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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...
Klau Center welcomes new class of human rights lawyers to Notre Dame
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights welcomes the new class of international human rights lawyers to Notre Dame Law School for the 2019-20 academic year. The LL.M. class...
Klau Center announces 2019-20 Rita Bahr Scholars
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce its Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund Scholars for 2019-20. The recipients are human rights lawyers enrolled in the LL.M....
Program on Church, State & Society 2019 fellows share summer experiences
Four 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 students consider virtual reality’s impact on legal profession
Notre Dame Law student Delaney Foreman participates in an exercise at the Department of Psychology's Virtual Reality Lab. On a Monday evening this past April, a class of Notre Dame...
ND Law student wins Women & Hi Tech Corporate Law Scholarship
Jennie Christensen, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was chosen to receive one of the Women & Hi Tech Corporate Law Scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Christensen...
IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic helps ND alumni patent medical device
Though Vampiro’s name might bring about images of vampires, the medical device’s purpose means less operating room time and fewer surgical site infections for patients. But, like vampires, Vampiro is...
Recent Notre Dame Law graduate selected for bankruptcy award
Riley Sissung, a 2019 Notre Dame Law School graduate, was recently selected as one of the 2019 Distinguished Law Students for this year’s Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. The award is...
3L Jack Dahm wins ND Law’s first IP and Technology Law Writing Prize
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce that rising third-year law student Jack Dahm is the winner of the Law School’s first Intellectual Property and Technology Law Writing Prize....
ND Law clinics help South Bend man discover more than $10,000
Vincent, a South Bend restaurant worker, came to the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center last summer looking for help with back taxes he owed. The situation was complex, and the...
Lenora Popken receives Lardy Award for 2019-20 academic year
Lenora Popken, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 academic year at Notre Dame Law School.
ND Law student chosen for intellectual property writing competition
Rising 3L Jennie Christensen placed second in Berkeley’s Technology Law Journal’s writing competition with her paper, “Fasten Your Seatbelts, We’re Encountering Turbulence: The Legal Implications of Biometric Scanning at U.S....
Congressman Joaquin Castro receives 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award
The Hispanic Law Student Association at Notre Dame Law School honored Congressman Joaquin Castro on Thursday, April 25, with the 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award.
Applied Mediation Clinic prepares students for client work
Notre Dame Law School’s Applied Mediation Clinic, led by Professor Michael Jenuwine, gives students practical experience both in and out of the classroom, preparing them to enter the legal profession...
A global perspective: Notre Dame London Law students at the United Nations
Halfway through their semester in London, Notre Dame law students stepped out of the classroom and headed to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, discovering what their studies look like...
ND Law School names 2019 Bank of America Foundation Fellows
Lauren Andrini, Jake Crammer, and Tashiana Stafford, three members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019, are this year’s Bank of America Foundation Fellows. This year, the fellowship covers...
Notre Dame Law School names 2019 Shaffer Fellow
Anne Gallerano, a member of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2019, is this year’s Thomas L. Shaffer Fellow. The fellowship covers the cost of salary and benefits for up...
2019 Klau Center Summer Fellowships announced
The summer funding supports students working in public interest organizations that promote civil or human rights.
Program on Church, State & Society announces 2019 summer fellows
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State & Society has awarded four fellowships to students who will work in the area of religious institutions practice this summer.
ND Law students help Exoneration Project free Illinois man
Two Notre Dame Law students — Molly Campbell and Alyssa Slaimen — worked extensively with the Exoneration Project on the case of Donald Whalen, an Illinois man whose murder conviction...
Tanya Luo started in ND Law's LL.M. program and finished with a J.D.
For Tanya Luo, her journey at Notre Dame Law School started in 2016 in the LL.M. program and concluded in 2018 with earning a J.D., passing the New York bar,...
Black Law Students Association holds 2019 awards ceremony
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association honored faculty and students with awards at their annual banquet on March 30. Veronica Root Martinez, associate professor of...
Plaintiffs from Obergefell v. Hodges speak about marriage equality case
Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, spoke at Notre Dame Law School on Wednesday, March 27, as part of an event that...