Tonia Murphy

Teaching Professor

Accountancy

Biography

Tonia Murphy obtained her undergraduate degree in English from Notre Dame and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. Before joining the faculty, she practiced law with a large law firm in Indianapolis and worked as an in-house lawyer at Eli Lilly and Company. She teaches the introductory Business Law course and serves as pre-law advisor for the College.

Professor Murphy is a former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Legal Studies Education and served ten years as a Staff Editor of the American Business Law Journal. Her recent research concerns free speech, contract law, and pedagogy in legal studies courses. Murphy has earned national recognition for teaching and research, including the Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and four Hoeber Memorial Awards for Best Article in the Journal of Legal Studies Education. At Notre Dame, she has received the Joe and Gina Prochaska Family Teaching Award (by vote of graduating Mendoza seniors) and the James Dincolo Outstanding Teaching Award. Murphy is a member (inactive in good standing) of the Indiana Bar.

Background

Education

BA, University of Notre Dame
JD, University of Michigan

Jobs

Member, Executive Committee, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Member, Executive Committee, Academy of Legal Studies in Business

Expertise

Business Law

Editorial Boards

Other, Journal of Legal Studies Education (2026)
Other, Journal of Legal Studies Education (2025 - 2025)
Senior Editor, Journal of Legal Studies Education (2012 - 2012)
Associate Editor, American Business Law Journal (2013 - 2013)
Other, Journal of Legal Studies Education (2010 - 2010)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Legal Studies Education (2006 - 2006)

Publications

Editor's Note: Toward Reason and Judgment

Tonia Murphy

Journal of Legal Studies Education

2026

Editor's Note: Enduring Goals

Tonia Murphy

Journal of Legal Studies Education

2026

Why and How to Include Comparative Law Examples in Today's Business Law or Legal Environment Course

Tonia Murphy

Journal of Legal Studies Education

2024

A Post-COVID Review of Classroom Practices

Tonia Murphy

National Center for Biotechnology Information

2022

A Post-COVID Review of Classroom Practices

Tonia Murphy

Journal of Legal Studies Education

2022

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Presentations

From Idea to Impact: Developing and Sharing Your Teaching, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2026)
Teaching and Pedagogy Colloquium, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2026)
Getting Published, Annual Meeting (2025)
Teaching and Pedagogy Colloquium, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2023)
Stewards and Scholars: Impact of Teaching Professionals, Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting (2022)
Teaching and Pedagogy Colloquium, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2022)
Law in the Time of Coronavirus: How and Why to Cover COVID-19 Disruptions in a Business Law or Legal Environment Course, Boston College Business Law Faculty (2021)
Law in the Time of Coronavirus: How and Why to Cover Coronavirus Disruptions in a Business Law or Legal Environment Course, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2020)
Legal Protections for Product Innovation, Innovative Products Marketing course (2019)
The Right of Publicity: Worth a Closer Look in the Classroom, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2019)
Fostering Civic Knowledge in Introductory Business Law and Legal Environment Courses : A Closer Look at Freedom of Speech, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2018)
Legal Protections for Product Innovation, Innovative Products Marketing course (2017)
Scholarship and Reviewing Best Practices, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2016)
So You Want to Go to Law School?, Annual Meeting (2015)
Covenants Not to Compete in Employment Contracts: Worth a Closer Look in the Classroom", Annual Meeting (2014)
Mandating Use of Predictive Coding in Electronic Discovery: An Ill-Advised Judicial Intrusion, Annual Meeting (2012)
Nutrisoya v. Sunrich: Anatomy of a Sales Dispute, Annual Meeting (2011)
Business Education Under Attack: Can the Criticisms in Academically Adrift and Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education Be Addressed by Strong Business Law and Ethics Programs?, Annual Meeting (2011)
Getting Published, Annual Meeting (2011)
Nutrisoya v. Sunrich: Anatomy of a Dispute, Annual Meeting (2011)
The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business in the United States, ChuSanRen Program (2010)
The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business in the United States, ChuSanRen Program (2009)
Reneging: A Topic to Promote Engaging Discussions About Law and Ethics in a Business Law or Legal Environment Course, Annual Meeting (2008)
Teaching Business Law: Opportunities to Embrace the Catholic Mission, Business Education at Catholic Universities (2008)
Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business in the United States, ChuSanRen Program (2008)
Legal Tips for Renters, Senior Transition Seminar (2008)
Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business in the United States, ChuSanRen Program (2007)
Michael Novak's Business as a Calling as a Vehicle for Addressing Ethical and Policy Concerns in a Business Law Course, Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting (2006)
The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business in the United States, ChuSanRen Program (2006)

Awards

Joe and Gina Prochaska Family Teaching Award, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame (2025)
James Dincolo Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Accountancy, Notre Dame (2024)
Ralph C. Hoeber Memorial Award for the Outstanding Article, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2021)
Outstanding Reviewer, American Business Law Journal (2020)
Winner, Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Competition, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2020)
Ralph C. Hoeber Memorial Award for the Outstanding Article, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2017)
Ralph C. Hoeber Memorial Award for the Outstanding Article, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2015)
Jackson Lewis LLP Award for the Outstanding Employment Law Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2014)
Finalist, Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Competition, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2011)
Ralph C. Hoeber Memorial Award for the Outstanding Article, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2009)