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Notre Dame Lawyer—2018 Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame Law School NDLScholarship Notre Dame Lawyer Law School Publications 2018 Notre Dame Lawyer—2018 Notre Dame Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/nd_lawyer Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Notre Dame Law School, "Notre Dame Lawyer—2018" (2018). Notre Dame Lawyer. 39. https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/nd_lawyer/39 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Publications at NDLScholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Notre Dame Lawyer by an authorized administrator of NDLScholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Q&A with Dean Newton Pg. 2 Big Ideas The expansion of ND Law’s intellectual property program is bearing fruit Pg. 20 20 18 A DIFFERENT KIND of LAWYER PHOTOGRAPHY Alicia Sachau and University Marketing Communications EDITOR Kevin Allen Notre Dame Lawyer 1337 Biolchini Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-5962 [email protected] Inside 2 Dean Newton 4 Briefs & News 10 Profiles: A Different Kind of Lawyer 16 London Law at 50 20 Intellectual Property 26 Father Mike 30 Faculty News 36 Alumni Notes 44 In Memoriam 46 The Couples of ’81 48 Interrogatory Briefs Dean Newton Steps Down Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of service. What was your rela- ÅZ[\\QUMIVLM^MVUMM\QVO sion that leads to follow-up tionship with Notre Dame Fr. Ted. These memories MUIQT[)_ITSIZW]VL\PM before you became the Law are even more tender TISM[WZ\W\PM/ZW\\WKIV School’s dean? because Rob died in 1995 provide a moment to be My brother Rob Mier of lymphoma caused by his grateful for all the ways that attended ND on a Navy exposure to Agent Orange the Notre Dame community ROTC scholarship. For a in Vietnam. Still, I feel has enriched my spiritual Newton assumed the Catholic family of very lim- his presence at the oddest and intellectual life. deanship at the beginning ited means, attending col- UWUMV\[_PQTM_ITSQVO lege was a dream and going around campus. of a recession that You continued to teach to Notre Dame seemed an while serving as dean. You resulted in diminishing impossible dream. His great You make it a point to taught the 1L course in job prospects for law grades and activities at St. walk at least 10,000 steps contract law twice and school graduates across Louis U. High resulted in each day. Aside from the more recently supervised the country and a him being admitted, and health benefits, why do you and taught in the D.C. the Navy made the dream always make time to take semester externship program. What do you love concomitant serious come true. I still remember daily walks? about teaching? downturn in applications the long, detailed letter my I am a reformed mara- to law schools. Despite brother sent me about his \PWVZ]VVMZ[W_ITSQVOQ[ As any 1L professor will tell you, it is a special joy watch- these challenges, Notre ÅZ[\NWW\JITT_MMSMVL¸\PM important for my mental as ZITTQM[JWVÅZM[[PMVIVQ- ing students develop in abil- Dame Law School is well as physical health. It’s gans, and a blow-by-blow a great way to encounter Q\aIVLKWVÅLMVKM\PZW]OP- thriving and continues recap of the game. 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One of your areas of focus technology to enable students :Q\M Created five new research programs]ٺas dean has been on innovation [\]LaQVOQVWVMWN W]ZW Church, State, and Society; Constitutional and adopting new technology. programs in Chicago, D.C., or Structure; Law and Economics; Law and How has technology changed London to participate actively Market Behavior; and Private Law. legal education and the prac- in South Bend-based courses, tice of law? Improved student services by expanding and vice versa. the Career Development Office and adding I strongly believe that law a wellness counselor. graduates should have an Saw 90 percent of its 2017 grads accept understanding of the ways in What are you looking for- full-time, long-term positions. ward to next? which technology is used in law Created eight programs of study to guide practice and how it is lessening 6M`\NITT1XTIV\W\ISM\PMÅZ[\ course selection for students. or even eliminating the need for of two fall semester sabbaticals. 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NOTRE DAME Lawyer 3 Briefs Off the 1 2 Bench Prominent judges visit 3 ND Law School Several prominent federal judges visited Notre Dame Law School L]ZQVO\PM· IKILMUQKaMIZ\W[XMIS\W[\]LMV\[1VNIK\ Å^MWN \PW[MR]LOM[_MZMWV8ZM[QLMV\,WVITL<Z]UX¼[TQ[\WN potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees to succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. In November 2017, JUDGE THOMAS HARDIMAN (1) of the U.S. 4 5 +W]Z\WN )XXMIT[NWZ\PM<PQZL+QZK]Q\_I[\PMSMaVW\M[XMISMZI\ \PM6W\ZM,IUM4I_:M^QM_¼[IVV]IT[aUXW[Q]U_PQKPTWWSMLI\ the future of administrative law. Judge Hardiman earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. Law School JUDGE MARGARET A. RYAN ’95 J.D. (2) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces delivered a Clynes Chair Lecture on the improves LRAP appellate process in January. Notre Dame Law School is proud to have a generous Loan Repay- JUDGE RAYMOND KETHLEDGE (3) of the U.S. Court of Appeals ment Assistance Program to help J.D. graduates who are beginning NWZ\PM;Q`\P+QZK]Q\^Q[Q\MLQV2IV]IZa\W\ITSIJW]\PQ[JWWSLead legal careers in public interest and public service. LRAP is designed Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. \WMV[]ZM\PI\OZIL]I\M[IZMÅVIVKQITTaIJTM\W_WZSQV\PMVWV- JUDGE AMUL THAPAR (4) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth XZWÅ\[MK\WZOW^MZVUMV\XWTQKaIL^WKIKaP]UIVZQOP\[IVLW\PMZ +QZK]Q\IT[W[XWSMI\\PM4I_;KPWWTQV.MJZ]IZaI\IZMKMX\QWV ÅMTL[_PMZMTI_aMZ[UISM^IT]IJTMKWV\ZQJ]\QWV[J]\IZMWN\MVXIQL KMTMJZI\QVO\PMX]JTQKI\QWVWN )[[WKQI\M,MIV:IVLa3WbMT¼[JWWS lower salaries. on precedent, Settled Versus Right.
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