Highlights
Notre Dame Law School Hosts Symposium on Assessing Regulatory Instruments of Behavior Change in Energy Conservation
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic Represents Volunteer Minister Barred from County Jail Because of His Religious Views
Notre Dame Law School Global Human Rights Clinic to participate in climate change hearings at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Barbados
Upcoming Events
Justice Leona Theron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa: "International Law as a Tool: South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice"
Notre Dame Law School Journal of Legislation 2024 Symposium
Kresge Law Library
Here a talented staff, quality collection, and splendid physical facility combine to make the law library one of the law school’s finest assets. The beautiful reading room with its Gothic-themed architecture is filled with natural light and features attractive study spaces. Located on four floors in Biolchini Hall of Law, the law library includes seating for 550 – with 150 individual study carrels. There are 26 study rooms for collaborative study. We hope that seated in these comfortable surroundings, assisted by knowledgeable staff, you’ll be inspired to do your best while preparing for class or conducting extensive research.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Members of the Notre Dame Law School faculty are diverse in terms of their backgrounds and philosophies, and in terms of their scholarly interests. Faculty expertise covers all areas of the law.
The Law School’s interdisciplinary approach to legal studies is reflected in our research programs, which enable our professors to concentrate on their research, collaborate with other scholars throughout the world, and host conferences and lectures.
Program on Church, State & Society
The Program on Church, State & Society focuses on the role of religious institutions, religious communities, and religious authorities in the social order and how law structures these relationships.
Program on Constitutional Structure
The Program on Constitutional Structure promotes interdisciplinary learning of how constitutional structures operate — in the United States and abroad.
Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law
The Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law promotes research on a broad range of topics related to innovation, creativity, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Program on Law & Economics
The Program on Law & Economics seeks to promote research and scholarship in law and economics, law and the social sciences, and law and business.
Program on Law & Market Behavior
The Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School (ND LAMB) is dedicated to promoting foundational research about a range of timely legal and policy issues at the intersection of law and market behavior.
Program on Private Law
The Program on Private Law extends the impact of research being done by Notre Dame Law faculty in the field of private law, and it benefits students by helping the Law School widen its private law course offerings and by supporting student involvement in faculty research projects.
Faculty Directory
We believe it takes exceptional leadership to produce exceptional leaders. At Notre Dame, we as faculty are here to build up the next generation of legal minds. In our research and writing, we are here to engage at the highest level. Through our teaching, we are here to prepare a different kind of lawyer—one who practices law with the greatest competence and compassion. Our mission is to give all that we have, so that you can do the same.