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In memoriam: Drew Ryan Haase, ’06 BA, ’09 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/161318/75x/drew_haase.jpg(drew_haase)! The Notre Dame community is deeply saddened by the loss of Drew Haase. Drew was an Adjunct Assistant Professional Specialist of Political Science at the University of Notre...

Minnesota Vikings Promote Kevin Warren, ’90 JD, to CEO

p(image-right). !/assets/62101/75x/kevin_warren.jpg(kevin_warren)! Kevin Warren, who is entering his 11th season with the Vikings, most recently served as the Vikings Executive Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer. As...

Laura Wolk Awarded Two Prestigious Scholarships

p(image-right). !/assets/160885/100x/lardy_scholarship_story_photo_dean_with_laura_news.jpg(lardy_scholarship_story_photo_dean_with_laura_news)! The Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year is being awarded to 2L Laura Wolk, according to Dean Nell Jessup Newton.

Law School Names 2015 Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellows

p(image-right). !/assets/158373/100x/img_1883.jpg(Audra Passinault and Jessica Binzoni)! Dean Nell Jessup Newton named Jessica A. Binzoni and Audra Passinault this week the 2015 Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellows. The third-year law...

In Memoriam: Professor Charles E. Rice

God. Country. Notre Dame. Perhaps no man in recent memory has better embodied the motto inscribed over the door to the Sacred Heart Basilica than Professor Charles E. Rice. A...

NDLS Students Present Papers at Dublin Law Colloquium

DUBLIN -- Third-year NDLS students Felicia Caponigri and Francesca Genova were in Ireland February 7 to present at the seventh annual Trinity College Dublin Law Student Colloquium, “ReTHINKing Law.”

Sean Seymore, ’06 JD, Wins Vanderbilt Faculty Honor

p(image-right). !/assets/156564/75x/seymore_thumb.jpg(seymore_thumb)! NDLS grad Sean Seymore has been named a Chancellor Faculty Fellow by Vanderbilt University. The appointment extends over two fiscal years and includes additional funding designed to support...

NDLS Professor Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

p(image-right). !/assets/78942/100x/cassel.jpg(cassel)! International human rights law scholar Professor Douglass Cassel has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to do research in Mexico on the enforcement of Inter-American human rights law by...

NDLS Team Wins National Moot Court Tourney

After four rounds of competition, NDLS students Sarah Gallo and Patrick Duffey (with Jae Kim on the brief) were declared the winners of the National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition...

ND Expert: Supreme Court decision on prison beard ban 'clear, correct and welcome'

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/154076/200x/rick_garnett.jpg(Richard W. Garnett)! The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday (Jan. 20) that an Arkansas prison’s beard ban violated a prisoner’s religious liberty. According to "Richard W. Garnett":http://news.nd.edu/for-the-media/nd-experts/faculty/rick-garnett/,...

Two NDLS Faculty Awarded Endowed Professorships

NDLS Professors Patricia L. Bellia and Nicole Stelle Garnett have been awarded endowed professorships in recognition of their outstanding scholarship, Dean Nell Jessup Newton announced January 12.

James S. Carr, ’87 J.D., Elected Chair of Kelley Drye

p(image-right). !/assets/153349/75x/jimcarr.jpg(jimcarr)! Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced as part of the Firm’s strategic plan that James S. Carr has been elected Chair of the Firm. Carr joined Kelley Drye’s...