Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Law School
Parent school	University of Notre Dame
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic (Congregation of Holy Cross)
Established	1869
School type	Private law school
Parent endowment	$18.9 billion
Dean	G. Marcus Cole
Location	Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.; 41°41′55.27″N 86°14′16.45″W / 41.6986861°N 86.2379028°W
Enrollment	529 (2022)
Faculty	135 (2022)
USNWR ranking	20th (tied) (2024)
Bar pass rate	90.16% (2019)
Website	law.nd.edu

Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,^[5]^[6] it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.^[7]

According to Notre Dame's 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 91% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation.^[8] The law school is notable for its high rate of students accepting federal judicial clerkships, placing 4th in the nation with a clerkship rate of 15.2%, behind Stanford Law School, Yale Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School.^[9]

The school enrolls about 600 students and in addition to the J.D. degree it also offers dual JD–MBA and several a dual J.D. and Masters combined degrees (including JD/MS, JD/MA, JD/M.Eng.). It also offers the only American Bar Association–approved, year-long, study-abroad program, which is based in London.^[10]

^ Vales, Emma (March 8, 2023). "Notre Dame's Endowment Value Hits Record $13.1 Billion". Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "ABA Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). ABA Standard 509 Information Report. ABA. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ "Best Law Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
^ "CombinedBPReportForDisclosure2018" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ Konop, Thomas (November 1930). "History of the Notre Dame College of Law". Notre Dame Law Review. 6 (1): 5. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^ "Century of Law at Notre Dame" (PDF). Century of Law at Notre Dame. Rev. Philip S. Moore, C.S.C. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ Owens, Dennis (1976). "American Law Schools in Their Second Century". Journal of Legal Education. 28 (2): 210–215. ISSN 0022-2208. JSTOR 42892391.
^ "University of Notre Dame" (PDF). www.nd.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
^ "These law schools sent the most grads to federal clerkships". www.reuters.com.
^ "University of Notre Dame Law School". Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.

[1] Vales, Emma (March 8, 2023). "Notre Dame's Endowment Value Hits Record $13.1 Billion". Retrieved July 14, 2023.

[enrollaba-2] "ABA Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). ABA Standard 509 Information Report. ABA. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

[3] "Best Law Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

[4] "CombinedBPReportForDisclosure2018" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[NDLR-5] Konop, Thomas (November 1930). "History of the Notre Dame College of Law". Notre Dame Law Review. 6 (1): 5. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[6] "Century of Law at Notre Dame" (PDF). Century of Law at Notre Dame. Rev. Philip S. Moore, C.S.C. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[:0-7] Owens, Dennis (1976). "American Law Schools in Their Second Century". Journal of Legal Education. 28 (2): 210–215. ISSN 0022-2208. JSTOR 42892391.

[University_of_Notre_Dame-8] "University of Notre Dame" (PDF). www.nd.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

[9] "These law schools sent the most grads to federal clerkships". www.reuters.com.

[10] "University of Notre Dame Law School". Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.

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