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Hall Center Welcomes Health Law Expert Nicolas Terry to the Faculty

The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law is honored to announce that Professor Nicolas Terry has been appointed the Hall Render Professor of Law and also will serve as the co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health as of January 1, 2012. Prior to joining IU, Terry was the Chester A. Myers Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he taught Torts, Products Liability, Health Information Technology, Law & Science, and Health Care Quality. Terry, who co-directed SLU’s top-ranked Center for Health Law Studies from 2000-2008, will now lead the law school’s program here in Indianapolis along with Professor David Orentlicher, who joined the Center in 1995.

“We could not have asked for a more qualified addition to our health law credentials. Professor Terry is universally known and respected in the field of health law and will increase the national prominence our Hall Center enjoys,” says IU McKinney School of Law Dean, Gary R. Roberts. “We are happy to welcome him to our law school family.”
Born in England, Terry was educated at Kingston University and the University of Cambridge, and first taught at the University of Exeter in England before joining the Saint Louis faculty. He has served as a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School and as a visiting faculty member at the law schools of Santa Clara University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Washington University, and the University of Iowa. From 2008-10 Terry served as his school’s Senior Associate Dean. His research focuses primarily on the intersection of medicine, law, and information technology.

Terry replaces Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney who retired from Indiana University in June of 2011 after founding and leading the Hall Center for Law and Health for 24 years.

The Hall Center will celebrate its 25^th year in April of 2012.

IU School of Law-Indianapolis Named for Business and Civic Leader Robert H. McKinney

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today announced the naming of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in honor of Indianapolis attorney, banker and civic leader, Robert H. McKinney. (Watch the webcast)

The school will be known as the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in recognition of the largest gift ever received by the school and one of the largest in legal education.

McKinney’s gift of $24 million, along with matching funds committed through the IUPUI IMPACT fundraising campaign, will bring the total value of the gift to $31.5 million. The landmark gift will provide funding for five endowed chairs to attract and retain nationally recognized scholar-teachers to the faculty. The gift will also create a $17.5 million endowment to fund McKinney Family Scholarships for outstanding students.

“With this extremely generous gift, Bob McKinney will have a transformative impact on a law school that already has provided the academic foundation for a remarkable number of lawyers, judges and community and government leaders across Indiana and beyond,” McRobbie said.

“This gift will be instrumental in our efforts to attract nationally renowned legal scholars to our law school in Indianapolis, as well as top-flight students from around the country, and we are deeply grateful to Bob for his generosity,” McRobbie added.

IU School of Law-Indianapolis Dean Gary R. Roberts said the gift will make a major difference in the school's ability to achieve its long-term goals. "It is impossible to overstate the impact of this gift upon the law school, the campus and the state," Roberts said, adding that the McKinney School is believed to be one of just a few of the nearly 200 law schools in the country to be named for a major benefactor. "It provides for faculty chairs and student support to create an unparalleled resource with which to realize the aspirations of our school -- to become one of the finest public law schools in the nation. And because this law school produces so many leaders throughout the state, this is an investment in the future of the people of Indiana and beyond.”

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Charles R. Bantz praised the gift as being consistent both with the school’s future vision and Bob McKinney’s commitment to legal education in Indiana. “This tremendous gift supports the McKinney School's commitment to being a leader in legal education,” Bantz said. “As a founding partner of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, one of the largest law firms in Indianapolis, Bob McKinney will lend his name to a school that can proudly claim many prominent lawyers, judges and public servants worldwide as its alumni.”

Approximately 80 CEOs of companies headquartered in Indiana are alumni of the school, as are the chief of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, a former U.S. vice president and members of Congress. In recent years, the school has strengthened its offerings in such areas as public health, intellectual property law, state and local government law, environmental law and international law.

“A law degree is a great introduction to broad areas of leadership -- political leadership, business leadership and civic leadership,” McKinney said. “The IU law school in Indianapolis plays a vital role in developing the leaders Indiana needs to succeed. I am excited to be able to make a commitment that will help the school build on its proud heritage and achieve its goal of being one of the best law schools in the country.”

Originally trained as an engineer, McKinney received his law degree from IU and also holds a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. Until his retirement in 2005, McKinney served as chairman and CEO of First Indiana Corporation, parent company of First Indiana Bank (now known as M&I Bank). He was also a founding partner of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, an Indianapolis law firm, from which he retired in 1992.

Because of his commitment to community-based banking, McKinney was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to chair multiple federal banking, insurance, mortgage and loan agencies. In that role, McKinney established model non-discrimination regulations and pushed for community investment.

At IU, McKinney served as a trustee from 1989 to 1998 and was president of the Board of Trustees from 1993 to 1994. He was chairman of the Board of Advisors of IUPUI and is currently a director of the IU Foundation. McKinney’s previous gifts to IU include the Robert H. McKinney Law Professorship and the Bose McKinney & Evans Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, and contributions to the V. Sue Shields Scholarship, all in the IU Maurer School of Law. He has also contributed to the Conservation Law Center and the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

“Bob is absolutely dedicated to excellence and to his community, and expresses that commitment with integrity, loyalty and grace,” said IU Foundation President Gene Tempel. “His gift today stands as a challenge and invitation to others who believe in the mission of the school and the importance of its contributions to the community and the state.”

McKinney’s gift, which will be administered and invested by the IU Foundation, was made through the IUPUI IMPACT campaign, a $1.25 billion fundraising campaign publicly announced in October 2010. As of September 2011, the effort had surpassed the $1 billion mark.

The IU Board of Trustees approved the naming at its October meeting. The name change will be effective as of today, Dec. 1. The school is planning a formal renaming ceremony and celebration to take place in the spring.

Law School Launches Health Compliance Program with Major Conference

The Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis is launching a major initiative in biomedical and health industry compliance law.

To launch the program, the Hall Center is convening an Inaugural Biomedical and Health Industry Law and Compliance Conference on September 21, 2011 at the law school. The focus of the conference is law and compliance, with special emphasis on emerging compliance trends, fraud and abuse, enforcement and pharmaceutical and manufacturing issues. The event offers 6.0 hours of Indiana Continuing Legal Education Credit (including 1.0 hours of Ethics Credit).

Dean Gary R. Roberts says, “The school has the expertise to provide outstanding education to the growing group of health lawyers and professionals pursuing careers in health care compliance law.”

This initiative will offer expanded courses and clinical education offerings in the compliance field and develop a certificate program in health law with a specialty in biomedical and health industry compliance law by 2012. This specialty curriculum will be established within the existing Health Law Curriculum and the existing track in the law school’s LL.M. for Health Law, Policy and Bioethics.

NBC journalist Jonathan Alter will speak at noon and Joyce R. Branda, Director of the Fraud Section of the Commercial Litigation Branch at the U.S. Department of Justice, will give the morning keynote on “Health Care Reform and Health Care Fraud Enforcement.” Branda supervises civil fraud matters and federal litigation under the False Claims Act and other laws. She has lectured extensively and appeared on panels on health care fraud, procurement fraud and on the False Claims Act and civil enforcement.

Professor Emeritus and former co-director of the Hall Center, Eleanor DeArman Kinney will be honored at the reception in the Conour Atrium following the conference.

CLH Scholar to Speak at Seton Hall Symposium

Priscilla D. Keith, ’93, Adjunct Professor and Director of Research and Projects for the Hall Center for Law and Health, was asked to present at the Seton Hall Law Review’s 2011 Symposium, “Implementing the Affordable Care Act” on October 28 in Newark, NJ. The Seton Hall Law Review will publish the article in Fall, 2012. Dr. Jeff Brenner is the keynote speaker for the Symposium. Keith was also appointed to serve as a member of the ABA’s Special Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness.

Law Degree? Medical Degree? Why Not Both? Indiana University Has a Plan

The joint degree program is yet another opportunity for students seeking to expand their career options.

“We are actively seeking opportunities that would benefit our students and many are interested in joint degrees,” said Paula Wales, Ph.D., interim associate dean for undergraduate medical education at the IU School of Medicine.

“The schools of law and medicine at IU have a long tradition of collaboration,” said Gary R. Roberts, Dean of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis. “The idea of combined degrees in law and medicine makes great sense for individuals interested in pursuing careers in public health, health policy and life sciences to name a few of the increased options.”

The J.D./M.D. degree program is available to IU students this fall. Students must complete national admissions tests for law and medical school and be admitted to each school individually. If the course work is completed in optimal time, the dual degrees can be awarded within six years of enrollment.

For additional information on the program, contact the law school’s Hall Center for Law and Health.

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