Call for Papers: Law and Economics of the Digital Transformation
The Law School's Program on Law & Market Behavior and the University of Lucerne announces a call for papers for the 9th Law and Economics Conference: Law and Economics of...
Nell Jessup Newton to serve as interim dean at University of Miami School of Law
Newton, who led Notre Dame Law School as dean from 2009-2019, will serve as interim dean at the University of Miami School of Law starting in September.
ND Law faculty members file three amicus briefs in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Notre Dame Law School’s faculty contributed to three amicus briefs in the upcoming Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. O. Carter Snead, a professor of law at...
Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty recipient Nury Turkel writes op-ed for USA Today
This past weekend, USA Today published a powerful op-ed written by Nury Turkel of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom regarding the atrocities that China’s government has perpetrated on...
Elizabeth Wolford ’92 J.D. is first woman to serve as chief judge in Western District of N.Y.
Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford ’92 J.D. has made history as the first woman to serve as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. In fact,...
Faith leaders and scholars gather for inaugural ND Religious Liberty Summit
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative brought together the world’s foremost thought leaders on religious freedom June 28-29 for the inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit. Established in 2020,...
Program on IP & Technology Law announces winners of 2021 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce this year’s winners of the Law School’s Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law Annual Writing Competition. Created to reward the excellent...
Notre Dame Law School announces the Class of 2021 awards
Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce the Class of 2021 awards. Highest Academic Honors The Law School proudly recognizes three students in the 2021 graduating class with the...
Cristal Brisco ’06 J.D. appointed as St. Joseph Superior Court judge
On June 3, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb named Cristal Brisco ’06 J.D. as his appointment for St. Joseph County Superior Court judge. Brisco has served as a magistrate judge in...
Professor Patrick Corrigan’s article on IPO pricing cited in SEC order
For the second time this year, a final order by the Securities and Exchange Commission cited Notre Dame Law Professor Patrick Corrigan’s article “The Seller’s Curse and the Underwriter’s Pricing...
Kathaleen McCormick '04 J.D. leading Delaware Court of Chancery
A Notre Dame Law School graduate is the new head of the Delaware Court of Chancery — a court that is recognized throughout the United States as the leading forum for...
Global Lawyering in Practice: Alumni worldwide speak to students in virtual events during the Spring 2021 semester
As part of the Global Lawyering Initiative, Notre Dame Law students increasingly have a number of opportunities to pursue work experiences abroad during their legal education. These opportunities include a...
ND Law’s IP students compete in national finals of Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s team of intellectual property students won the award for second-best brief in the entire country this past weekend when they competed in the national championship round...
SEC order cites Professor Patrick Corrigan's paper on IPO pricing
A final order by the Securities and Exchange Commission cited to Professor …
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in support of Apache Stronghold in Oak Flat litigation
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative has filed an amicus brief in the United States District Court in the case Apache Stronghold vs. United States of America. The...
Meet the Religious Liberty Initiative's first student cohort
Notre Dame Law School is hitting the ground running with our Religious Liberty Initiative. We’ve already assembled the first cohort of five students. This semester, these students have already helped write...
Professor Richard Garnett elected to American Law Institute
Richard Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, was recently elected a member of the American Law Institute. The institute’s members have...
ND Law announces new Hamburg Honor Scholars Program, launches partnership with Bucerius Law School
Notre Dame Law School is launching a new summer program for law students — the Hamburg Honor Scholars Program — and an associated partnership with Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Miller’s book 'Fiduciaries and Trust' published by Cambridge University Press
Professor Paul Miller has published a new book on fiduciary law — Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics…
Paul Miller publishes 'Civil Wrongs and Justice in Private Law' with Oxford University Press
Professor Paul Miller and Professor John Oberdiek of Rutgers Law School have published an important new collection of essays on private law theory with Oxford University Press. The recently released volume...
Women's Legal Forum 2020 stipend recipients work across the country in public interest and judicial internships
The Women's Legal Forum provides summer funding through one of its signature programs, the Women's Empowerment Stipend. Each stipend recipient is someone who pursues unpaid public interest work over the summer,...
ND Law places 7th on list of law schools with most Supreme Court clerks
Notre Dame Law School was tied for 7th on a recent list of law schools with the most Supreme Court clerkship placements. Professor Brian Leiter of the University of Chicago...
Statement written by Professor Doug Cassel urges president to lift International Criminal Court sanctions
Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Douglass Cassel recently wrote a statement asking President Donald Trump to rescind his June 11 executive order, which imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court investigators who...
Sean O’Brien completes 15 years advancing Hesburgh’s human rights vision
“Making a Notre Dame education accessible to human rights lawyers from around the world has been the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Sean O’Brien '95, '01 J.D., '02 LL.M., the...
In Memoriam: Robert Gaynor Berry, ’63 J.D.
It is with deep regret that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of longtime Law School Advisory Council member Robert Gaynor Berry, ’63 J.D., who died on April 23...
ND Law's Class of 2019 ranked 7th in nation for federal clerkship placements
Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019 ranked 7th in the nation for federal clerkship placements, according to American Bar Association data reported by Law.com. Notre Dame Law School had...
Program on IP & Technology Law announces winners of 2020 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce the winners of the Law School’s Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law Annual Writing Competition. …
Notre Dame confers degrees on Class of 2020
Notre Dame conferred 3,234 degrees — including 228 law degrees — in the University's first-ever virtual ceremony.
Journal of International & Comparative Law holds 10th anniversary symposium
The Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law marked its 10th anniversary on February 21 with its annual symposium. The symposium featured two panels and a debate, all incorporating...
ND Law wins Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Regional Competition in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School's team of 3Ls Mark Relation, Katie Cronin, and Talea Stashin won best brief and first place overall on Saturday, February 8, at the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Regional...