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  Regis W. Campfield, 1942–2017

  Notre Dame Law School

  Regis W. Campfield, Marilyn Jeanne Johnson Distinguished Law Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law in Dedman School of Law, received his B.B.A., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and LL.B. from the University of Virginia. He practiced law with a firm in Cleveland and taught at the University of Notre Dame Law School before joining Dedman School of Law in 1977. He has taught courses in wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation, and estate planning.

  Regis Campfield who was on our faculty long ago, before moving to SMU Law School in 1977. Regis was a nationally known expert in trusts and estates and in particular estate & gift taxation. He was the founder of the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, an annual mega-CLE program, which he operated as a family project, with his dear wife Mary and various children drafted to work on everything from mailing lists to welcoming attendees. While Regis turned over the reins of the Institute to the Law School the year I became Dean, he always remained interested in the Law School and I enjoyed a close relationship with Regis and Mary in the ensuing years. The Tax and Estate Planning Institute continues under the watchful eye of Mike Kirsch and the direction of Jerry Hesch of the University of Miami. The 43d annual Institute was just held last week. Regis and Mary also created a generous fellowship fund at the Law School and generations of students will benefit from this gift.

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  Judge Thomas William (“Tom”) O’Toole, 1938–2016

  Notre Dame Law School

  One of our most cherished alumni, Judge Tom O’Toole, passed away on October 13, 2016.

  A member of the NDLS Advisory Council since 2011, Tom and his wife Elaine generously endowed the O’Toole Professorship of Constitutional Law, a chair now held by Professor A.J. Bellia. Tom’s generosity went beyond financial support to include the kind of advice and wise counsel that are so important to the functioning of a great law school.

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  Mosupatsela Karabo Vika Moleah, 1990–2016

  Notre Dame Law School

  In 1990 Karabo was born in Delaware, the second child of Alfred and Thabisile Moleah.
  
  At age 5 the family moved to South Africa to usher in the end of apartheid. Even at that age he had already laid out his plans for becoming a lawyer, insisting he would return to the US to attend law school. At age 10, the family moved to Vienna, Austria. There he had some of the most important years of his development at the American International School, where he met several of his life-long friends. In addition to discovering a love for skateboarding. At 15, following the untimely death of his father, Karabo returned to South Africa, completing his high school at Crawford College North Coast. There he excelled in oratory and debate.
  
  For his undergraduate studies, he went on to attend Temple University in Philadelphia, where he graduated cum laude in criminal justice. His love of debate and his passion for persuasive speech continued, culminating with strong performances in national mock trial tournaments. Following undergrad, he was accepted to the University of Notre Dame for law school, where he was known as a “bringer of change” to the class of 2016.

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  Conrad Lawler Kellenberg, 1928–2016

  Notre Dame Law Shcool

  Born February 12, 1928

  Conrad L. Kellenberg has been a member of the faculty of the Notre Dame Law School since 1955, becoming a full professor in 1967, and serving as director of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program from 1965 through 1967. His teaching experience includes visiting professorships at the University of East Africa (1964-65) and the University of London (1968-70). He earned his A.B. from St. John’s University in 1949 and his J.D. from Columbia University in 1952; he also studied as a graduate fellow at Yale University (1958-59). Admitted to the New York Bar in 1952, Professor Kellenberg served as a legal officer in the U.S. Air Force and engaged in private law practice in New York City from 1953 to 1955.

  
  Professor Kellenberg taught in the areas of environmental, energy, minerals, water, agricultural, land-use, public-lands, and housing and community development law. He has been a member of the International Third World Legal Studies Association since 1965.

  Born into Eternal Life April 8, 2016