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Becket Fund for Religious Liberty presents ND Law Dean G. Marcus Cole with 2023 Legal Service Award
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty presented its 2023 Legal Service Award to Notre Dame Law School Dean G. Marcus Cole on Thursday, May 25, at Becket’s annual gala in...
G. Marcus Cole reappointed as dean of Notre Dame Law School
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole has been reappointed to lead Notre Dame Law School for another five-year term. John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill...
The Commencement of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023
Notre Dame Law School celebrated the Class of 2023 on Saturday, May 20. This year’s class consisted of 182 graduates: 166 J.D., 15 LL.M., and one J.S.D.
Commencement 2023: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s charge to the graduating class
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole delivered the following charge to Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023 during the Law School’s Hooding Ceremony on...
Class of 2023: Meet six ND Law graduates who have become a ‘different kind of lawyer’
Notre Dame Law School’s mission is to educate a “different kind of lawyer.” Our graduates learn to view the practice of law not only as a profession but also as...
ND Law’s revamped Loan Repayment Assistance Program a boost for Class of 2023 graduates starting public interest careers
Emma Hildebrand came to Notre Dame Law School with the goal of pursuing a career in government. She took advantage of opportunities like the Notre Dame Law in D.C. program,...
ND Law’s 2023 Shaffer Fellows to address housing issues, provide expungement relief in Chicago and rural Kentucky
Thomas Haracz and Jeanna James, both members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023, have been awarded Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellowships.
ND London Law students learn constitutional law from two Supreme Court justices
Two justices of the U.S. Supreme Court taught seminars to students in the Notre Dame London Law Programme during the spring semester.
John Garvey, president emeritus of Catholic University of America, gives 2023 Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture
John Garvey, president emeritus of Catholic University of America, gave the 2023 Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture at Notre Dame Law School on Friday, April 14.
Notre Dame Law School holds second annual Interfaith Dinner in observance of Ramadan, Passover, Easter, and Ridvan
Notre Dame Law School held its second annual Interfaith Dinner on April 12 in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Jewish Passover, Easter, and the Baha’i festival...
Harvard University Press releases Spanish translation of Professor Carter Snead’s book, ‘What It Means to be Human’
Harvard University Press, working with the University of Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain, has released a Spanish translation of Professor O. Carter Snead’s book, What It Means to be Human: The...
Spring break course designed by Professor Patrick Corrigan brings students to London to learn about international capital markets
A group of Notre Dame Law School students spent a week during spring break visiting banks, legal and financial firms, and academic institutions in London to see the practice and...
Professor Paolo Carozza testifies before Inter-American Court of Human Rights in case of Beatriz v. El Salvador
Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza testified last week in a landmark human rights case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica. The plaintiffs in the high-profile...
Law students from Ukrainian Catholic University learning at Notre Dame this spring
This semester, Notre Dame Law School is hosting three law students from UCU — Adriana Hrytsyna, Solomiia Humen, and Vitaliia Mahas. They are part of a group of 18 UCU...
ND Law enhances Loan Repayment Assistance Program, giving all graduates in public interest a 10-year path to loan forgiveness
Notre Dame Law School is implementing dramatic improvements to its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) that will make the program more generous and cover many more J.D. graduates who pursue...
Professor Diane Desierto serves as co-counsel in landmark UN ruling for Filipina ‘comfort women’
Diane Desierto, law professor and faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, began her career in 2004 seeking reparations and justice for Filipina women who...
Notre Dame Clinical Law Center publishes report on shortcomings in Indiana eviction laws
Notre Dame Law School’s Eviction Clinic has published a report to examine how well Indiana’s eviction laws measure up to guidelines recently established by the American Bar Association. The ABA’s...
Federal judges — including a Supreme Court justice — visit ND Law to hear 73rd annual Moot Court Showcase Argument
Four students had the opportunity to argue a case in front of Justice Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Britt Grant of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
ND Law Review symposium features Q&A with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh covered a range of topics during a talk at the Notre Dame Law Review Federal Courts Symposium on Monday, January 23, in the...
The DEI Podcast, Episode 4: Advocating for the Innocent
“Innocent people should not be in prison.” – Anna McGinn ’22 J.D. Exoneration justice is the tireless effort to free innocent people imprisoned after being wrongfully convicted of crimes, and...
Anna McGinn ’22 J.D., one of ND Law’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows, helps free wrongfully convicted man
On January 13, a Minnesota man named Thomas Rhodes walked out of prison after spending nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. A recent Notre Dame...
Notre Dame Law School serves community on 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
More than 100 Notre Dame Law School students, faculty, and staff volunteered on Monday, January 16, to serve the greater South Bend community.
Professor Emeritus John Finnis made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
When King Charles III issued the first New Year Honours of his reign last week, a longtime Notre Dame Law School faculty member was among those on the list. Biolchini...
ND Law student Macio Sexton Jr. receives prestigious diversity scholarship from Ropes & Gray
Macio Sexton Jr., a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been named a Ropes & Gray Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholar. The scholarship honors the memory of Roscoe...
Professor Emily Bremer wins Emerging Scholar Award from AALS
Notre Dame Law Professor Emily Bremer is the winner of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Administrative Law’s Emerging Scholar Award for 2023. Bremer won the recognition for her article...
Judge Theodor Meron delivers ND Law’s 2022 Peace Through Law Lecture in London
Judge Theodor Meron has been responsible for overseeing the prosecution of some of the most notorious war crimes of the past 30 years, including the genocidal actions perpetrated in Bosnia...
The DEI Podcast, Episode 3: Understanding Imposter Feelings
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Unqualified for the job, less intelligent than your classmates, or undeserving of your accomplishments, and that somehow you managed to convince others you...
Dean G. Marcus Cole to be inducted into American College of Bankruptcy
G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, will be inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy in recognition of his...
ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic hosts Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit
Attorneys and investigators from wrongful-conviction clinics across the Midwest gathered at Notre Dame Law School on October 18-19 for the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit, hosted by the Law School’s...
The DEI Podcast, Episode 2: Staying in the Game
What do DEI efforts look like in the sports and entertainment industry? How do mandates like the NFL’s Rooney Rule impact diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of leadership?...