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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...
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 alumnus Joe Donnelly confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
The U.S. Senate today confirmed the nomination of University of Notre Dame alumnus and former senator Joe Donnelly as ambassador to the Holy See.
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...
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...
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...
Alumni named to leadership roles at International Society of Public Law
Two Notre Dame Law School alumni were recently named co-directors of chapter development for the International Society of Public Law, also known as ICON-S. Felicia Caponigri ’12, ’15 J.D. and...
From Nigeria to Ireland to Notre Dame: Meet LL.M. student Grace Oladipo
Grace Oladipo’s motivations for pursuing human rights law may have begun in her childhood home in Nigeria, but they grew in her adolescence and college years in Ireland. “Human rights...
ND Law J.S.D. student wins important parental rights case before the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal
Jorge Barrera Rojas, a student in Notre Dame Law School’s J.S.D. program, recently represented 15 senators before the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal — the country’s highest court — resulting in a...
ND Law doctoral student elected to UN committee on enforced disappearances
Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro, doctoral candidate at Notre Dame Law School and student affiliate of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, has been elected to be a member of the...
Professor Diane Desierto to lead the ND Law’s human rights program
Desierto, an expert in human rights and international law, is the new faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law.
Notre Dame Law School announces new exchange program with Tel Aviv University
Scheduled to start in fall 2021, the program will include faculty and student exchanges with Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann Faculty of Law, which is Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law school.
Training program brings together communities, government, and developers in Amazon region
“The water and land of this region nourish and sustain the natural world, the life and cultures of hundreds of communities. ... Water, the source of life, has a rich...
Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell: Syria airstrikes a grave violation of international law
The strikes reportedly resulted in multiple deaths — a grave violation of international law, according to Notre Dame Law School professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, a respected expert on international law and the use of...
Professor Roger Alford and LL.M. graduates assist with Pulte Institute project to promote rule of law in Paraguay
Faculty and staff from across the University worked together to deliver alternative, virtual solutions for USAID's Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity in Paraguay program.
LL.M., J.S.D. alumni fight for human rights through work at International Criminal Court
When Professor Jimmy Gurulé took his London Law Program students to The Hague last spring to visit the International Criminal Court and Peace Palace, two Notre Dame Law School alumni were...
ND Law announces new Hamburg Honor Scholars Program, launches partnership with Bucerius Law School
Notre Dame Law School is launching a new summer program for law students — the Hamburg Honor Scholars Program — and an associated partnership with Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.
Professor Paolo Carozza contributes to new State Department report on human rights
Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza, an expert in international human rights law, is part of a federal commission that recently released a report affirming America’s unique role in protecting...
The Future of Privacy brings together global audience in virtual event
The world's top privacy lawyers and scholars will discuss the future of privacy in an exclusive online event August 27, with opening remarks from former Irish President Mary McAleese and...
Statement written by Professor Doug Cassel urges president to lift International Criminal Court sanctions
Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Douglass Cassel recently wrote a statement asking President Donald Trump to rescind his June 11 executive order, which imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court investigators who...
Avishalom Tor awarded fellowship from the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies
Avishalom Tor, professor and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as one of two winners of an individual...
Law students serve entrepreneurs overseas through Business on the Frontlines
Midway through the spring semester, as the coronavirus pandemic began to halt travel plans and change the daily routines of people around the world, third-year law student Melanie Hess was...
Professor Jimmy Gurulé appointed to international counter-terrorism project
Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé was recently appointed to the peer review board for Project CRAAFT, which stands for Collaboration, Research and Analysis Against the Financing of Terrorism. The...
International scholars discuss constitutional law at London roundtable
A group of leading constitutional legal scholars from the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland gathered at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway on February 21, 2020 for a roundtable...
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology honors Professor Paolo Carozza
Professor Paolo Carozza was awarded an honorary doctorate and inducted into the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology on Saturday at DSPT’s annual convocation in Berkeley,...
London Law Program students visit NATO headquarters in Brussels
The Law School’s spring 2020 International Criminal Law course is being taught, appropriately enough, at Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway, near Trafalgar Square. With NATO headquarters in Brussels within a short train...
ND Law School starting Dublin summer internship program
The internships will provide rising second-year law students with invaluable experience as they are exposed to transnational legal issues and the laws of Ireland and the European Union.
Panelists discuss ‘perplexing issues’ around Brexit at ND London Law forum
The discussion was led by Michael Addo, director of the London Law Program, with remarks from Law School Dean Marcus Cole. Journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The...