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ND Law to hold second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy
The world’s leading defenders of religious freedom will gather in Rome from July 20-22 for the second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by the Law School’s Religious Liberty...
ND Law honors Judy Fox as she retires from Law School faculty
Notre Dame Law School honored the exceptional career of Clinical Professor of Law Judith Fox at a celebration last month. She retired from the Law School after decades of service...
Notre Dame Law School celebrates the career of retiring faculty member Matt Barrett
Notre Dame Law School honored the exceptional career of longtime faculty member Professor of Law Matthew J. Barrett last month. He retired from the Law School after decades of service...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief supporting school choice in Kentucky
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic submitted an amicus brief on behalf of EdChoice Kentucky, which represents a broad coalition supporting parental choice, in the Kentucky…
Professor Richard Garnett co-authors book analyzing Supreme Court cases on religious freedom
Richard 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 joined John Witte Jr. and...
Research Program on Law and Market Behavior and University of Lucerne to host Graduate Academy for Law and Economics
Notre Dame Law School’s Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB) is collaborating with the University of Lucerne to host the Lucerne…
Religious Liberty Clinic files brief in Ohio to defend religious schools from discrimination
The Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School recently filed an amicus brief in Ohio to defend the state’s school-choice program and ensure that the state is not required...
ND Law Professor Paolo Carozza named to Meta Oversight Board
Paolo G. Carozza, professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, has been added as a member of the Oversight Board for Meta,...
Notre Dame officials call for release of Cardinal Zen, SDB, Catholic bishop emeritus of Hong Kong
“We are deeply saddened to learn that Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB, the Catholic bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been arrested by Chinese national security authorities for allegedly violating Hong...
NY Times recognizes Professor Carter Snead’s ‘What It Means to Be Human’ as one of 10 books to understand U.S. abortion debate
A new article in the New York Times has recommended Notre Dame Law Professor O. Carter Snead’s book What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in...
Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and student Elizabeth Totzke write op-ed on Supreme Court religious liberty cases for City Journal
On April 25, City Journal — a publication of the Manhattan Institute — published an op-ed written by John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett and third-year...
International faculty visit Notre Dame Law School for 2022 spring semester
Notre Dame Law School is hosting three international law professors this semester. Visiting Professors Luigi Crema and Francisco J. Urbina, as well as Fulbright Visiting Professor Tamás…
Visiting Professor Francisco Urbina talks about teaching at ND Law, visiting fellowship at Kellogg Institute
Francisco Urbina had long known about the visiting fellowship program at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. “Kellogg’s reputation as a forum for discussions of human rights and democracy…
ND London Law Professor Philippa Webb awarded top prize in international law publishing
Philippa Webb, visiting professor and distinguished fellow with the Notre Dame London Law Program, was recently awarded the top prize in international law publishing for her 2021 book on the...
ND Law Professor Judith Fox given Drum Major for Community Service Award
The mayors of South Bend and Mishawaka honored Notre Dame Law Professor Judith Fox recently for her decades of dedication to helping low-income people facing eviction and other financial hardships....
U.S. Department of Justice awards grant to ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has received a $300,000 federal grant that will increase the clinic’s capacity to investigate, litigate, and overturn wrongful convictions. The U.S. Department of...
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society receives transformational gift
For more than a decade, the Program on Church, State & Society has enhanced the distinctive Catholic mission of Notre Dame Law School. Through legal scholarship and meaningful conversations, the...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to speak at ND Law Review symposium
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett will deliver the keynote address at the Notre Dame Law Review’s 2022 Federal Courts Symposium at 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 14, in...
Dean G. Marcus Cole speaks at Walk the Walk Week prayer service
Amid the glow of hundreds of candles in the rotunda of Notre Dame’s Main Building, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole spoke at the University’s...
In Shurtleff v. Boston, Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts say
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the case to ensure that government actors — like the city of Boston — may not create benefits, opportunities or...
Three ND Law alumni join Religious Liberty Initiative team
Three of Notre Dame Law School’s alumni were drawn back to campus at the beginning of the fall 2021 semester by the opportunity to work for the Law School’s new...
John Templeton Foundation awards $2.1 million grant to ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative
The John Templeton Foundation has awarded ND Law School a historic grant that will enable the Religious Liberty Initiative to explore new ways to facilitate principled pluralism in the United...
ND Law’s IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic settles in at Innovation Park
When the Law School expanded its Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic into a new office space at Innovation Park last summer, the idea behind the move was that law students...
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief this week in Shurtleff v. Boston, a case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that government officials...
Houston Chronicle publishes ND Law Religious Liberty Initiative editorial on Ramirez v. Collier
On November 9, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial written by John Meiser, supervising attorney of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, and Thomas Hellenbrand, a third-year law student and...
ND Law holds London conference to celebrate the work of Professor John Finnis
A conference marking the 25-year career at Notre Dame Law School of Biolchini Family Emeritus Professor of Law John Finnis was held October 16 at the University of Notre Dame’s...
Two Notre Dame Law faculty write chapters in Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood
Professors Veronica Root Martinez and Paul B. Miller have contributed chapters to the recently published Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood. The handbook, published…
Professor Diane Desierto named chair-rapporteur of UN expert group finalizing first human rights treaty in nearly a decade
Diane Desierto, professor of law and global affairs in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, was named chair-rapporteur of the United Nations’ Expert Group on the...
In Memoriam: Dean Emeritus Rev. David T. Link
Rev. David T. Link, the Joseph A. Matson Dean Emeritus of Notre Dame Law School, died Thursday (Oct. 28). He was 85.
Professor Joseph Bauer receives McCafferty Award from Notre Dame Law Association
Professor of Law Emeritus Joseph Bauer received the Father Michael McCafferty Award from the Notre Dame Law Association on October 1. The award was presented to Bauer by Thomas D....