Notre Dame Law School has established a new fellowship to support students exploring the area of law and religion. The Murphy Fellowship is named in honor of longtime and former Notre Dame Law Professor Edward J. Murphy.
The inaugural Murphy Fellows — Joseph Andres, Olivia Lyons, Hadiah Mabry, and Tess Skehan — will actively participate in the programming of both the Program on Church, State & Society and the Religious Liberty Initiative. In addition, they will have the opportunity, during their second and third years, to participate in the Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic.
Murphy was an exemplary Catholic legal scholar and law teacher. He joined the faculty in 1957, served as acting dean during the 1970-71 academic year, and directed the Notre Dame Summer Program in Japan in 1974. He was appointed the John N. Matthews Professor of Law in 1979, becoming the first chaired law professor at Notre Dame.
Former Dean David T. Link said in an article about Murphy, “Ed was a professor for all seasons: teacher, scholar, mentor, role model and committed servant to the University and the Church.”
Murphy was known as a leading academic authority in the area of contracts. He was the co-author of the most widely used contract casebook in the country at the time. He also taught jurisprudence during his time at the Law School.
Charles Rice, former professor of law and colleague of Murphy, wrote about his teaching of jurisprudence in a remembrance article, saying, “In his teaching of Jurisprudence Professor Murphy uniquely integrated faith and morality with the law.”
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https://law.nd.edu/news-events/news/2022-church-state-society-murphy-fellows/
