Intensive Trial Advocacy Program Underway
p(image-right). !/assets/2256/seckinger_news.jpg(seckinger news)! Notre Dame Law School’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program is currently underway, providing rising 2Ls and 3Ls a week-long opportunity to develop their trial practice skills and gain...
O'Byrne honored at 102nd AALL Annual Meeting
p(image-default). !/assets/12828/obyrne_news.jpg(obyrne news)! The Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) honored Chris O’Byrne with the 2009 “Spirit of the...
Jessica Brock – CCHR Summer Fellow
Jessica Brock, NDLS ’10, is spending the summer in Kampala, Uganda as an HIV and Human Rights Intern for UNAIDS. Her work has included review of the HIV and AIDS...
Prof. Patricia Bellia appointed chair of Faculty Board on Athletics
p(image-right). !/assets/12988/belliap_6_09_news.jpg(Patricia Bellia faculty news)! Patricia Bellia, professor of law and Notre Dame Presidential Fellow in the Notre Dame Law School, has been appointed chair of the University’s Faculty Board...
Library Profile: Scott Hengert
p(image-default). !/assets/12926/hengert_news.jpg(Scott Hengert news)! Scott Hengert adds electronic functionality and features to classroom control systems within the law school. He also instructs students and faculty in the use of these...
Newton named dean of Notre Dame Law School
p(image-right). !/assets/11004/nell_newton_news.jpg(Nell Newton news)! Nell Jessup Newton, most recently chancellor and dean of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California, has been appointed as the new...
CCHR Presents Obama Admin’s Record on Human Rights and Terrorism
p(image-right). !/assets/10888/cchr_obama_news.jpg(CCHR Obama HR news)! As part of its Advisory Committee Meeting, the CCHR will present a panel discussion entitled “The Obama Administration’s Record on Human Rights and Terrorism: The...
Prof. O’Connell Takes on New Role at Kroc, Retains Law School Position
p(image-right). !/assets/4253/oconnell_news.jpg(Mary Ellen Oconnell news)! Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law Mary Ellen O’Connell was recently named Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for...
Professor Nicole Garnett wins Paul M. Bator Award
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies will present the prestigious Paul M. Bator Award to Notre Dame Professor of Law Nicole Garnett. The award recognizes a young...
LLM graduate reelected as Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Center for Civil and Human Rights congratulates Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, a 1996 Notre Dame LLM graduate, who this week was reelected to a second five-year term as Executive Secretary...
Prof. Carozza Leads Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Notre Dame Professor of Law Paolo Carozza just returned from Washington, D.C., where he presided at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ most recent period of sessions, held Oct. 15-31....
Notre Dame Law School to host Chief Justice John Roberts
John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States, will hold a one-day appointment to the James J. Clynes Visiting Chair in the Notre Dame Law School on Friday...
CCHR Post-doc Discusses Human Rights in Sudan
On Monday, Sept. 15, Muthee Kiunga, a post-doctoral research associate for Notre Dame Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) will present “Beyond Darfur: Conflict and Human Rights...
LL.M. Alum Recognized for Role in Guatemalan Murder Trial
On April 26, 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi of Guatemala was found dead in his garage, bludgeoned to death by a chunk of concrete. Mario Domingo—a 2008 graduate of the LL.M....
CCHR Launches Joint Project on Health and Human Rights in Haiti
The Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) has joined the Notre Dame Haiti Program to launch a joint project on health and human rights in Haiti. The yearlong project...
Professor of the Year Commencement Address
You have heard several wonderful messages today: Be noble in this profession, lead integrated lives, pursue justice. I am not going to repeat them. Surely they resonate deeply with you....
Prof. Jenuwine Helps Train Attorneys for Domestic Mediation
Notre Dame Law School and the St. Joseph County Courts are co-sponsoring a domestic relations mediation training program for area attorneys and law students this week and next on campus....
Dean O'Hara to Step Down Next Year
In June of next year, I will complete my tenth year as dean. When I was a relatively new dean, a wonderful alumnus and generous supporter offered me what I...
Spotlight on Careers for Social Change
Two Notre Dame Law School alums will tell their stories at a campus event on Wednesday called “Making a Living, Making a Difference: Careers for Social Change.” It takes place...
ND Law Post-Doc Helps African Nation Transition to Democracy
After more than a decade of civil war, the African nation of Burundi is on the path to democracy and rebuilding following the recent signing of a peace accord between...