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ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society names winners of 2023 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. The goal of the competition is to encourage scholarship related to...
Joseph Graziano ’23 J.D. wins Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Joseph Graziano, a member of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023, is the winner of this year’s Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition.
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.
Program on Church, State & Society names 2023 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded summer fellowships to four rising second-year students. This year’s fellows are Alesondra Cruz, Maria Lake, Adem Osmani, and...
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...
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic Highlights Student Fellows’ Work Defending Religious Freedom Around the World
This academic year, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic student fellows have been actively defending religious liberty around the world in a variety of cases. Here are a...
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 Religious Liberty Clinic represents Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups defending a Muslim inmate’s religious rights
A Muslim man’s right to practice his religion was suppressed by state officials while being held in a New York correctional facility. His case highlights the importance of interpreting religious...
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.
3L Erica Patterson named ABA Law Student Representative of the Year
Erica Patterson, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was named Law Student Representative of the Year by the American Bar Association. Patterson finished with the most student representative...
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.
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic defends Apache sacred site from mining plan as Ninth Circuit reviews case
Apache Stronghold v. United States was one of the first cases that the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic supported when the clinic was newly established in the 2020-21...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in the Colombian Constitutional Court
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Constitutional Court of Colombia earlier this month to defend university students’ rights to establish and participate...
ND Law students compete in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Austria
Notre Dame Law School’s student-run Vis Moot team competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria, from March 30 to April 7.
Notre Dame Black Law Students Association holds 50th alumni reunion
The Notre Dame Black Law Students Association held its Spring Alumni Weekend 50th Reunion on March 23-26. The weekend included an alumni panel discussion, awards banquet, and black-tie gala, among...
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...
Exoneration Justice Clinic opens doors for graduates to become ‘a different kind of lawyer’
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic is working to help train a new generation of lawyers who are committed to bringing about a more just criminal justice system and...
ND Law students win Seigenthaler-Sutherland Cup National First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Moot Court Showcase Team won the 73rd annual Seigenthaler-Sutherland National First Amendment Moot Court Competition on March 17-18 at the Catholic University of America in Washington,...
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...
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 students to compete in national finals of 2023 Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property Moot Court team will advance to the national round of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition next month in Washington, D.C. This is the...
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.
ND Law implements new DEI programming series to connect students and law firms
This fall, Notre Dame Law School debuted a new series of events called “Including YOU!” to create more opportunities for law students from communities underrepresented in the legal profession to...
ND Law’s Program on Church, State & Society helps Christian attorneys through the Legal Vocation Fellowship
The Legal Vocation Fellowship (LVF), a new initiative co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society and the Carver Project, aims to support early-career attorneys seeking...
Student Spotlight: 2L Lizzy Forzley
Meet 2L Lizzy Forzley! She is actively involved in many of our student organizations and is pursuing a dual JD/MBA degree. She is from Lemont, IL and attended Indiana University-Bloomington...
Student Spotlight: 3L Jerry Lu
Meet 3L Jerry Lu! He is heavily involved in our Program of Study in Intellectual Property & Technology Law. Jerry is a legal intern at ND Law’s IP and Entrepreneurship...
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...