ND Law School hosts investiture of Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, ’97 J.D., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. // Photos by Notre Dame Law Professor Julian Velasco.
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Notre Dame Law School celebrates Professor Randy Kozel's book
The Notre Dame Law School community celebrated Randy Kozel’s book, Settled Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, on Thursday with a ceremony and reception in Eck Commons.
Professor Samuel Bray speaks to House Judiciary members about nationwide injunctions
Bray was one of four experts invited to testify Thursday in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The hearing was on the role and impact of nationwide injunctions by district courts.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and legal scholars discuss Professor A.J. Bellia’s book
From left to right: Judge Debra Livingston, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Judge David Barron, Notre Dame Law Professor A.J. Bellia, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, George Washington…
U.S. Senate confirms Professor Amy Barrett as federal judge
“Amy Barrett has been a beloved teacher and outstanding scholar,” said Nell Jessup Newton, the Joseph A. Matson Dean of Notre Dame Law School. “I am confident she will be a wise, fair, and brilliant jurist as well.”
Conference to consider Professor A.J. Bellia’s path-breaking book on international law and the Constitution
A.J. Bellia, the O’Toole Professor of Constitutional Law at Notre Dame, has co-authored a path-breaking book on customary international law and the United States Constitution with Bradford R. Clark, the William Cranch Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. The Law of Nations and the United States Constitution&, published by Oxford University Press (2017), is the latest work in their years-long research collaboration.
Five visiting professors to teach at Notre Dame Law School this year
Five professors from law schools around the nation will be joining the Notre Dame faculty this year as visiting professors.
Associate Dean Randy Kozel develops a theory of precedent in new book
In the American legal system, it’s a generally accepted view that judges should not disrupt the decisions of their predecessors unless they have a compelling reason to do so. The principle is known by the Latin phrase stare decisis – “to stand by things decided.” The goal is to preserve the law’s core without permanently entrenching every judicial mistake.
The key question is: When should judges break from precedent? After all, even Supreme Court justices disagree about the role of precedent in particular cases.
Notre Dame Law Students Win at Moot Court Competitions
Notre Dame Law School students earned some hardware this past weekend at Moot Court competitions in Washington, D.C., and Indianapolis.
NDLS Program on Constitutional Structure Sponsored London Conference, Continuity and Change in Public Law
The Program on Constitutional Structure and the University of Oxford co-sponsored a conference, Continuity and Change in Public Law, Feb. 16-17 at the University of Notre Dame in London.
NDLS LL.M. Students Win Regional Moot Court Competition and Advance to International Finals
Four Notre Dame Law School students from the LL.M. program in International Human Rights Law recently won the Americas regional round of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition.
The team of Martins Birgelis (Latvia), Rachana Chhin (United States), Ruth Cormican (Ireland), and Jodi-Ann Quarrie (Jamaica) competed at Cardozo School of Law against several teams from across the Western Hemisphere on Jan. 25-29. They will move on to the final international round in April at Oxford University.
In Memoriam: Judge Thomas William (“Tom”) O’Toole
By Nell Jessup Newton, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law
I am very sorry to announce that one of our most…
Judge Amul Thapar Speaks to NDLS Students on Constitution Day
Judge Amul Thapar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky spoke to a packed audience of students and faculty at Notre Dame Law School on September 16, in celebration of Constitution Day.
Professor Kozel Examines How Precedent Can Bring Consistency to the Court
With the country focused on selecting its next president and on who will replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Notre Dame Law School Professor Randy Kozel’s research considers how the Court can establish a continuing identity even as its membership changes.
Judge Amul Thapar to Speak at NDLS for Constitution Day
U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar will speak at Notre Dame Law School on Sept. 16, in celebration of Constitution Day.
Sponsored by the NDLS Program on Constitutional Structure and the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies, Judge Thapar’s lecture is entitled, “Can Judges Speak? The First…
Notre Dame LL.M. Grads Lead in South Africa
Twenty years since the birth of South Africa’s democracy, graduates of Notre Dame’s LL.M program in International Human Rights Law with the Center for Civil and Human Rights returned to Notre Dame to discuss their efforts to maintain and improve the country’s developing constitutionalism.
South Africa Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga Joins Notre Dame Law School as a Visiting Scholar
Mbuyiseli Madlanga, LL.M. ’90, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will teach and participate in several events in April as the Judge James J. Clynes, Jr., Visiting Chair.…
ND Law Professors and Constitutional Law Scholars Discuss Constitutional Interpretation at London Roundtable
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Constitutional Structure is hosting a roundtable discussion on Friday, Feb. 5 at the Notre Dame London Law Centre. The roundtable will bring leading American constitutional law scholars with counterparts from Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand for a thought-provoking discussion on Comparative Perspectives in Constitutional Interpretation.
Law Schools Reimagine the Boston Massacre Trial in Shamrock Series Event
Notre Dame and Boston College law students made final arguments in a reimagining of the Boston Massacre Trial 245 years ago, celebrating the importance of the trial with the early and enduring example of the Boston Massacre Trial.
Supreme Court could improve on its selection of cases, law scholars argue
In the early 1980s, the Supreme Court decided some 150 cases a year, nearly twice the number it annually decides these days. Legal scholars and practitioners of law have criticized, lamented and even denounced this “docket shrinkage,” but while much attention has been paid to how the Supreme Court decides its cases, far less attention has been paid to the question of which cases the Court chooses to decide — and which cases it chooses not to.
