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ND Law student Samantha Contreras receives Michael Best Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship

Published: March 03, 2021

Denise Wager

Samantha Contreras, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has received a generous scholarship from Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The scholarship will provide tuition assistance for Contreras’ third year of law school. In addition, scholarship recipients are offered a summer associate position at Michael Best.

ND Law students win North American region in international environmental moot court competition

Published: January 13, 2021

Denise Wager

Two second-year Notre Dame Law School students, Ambris Saravanan and Mark Simonitis, won the North American regional championship round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition on January 8-9. They now advance to the international finals, which will be held virtually in March.

Two ND Law students named National Black Law Students Association executives

Published: July 23, 2020

Denise Wager

Ijeoma Oti and Jaylen Amaker, both rising second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, have been appointed to the 2020-2021 National Black Law Students Association executive board.

Michael Hagerty, '13 J.D., is fighting for unaccompanied immigrant children

Published: December 07, 2017

Denise Wager

After his first year as a law student, Michael Hagerty, ’13 J.D., spent his summer hiking the desert trails of the U.S.-Mexico border. As a research assistant for Paolo Carozza, a Notre Dame Law professor and director of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Hagerty was trying to better understand the challenges of migrants and the governmental and societal...

Law school professor optimistic about future Colombian peace

Published: October 24, 2016

Denise Wager

Douglass Cassel, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School and advisor to the Center for Civil and Human Rights, played a crucial role in the recent Colombian peace talks.

Fighting for unaccompanied immigrant children, one client at a time

Published: September 04, 2015

Denise Wager

In early June, Michael Hagerty, ‘13 J.D., a staff attorney with Public Counsel, a non-profit legal aid firm in Los Angeles, was in Visalia for the first time to represent a client in the Tulare County Probate Court. On that day a crucial guardianship hearing was set to take place—one that Hagerty knew was likely to determine the ultimate fate...

Rochelle Krebs ’09 J.D. benefits from the Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program to forge a public interest career path many years after graduation

Published: February 04, 2021

Denise Wager

For Rochelle Krebs ’09 J.D., the journey to a career in public interest law was not typical. Not until several years after earning her law degree from Notre Dame Law School did she begin practicing full time in civil legal aid, helping survivors of domestic violence in the Seattle area. Now, she is qualified to use the Law School’s Loan...

Religious Liberty Initiative represents Muslim voices defending Jewish groups subject to discriminatory COVID-19 closures

Published: November 20, 2020

Denise Wager

Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has filed three amicus briefs, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court. The briefs provide historical context for ways in which the government has scapegoated religious minorities during times of uncertainty or crisis.

Women’s judiciary panel and 19th Amendment exhibit to be held at ND Law School

Published: January 13, 2020

Denise Wager

Notre Dame Law School will host a panel discussion, How Women Have Shaped the Judiciary, to commemorate the 19th Amendment centennial of women’s right to vote on Friday, January 24 at 4 p.m. in McCartan Courtroom.

NDLS hosts moot court tournament for religious freedom

Published: November 16, 2017

Denise Wager

Ten moot court teams from across the country participated in the competition that was organized by NDLS students and was co-sponsored by the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society.

Notre Dame Law School names two 2015 Bank of America Foundation community sustainability fellows

Published: March 01, 2016

Denise Wager

The third-year law students each developed a public service plan to address a community sustainability problem that supported the Bank of America Foundation’s funding mission of community development, education and workforce development and critical needs.

Notre Dame Law School hosts ICLEO summer program

Published: July 28, 2015

Denise Wager

Shashan DeYoung knew the odds were against her to attend law school. As an African American single mom to twins, she realized her chances for success in law school might be lower than many of her classmates. But she was determined. “Statistically I am not expected to succeed,” she said. “I knew a program like ICLEO would give me the...

Jessica Binzoni ’15 J.D. founded a nonprofit in Iraq, the Law School’s Loan Repayment Program makes her mission to serve a reality

Published: January 26, 2021

Denise Wager

Jessica Binzoni came to Notre Dame Law School knowing that her calling was to work with refugees, especially those displaced by international conflicts. Her path after law school—including two years as a Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellow—led her to northern Iraq where she serves displaced Iraqi and Syrian refugees through the nonprofit organization she founded, HOPE + FUTURE.

ND Law students win asylum case through National Immigrant Justice Center Externship

Published: November 03, 2020

Denise Wager

Amid COVID-19 cancellations and challenges, Melvin Hydleburg and Zahraa Nasser, both second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, argued and won an asylum case last month through the Law School's National Immigrant Justice Center Externship.

ND Law students host legal aid event for local veterans

Published: February 15, 2019

Denise Wager

A group of Notre Dame Law School students recently hosted a legal aid night for veterans at the Miller Veterans Center in South Bend. They met with homeless vets on February 12 to tell them about the services the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center provides and to answer legal questions.

From boxing to earning a dual degree, SBA President Athena Aherrera does it all

Published: August 29, 2017

Denise Wager

When Athena Aherrera immigrated to the United States from the Philippines seven years ago, she had to adjust to a new country and culture. She embraced the challenge, adapted quickly, and has been running full speed ever since – something she attributes to the support of her family, friends, school, and wider community.

Notre Dame alumna establishes Chávez Family Law Fellowship to benefit Hispanic students

Published: October 08, 2015

Denise Wager

Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce the generous donation from alumna JoAnn Chávez, ’86, ’90, J.D., to establish the Chávez Family Law Fellowship to benefit Hispanic students at Notre Dame Law School.