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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...
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....
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...
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...