Notre Dame Law School Faculty Submit Friends-of-the-Court Briefs to U.S. Supreme Court
This month, three Notre Dame Law School faculty have submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving design patent, religious liberty and national security.On behalf of the...
Andrea Lyon Confronts Mass Incarceration and Race During Notre Dame Law School Discussion
Andrea D. Lyon, dean and professor of law at Valparaiso University Law School, recently led a discussion at Notre Dame Law School that focused on the issues of mass incarceration...
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Lauren Nottoli, 2LChoosing a law school can be a very difficult decision, and it is definitely a very important one. There are a lot of factors to consider, and sometimes...
NDLS Alumnus Cordell Carter to be Honored at White House as “Champion of Change”
Addressing the critical need to expand computer science across the nation’s K-12 classrooms and prepare more American students to take on jobs of the future, President Barack Obama will recognize...
Mark McKenna Files Amicus Brief in Apple v. Samsung
Mark P. McKenna, professor of law and associate dean for faculty development in the University of Notre Dame Law School, is among the leaders of a group of 37 law...
Samuel Gregg Discusses Europe’s Long-term Turmoil
Samuel Gregg, director of research at the "Action Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty":http://www.acton.org/, recently visited Notre Dame Law School to discuss the rise in Euroscepticism, or a...
The Center for Ethics and Culture and Notre Dame Law School Announce New Fellowship
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and Notre Dame Law School are pleased to announce the Polking Family Fellowship, a newly established program to recruit and provide funding...
Richard Garnett Joins Friend of the Court Brief in Supreme Court’s Little Sisters of the Poor Case
Richard Garnett, Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, has joined 15 other constitutional scholars in filing an amicus curiae brief in the...
Law Professor Files Brief with Supreme Court for Families of Dead in 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in Lebanon
Jimmy Gurulé, professor of law, with six other law professors who teach and publish in the field of national security law, has filed an amici curiae, or friends of the...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito Visits Notre Dame Law School
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., recently spent a day at Notre Dame Law School. The day was capped by a discussion in the Patrick F. McCartan...
Sienna White, ’15 J.D., Wins Two National Writing Competitions
The Theodore Tannenwald Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and The International Fiscal Association (IFA) both recently announced Sienna White, ’15 J.D., as the first-prize winner of their national...
Two NDLS Grads Named First Bank of America Foundation Community Sustainability Fellows
Notre Dame Law School, in conjunction with the Bank of America Foundation, has named two 2015 NDLS graduates as the inaugural recipients of a newly announced public service fellowship. The...
Galilee Program Shapes Students’ Views on Being a Different Kind of Lawyer
As many students make their way home for winter break – to binge-watch Netflix, small-talk with relatives and catch up on sleep – more than 150 of this year’s 200-strong...
Notre Dame Law School To Launch Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Notre Dame Law School will launch a new clinic – the Notre Dame Tax Clinic – to help law students gain legal experience and to serve the community. The clinic...
Notre Dame Law Students Raise Funds for South Bend Families in Need
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a warm meal for the holidays, but thanks to the Student Bar Association at Notre Dame Law School, 50 families from the YMCA...
Law Schools Reimagine the Boston Massacre Trial in Shamrock Series Event
Notre Dame and Boston College law students made final arguments in a reimagining of the Boston Massacre Trial 245 years ago, celebrating the importance of the trial with the early...
Notre Dame Law School Launches Corporate Counsel Externship
Notre Dame Law School continues to expand opportunities for students to garner hands-on learning experience with the creation of a new corporate counsel externship program.
The NDLS Community Remembers NDLA Board President James Gillece, ’69 J.D.
Former Notre Dame Law Association Board President James Gillece Jr. ’69 J.D., died on Sept. 26, 2015. He was 71 years old.
Notre Dame Law School Hosts Meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
p(image-right). !/assets/71338/100x/barretta.jpg(barretta)! This week, Notre Dame Law will host the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure at its Chicago facilities. Professor Amy Coney Barrett, Diane and M.O....
Professor Richard Garnett Recognized at Notre Dame Football Game
Richard Garnett, Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Church, State & Society, was recently honored by the University as a 2015 Featured...
Marijuana Policy: Who Should Decide?
When most people frame the debate about regulating marijuana for recreational or medical use, they only consider two options: legalize the drug or ban it. But Robert Mikos, professor of...
Notre Dame Black Law Students Association Hosts Regional Academic Retreat
The Notre Dame Black Law Students Association (BLSA) will host a one-day academic retreat Saturday with the Midwest Regional BLSA. The day will focus on mock trial preparation, stress management...
Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu, ’93 J.D., Shares Key Insights with Students
p(image-right). !/assets/132380/100x/mary_yu.jpg(mary_yu)! Growing up in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, an area historically inhabited by working class Irish immigrants, Mary Yu, ’93 J.D., wasn’t afforded the opportunity of seeing many people who...