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Honoring our Veterans: Reflecting on God, Country, Notre Dame
Notre Dame Law School extends heartfelt gratitude to our faculty, staff, and students who have dedicated themselves in service to our country. In honor of Veterans Day, we are honored...
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosts the Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a thought-provoking and enriching conference at Notre Dame Law School's Chicago campus from October 27 to 28. The Law & Religion Junior...
Catholic Educators Stand Against Religious Discrimination Before the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Yesterday, Catholic educators went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court to defend their right to help serve the educational needs of all families across the State. For more than 100 years,...
Notre Dame Law School delegation to visit South Africa, will celebrate 50 years of human rights advocacy
Dean G. Marcus Cole A delegation from Notre Dame Law School will embark on a ten-day visit to South Africa starting on Monday, November…
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief supporting Jewish schools’ right to receive special education funding in California
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case Loffman…
Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza's shares his personal story from the apartheid era in South Africa
Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza of South Africa spoke to the Notre Dame Law School community on October 11 in a lecture titled, "How I survived being framed in an Apartheid-era massacre:...
Professor Richard Garnett receives Pope Pius XI Award from Society of Catholic Social Scientists
Richard W. Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law and director of Notre Dame Law School's Program on Church, State & Society, has received the "Pope Pius...
University appoints O. Carter Snead as Charles E. Rice Professor of Law
Notre Dame Law Professor O. Carter Snead has been appointed to be the Charles E. Rice Professor of Law, a new University Named Chair honoring the legacy of Charles E....
Notre Dame Law School's Exoneration Justice Clinic earns second DOJ grant in two years
Notre Dame Law School's Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) has secured a substantial new grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This is the...
ND Law hosts Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx spoke with ND Law students about criminal justice reform and what it means to be a progressive prosecutor on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. …
Notre Dame Law School celebrates Professor Christian Burset’s new book
The Notre Dame Law School community celebrated Professor Christian Burset's new book, “An Empire of Laws: Legal Pluralism in British Colonial Policy,” at a reception on Wednesday, Oct. 4 in...
The History and Tradition of the Red Mass
The annual Red Mass will be held today, October 5, at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. The Red Mass is...
Notre Dame Law School's Exoneration Justice Clinic receives $3 million grant to defend Mexican nationals in U.S. criminal cases
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has been awarded a $3 million grant to administer a program for the defense of Mexican nationals in criminal matters in the United...
Black Church & Religious Freedom Conference celebrates the profound influence of the Black Church on advocating for religious freedom and racial justice
The Black Church has served as a safe haven for the Black community, and continues to uplift and provide a place of refuge. Since its inception, the Black Church has...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Visits Notre Dame
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaking with ND Law Dean G.…
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic Defends Catholic Charter School’s Mission to Expand Educational Options for Underserved Children
Oklahoma Educators Pursue Diverse School Choice Amidst Legal Challenge For more than 100 years, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa have served families in Oklahoma through...
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic represents client in asylum proceedings before the Immigration Court
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious…
Thomas Berg explores how religious liberty can reduce polarization in book talk hosted by ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative
In Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age, author Thomas Berg shows us how reaffirming religious freedom cultivates the good of individuals and society. In a book talk hosted by Notre...
Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic students help draft UK Parliamentary report on the state of religious liberty in Nepal
A group of student fellows in Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic worked with the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief to draft a...
US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to visit Notre Dame
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan will visit the University of Notre Dame on Sept. 22 (Friday).
Notre Dame Law School holds moot court program for junior high students
This summer, Notre Dame Law School hosted a moot court tournament for over 30 seventh and eighth graders in the South Bend community participating in Notre Dame’s TRIO Talent Search...
Nell Jessup Newton returns to ND Law after serving as interim law dean at Miami and Wake Forest
Professor Nell Jessup Newton returned to Notre Dame Law School’s faculty this fall after serving as interim dean at the University of Miami School of Law for the 2021-22 academic...
ND Law Professor Derek Muller elected to American Law Institute
Notre Dame Law Professor Derek Muller was recently elected to be a member of the American Law Institute. Muller joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty on July 1 after previously…
Judge Kenneth Ripple transitions to emeritus status after 46 years of teaching ND Law students
The Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple transitioned to emeritus status this summer after devoting 46 years to teaching constitutional law, conflict of laws, federal courts, and judicial process to generations of...
Notre Dame Law School welcomes new faculty for 2023-24 academic year
Nine new faculty members are joining Notre Dame Law School for the 2023-24 academic year. “I am thrilled to welcome this group of brilliant scholars and teachers to Notre Dame...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative selects seven junior scholars to present at Notre Dame Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has selected seven junior scholars who will present at the upcoming Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference on October 27-28 at Notre Dame…
Third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit spotlights need to protect religious freedom around the world
“Freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression are mutually reinforcing, as they allow all persons — no matter what religious belief or no belief at all,...
ND Law Dean G. Marcus Cole included on list of Indiana’s most influential leaders
G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, was among those recognized on IBJ Media’s list of the most influential leaders...
2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s remarks at Gala & Award Dinner
Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks July 13, 2023, at the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit’s Gala & Award Dinner, held at the Merchant…
2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Day 3 Recap
During the final day of the 2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, panels included discussions on living up to FoRB (freedom of religion or belief) commitments, the rise of persecution...