ND Law enhances Loan Repayment Assistance Program, giving all graduates in public interest a 10-year path to loan forgiveness
Notre Dame Law School is implementing dramatic improvements to its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) that will make the program more generous and cover many more J.D. graduates who pursue...
ND Law alumnus Pier Pigozzi ’10 LL.M., ’20 J.S.D. nominated to serve on Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Republic of Ecuador has nominated Notre Dame Law School alumnus Pier Pigozzi ’10 LL.M., ’20 J.S.D. to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The commission is affiliated...
Federal judges — including a Supreme Court justice — visit ND Law to hear 73rd annual Moot Court Showcase Argument
Four students had the opportunity to argue a case in front of Justice Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Britt Grant of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Anna McGinn ’22 J.D., one of ND Law’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows, helps free wrongfully convicted man
On January 13, a Minnesota man named Thomas Rhodes walked out of prison after spending nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. A recent Notre Dame...
Professor Emeritus John Finnis made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
When King Charles III issued the first New Year Honours of his reign last week, a longtime Notre Dame Law School faculty member was among those on the list. Biolchini...
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick ’04 J.D. of the Delaware Court of Chancery delivers inaugural Patricia O’Hara Distinguished Lecture in Law & Business
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick ’04 J.D. of the Delaware Court of Chancery speaks in the McCartan Courtroom on November 4. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery recently spent...
Professor Emily Bremer wins Emerging Scholar Award from AALS
Notre Dame Law Professor Emily Bremer is the winner of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Administrative Law’s Emerging Scholar Award for 2023. Bremer won the recognition for her article...
Judge Theodor Meron delivers ND Law’s 2022 Peace Through Law Lecture in London
Judge Theodor Meron has been responsible for overseeing the prosecution of some of the most notorious war crimes of the past 30 years, including the genocidal actions perpetrated in Bosnia...
Dean G. Marcus Cole to be inducted into American College of Bankruptcy
G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, will be inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy in recognition of his...
2L Jazmyn Ferguson to speak at National Black Pre-Law Conference
Jazmyn Ferguson, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, will be one of the panelists at the 18th annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair from November 10-12...
ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic hosts Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit
Attorneys and investigators from wrongful-conviction clinics across the Midwest gathered at Notre Dame Law School on October 18-19 for the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit, hosted by the Law School’s...
Program on Church, State & Society announces Stefan McDaniel to serve as first Rodes Fellow
Stefan McDaniel will serve as Notre Dame Law School’s inaugural Rodes Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year, the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society announced. A generous benefaction...
ND Law to hold second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy
The world’s leading defenders of religious freedom will gather in Rome from July 20-22 for the second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by the Law School’s Religious Liberty...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief with Religious Freedom Institute to protect the rights of prisoners
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court this week to assert that all people — including those who are incarcerated —...
Religious Liberty Clinic files brief in Ohio to defend religious schools from discrimination
The Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School recently filed an amicus brief in Ohio to defend the state’s school-choice program and ensure that the state is not required...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief to protect rights of religious health care workers and hospitals
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Court of Appeals this week to protect the fundamental right of health care workers and religiously...
U.S. Department of Justice awards grant to ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has received a $300,000 federal grant that will increase the clinic’s capacity to investigate, litigate, and overturn wrongful convictions. The U.S. Department of...
Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in California euthanasia case
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of religious medical professionals...
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society receives transformational gift
For more than a decade, the Program on Church, State & Society has enhanced the distinctive Catholic mission of Notre Dame Law School. Through legal scholarship and meaningful conversations, the...
John Templeton Foundation awards $2.1 million grant to ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative
The John Templeton Foundation has awarded ND Law School a historic grant that will enable the Religious Liberty Initiative to explore new ways to facilitate principled pluralism in the United...
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief this week in Shurtleff v. Boston, a case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that government officials...
ND Law student to speak at National Association of Muslim Lawyers conference
Zahraa Nasser, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and member of this year’s Religious Liberty Initiative student cohort, will speak Saturday at the National Association of Muslim Lawyers...
One ND Law professor and one graduate are clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court this term
Professor Stephanie Barclay is clerking for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, while Notre Dame Law School alumna Alexa Baltes ’17 J.D. is clerking for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
A look back at Supreme Court visits to Notre Dame Law School
Three U.S. Supreme Court justices visited Notre Dame during the first month of this fall semester. The visits are part of a long tradition in which members of the nation’s highest...
Notre Dame Law School enrolls most diverse class in its history
The class of first-year law students that arrived on campus this fall is unlike any other in the history of Notre Dame Law School. The cohort of 183 students is...
ND Law’s Military and Veteran Law Society to ‘Lap the Lakes’ in support of vets who have experienced mental or physical trauma
“Lap the Lakes: A Run to Support Mission 22 at Notre Dame” will start at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, and end at 4 p.m. on Friday, September 17.
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief on Thursday, September 2, to request that the U.S. Supreme Court review the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in...
Report co-produced by ND Law’s Economic Justice Clinic highlights looming eviction crisis and how Indiana courts can help
The report was produced by the Indiana University McKinney School of Law, the Indiana Justice Project, and ND Law’s Economic Justice Clinic.
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...
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.