the relationship between justice and...

Nikki Rafferty, a third-year…

Nicholas Smith’s journey began in a small farming community in Top Alston, Clarendon, Jamaica—a community where dreams are often measured against tradition. There, young people are often encouraged to pursue...

For the first time since 2013, the Notre Dame Law School Barristers Mock Trial Team advanced beyond regionals at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition—marking a...

Third-year Notre Dame Law student Erin Hiestand has been named one of the American Constitution Society’s 2026 Next Generation Leaders (NGLs)—a national cohort of law students recognized for exceptional public...

The Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) will welcome three law students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to its summer internship program. The students will...

Celebrating a deep commitment to service, Notre Dame Law School’s Champions for Justice Public Interest Recognition Ceremony honors third-year students who have dedicated themselves to advancing the common good through...

Notre Dame Law School hosted its second Affinity Alumni Reunion Weekend on March 20–21, 2026, uniting Black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Asian Pacific American alumni along with current students, admitted...

Ann Merchlewitz ‘83 J.D. received the Bishop Patrick Heffron Award from Saint Mary's Unievrsity of Minnesota on March 17, 2026. The award is given by the unievrsity every other year...

Patrick Salvi ‘78 J.D. & Patrick Salvi II ‘07 J.D. recently won a $241 million jury verdict on behalf of the family of a man who died while transporting dry...

It is with great sadness that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of Melissa C. Brown ‘97 J.D. Melissa joined the ND Law community at the age of 44...

Thomas Coffey ‘03 J.D. has been named Partner at Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno. Tom brings a strong track record of guiding clients through sophisticated commercial disputes and...

Tom Curtin ‘68 J.D. will be awarded the 2026 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit in May. Tom will also be recognized at the American Inns...

Laruen E. Quigley ‘13 J.D. has been named to Dykema’s Executive Board. She has deep experience representing financial institutions on a variety of commercial and consumer services and products, including...

Daniel Gunning ‘08 J.D. has been named co-Managing Partner at Wilson Turner Kosmo. Gunning, a leader in the firm’s Employment Law practice group, joined WTK in 2011 and became a...

It is with great sadness that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of Norman H. Stark ‘59 J.D. Upon graduation from law school in 1959, he was called to...

Brooke Miller ‘05 J.D. has been named a partner at Sheppard as a member of its Real Estate practice group. Her practice centers on land use and entitlements, where she...

Veronica Canton ‘18 J.D. has joined the firm Pierson Ferdinand as a partner. She is a cybersecurity, data privacy, and artificial intelligence lawyer who advises organizations on regulatory risk, governance,...

Eirene Salvi ‘15 J.D. has been named has been named to Crain’s 2026 “Notable Women in Law” list. Each year, Crain’s features a group of influential and impressive attorneys from...

John Kennedy ‘09 J.D. has been named to U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan’s leadership team. John will continue in his role as Criminal Division Deputy Chief for the District of New...

The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded 2026 summer fellowships to Steph Luiz, Christian Baldari, Angela Rauch, and Paul Sheehan. The Summer Fellowship Program...

Last month, a group of third-year Notre Dame Law students participated in the Mendoza College of Business’s REEL Lab (Regenerating Ecologies and Economies for Livelihoods). The REEL Lab is dedicated...

Notre Dame Law School recently welcomed distinguished alumna Eka Tkeshelashvili LL.M. '01 for a lecture, “Transforming the State from the Inside: Corruption, Accountability, and the Foundations of Human Rights and...

Notre Dame Law School hosted its second annual Death Penalty Abolition Week from Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27, 2026. Organized by the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights convened a public hearing in Brasília, Brazil, as part of its advisory opinion proceedings on Democracy and Human Rights. The request of the State...