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Professor John Finnis appointed as Companion of the Order of Australia
In the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on June 10, John M. Finnis, the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School and a Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow...
Veronica Root Martinez earns tenure, promoted to full professor
Professor Veronica Root Martinez has been granted…
Professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer offers roadmap for regulating nonprofits' political activity
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer's comprehensive approach yields surprising and controversial solutions, beginning with the creation of a simple and broad definition of political activity that charities will be prohibited from engaging...
In Memoriam: Professor John Copeland Nagle
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that John Copeland Nagle, Notre Dame Law School’s John N. Matthews Professor of Law, died on May 18, 2019, after a...
Program on Church, State & Society announces endowed lecture series
The Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture Series will serve as a flagship annual event and celebration of the Program on Church, State & Society.
Professor Paolo Carozza to help steer ND research aimed at preventing sexual abuse
Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza will help lead a University of Notre Dame initiative to study issues emerging from the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Carozza, who is also...
Professor Thomas L. Shaffer remembered at Law School memorial reception
On April 8, dozens of friends, colleagues, and former students gathered at Notre Dame Law School to celebrate the life and work of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Thomas L....
ND Law School makes its mark on the study of fiduciary law
A cohort of Notre Dame Law School faculty have made important recent contributions to the study of fiduciary law — a field of growing interest that focuses on relationships in...
Professor Jimmy Gurulé: Congress should receive unredacted Mueller report
Notre Dame Law School Professor Jimmy Gurulé says that while the report may contain some materials for which public disclosure is inappropriate, it’s important that the American people get the fullest possible...
Professor Carter Snead to deliver Harvey Lecture at Georgetown
Notre Dame Law Professor O. Carter Snead, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, will present the 16th Annual John Collins...
Expert discusses changes to tax law as filing deadline approaches
As tax day —April 15 (Monday) — approaches, tax returns may look significantly different than in previous years, due to the law that overhauled the tax code last year.
Thomas L. Shaffer Memorial Celebration set for April 8
All friends, students, colleagues, and admirers of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Tom Shaffer are invited to join family members in celebrating…
Professor Samuel Bray receives the Joseph Story Award from the Federalist Society
The Joseph Story Award is given annually to a legal scholar under 40 who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and made...
Professor Lloyd Mayer: College admissions scandal highlights inability of the IRS to provide oversight for most charities
The sweeping college admissions scandal involving dozens of wealthy and famous parents, test administrators and college coaches charged with attempting to rig the system highlights a little-known truth about charities,...
Professor Paolo Carozza appointed to Venice Commission
The U.S. Department of State recently appointed Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza to serve on the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, a prestigious international body of lawyers,...
Judge Amy Coney Barrett '97 J.D. speaks to ND Club of Washington, D.C.
The Notre Dame Club of Washington, D.C., hosted "An Evening with Judge Amy Coney Barrett" on February 19, 2019. Jon Heintz '09, '14 J.D. introduced Judge Barrett to the audience,...
In Memoriam: Professor Thomas L. Shaffer '61 J.D.
It is with deep sorrow that Notre Dame Law School announces the passing of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Thomas L. Shaffer, who died on February 26, 2019, after a long...
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell to speak about artificial intelligence at The Hague
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution-Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame, will lecture on artificial intelligence, weapons,...
Notre Dame Law students volunteer to help asylum seekers
A group of Notre Dame Law students traveled to Texas during winter break to put into practice the Law School’s mission of educating a different kind of lawyer. They spent...
Professor Christine Venter awarded grant for research on Supreme Court dissents
Christine Venter, professor and director of the Legal Writing Program at Notre Dame Law School, was among the 12 faculty members awarded research grants by the University of Notre Dame...
ND Law student, professor speak at MLK Celebration Luncheon
Jennifer Mason McAward, director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, and Cameasha Turner, a third-year law student,...
Father Mike's Law School legacy
On a Tuesday evening in late March, the club at Legends of Notre Dame was packed with law students, faculty, and administrators. In the middle of a long semester, they...
Professor Patrick Thomas selected for Indiana’s Leadership Development Academy
Professor Patrick W. Thomas, director of Notre Dame Law School’s Tax Clinic, has been chosen as one of 25 members of the Indiana State Bar Association’s…
Professor Samuel Bray discusses national injunctions as federal courts grapple with the topic
Samuel Bray is considered the leading expert on national injunctions and has urged Congress to pass legislation prohibiting them.
In Memoriam: Professor Donald P. Kommers
Donald P. Kommers, the Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Chair in Government and International Studies and a concurrent professor emeritus of law, died Dec. 21 at his home in Holy Cross...
Stanford professor Marcus Cole appointed dean of Notre Dame Law School
G. Marcus Cole, the William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law at Stanford University, has been appointed Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and professor of law at...
Q&A: Nell Jessup Newton reflects on her tenure as dean
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of...
Expansion of ND Law’s intellectual property program is bearing fruit
The cover story in the new issue of Notre Dame Lawyer magazine focuses on the growth of intellectual property and technology law at Notre Dame Law School.
Peking University Law School appoints Professor Paul Miller to Global Faculty
Professor Paul B. Miller, the Law School's associate dean for international and graduate programs, was recently named to Peking University Law School’s Global Faculty.
ND Law professor and students to attend human rights hearing in D.C.
Professor Alejandra Gonza, a visiting scholar who is spending the fall semester at Notre Dame Law School, will speak to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights this week in Washington,...