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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...
Margarette Macaulay of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Afghan alumni discuss protecting women’s rights
The continued discrimination and oppression of women’s rights around the world and a call for actual change were the themes of a talk on Thursday, March 2, co-sponsored by Notre...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative supports criminal complaint against Chinese government for Uyghur genocide
The Religious Liberty Initiative’s amicus brief represents renowned U.S. & U.K. human rights advocates Notre Dame, IN — In what appears to be the largest incarceration of an ethnoreligious group...
ND Law alumnus Pier Pigozzi ’10 LL.M., ’20 J.S.D. nominated to serve on Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Republic of Ecuador has nominated Notre Dame Law School alumnus Pier Pigozzi ’10 LL.M., ’20 J.S.D. to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The commission is affiliated...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative explores religious liberty challenges facing Catholic schools at symposium hosted with Kellogg Institute, the Australian Catholic University
From December 11 to 14, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies joined the Australian Catholic University in convening a group of...
Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza of South Africa visits Notre Dame Law School
Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza—a renowned South African lawyer, former acting judge, and current Justice of the African Court of Human Rights—visited Notre Dame Law School as the Distinguished Global Jurist in...
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell to speak at international AI summit at The Hague
Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, will be one of the distinguished speakers at the first international summit on Responsible...
LL.M. alumni publish article calling on United Nations to take urgent action to protect Afghan women’s rights
Two alumni of Notre Dame Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law have authored an article that details the current violation of women’s human rights in Afghanistan and calls for...
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’s Religious Liberty Initiative screens award-winning film ‘The Hong Konger’
On December 6, Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a screening of award-winning documentary The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom, the newest feature from the...
Dublin and Hamburg Honor Scholars Programs offer unique opportunities for ND Law students to learn international law
Recognizing that effective legal practice often requires lawyers to understand how legal issues transcend borders, Notre Dame Law School offers many opportunities for students to study and work internationally. In...
ND Law students win Best Oralist, Best Brief at International Law and Religion Moot Court Competition in Brazil
Once again, the Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board had a successful showing at an international moot court tournament earlier this month. The Brazilian Center for Studies in Law...
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...
Four LL.M. in International Human Rights Law students are named Rita Bahr Cari Scholars
The Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce the Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund Scholars for 2022-23. The recipients are human rights lawyers enrolled in the...
Commissioner Nury Turkel shares insights on the Uyghur genocide
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted “The Uyghur Genocide & Threats to Religious Liberty: A Conversation with Commissioner Nury Turkel” on October 10. The event was co-sponsored by...
Two alumni of Notre Dame’s LL.M. in International Human Rights Law are clerking at influential international courts
Two recent graduates of the Notre Dame Law School LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law are serving as clerks at influential international courts in Africa and Latin America. Angella...
Notre Dame Law students sweep International Moot Court Competition in Spain
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board started off the academic year strong with victories at the International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion, hosted by the International...
Professor Avishalom Tor hosted Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago to discuss collaborative efforts
Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Notre Dame Law School’s Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB), hosted Bruno Ryff, consul general at Consulate General...
Charity law scholars from around the world will gather in London for Notre Dame workshop
Notre Dame Law School will host the Charity Law Workshop on September 23-24 at the University of Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway. Charity law determines what entities qualify as “charities,”...
ND London Law Professor Matthew Dyson publishes new book, ‘Explaining Tort and Crime’
Matthew Dyson, visiting professor and senior fellow of the Notre Dame London Law Programme, has authored a new book, “Explaining Tort and Crime — Legal Development Across Laws and Legal...
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...
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 Graduate Academy for Law and Economics…
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...
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 Ádány, are teaching courses...
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 is well...
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...
Winner, semifinalists announced in ND Law’s first International and Comparative Law Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Office of International & Graduate Programs recently held its first International and Comparative Law Writing Competition. First prize went to third-year law student Thomas Hellenbrand for...
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 trip…
Notre Dame Law LL.M. alum joins International Criminal Court
Notre Dame Law School alumna Angie García Atehortúa ’20 LL.M. was awarded a prestigious placement at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, as a visiting professional, one of...