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Emma Duffy | Friday, September 16, 2022
On Aug. 31, Notre Dame Law School announced that they will be terminating their early decision program. This means that all prospective students will now have the ability to apply to the non-binding regular decision application. One’s interest in attending the law school will now no longer be shown through the time they apply, but
Lilyann Gardner | Thursday, March 3, 2022
Notre Dame’s mock trial A and B teams will be advancing to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa later this month. Notre Dame’s Mock Trial A, B and C teams all received bids that qualified them for the championship series, but national rules restrict schools to the participation of two teams.
Ryan Peters | Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Twenty-five years ago, Amy Coney Barrett helped lay the groundwork for the Notre Dame Law Review’s Federal Courts issue as executive editor. On Monday, Barrett returned to Notre Dame to speak at the Law Review’s Federal Courts Symposium, though this time as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. During her keynote address for the symposium, Barrett
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, January 25, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett will return to Notre Dame to deliver the keynote address at the Notre Dame Law Review’s 2022 Federal Courts Symposium on Feb. 14, according to a Monday University press release. The lecture will be held in the McCartan Courtroom at the Law School at 12:30 p.m. Only
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
One incredible benefit of being at Notre Dame Law School is the opportunity to complete a directed reading. A directed reading is where you develop a research proposal and write a substantive paper on that topic, guided one-on-one by a professor of your choosing. At the end of the semester, a paper of 10,000 words
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Sometimes, Notre Dame Law School presents us with an opportunity to engage in the more important questions of life. Among those questions is one I posed to my colleagues throughout the spring semester last year: “What is your favorite common-law writ or form of action?” The possibilities in answering this question are many, and while
Alysa Guffey | Friday, April 9, 2021
Notre Dame Law School (NDLS) closed its deposit form Tuesday evening, nine days before the deposit deadline to confirm enrollment, after the spots in the incoming class went from 67% to 100% full in six hours. In their acceptance letters, admitted students were told they had until April 15 to submit a non-refundable $600 deposit
Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 15, 2021
Rachel Palermo, a third-year Notre Dame Law student will work as assistant press secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated next week, according to a Jan. 8 Biden-Harris press release. Palermo completed her undergraduate degree at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and from there, worked for the Democratic National Committee
Emily DeFazio | Wednesday, October 28, 2020
On Sept. 26, Notre Dame Law School professor Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Barrett’s nomination was confirmed Monday evening, meaning she will fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s position. Students throughout the tri-campus community had a range of reactions
Claire Rafford | Friday, October 16, 2020
Since President Donald Trump nominated Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court on Sept. 26, the political climate around her selection has been contentious and controversial. Within the Notre Dame community, many faculty members have spoken out regarding Barrett’s nomination. Eighty-eight Notre