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Observer Staff Report | Thursday, January 10, 2019
University President Fr. John Jenkins appointed G. Marcus Cole as the new dean of the Law School, the University announced in a press release Thursday. Cole will assume his new position July 1, succeeding Nell Jessup Newton, who announced her departure in August. A professor of law at Stanford since 1997, Cole served as associate
Christopher Parker | Wednesday, November 14, 2018
The Notre Dame Law School hosted Anthony Ray Hinton to deliver a lecture titled “From Death Row to a Life of Freedom” in the McCartan Courtroom on Tuesday. Hinton spoke about his experience living on death row for 30 years for two capital murder charges that he did not commit. The lecture began with an
Observer Staff Report | Friday, November 3, 2017
After being nominated by President Donald Trump in May, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Notre Dame law professor Amy Barrett as a federal judge, the Notre Dame Law School announced in a press release Tuesday. Barrett, who will serve as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, graduated from
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Friday, January 20, 2017
A year ago, Russell Lovell, professor emeritus at Drake Law School, got a call from Benny Anders, the president of the Iowa-Nebraska chapter of the NAACP. Anders joked that now that Lovell was retired, he was now going to be working full time for the NAACP after years of being a volunteer civil rights lawyer.
Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 9, 2016
Students will have a second chance Friday to apply for tickets to see U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during her first-ever visit to Notre Dame. The main event, “A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” will be held in Purcell Pavilion on Monday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and
Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, October 15, 2015
Two and a half hours after her lecture concluded, one of Meg Penrose’s clients was executed for killing a police officer. “Today is a somber day. It’s a difficult thing to talk about,” she said. “Tonight, as my client is executed, there are many people who will feel vindicated.” Penrose, a professor of law at Texas
Megan Valley | Sunday, October 4, 2015
In the keynote address of a symposium sponsored by Notre Dame Law School, adjunct professor of law Alexandra Levy said the drama of sex trafficking makes it a “good story” for news outlets to cover. In the lecture, Levy sought to answer the question “why is sex trafficking a crime?” “Maybe more than any other
Emma Borne | Sunday, October 4, 2015
Last Friday, Notre Dame political science professor Dan Philpott presented his ethic of reconciliation in times of gross injustice as part of a series on the Holocaust currently taking place at the University. “Remembrance: The Holocaust in a Global Context” is a series of lectures, films and discussions planned to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of
Margaret Hynds | Thursday, September 3, 2015
Braving this week’s heat wave, hundreds of students waited in a line that wrapped around the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC) last night, hoping to be one of the few students who would secure a seat at an event featuring Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor when general admission tickets were released at 6 p.m. “We
Selena Ponio | Monday, August 31, 2015
This Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be at the Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Art’s Center addressing issues and questions brought up by members of the Notre Dame community. NBC News correspondent Anne Thompson and Judge Anne Claire Williams, both Notre Dame alumnae, will