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Notre Dame Law School, or NDLS, is the professional graduate law program of its parent institution, the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869, NDLS is the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the United States. NDLS was ranked 22nd among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools" by U.S. News & World Report in 2007. Notre Dame Law School is also distinguished as having the nation's only year-long study-abroad program approved by the American Bar Association. The program, which takes place in London, also offers a summer session open to all law schools.

The Law School's national program is designed to equip students to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction. NDLS is unique among American law schools in addition to its rigorous academic curriculum; its program incorporates religious, moral, and ethical development among its students. This mission is reflected in the NDLS motto, "Educating a Different Kind of Lawyer." The Law School also offers a trial advocacy program that is regarded as being among the top 10 such programs in the nation. The Law School grants the professional Juris Doctor degree as well as the graduate Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees.

An expansion of the Law School building will be completed in 2009. The Kresge Law Library, which is in the center of the current building, will be expanded to take up the building in its entirety, with classes held in the new section which will be constructed on the site of the old post office. The two buildings will be connected by a suspended walkway.

• G. Robert Blakey, author of the RICO statute
• Tom Clements, former Notre Dame star quarterback
• Joe Donnelly, United States Congressman (D-IN)
• Peter King, United States Congressman (R-NY)
• Patrick F. McCartan, Chairman of the University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees, former managing partner at Jones Day
• Bryan Moynihan, President, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America Corporation
• Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst and former judge
• Michael A. Stepovich, former Governor of Alaska
• Pete Visclosky, United States Congressman (D-IN),

Main article: List of University of Notre Dame alumni

Notre Dame Law School publishes four student-run journals:

• Notre Dame Law Review
• The Journal of Legislation
• The Journal of College and University Law
• Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy

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• The Joan B. Kroc Institute for World Peace
  
• "Law School Receives $21 million," The Observer Online, 8/26/05
  
• Profile of the 2006 Entering Class