Dear Notre Dame Lawyers,
Please join NDLS in congratulating the members of the Notre Dame Law School Class of 2017 who received their juris doctor Saturday, May 20, as part of a NDLS Commencement Weekend steeped in tradition. Visit Commencement 2017 to view the many accomplishments of the Class of 2017, see pictures from the graduation events, and celebrate with two of our graduates who had special moments at graduation!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Tammye Radke Raster, ’92 J.D., alumni director
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Professor Amy Barrett, ’97 J.D., Nominated to Court of Appeals
for the 7th Circuit
Amy Coney Barrett, Diane and M.O. Miller, II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law, was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by President Donald Trump. “Amy is an outstanding professor, scholar, and colleague,” said Nell Jessup Newton, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. “She will be an excellent judge.” Read More
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NDLS Welcomes Dean for the Day Anthony M. Kroese
Anthony M. Kroese, ’17 J.D., was sworn in as Dean of the University of Notre Dame Law School on April 24, 2017 ... Read more and watch video here
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Alum Sean Seymore Honored with BLSA’s Alumni Award
Sean B. Seymore, ’01 Ph.D., ’06 J.D., was awarded the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year Award by the Notre Dame Law School Black Law Students Association at its annual banquet.
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Alums Talk to LGBT Forum about Diversity in the Legal Profession
Two NDLS alums, Jim Basile and Karen DeSantis, recounted the history, progress, and current issues for diverse lawyers, including racially and culturally diverse lawyers, women, and lawyers with diverse identities, while speaking to students from the LGBT Law Forum at Notre Dame Law School. Basile, ’86 B.A., ’89 J.D., recounted how diversity programs have moved from virtually non-existent to prevalent ... Read More
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Michael K. Addo Selected as Director of London Global Gateway Law Program
Notre Dame Law School has selected Michael K. Addo to be director of the London Global Gateway Law Program. He will start July 1. Addo comes to Notre Dame from the University of Exeter as an international law and human rights specialist with more than 25 years of experience in research, teaching, and policy advice. Read More
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Robert L. Jones Selected for ND Faculty Social Justice Award
Robert L. Jones, a clinical professor of law and associate dean for experiential programs at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive this year’s Rev. William A. Toohey, C.S.C., Award for Social Justice. The University of Notre Dame presents the award each year to a faculty member who has shown dedication to teaching and research that emphasize the social-justice dimension of the Gospel in an exemplary way. Read More
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Douglass Cassel to Receive ND Faculty Award for Peace and Human Rights
Douglass Cassel, a professor of law and Notre Dame Presidential Fellow at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the 2017 Grenville Clark Award. The University of Notre Dame presents the award annually to a faculty member or administrator whose voluntary activities serve to advance the cause of peace and human rights. Read More
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ND Law School Remembers Judge John T. Noonan, Jr.
Notre Dame Law School Memorialized John T. Noonan, Jr., with a Mass in his memory at St. Thomas More Chapel. Noonan, who passed away last month at the age of 90, was influential as a professor, scholar, and judge, and a leader in relating Catholic theology to the law. Read More
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NDLS Program on Church, State & Society Awards Summer Fellowships
Lauren Andrini, Margo Borders, Catherine Gawron, and Robert Sikorski, all 1Ls, have each received a $10,000 fellowship award from the Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society to work for a religious institution in a legal capacity this summer. Andrini’s fellowship will be at the General Counsel’s Office at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington D.C. She will be working with ... Read More
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Patrick A. Salvi, ’78 J.D., Receives Lifetime Achievement Award among America’s Top 100 Attorneys
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Rebecca D’Arcy O’Reilly, ’04 J.D., Joins Bodman in Detroit
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Edward J. Heath, ’99 J.D., Appointed to the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Bar Foundation
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