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ND Law recognized for donations to March Against Hunger
Katelyn Doering, a rising 2L at Notre Dame Law School, is passionate about the issue of food security. So, when she donated to the 2020 March Against Hunger during the...
Victoria Kelley receives Lardy Award for 2020-21 academic year
Victoria Kelley, a rising third-year law student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2020-21 academic year. “Victoria Kelley...
Notre Dame confers degrees on Class of 2020
Notre Dame conferred 3,234 degrees — including 228 law degrees — in the University's first-ever virtual ceremony.
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...
ND Law students win national case study competition
Three Notre Dame Law students recently placed first in the business schools category of the Arthur W. Page Society's 2020 Case Study Competition. The team of Christina Beyer, 2L, Natasha...
Klau Center selects three ND Law students for summer fellowships
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights has announced its 2020 Summer Fellowships for students working in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights, and/or the enforcement...
Indiana man released from prison after 16 years, thanks to help from Exoneration Project and ND Law
Third-year law student Lenora Popken knew she had found her calling even before the evening of April 2 when Andy Royer met her on the steps of the Kosciusko County Jail...
Notre Dame Law School names 2020 Shaffer Fellows
Brandon Leinz and Kimberly Schreiber, members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2020, have been awarded Thomas L. Shaffer Fellowships. The fellowship covers the cost of salary and benefits...
ND Law School names 2020 Bank of America Foundation Fellows
Walter Jean-Jacques and Regan Perrodin, members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2020, have been named Bank of America Foundation Fellows. The public interest fellowship covers the cost...
Faculty and staff donate $12,000 to support ND Law students after Father Mike Show is canceled
Even though this year’s Father Mike Show had to be canceled, the tradition was kept alive as faculty and staff contributed more than $12,000 to replace the money that would...
2L Allison Lantero named Next Generation Leader by American Constitution Society
Allison Lantero, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as a 2020 American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader. The Next Generation Leader program recognizes law students...
Amid coronavirus challenges, ND Law's Tax Clinic safely serves community
Because all tax clinic files are stored in a cloud-based practice management system and the team utilizes cloud-based tax preparation software, only in-person exchanges have required adjustment, and the intake...
ND Law's IP moot court team named national champions
After defeating some 80 intellectual property law moot court teams fielded by law schools from around the country, Notre Dame 3L classmates Mark Relation, Talea Stashin, and Katie Cronin have...
Journal of International & Comparative Law holds 10th anniversary symposium
The Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law marked its 10th anniversary on February 21 with its annual symposium. The symposium featured two panels and a debate, all incorporating...
ND Law students launch Journal on Emerging Technologies
Concluding that the pressing societal questions posed by emerging technologies would be best studied from an interdisciplinary perspective, third-year law student Rolando Rengifo conceived of an innovative academic journal that...
ND Law wins Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Regional Competition in Chicago
Notre Dame Law School's team of 3Ls Mark Relation, Katie Cronin, and Talea Stashin won best brief and first place overall on Saturday, February 8, at the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Regional...
Seventh Circuit judges share advice, insights on clerkships
From left, Judge Michael S. Kanne, Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, and Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit speak to students on February...
ND Law volunteers return to border to assist asylum seekers
For the second year in a row, Rudy Monterrosa ’01 J.D., an immigration attorney and adjunct professor at Notre Dame Law School, traveled to Texas for four days during winter break...
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...
3L Jennie Christensen awarded Visionary Scholarship
Jennie Christensen, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was awarded the 2019 Visionary Scholarship from Christmas Injury Lawyers, a law firm based in South Carolina. Christensen’s scholarly interests...
ND Law hosts annual moot court tournament on religious freedom
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board hosted the fourth annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom on Nov. 8-9 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. Thirteen moot...
3L Ayah Sarsour receives Public Interest Advocacy Scholarship
The Diversity Scholarship Foundation presented Ayah Sarsour, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, with the Public Interest Advocate Scholarship Award on December 3 at the 2019 Unity Award...
ND Law students assist with both prominent and intimate cases through Appalachia Externship
Steeped in the last of the vibrant fall colors, the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains surround both sides of the road. Billboards scattered across the mountainside advertise attorneys for black...
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.
Notre Dame students participate in United Nations drafting session
Three Notre Dame students recently had the extraordinary opportunity to participate in the drafting of a United Nations convention focused on the right to development. The students, affiliates of the...
Project helps survivors of domestic violence navigate expungement process
Chris Kozelichki, a former deputy prosecutor and now assistant director for career development at the Law School, hosted an expungement clinic with 45 law students at the YWCA in South Bend.
ND Law student wins Seventh Circuit appeal
Alyssa McClure ’19 J.D. won an appeal in a habeas corpus case that she argued through Notre Dame Law School’s Seventh Circuit Practice Externship.
Two ND Law students win top prizes in annual religious liberty writing contest
Third-year law students David Spicer and Timothy Bradley won first and second place, respectively, in the Tenth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition. The competition is sponsored by the BYU Reuben...
Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. is BLSA's alumnus of the year
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association recently honored Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. with the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year Award at their alumni reception....
Notre Dame Law School marks 150 years with celebration weekend
A weekend-long celebration served as the culmination of a year's worth of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Notre Dame Law School. Sesquicentennial Reception The Sesquicentennial Reception, held in Dahnke Ballroom...