Jacqueline Carney

Jacqueline Carney is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Notre Dame Law School, joining in 2023. She specializes in legal writing and appellate practice, with professional experience including a clerkship with Judge Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and work at Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC. Her legal career includes complex commercial litigation, appellate advocacy, and active pro bono engagement.

Education:

• B.A. in International Studies, magna cum laude, Boston College (2016)
• J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center (2021)

Research focuses on legal writing pedagogy, appellate procedure, and healthcare law through her noted scholarship on the Hyde Amendment. She emphasizes practical legal skills training and ethical advocacy in her teaching.