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NDLS Announces Program of Study in Environmental Law
Notre Dame Law School has approved a new Program of Study in Environmental Law, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced July 11.
Professor Jennifer Mason McAward's Work Cited in Recent US Court of Appeals Case
In an important recent decision, U.S. v. Cannon (2014 WL 1633160), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit relied heavily upon the work of Notre Dame Law...
Being on the Front Lines Takes a Different Kind of Lawyer
The Business on the Frontlines course began in 2008, and in 2010 was named one of _Forbes Magazine’s_ ten most innovative business classes. Each class is comprised of students from...
A Different Kind of Fellowship: Checking in with the First Shaffer Fellows
Brian Murray '11 J.D. and Jessica Howton '11 J.D were the first two Public Interest Fellows at Notre Dame. Since 2011, nine Notre Dame Law graduates have served as Shaffer...
NDLS Co-sponsors Law and Finance Workshop
An international interdisciplinary law and finance workshop co-sponsored by NDLS and spearheaded by NDLS Professor Colleen Baker will bring together legal academics, financial economists, policymakers, and legal practitioners at the...
ND Expert: New carbon emission rule targets existing plants, will result in lawsuits
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Nussbaum To Receive Sorin Award
*Richard A. Nussbaum II ’74, ’77 J.D.* received the Rev. Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C., Award from the Notre Dame Alumni Association at Reunion. The award is presented annually to a...
Maternowski, '12 J.D., Named Reinhart Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Kate E. Maternowski, ’12 J.D., was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for 2013 by Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in Milwaukee.
Professor Yelderman joins LAMB as a new Faculty Fellow
The Notre Dame Law School "Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (LAMB)":http://law.nd.edu/program-on-law-and-market-behavior/ announced the addition of "Stephen Yelderman,":http://law.nd.edu/directory/stephen-yelderman Associate Professor of Law, as one of the Program’s Faculty Fellows....
Mary Yu, ’93 J.D. Appointed To Washington State Supreme Court
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee appointed Judge Mary Yu to the Washington state Supreme Court.
NDLS Students Argue Cases Before the Seventh Circuit
Each year several third-year students on the NDLS Moot Court Board write briefs and conduct oral arguments in appointed cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
Veronica Root Joins NDLS Faculty
Veronica Root will join NDLS as an associate professor of law, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced today. Professor Root came to NDLS in 2012 with a two-year appointment as a...
NDLS Professor Garners Singular Honor
NDLS Professor A.J. Bellia Jr. has been honored by the Virginia Law Review for co-authoring (with George Washington University Law Professor Bradford R. Clark) one of the most influential articles...
Luz Herrera Accepts Graciela Olivarez Award
The Hispanic Law Student Association presented this year's Graciela Olivarez Award to Luz Herrera.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito Visits NDLS
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was at Notre Dame Law School April 10 as the Judge James J. Clynes Visiting Chair.
Christopher Stewart Awarded Lardy Fellowship
Dean Nell Jessup Newton has announced that the Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year has been awarded to 2L Christopher Stewart. Stewart’s name will now be added...
Top Human Rights Lawyers, Scholars Meet at NDLS
The Center for Civil and Human Rights, with the generous support of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, gathered a distinguished panel of human rights lawyers, scholars, diplomats, and judges...
Students Invited to Hear Keynote Address on “Fragile Families and Children’s Futures”
Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, delivered the keynote address for this year’s annual conference of the Leverhulme Trust on March...
White Collar Crime Addressed by Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy Symposium
Professor G. Robert Blakey delivered the keynote address at the 2014 _Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy_ symposium March 20.
Notre Dame Black Law Students Association Alumni Weekend
The 2014 Notre Dame Black Law Students Association alumni weekend will open Friday, March 21, with a reception at the South Bend home of the Hon. Roland Chamblee Jr. and...
2014 Shaffer Fellows Announced
The NDLS faculty’s Shaffer Fellows Committee has concluded its deliberations and selected three 2014 Shaffer Fellows, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced March 19.
Two NDLS Grads Accept Supreme Court Clerkship Offers
Shortly after taking the phone call from Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Megan Dillhoff became the second NDLS graduate to accept a Supreme Court judicial clerkship for the October...
64th Annual Moot Court Showcase Argument
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Ron Fraper, Governor of the State of Old York
_Petitioners_
v.
Association of Beverage Producers and Retailers
_Respondents_
Justice Thomas Teaches Seminar on Religious Freedom
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court visited Notre Dame Law School the week of February 3, 2014, serving as the James J. Clynes Visiting Chair in...
Professor O’Connell to Deliver Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture at Cambridge
Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell will deliver the 2014 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture at the University of Cambridge’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law in Cambridge, England.
NDLS Turns Out to Support 3L Jason O’Brien’s Naval Commissioning
Members of the NDLS community and the U.S. Attorney’s Office joined family and friends to support 3L Jason O'Brien at his U.S. Navy ensign commissioning ceremony in the Patrick F....