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Professor Jimmy Gurulé to host cybersecurity conference in London
Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé said rising concerns about cyber attacks sparked the idea for an interdisciplinary conference to discuss and analyze cybersecurity issues
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…
Audrey Beck ’17 J.D. to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Audrey Beck ’17 J.D. will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during the 2019 term. She will join Laura Wolk ’16 J.D., who will clerk for Justice Clarence...
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...
ND Law clinics help South Bend man discover more than $10,000
Vincent, a South Bend restaurant worker, came to the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center last summer looking for help with back taxes he owed. The situation was complex, and the...
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...
Lenora Popken receives Lardy Award for 2019-20 academic year
Lenora Popken, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 academic year at Notre Dame Law School.
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.
Congressman Joaquin Castro receives 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award
The Hispanic Law Student Association at Notre Dame Law School honored Congressman Joaquin Castro on Thursday, April 25, with the 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award.
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....
Notre Dame Law School names 2019 Shaffer Fellow
Anne Gallerano, a member of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019, is this year’s Thomas L. Shaffer Fellow. The fellowship covers the cost of salary and benefits for up...
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...
ND Law School names 2019 Bank of America Foundation Fellows
Lauren Andrini, Jake Crammer, and Tashiana Stafford, three members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019, are this year’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows. This year, the fellowship covers...
2019 Klau Center Summer Fellowships announced
The summer funding supports students working in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights.
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...
Program on Church, State & Society announces 2019 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded four fellowships to students who will work in the area of religious institutions practice this summer.
ND Law students help Exoneration Project free Illinois man
Two Notre Dame Law students — Molly Campbell and Alyssa Slaimen — worked extensively with the Exoneration Project on the case of Donald Whalen, an Illinois man whose murder conviction...
Tanya Luo started in ND Law's LL.M. program and finished with a J.D.
For Tanya Luo, her journey at Notre Dame Law School started in 2016 in the LL.M. program and concluded in 2018 with earning a J.D., passing the New York bar,...
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...
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visits ND Law
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Notre Dame Law School on Monday, April 8, and spoke about a wide variety of topics — from his upbringing in Humble, Texas, to...
Black Law Students Association holds 2019 awards ceremony
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association honored faculty and students with awards at their annual banquet on March 30. Veronica Root Martinez, associate professor of...
Thomas F. Fay ’61 funds national security fellowship for ND Law students
Thanks to a generous donation from Thomas Fortune Fay, Notre Dame Law School is establishing a new fellowship for students interested in practicing in the field of national security law....
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.
Judge Amul Thapar talks about Scalia and religious liberty
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was well known for his devotion to the Catholic Church and his support for religious freedom, yet his judicial opinions in religion...
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…
Plaintiffs from Obergefell v. Hodges speak about marriage equality case
Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, spoke at Notre Dame Law School on Wednesday, March 27, as part of an event that...
International Trademark Association honors two ND Law students
Two Notre Dame Law School students, Doori Song and Caitlin Canahai, continued a recent streak of honors from the International Trademark Association. The INTA selected Song, a third-year law student...
Japanese judges and prosecutors learn about U.S. law at Notre Dame
For more than 50 years, judges and prosecutors from Japan have come to law schools throughout the United States as visiting scholars to gain a better understanding of American law...