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ND Law students win appeals for clients through Seventh Circuit Practice Externship
For the third time in a year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled in favor of an appeal argued by Notre Dame Law students participating...
Women's Legal Forum 2020 stipend recipients work across the country in public interest and judicial internships
The Women's Legal Forum provides summer funding through one of its signature programs, the Women's Empowerment Stipend. Each stipend recipient is someone who pursues unpaid public interest work over the summer,...
ND Law students stay on track with career goals by completing summer work programs virtually
When the Covid-19 pandemic began sweeping the country this spring, law firms, government agencies, nonprofits, and other employers were forced to reevaluate their summer associate and intern programs for law...
Program on Church, State & Society 2020 fellows share summer experiences
Three Notre Dame Law students gained valuable exposure this summer in the area of religious-institutions practice. Sponsored by the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society, each summer fellow...
ND Law student awarded prestigious real estate scholarship
Natasha Gunasekara, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded a real estate scholarship from The Goldie Initiative Scholarship Program. Founded by Goldie B. Wolfe Miller,...
Two ND Law students named National Black Law Students Association executives
Ijeoma Oti and Jaylen Amaker, both rising second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, have been appointed to the 2020-2021 National Black Law Students Association executive board. Oti…
ND Law places 7th on list of law schools with most Supreme Court clerks
Notre Dame Law School was tied for 7th on a recent list of law schools with the most Supreme Court clerkship placements. Professor Brian Leiter of the University of Chicago...
Notre Dame 3L Mikhael Bunda wins national bankruptcy writing contest
Rising 3L Mikhael Dizon Bunda won the 2020 Law Student Writing Competition from the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees with a paper focusing on the fresh start doctrine in...
Winners of Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition announced
Professor Veronica Root Martinez, director of Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion, announced the winners of the 2020 Smith-Doheny…
ND Law's Class of 2019 ranked 7th in nation for federal clerkship placements
Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019 ranked 7th in the nation for federal clerkship placements, according to American Bar Association data reported by Law.com. Notre Dame Law School had...
ND Law Review ranked 8th on Washington & Lee’s list of top legal publications
The Notre Dame Law Review jumped from 22nd to 8th on Washington & Lee University School of Law’s most recent ranking of top legal publications. The annual W&L Law Journal...
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...