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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...
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...
Notre Dame Law Review hosts symposium on 'Liberalism, Christianity, and Constitutionalism'
The Notre Dame Law Review hosted its second symposium of the academic year on November 11 in Biolchini Hall of Law. The Law Review’s Issue 4 symposium, co-sponsored by the...
ND Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association celebrates Diwali
Notre Dame Law School’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, along with Notre Dame’s South Asian Student Association and the Graduate Student Union, organized a Diwali Celebration on October 27...
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation awards scholarship to ND Law student Dillon Yang
Dillon Yang, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded one of the highest scholarships from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law Foundation. The...
ND Law Moot Court Board hosts seventh annual religious freedom tournament
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board hosted the seventh annual Notre Dame National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom on October 28-30 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom....
ND Law connects students and law firms at Meet the Employers Diversity Fellowship event
Notre Dame Law School held its first Meet the Employers Diversity Fellowship event on October 25. Thirty-seven law firms from across the country participated in the networking event, beginning with...
Notre Dame Law Review hosts symposium on ‘Unconstitutional Conditions and Religious Liberty’
The Notre Dame Law Review, in collaboration with the Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative, hosted its first symposium of the academic year on October 24 in the McCartan Courtroom. Centered...
2L Jazmyn Ferguson to speak at National Black Pre-Law Conference
Jazmyn Ferguson, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, will be one of the panelists at the 18th annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair from November 10-12...
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...
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic represents Bruderhof, Sikh, and Muslim groups defending a Rastafarian inmate’s right to wear dreadlocks
Notre Dame, IN — A Rastafarian man’s right to practice his religion was suppressed by state officials while he was being held in an Illinois correctional facility. His case underscores...
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...
The DEI Podcast, Episode 2: Staying in the Game
What do DEI efforts look like in the sports and entertainment industry? How do mandates like the NFL’s Rooney Rule impact diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of leadership?...
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic contests expansive interpretation of state-action doctrine that threatens religious organizations
Notre Dame, IN — Religious social service organizations in many states—from adoption agencies to food pantries—may be faced with the choice of secularizing or giving up their funding and closing...
Timothy Bradley ’20 J.D. to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Notre Dame Law School graduate Timothy Bradley ’20 J.D. is serving as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the court’s 2022-23 term, which began last...
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...
Gwendolyn Loop is ND Law’s 2022 Polking Family Fellow
Gwendolyn Loop is the recipient of the 2022 Polking Family Fellowship, which aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders who understand that law and public policy are essential elements...