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ND Law creates new exchange program with Strathmore Law School in Kenya
Notre Dame Law School has added another exchange program opportunity for students and faculty — its first in Africa — with a recent agreement with Strathmore Law School in Nairobi,...
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...
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 students learn at home and abroad during 2022 spring break
Earlier this month, Notre Dame Law students spent their 2022 mid-semester break contributing to a number of meaningful projects. In addition to service trips — notably, the twice-yearly…
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 student elected president of National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Second-year law student Dillon Yang has been elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA). He is the first Notre Dame Law student to hold the...
ND London Law Program hosting largest group of students in program’s history
Notre Dame Law students are studying abroad with the London Law Program at the highest numbers in the program’s 53-year history. This semester, 44 second- and third-year law students are studying...
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...
ND Law holds first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
The University of Notre Dame announced last fall that, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day would be a holiday for students, faculty, and staff. With no classes...
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...
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...
Mark Anliker ’21 J.D. earns Gideon’s Promise Fellowship to pursue career in public defense
Mark Anliker ’21 J.D. is pursuing his calling as a public defender — and doing his part to improve the criminal justice system — after earning a highly regarded Gideon’s...
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...
ND Law student to speak at National Association of Muslim Lawyers conference
Zahraa Nasser, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and member of this year’s Religious Liberty Initiative student cohort, will speak Saturday at the National Association of Muslim Lawyers...
2021 ND Law graduate awarded prestigious Permanent Court of Arbitration fellowship
Daniela Johnson Restrepo ’21 J.D. joined the Permanent Court of Arbitration as a fellow November 8. She is the first J.D. graduate from Notre Dame Law School to be selected...
Veterans Day 2021: Honoring our ND Law student veterans
About 20 current students have served in the U.S. military. Some are retired from service; others remain active in reserve units. Some will serve in the JAG Corps after graduation.
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.
First-generation ND Law students gain experience, mentorship from DTE Energy internships
Every year, two or three Notre Dame Law School students spend their summers working as legal interns at DTE Energy in Detroit. The internship program was designed by Notre Dame...
Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren ’90 J.D speaks at Chicago ND Lawyers event
Notre Dame Law alumnus and Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren ‘90 J.D. has spent his career weaving together sports, business, and the law. He joined Notre Dame Law School...
One ND Law professor and one graduate are clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court this term
Professor Stephanie Barclay is clerking for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, while Notre Dame Law School alumna Alexa Baltes ’17 J.D. is clerking for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly ’77, ’81 J.D. nominated ambassador to the Holy See
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., extended his congratulations to Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly on his nomination today as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.
A look back at Supreme Court visits to Notre Dame Law School
Three U.S. Supreme Court justices visited Notre Dame during the first month of this fall semester. The visits are part of a long tradition in which members of the nation’s highest...
Justice Samuel Alito defends Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket
Alito’s speech was presented by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and its Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law (CAROL) Lab, and co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Notre Dame
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito will give a talk titled “The Emergency Docket” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 30). Livestream available at kellogg.nd.edu/Alito2021.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivers 2021 Tocqueville Lecture
Justice Thomas spoke to an audience of students, faculty, and the general public on September 16 at an event sponsored by Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
Notre Dame Law student helps win asylum for Salvadoran mother and child
A young mother and child from El Salvador were granted asylum in the United States, thanks to the legal advocacy of Notre Dame Law School student Sophia Aguilar.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett returns to ND Law to teach intensive course on statutory interpretation
The one-week course explored and critically evaluated leading contemporary approaches to statutory interpretation. Fifteen third-year law students took the intensive course.