Notre Dame Law School welcomes three new professors
Notre Dame Law School will begin the 2019-2020 school year with three new faculty members, including experts in business law, commercial law, and economics. Professor Patrick Corrigan holds a B.A....
Intensive Trial Advocacy Program receives generous gift from Jim Basile ’86, ’89 J.D.
A generous gift from Kirkland & Ellis partner Jim Basile ’86, ’89 J.D., will enable Notre Dame Law School to bring more outstanding trial attorneys and judges from around the...
New programs expand ND Law School’s interdisciplinary studies
Notre Dame Law School launched two new interdisciplinary research programs in July: the Program on Ethics, Compliance, & Inclusion and the Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law.
Lenora Popken receives Lardy Award for 2019-20 academic year
Lenora Popken, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 academic year at Notre Dame Law School.
Professor Thomas L. Shaffer remembered at Law School memorial reception
On April 8, dozens of friends, colleagues, and former students gathered at Notre Dame Law School to celebrate the life and work of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Thomas L....
Dean Nell Jessup Newton to step down in 2019
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of...
Professors Barbara Fick and Douglass Cassel announce retirements
The Law School’s 2018 commencement ceremony on Saturday was the last for two Notre Dame Law School professors who are retiring this summer.
Four new professors to join ND Law School next fall
Notre Dame Law School will be welcoming four new faculty for the 2018-2019 school year: Sadie Blanchard, Samuel Bray, Emily Bremer, and Christian Burset. “It is time to add new...
IP and Entrepreneurship Clinic secures patent for disease detection device
Recently the Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic secured a patent for a University of Notre Dame invention that could help physicians detect serious diseases faster and more economically....
Five visiting professors to teach at Notre Dame Law School this year
Five professors from law schools around the nation will be joining the Notre Dame faculty this year as visiting professors.
The Dean’s Fall 2015 Welcome Letter to Students
August 24, 2015Dear students,Welcome back to NDLS! Each August I like to take a few moments to give you a brief overview of the new people, programs, and opportunities you...
Sean Seymore, ’06 JD, Wins Vanderbilt Faculty Honor
NDLS grad Sean Seymore has been named a Chancellor Faculty Fellow by Vanderbilt University. The appointment extends over two fiscal years and includes additional funding designed to support Professor Seymore’s...
NDLS Professor Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
International human rights law scholar Professor Douglass Cassel has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to do research in Mexico on the enforcement of Inter-American human rights law by Mexican courts....
NDLS Team Wins National Moot Court Tourney
After four rounds of competition, NDLS students Sarah Gallo and Patrick Duffey (with Jae Kim on the brief) were declared the winners of the National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition...
Two NDLS Faculty Awarded Endowed Professorships
NDLS Professors Patricia L. Bellia and Nicole Stelle Garnett have been awarded endowed professorships in recognition of their outstanding scholarship, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced January 12.
Two NDLS Grads Join the Federal Bench
December saw two Notre Dame Law School grads confirmed to the federal bench. Double Domer Jack Blakey, ’88 B.A., ’92 J.D., was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the...
Innovative Technology and Informatics Course Prepares Grads for Big Changes in the Profession
This spring Ron Dolin, one of the First 100 at Google and the co-founder of Stanford University’s Program for Legal Technology & Design, teamed up with Jason Boehmig, a 2012...
A.J. Bellia Named First O’Toole Professor of Constitutional Law
The University of Notre Dame has appointed NDLS Professor A.J. Bellia to serve as the inaugural O’Toole Professor of Constitutional Law. This Endowed Chair is funded by a significant gift...
Notre Dame Honors Professor Tidmarsh
The University honored NDLS Professor Jay Tidmarsh as a 2014 Featured Faculty during the third quarter of the North Carolina football game October 11. He was recognized during the second...
Amy Coney Barrett Named Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Professor
Amy Coney Barrett has been named the Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Professor for a three-year term ending June 30, 2017.
Notre Dame Law in D.C. Set for Spring Launch
Janet Laybold Assistant Dean for Graduate and Strategic Initiatives The Law School is launching a Notre Dame Law in D.C. externship program for Spring 2015 and Spring 2016, Dean Nell...
Loan Repayment Program Disburses $1 Million
Notre Dame Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) has now disbursed $1 million to NDLS graduates, according to Dean Nell Jessup Newton.
Brian Skaret, ’02 J.D., Awarded Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award
Brian Skaret, ’02 J.D., has been awarded the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for the successful investigation and prosecution of the Barrio Azteca criminal organization earlier this year. This prestigious...
Law School Welcomes Dean for a Day Timothy L. Dondanville
Dean Nell Jessup Newton is pleased to announce that Timothy L. Dondanville will become Dean of the University of Notre Dame Law School on September 9, 2014, and that he...
Charles A. Weiss ’68 J.D. Helps Win Client’s Freedom Pro Bono
Working pro bono, Charlie Weiss,’68 JD, and fellow Bryan Cave attorney Thor Mathison have won the freedom of Alonzo Martin, who had been jailed in 2007 and later committed without...
Brian M. Murray ’11 J.D. Receives Teaching Fellowship
Brian M. Murray ’11 J.D. has accepted an Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellowship at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.
Shepro '15 J.D. Honored for Excellence in Bankruptcy Law
Mary Shepro, who will be a 3L this fall, has been named a 2014 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student by the 2014 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar.
NDLS Announces Program of Study in Environmental Law
Notre Dame Law School has approved a new Program of Study in Environmental Law, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced July 11.
NDLS Co-sponsors Law and Finance Workshop
An international interdisciplinary law and finance workshop co-sponsored by NDLS and spearheaded by NDLS Professor Colleen Baker will bring together legal academics, financial economists, policymakers, and legal practitioners at the...
Maternowski, '12 J.D., Named Reinhart Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Kate E. Maternowski, ’12 J.D., was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for 2013 by Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in Milwaukee.