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Jill Bodensteiner joined the Notre Dame athletics department in July 2009 as associate athletics director in the areas of compliance and legal affairs. She made the move to the athletic department following 12 years with Notre Dame's office of General Counsel, including extensive work with athletic issues. In her current role, she serves as the athletics liaison to the General Counsel's office.
Bodensteiner also serves as the sport administrator for women's basketball, teaming with athletics director Jack Swarbrick to assist Muffet McGraw's squad on an administrative basis.
"Jill has worked very closely with us in recent years in a variety of contractual and legal areas, and she has an excellent feel for what athletics is about. I'm confident she will enable us to enjoy a seamless transition in the critical area of compliance," Notre Dame director of athletics Jack Swarbrick said. "Jill has partnered with us in the past on compliance-related matters and she is well-versed in NCAA rules and regulations as well as Notre Dame's expectations."
University Vice President and General Counsel Marianne Corr expressed that, "this is an exciting opportunity for Jill and we are delighted that we will continue to work together as she takes on new responsibilities for our student-athletes."
Within the University, Bodensteiner has served as the primary contact for legal issues in the areas of employment (working with Human Resources and the academic leadership), athletics and international studies. In addition, she has been an ex officio member of the University committee on women faculty and students and as a member of the University benefits committee, and chairs Notre Dame's Equity in Athletics Task Force.
Before joining the Notre Dame office of the General Counsel in 1997, Bodensteiner specialized in employment litigation as an associate at two law firms, Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago and Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis. A member of the bar in Indiana and Illinois, she also clerked for the Honorable Catherine Perry, a United States District Court judge in St. Louis.
She received her bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from Notre Dame in 1991, her J.D. from Washington University Law School in St. Louis in 1994, and her MBA from Notre Dame in 2008. She's a native of Valparaiso, Ind.
