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In Memoriam: Professor Thomas F. Broden Jr. ’49 LL.B.
Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Thomas F. Broden Jr. — a pioneer in clinical legal education and a skilled advocate for civil rights and the indigent — died Friday, November...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative represents Muslim voices defending Jewish groups subject to discriminatory COVID-19 closures
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has filed three amicus briefs, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court, representing Muslim organizations and scholars in defense of Jewish groups who...
Professor Roger Alford and LL.M. graduates assist with Pulte Institute project to promote rule of law in Paraguay
Faculty and staff from across the University worked together to deliver alternative, virtual solutions for USAID's Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity in Paraguay program.
Amy Coney Barrett, alumna and longtime ND Law faculty member, confirmed as Supreme Court justice
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm Amy Coney Barrett as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Notre Dame graduate and faculty member to...
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...
Judge Amul Thapar to guest lecture at Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Law School's Program on Church, State & Society is pleased to welcome Judge Amul Thapar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as a guest...
Fifth Circuit Judge Carl Stewart gives keynote address for ND Law's Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion
Themes of inclusion and using one’s opportunities to benefit others were prevalent as Judge Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit spoke to Notre...
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....
Professor O. Carter Snead publishes new bioethics book with Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press has announced the publication of Professor O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics…
Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Coney Barrett nominated to U.S. Supreme Court
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and a 1997 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, was nominated today to the Supreme Court of the United States...
ND Law faculty reflect on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was nominated to the court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and was known as the architect of the legal fight for...
Longtime research librarians Dwight King and Warren Rees announce retirements
Dwight B. King Jr. joined the Kresge Law Library faculty in 1986 as a research librarian and became head of research services in 1990. Warren Rees joined as a research...
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 and Law — with Cambridge University Press. Miller edited the book with Professor Matthew...
Faculty and students celebrate Professor John Finnis as he moves to emeritus status
After a towering 25-year career in law teaching and legal scholarship at Notre Dame Law School, Biolchini Family Professor of Law John M. Finnis has decided to retire. An internationally...
Avishalom Tor edits new book, ‘Consumer Law and Economics’
Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, along with Prof. Dr. Klaus Mathis, faculty of law...
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...
Avishalom Tor delivers lecture, 'Behavioral Lessons for Antitrust Enforcement,' to DOJ's Antitrust Division
Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, delivered a virtual lecture earlier this summer to lawyers...
Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion to focus on ethics in government service in 2020-21
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion announced that the ethics of government service will be its primary scholarly focus for the 2020-21 academic year. The program...
Professor and former Dean Patricia O’Hara to remain active as professor emerita
After nearly 40 years of service to Notre Dame Law School, Professor and former Dean Patricia O’Hara has decided to transition to emerita status. O’Hara ’74 J.D. said she was “deeply...
Professor Paolo Carozza contributes to new State Department report on human rights
Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza, an expert in international human rights law, is part of a federal commission that recently released a report affirming America’s unique role in protecting...
Supreme Court cites treatise edited by Professor Nell Newton
Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law was cited by both the majority and the dissent in the Supreme Court’s July 9 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma.
Professor Rick Garnett: Supreme Court religious schools ruling makes important correction
With its ruling, the Supreme Court re-affirmed an important implication of our separation between church and state, according to Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard Garnett, director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society.
The Future of Privacy brings together global audience in virtual event
The world's top privacy lawyers and scholars will discuss the future of privacy in an exclusive online event August 27, with opening remarks from former Irish President Mary McAleese and...
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...
Professor Mark McKenna named founding director of ND Technology Ethics Center
The center supports curriculum that engages Notre Dame students on issues of technology ethics, and research and engagement to develop technology policy.
Justice Thomas cites Professor Samuel Bray in securities case
Justice Clarence Thomas cited Notre Dame Law School Professor Samuel L. Bray four times in his dissent to the Supreme Court’s June 22 decision in Liu v. SEC, No. 18-1501....
Avishalom Tor awarded fellowship from the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies
Avishalom Tor, professor and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as one of two winners of an individual...
Notre Dame Law School establishes Religious Liberty Clinic
With the receipt of a transformational gift from Matt and Lindsay Moroun and family, Notre Dame Law School will put its rich tradition of religious liberty scholarship into practice by...
Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion announces initiatives for 2020-2021 academic year
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” ― James Baldwin I am not sure I...
ND Law Review ranked 8th on Washington & Lee’s list of top legal publications
The Notre Dame Law Review jumped from 22nd to 8th on Washington & Lee University School of Law’s most recent ranking of top legal publications. The annual W&L Law Journal...