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Eric Leis ’22 J.D. wins second place in Georgetown Law writing competition
Eric Leis, a 2022 Notre Dame Law School graduate, won second place in the Georgetown Law Technology Review Student Technology Writing Competition. His paper, “Judicial Review of Commissioner HAL 9000,”…
Two recent ND Law graduates help Nigerian family win asylum in United States
Micah Allred and Nick Mohr, two members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2022, helped a family from Nigeria win asylum this week. They worked with their clients through...
Mary Mancusi wins 2022 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion has announced that rising third-year student Marilyn “Mary” Mancusi is the winner of the 2022 Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition. Mancusi’s...
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief supporting school choice in Kentucky
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic submitted an amicus brief on behalf of EdChoice Kentucky, which represents a broad coalition supporting parental choice, in the Kentucky…
Marilyn Mancusi receives Lardy Scholarship Award for 2022-23
Marilyn “Mary” Mancusi, a rising third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2022-23 academic year. Only one recipient...
Program on Church, State & Society names winners of 2022 writing competition
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. First place went to Michael Bradley, a member of the Law...
Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights awards summer fellowships to five ND Law students
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights has announced its 2022 Summer Fellows — Notre Dame Law School students working in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights,...
Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and student Elizabeth Totzke write op-ed on Supreme Court religious liberty cases for City Journal
On April 25, City Journal — a publication of the Manhattan Institute — published an op-ed written by John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett and third-year...
ND Law's First Generation Professionals group creates alumni mentor program
The Notre Dame Law School student group, First Generation Professionals, was formed in 2020 to address some of the unique issues faced by first-generation students in law school. After only...
ND Law team wins Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion
Third-year law students Andrew Ross D’Entremont, Reid Edwards, and Vincent Gangemi won first place in the Touro Law Center’s National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion. The competition was...
ND Law’s 2022 Bank of America Fellows to focus on exoneration and wrongful conviction work
Notre Dame Law School students Anna McGinn and Jessa Webber have been named the Class of 2022’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows. Both of their fellowships will focus on exoneration...
ND Law’s 2022 Shaffer Fellows to address mental illness in Illinois prisons, mortgage foreclosures in Chicago
Madison Kemker and Annika Nielsen-Kim, both third-year law students, have been awarded Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellowships. The fellowship, named in honor of former dean and professor Thomas L....
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…
ND Law hosts second annual Financial Wellness Week with free financial coaching, education, and resources for students
Notre Dame Law School hosted its second annual Financial Wellness Week from March 14 to 18 on important financial education topics most relevant to law students. The programming, hosted in...
Program on Church, State and Society names 2022 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded four summer fellowships to John Hale, Anthony Imburgia, Rev. Matt Kuczora, C.S.C., and Martin Wolk. The fellowships...
Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic welcomes law and undergraduate students to intern
Each semester, students from Notre Dame Law School and undergraduates join the Exoneration Justice Clinic to assist with the important work of freeing wrongfully convicted clients. “The students enrolled in...
U.S. Department of Justice awards grant to ND Law’s Exoneration Justice Clinic
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has received a $300,000 federal grant that will increase the clinic’s capacity to investigate, litigate, and overturn wrongful convictions. The U.S. Department of...
ND Law student wins scholarship from National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys Foundation
Kathryn Pflug, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded a scholarship from the National Association of Former United States Attorneys Foundation. The program awards $5,000…
ND Law’s IP students to compete in national finals of Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Once again, Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property Moot Court team has advanced to the national championship round of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. This is the fourth time in...
ND Law student elected president of National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Second-year law student Dillon Yang has been elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA). He is the first Notre Dame Law student to hold the...
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 holds first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
The University of Notre Dame announced last fall that, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day would be a holiday for students, faculty, and staff. With no classes...
Zachary Pohlman ’21 J.D. wins Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation legal writing award
Zachary Pohlman, a 2021 Notre Dame Law School graduate, has won first place in the Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation’s 2021 Award for Excellence in Legal Writing — one...
ND Law’s IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic settles in at Innovation Park
When the Law School expanded its Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic into a new office space at Innovation Park last summer, the idea behind the move was that law students...
Religious Liberty Initiative Student Spotlight: Tom Hellenbrand
As a member of the Religious Liberty Initiative’s 2021-2022 cohort, third-year law student Tom Hellenbrand has had several opportunities to work with Notre Dame Law School faculty on research and writing...
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief this week in Shurtleff v. Boston, a case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that government officials...
Two Notre Dame Law students help mother and daughter win asylum
A mother and daughter have been granted asylum in the U.S. after fleeing gender violence in Latin America, thanks in part to Notre Dame Law School students Jacquelyn Aguirre and...
ND Law student to speak at National Association of Muslim Lawyers conference
Zahraa Nasser, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and member of this year’s Religious Liberty Initiative student cohort, will speak Saturday at the National Association of Muslim Lawyers...
ND Law student Gregory Jenn receives Public Interest Advocate Scholarship
Gregory Jenn, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has received a Public Interest Advocate Scholarship from the Diversity Scholarship Foundation in Chicago. The Public Interest Advocate Scholarship is...