Catherine Kolesar

Catherine Kolesar is a third-year law student from Bethesda, Maryland. She graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in Political Science. At Notre Dame, Catherine serves as the executive managing editor of the Notre Dame Law Review and as a research assistant for Professor Meredith Kessler. She is also a Murphy Fellow with Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society. During her 1L summer, Catherine worked at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., and during her 2L summer, she worked at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. After graduation, Catherine will clerk for the Honorable Andrew L. Brasher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.