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04/01/2009
Professor George E. Edwards Receives PEAR Award from IUPUI
Professor George E. Edwards was recently chosen as a recipient of IUPUI’s Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR) after he received the National Bar Association (NBA)’s Ronald Harmon Brown Award of International Distinction. The award was established in memory of the first African American to become the United States Secretary of Commerce, Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996).
Professor Edwards, the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law and Director of the law school's Program in International Human Rights Law, was in Southeast Asia when the original Brown award was bestowed at the annual NBA meeting in August 2008. The following are excerpts from Prof. Edwards’ acceptance speech, delivered on his behalf: “I am proud that the NBA has permitted me to be a par t of its noble efforts to promote and protect international human rights, not only in the United States, but around the world…. We have made great strides towards ensuring human rights and the rule of law. But, much more needs to be done. Human rights protections begin with knowledge about what our rights are, who is responsible for ensuring our rights are not violated, what steps to take when our rights are violated, and how our human rights are to be enforced…. Knowledge is power. Power is meaningless, unless we take action.”
Professor Edwards was chosen in accordance with the NBA criteria, which specify that the Brown Award is given to a high profile lawyer or advocate with international distinction, in an area of international law, with outstanding domestic and international contributions, and with work that reflects or honors the contributions of United States Secretary Ronald Harmon Brown. Former recipients of the Ronald Harmon Brown Award for International Distinction have included Judge Navi Pillay (2003, currently the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former Judge, International Criminal Court & Judge, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda); Dr. Penuell M. Maduna (2004, former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development for South Africa); U.S. Rep. John Conyers (MI) (2006, Congressman); Patricia Viseurs Sellers (2007, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia); Dr. Beverly Baker Kelly (2000, Deputy Registrar, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda).
IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz will present Professor Edwards with the PEAR award at the Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation on Friday, April 17, 2009.
Photo: Dr. Beverly Baker-Kelly (former Registrar of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2000 Brown Award Recipient); Judge/High Commissioner Navi Pillay (currently the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former Judge, International Criminal Court & Judge, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2003 Brown Award Recipient); and Professor George E. Edwards, at the NBA meeting in New Orleans in 2003.
04/01/2009
Professor Orentlicher Speaks on Ethical Considerations and Stem Cells at Ballenger Lecture Series
Professor David Orentlicher spoke on March 25 in Flint, Michigan at a conference entitled “The Face of Our Future. Stem Cell Research: It’s Political Ramifications Ethics and Risks, Alternative Options & More.” The event was part of the Ballenger Eminent Persons Lecture Series at the Foundation for Mott Community College. Professor Orentlicher said, “The pursuit of all forms of stem cell research is not only the wisest approach for science. It also is the best approach for ethics.” His presentation was entitled “Stem Cells: Ethical Considerations.”
Professor Orentlicher is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and the Co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis.
03/28/2009
Professor Edwards Spearheads NBA's Efforts to Encourage U.S. Participation in Combatting Global Racism
Professor George E. Edwards, as Chair of the Public International Law Section of the National Bar Association (NBA), was cosignatory on a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the United States to participate fully in the April 2009 UN Durban Review Conference in Geneva and its April preparatory meetings. Accompanying the letter was a Resolution adopted by the NBA Board of Governors calling for the U.S. to send a high level delegation to Geneva which would, among other things, demonstrate the U.S. committement to combatting global racism and racial discrimination. This letter was also copied to U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Susan E. Rice.
Professor Edwards is the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law and Director of the Program in International Human Rights Law and a John S. Grimes fellow.
03/28/2009
Professor Florence Roisman to Speak at Human Rights Event at Columbia Law School
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will speak at a conference entitled "Human Rights and State Law: New Strategies for Economic Justice Advocacy," 
sponosred by the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School. On April 17 in New York City, Professor Roisman's panel entitled "Why Human Rights?" will explore reasons why social justice lawyers should consider using human rights standards to advocate for economic and social rights in state law. Panelists will address the relevance of human rights standards in interpreting state constitutional provisions and statutes and in developing state common law. The panel will also address the relationship between international and foreign law and state/municipal law and ways in which lawyers can incorporate human rights standards into their legal analysis by drawing on international and foreign law for interpretive purposes. Professor Roisman is the author of the article, "Using International and Foreign Human Rights Law in Public Interest Advocacy," 18 Indiana International and Comparative Law Review 1 (2008) .
03/20/2009
IU Law-Indianapolis Defenders Prove Chadian Women's Rights Violations to UN Experts
During Spring Break (March 16-20, 2009), shadow reporting students gave an oral intervention and a one-hour private briefing to the UN Human Rights Committee in New York about child marriages, female genital mutilation, violence against women, and women’s political marginalization occurring in Chad.
The J.D. and LL.M. students presented their key findings and recommendations contained in their 40-page shadow report to the Committee’s Chad Task Force members, who include Ms. Zonke Zanele Majodina (South Africa), Ms. Ruth Wedgwood (USA), and Mr. Abdelfattah Amor (Tunisia), along with staff members of the Committee secretariat and other Committee members. Titled Chad’s Breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Failure to Protect the Rights of Women and Girls, the students’ report includes two affidavits, including one made by Chadian Valery Nadjibe, a rights violations victim.
Now a Fulbright scholar, Mr. Nadjibe spoke to the Committee for about 30 minutes and gave his personal accounts of child marriages, female genital mutilation, domestic violence, dowry system, and women’s lack of access to political office. The Committee members asked Mr. Nadjibe numerous questions about various women’s human rights violations happening in Chad.
The students belonging to the law school’s International Human Rights Law Society also discussed their factual findings and recommendations stated in their report to the Committee for an additional 30 minutes. During their briefing, Wedgwood, a staunch women’s human rights advocate, requested the students to provide her and the Chad Task Force with factual information about Chadian refugees. The briefing was held at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Days earlier, on March 16, J.D. students Zoe Meier and Kristen Hunsberger orally intervened during the closed-door session of all members of the 18-member Committee held at the UN New York Headquarters. Accompanied by their fellow students, the duo briefly explained to the Committee how the Chadian government violated women’s rights guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Other nongovernmental organization representatives similarly intervened during the session for other countries that were up for review by the Committee, such as Australia. Rwanda, and Sweden.
The students who attended the Committee sessions include: Megan Alvarez, J.D., shadow report coordinator, International Human Rights Law Society, Matthew Trick, J.D., Bobby Lam, J.D., Zoe Meier, J.D., Kristen Nicole Hunsberger, J.D., Uchenna Christiana Mgboh, LL.M., Wele Elangwe, LL.M. Human Rights track, Kavinvadee Suppapongtevasakul, LL.M. Human Rights track, and Jhon Sanchez (LL.M., ’07, J.D., ’08).
The Committee monitors the Covenant’s implementation by states parties.
03/20/2009
Baker and Daniels' Public Interest Fellows Draw attention to Mortgage Foreclosures and Wrongful Convictions
Continuing its long-standing commitment to community service and providing access to justice, the law firm of Baker & Daniels sponsored two Public Interest Fellowships through the Clinical Programs of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. "Our goal was to provide law schools with another tool to promote advocacy on behalf of the public interest. Fellows will develop initiatives to engage students, attorneys, organizations, and the community in public interest law," said Carl Pebworth, litigation attorney and chair of Baker & Daniels' committee on pro bono and public interest.
The first two recipients of the Baker & Daniels’ Public Interest Fellowships are Laura Kight and Melinda Mains.
As a B & D Fellow, Laura Kight is coordinating partnerships with the Indiana Supreme Court , the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority, and Indiana Legal Services, Inc. in hosting the Indiana Mortgage Foreclosure Defense & Prevention Conference at Inlow Hall at IU School of Law-Indianapolis on April 3rd. The conference will address the latest developments in the mortgage and foreclosure landscape and how to effectively address the problems facing many homeowners. K ight is a third year student working with Joanne Orr, Clinical Professor of Law, in planning the conference. Kight is completing an Advocacy Skills Concentration, with the capstone experience of representing low-income clients in the Civil Practice Clinic. She has served as the Director of Technology on the school’s Client Counseling Board, as a judicial intern for the Honorable Patricia Riley, ’74, Indiana Court of Appeals, and participated in the Moot Court and Client Counseling Competitions.
Expanding the scope of the Criminal Defense Clinic, B & D Fellow Melinda Mains is working alongside Fran Watson,’80, Clinical Professor of Law, to develop a Wrongful Convictions Clinic. The Wrongful Convictions Clinic’s advanced, active learning environment will allow students to develop and exercise skills needed to advocate for those wrongfully convicted. Through broad partnerships, the Wrongful Convictions Clinic will identify the systemic failings that lead to wrongful convictions. Mains is a first year evening student. She is president of the Mains Group, an Indianapolis-based public relations and marketing company.
To learn more about these programs or the Baker & Daniels Public Interest Fellows, contact the Law School Clinic at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis at (317) 274-1911.
03/18/2009
Professor Bravo Presents Money Laundering and Human Trafficking Research at the 103rd ASIL Annual Meeting
The American Society of International Law (ASIL) has invited Professor Karen E. Bravo to participate in its 103rd Annual Meeting. 
ASIL is the premier U.S. international law organization. Professor Bravo will present a poster of her research entitled “Follow the Money? Does the International Fight Against Money Laundering Provide a Model for International Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts?” She joins an international and multidisciplinary group of academics in introducing poster sessions to the ASIL. The event will take place in Washington, D.C. on March 25-28.
03/09/2009
Professor Kinney Speaks at Saint Louis University on the Implications of Health Reform
Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney was a distinguished speaker at the Saint Louis University School of Law's Center for Health Law Studies on February 17, 2009. She spoke on "A Fresh and Needed Look at the Content of Health Benefits and Coverage: Implications for Health Reform." 
Professor Kinney is one of the nation's leading experts on health law. After earning her master's degree in public health, she served as program analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to joining Indiana University in 1984, she was assistant general counsel of the American Hospital Association. Kinney is a published author and lecturer on America's health care system, medical malpractice, health coverage for the poor and issues in administrative law. She recently published Protecting American Health Care Consumers (Duke University Press, 2002) and edited the Guide to Medicare Coverage Decision-Making and Appeals (ABA Publishing, 2002). Kinney was a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States, President Clinton's TAsk Force for Health Care Reform and the Indiana Commission on Health Care for the Working Poor. She has been appointed by the governor of Indiana to the Executive Board of the Indiana State Department of Health. She currently serves as chair of the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Care.
03/09/2009
Professor Kinney Visits Taiwan to Promote 'Human Right to Health'
In December 2008, Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney and her husband Dr. Charles Clark were guests of the Ministry of Health for the Republic of China in Taiwan. Their host was Dr. Chen-ming Yang, ‘96. Dr. Yang is the Director General for International Health for the Ministry of Health in Taiwan. Professor Kinney and Dr. Clark were also guests of the Foundation of Medical Professionals Alliance in Taiwan.
Professor Kinney visited the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy at the law school at the National University of Taiwan. The IU School of Law – Indianapolis has a collaborative agreement with the Taiwanese law school. Professor Kinney plans to publish an article on realizing the international human right to health through the World Trade Organization in the law school’s new journal, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy. National University of Taiwan, Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law & Policy web site.
While in Taiwan, Professor Kinney also gave a speech on “The Realization of the Human Right to Health in an Economically Integrated World” at the Institute of Health and Welfare Policy of the National Yang Ming University in Taipei. Photos from the visit: See http://picasaweb.google.com/CMCEKC/Taiwan2008#
Professor Kinney and Dr. Clark visited government agencies, hospitals and universities in Taiwan, where they visited the Tzu Chi Foundation, a Buddhist organization that provides humanitarian relief and other services throughout the world.
Professor Kinney says, “One of the most interesting visits was to the Bureau of National Health Insurance. We learned about Taiwan’s very unique and innovative health insurance program that provides universal and almost free health coverage to the population of Taiwan.”
Photo: Professor Kinney visited the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy at the law school at the National University of Taiwan.(left to right)
Mr. Chin-Chia Tien( LL.M. Candidate, National Taiwan University College of Law), Ms. Tsung-Ling Lee, Mr. Hsien Wu, Mr. Mark Shope, Professor Chang-fa Lo(Professor of National Taiwan University), Professor Eleanor D. Kinney (IU School of Law – Indianapolis), Professor Tsai-yu Lin(Professor of Soochow University), Professor Pei-kan Yang(Professor of Feng Chia University), Mr. Gaoqiao( LL.M. Candidate, National Taiwan University College of Law), Dr. Chuan-feng Wu(Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica), Wei- hsiang Wang(Foundation of Medical Profeeionals Alliance in Taiwan).
02/26/2009
Indiana Supreme Court Hires Rath, '06 as Director of Appellate Court Technology
The Indiana Supreme Court has named Robert Rath, '06 as the first-ever Director of Appellate Court Technology. Rath is uniquely qualified for the position with extensive information technology experience, a law degree, and bilingual skills. Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard recently named Rath to the position and said, “Having Robert join our Court family allows us to gain an experienced manager with an incredibly diverse background.”
As Director of Appellate Court Technology, Rath will play a crucial role in developing a stronger vision for how the Court utilizes technology. Rath will review Court processes and identify how changing technology may improve Court functions and services. “Technology can play a critical role in enhancing business performance. Whether a project aims to improve productivity or to enable new business processes, it is very important to have an understanding of what that business is trying to accomplish. As an attorney, I have a profound appreciation for the Court’s mission. Our team’s charter goes far beyond electronic filing or on-line collaboration —it is about our system of justice. I look forward to playing a role in improving Indiana appellate court technology.” The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recommended Indiana hire an Appellate Court IT Director. A consultant from the NCSC helped evaluate candidates for the position. The Supreme Court also formed a selection committee made up of Directors from the Division of State Court Administration, Court of Appeals, Indiana Judicial Center, and Clerk of the Appellate Courts. The decision to hire Rath allows Indiana to dedicate one person to developing a strategy for technology improvements. Rath comes to the Supreme Court from private practice. Prior to having his own law office and consulting practice, Rath served as an information technology manager for Thomson, Inc., and Sara Lee Corporation. Fluent in Spanish, Rath enjoyed the opportunity to be immersed in another culture and spent a number of years working in Mexico. A 2006 graduate of the law school, Rath earned his business degrees from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and Indiana Wesleyan University. He currently lives in the Indianapolis area with his wife and three children.
02/18/2009
Professor Orentlicher to Present at Conference on Organ Donation Issues
Professor David Orentlicher, an expert in bioethics issues from Indiana University School of Law -
02/13/2009
Professor Jennifer Drobac Appears on PBS to Discuss Teen Sexual Harassment Issues
Jennifer A. Drobac , Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis and an expert in family, juvenile and sexual harassment law, was featured on the Friday, February 20 episode of NOW on PBS on the subject of teen sexual harassment in the workplace.
NOW on PBS: A shocking statistic - teenagers are in more danger from sexual predators at their part time jobs than through the Internet. It's a vastly underreported phenomenon, but some brave young women are stepping up publicly to tell their stories. On Friday, February 20 (check local listings), NOW collaborates with the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University to bring an unprecedented broadcast investigation of teen sexual harassment in the workplace. In the program, 
abused teenagers from San Diego and the state of Washington share their own stories with Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa. We track their legal journeys to justice, and how the issue impacts teenagers across the country -- many of whom don't know how to report workplace abuse, or even recognize when their bosses cross the line. "Only when adults realize the extent and serious nature of this problem concerning the sexual harassment of teenaged workers can we protect them and help them protect themselves from sexual predators in the workplace," said Professor Drobac. "I applaud PBS and E.J. Graff at Brandeis University for bringing light to this dark corner. Through education and legal intervention, we can do so much more to eradicate this appalling abuse and blatant discrimination."
This show is viewable in its entirety for free on the NOW on PBS website starting Monday, February 23 at http://www.pbs.org/now/
About Professor Drobac: Jennifer Drobac joined the law school faculty in the fall of 2001. From 1992 to 2001, she practiced law in California, focusing on employment law issues and litigation, and from 1997 to 2000, she served as a lecturer at Stanford Law School. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Barefoot Sanders, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Her scholarly work has been published in a variety of law reviews and journals. In 2005, she finished her first textbook, Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases and Theory. Additionally, Professor Drobac serves on the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Board of Trustees. She was named a John S. Grimes Fellow in 2006-07 and a Dean's Fellow in recognition of scholarly excellence in 2005-2006. Professor Drobac also received the 2005 Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award.
02/12/2009
Professor López Elected to Secretary of Board of Law Examiners
Professor María Pabón Lóp
ez was elected as Secretary of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners in January. Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard originally named Professor López to the State Board of Law Examiners effective December 1, 2007. The Board "is responsible for the admission of attorneys, the certification of legal interns and the formation and renewal of professional corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships for the legal profession" in Indiana. She is the only academic in the 10 member board. See http://www.in.gov/judiciary/committees/ble.html for more information about the board.
02/11/2009
IU Law – Indianapolis Professors Make Their Mark at the Annual AALS Meeting
When law professors from all over the country met in sunny Southern California in early January of this year for the Annual AALS meeting, several scholars from IU Law – Indianapolis presented papers and were elected to leadership positions in their sections.
Professor Lloyd T. (Tom) Wilson, Jr. was elected chair of the 101-member Section on Real Estate Transactions. As Chair one of his responsibilities is to organize the Section’s panel presentations and other activities for the 2010 annual meeting.
Andrew R. Klein, Paul E. Beam Professor of Law, was elected to the executive board of AALS’ Section on Torts & Compensation Systems.
Professor Jennifer Drobac presented her paper “’Minding’ the Sexual Harassment of Adolescent Workers” at the “Children, Sex, and the Law” session.
Frank Emmert, the John S. Grimes Professor of Law, spoke about the development of international alumni networks by medium sized law schools / LL.M. programs in the session organized by the Section on Post-graduate Legal Education, co-sponsored by the Sections on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers and Institutional Advancement entitled "After the LL.M. - Career Options, Building Alumni Networks and Development Strategies.” He also spoke about his experience with the law school’s LL.M. program in Egypt in the session organized by the Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers entitled "The Changing Role of U.S. Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers." Furthermore, in the session organized by the Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation entitled "Emerging Antitrust Regimes - Challenges and Approaches" Professor Emmert spoke about the introduction of antitrust or competition law in transitional economies in Central and Eastern Europe and lessons learned that could be beneficially applied in other parts of the world.
Eleanor DeArman Kinney, the Hall Render Killian Heath and Lyman Professor of Law
was on the Panel for the Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care. The panel was entitled “Comparative Health Law: What Can the U.S. Learn from Other Countries?” Her talk was entitled: “Realization of the Human Right to Health in an Economically Integrated North America.”
Professor María Pabón López presented a paper entitled “Grooming, Mentoring and Decision Making: Critical Times f María Pabón Lópezor Persons of Color in the Legal Academy” given at the “Hiring, Retaining and Promoting Law Professors of Color” panel sponsored by the Section of Minority Groups.
Allison Martin, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, presented a work entitled “A Study of Hope, Optimism, Academic Performance, and Psychological Well-Being in Law School” as part of the Balance in Legal Education section.
David Orentlicher, the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law, presented his talk, “Discrimination Out of Dismissiveness: The Example of Infertility” at the session of the Section on Disability Law.
01/26/2009
Professor James P. Nehf Becomes Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Professor James P. Nehf became Associate Dean for Graduate Studies on January 9, 2009. He is now overseeing the law school's LL.M. (Master of Laws) program and S.J.D. degree. The LL.M. program is offered to qualified students in five areas of specialization: American Law for Foreign Lawyers (available only to students with law degrees from outside the United States); Health Law Policy and Bioethics; Intellectual Property Law; International and Comparative Law; and International Human Rights Law. The S.J.D. degree is the terminable degree in law and is available to scholars who desire to research and write a dissertation on a subject of particular interest and importance.
Professor Nehf has taught contracts, consumer law, and commercial law subjects since joining the faculty in 1989. He is an internationally recognized expert in consumer privacy law and serves as an executive board member of the International Association of Consumer Law, a society of consumer law academics and policy makers worldwide. He has won numerous teaching awards and has been a frequent speaker at law conferences, CLE seminars, and law-related lecture series. Professor Nehf was the inaugural director of the law school's European Law Program and has held several university administrative positions, including a term as interim director of the Indiana University Center on Southeast Asia. His publications include an updated and revised edition of Corbin on Contracts - Impossibility, and numerous articles on privacy law, consumer law, commercial transactions and international/comparative law subjects.
Professor Nehf graduated first in his law school class, served as editor-in-chief of the North Carolina Law Review, and was elected to Order of the Coif. After law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and entered private practice with O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C. Before joining the faculty in 1989, he was a partner in the Washington firm of Choate, Filler, & Nehf, specializing in commercial and consumer litigation. In recent years, Professor Nehf has taught as a visiting professor at Wake Forest University and the University of Georgia.
01/14/2009
1986 Graduate Debra McVicker Lynch's Robing Ceremony on Friday
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch's investiture ceremony will take place at 3:00 pm on Friday, January 16 in Courtroom 216 in the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (46 E. Ohio Street), Indianapolis. A reception will follow outside the courtroom. 
Debra McVicker Lynch, ’86, was appointed to the position of United States Magistrate Judge after the position became available due to the elevation of William T. Lawrence, ‘73 to the position of federal district judge.
Prior to her appointment, Lynch was of counsel at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (formerly Sommer Barnard) where she worked for more than 20 years. Her practice included litigation of contract disputes, business dissolutions, antitrust matters, securities fraud cases, professional malpractice actions, and non-competition and trade secret matters. Lynch served as a law clerk to the Hon. Sarah Evans Barker from 1986 - 1988.
Lynch has also been an adjunct professor at the law school, teaching the Complex Litigation course. She served as Special Master for Judge Sarah Evans Barker in the Bridgestone/Firestone Tires Products Liability Multidistrict Litigation from 2000 to 2004. Lynch is a summa cum laude graduate of the law school, where she served as Editorin-Chief of the Indiana Law Review. United States Magistrate Judges are appointed by the Judges of the U.S. District Court for a term of eight years, and are eligible for reappointment to successive terms. A Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee chaired by retired Magistrate Judge V. Sue Shields reviewed more than 50 applications and recommended five candidates for the position. The district judges of the court then selected Ms. Lynch from among those five candidates.
01/05/2009
State Commerce Secretary Joins Baker and Daniels
Nathan Feltman, '94, Indiana Secretary of Commerce and Chief Executive Officer of the 
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), announced in late December that he will join Baker & Daniels LLP as a partner January 12, 2009. The Mishawaka, Ind. native will join the firm's business and corporate finance practice where he will work with privately held companies and help lead the firm's economic development, government relations and international initiatives.
"We couldn't be more pleased to have Nate join us after his successful stint with the IEDC. As Governor Mitch Daniels' point man on the state’s economic development efforts, he has been a driving force behind Indiana's economic successes over the past four years and has a deep understanding of the needs of businesses," said Tom Froehle, Chief Executive Partner of Baker & Daniels.
Prior to joining the IEDC in 2005 as executive vice president and general counsel, he served as a partner with Ice Miller in Indianapolis and Altheimer & Gray in Chicago where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions, including the representation of private equity funds and venture capital firms. Prior to his U.S. legal experience, Feltman spent nearly four years in Moscow, Russia with the international law firms of Baker & McKenzie and Steptoe & Johnson where he represented multi-national companies seeking to do business in Russia through trade relationships, licensing, franchising arrangements and capital investments.
"After four rewarding years working closely with Governor Daniels to strengthen Indiana's economy, I now look forward to assisting companies with their corporate and financing needs," said Feltman. "Amidst one of the most challenging economic times in recent history, companies across the state and around the world continue to seek out growth opportunities. The opportunity to join Baker & Daniels will allow me to utilize my business, finance and economic development experience to assist clients successfully navigate the current economic storm."
Feltman holds a B.S. in business and B.A. in political science from Indiana University. He is a 1994 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and holds a master's degree in Russian Law (LL.M) from the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has served on the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis Alumni Board since 2003 and was president of the group in 2007-2008.
12/22/2008
Alumni Krauss ’76 and Church ’70 Named to New AG Transition Team
Indiana Attorney General-Elect Greg Zoeller has named the transition team that is assisting him in reviewing the current operations of the Office, its structure and ways to provide greater service to the public and to the governmental entities the Attorney General represents.
“It’s an honor to serve as the State of Indiana’s Attorney General, and I appreciate the distinguished group of individuals who have agreed to work with me in developing and enhancing our current operations to build upon the service the people of this state have come to expect from the office," said Zoeller.
Two prominent alumni of the law school are working on the transition team. Doug Church, ’70 and John Krauss, ’76. Church is Immediate Past President of the Indiana State Bar Association and a senior partner at Church, Church, Hittle and Antrim. Krauss is the Director of the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, as well as the Indiana University Public Policy Institute and the IU Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, Adjunct Professor of Law, and Clinical Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs.
"This is an experienced and knowledgeable group that will help me focus on my commitment to serving the State of Indiana to the best of my ability by reaching out to those we serve during challenging times," added Zoeller.
Zoeller was selected in the November election to succeed Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter. The Attorney General-Elect will officially take office Monday, January 12, 2009 following an 11: a.m. swearing-in ceremony in the Indiana Statehouse.
12/22/2008
Patrick Shoulders, ’78 Receives ISBA’s William G. Baker Award
Patrick Shoulders, ‘78 was awarded the William G. Baker Award at this year’s “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” competition in Indianapolis in December 2008. The award, presented by the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA), is given to an attorney or member of the ISBA who has shown outstanding dedication to citizenship education. Shoulders has been involved in “We the People” for more than 20 years in a variety of roles, serving as chairman of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Citizenship Education Committee and working with the state coordinator of the program to expand funding and recruit volunteers. In addition, Shoulders has judged the hearings at the district, state and even national levels and acted as the keynote speaker a number of times. Shoulders also has volunteered his time to work with the local schools to prepare them for the competition.
William G. Baker, ‘70 is a New Castle, IN attorney and one of the “founding fathers” of the program who has been instrumental in furthering the program’s goals.
Patrick Shoulders is a Trustee of Indiana University and a partner in the Evansville, Indiana firm of Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders, LLP where he concentrates his practice in litigation. He has been elected to membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has also been elected to the Federation of Insurance & Defense Council and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Shoulders is a co-chair and founder of the Trial Advocacy Skills College presented annually by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum. He is a past chair of the ISBA’s Litigation Section and a past council member of the its Appellate Advocacy Committee. Shoulders was recognized in the 2005 and 2006 e ditions of Indiana Super Lawyers as one of the top 50 lawyers in the State of Indiana and has been included as an Indiana Super Lawyer in each annual publication since the magazine began. He has achieved an AV certification rating from the Martindale & Hubbell legal directory, an elite peer rating recognizing him as performing at the highest level of professional excellence based on ethical standards and legal ability. He is also a frequent presenter for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, the Indiana School Board Association, and the Evansville Personnel Association.
He has served the legal profession as President of the Evansville Bar Association, as Chair of the Litigation and Citizenship Education Committees of the ISBA , as Chair of the Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation, and as a member of the State Bar Associations Board of Governors from 1998-2000. He is the recipient of the Evansville Bar Association’s highest honor – the James Bethel Gresham Award, in recognition of his service to the legal profession.
Originally appointed to the Indiana University Board of Trustees by Governor O'Bannon, Shoulders has been a Trustee of IU since January 1, 2002, and is currently VP of the board. He is a past national President of the Indiana University Alumni Association and the IU College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Association. He also currently serves as a Director of the IU Foundation and the IU Varsity Club and is a member of the Board of Governors of the IU Center on Philanthropy and the Well House Advisory Committee. In February of 2005, Pat received the Maynard K. Hine Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the IUPUI Alumni Association, for his "unique and significant contributions" to that campus.
In addition to his volunteer works, Pat also co-hosts " Shively & Shoulders ," a local Public affairs television program on WNIN Channel 9 in Evansville.
12/11/2008
Appellate Clinic Law Student Argues Before the Indiana Supreme Court
Jonathan Bont (3L), argued before the state's highest court today (December 11, 2008) at 9:45 a.m.. Bont argued in Jeffrey Graham v. State as part of his Appellate Clinic experience which was overseen by the clinic's founding Professor, Joel Schumm, '98. Mr. Graham was convicted of resisting law enforcement for not giving his hands to police officers who sought to handcuff him. The argument focused on the requirement of "forcibly" resisting. The argument can be seen on the court's webcast site: http://www.indianacourts.org/apps/webcasts/
Stacy Uliana, ’97, an attorney at the Indiana Public Defender Council reacted to the oral argument, saying, “Jon did an excellent job. He was just as articulate as the lawyers who appear before the court on a regular basis.”
Professor Schumm was also pleased. “The argument went very well,” said Professor Schumm. “Jon demonstrated his complete mastery of the record, case law, and policy concerns in addressing the Justices’ questions with the poise and clarity of a seasoned appellate advocate.” Schumm added, “The Appellate Clinic has truly been a high point of my eight years of teaching.”
Bont said afterward that after all of the preparation, the fifteen minute argument seemed to go by quickly. Professor Schumm spoke for the rebuttal, after Bont presented the opening argument. “We had strong legal positions,” Bont said. “The Justices asked many of the questions for which we had prepared.” In preparation, Bont and Schumm mooted the argument before appellate and trial public defenders, local attorneys who had clerked for the Indiana Supreme Court, and faculty from the law school. Bont, who is a member of the Order of Barristers and the Indiana Law Review, says that today was definitely the most memorable of his law school career and he recommends the experience to other students. After graduation in May 2009, Bont will clerk for Judge Larry J. McKinney, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Tomorrow morning, however, Bont has his first final exam of the semester in Secured Transactions. Good luck, Jonathan!
12/05/2008
Alumni Organize Legal Aid Centre in Kenya
A trail blazing legal aid organization has been established in Kenya thanks to the efforts of Judge Patricia Riley, ‘74, Indiana Court of Appeals, and Fran Quigley, ‘87, director of operations for the IU partnership between the Indiana University School of Medicine and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. The Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret (LACE) officially started in September with a small staff and initial funding from the Reuben Family Foundation and the Indianapolis Rotary Club. LACE is currently located in the hospital where the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated AMPATH program has IU physicians and medical students helping Kenyans living with HIV/AIDS. Riley and Quigley started LACE because many of the medical patients are in need of legal as well as medical help, especially in the areas of land rights and family law.
The law school plans to collaborate with LACE by offering a Kenyan lawyer or lawyers a full scholarship to attend the LL.M. program in Indianapolis on condition that they agree to work at least two years as a staff attorney at LACE, as well as to coordinate legal work assistance for LACE from volunteer LL.M. graduates and students while enrolled as an LL.M. student.
The program is seeking other funding sources and hopes to expand its case load capacity. The organizers hope to arrange a trip for attorneys from Indiana to see the centre in action in the near future.
12/05/2008
Profesor María Pabón López Wins Diversity In Practice Award
Profesor María Pabón López was chosen as the recipient of the Indiana Lawyer’s 2008 Diversity in Practice Award on October 24 at the Conrad in downtown Indianapolis. She is pictured above with Greg Morris, IBJ media vice president and Byron Myers, chief managing par tner at Ice Miller.
Prior to joining the law school in 2002, Professor López worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, for the U.S. Department of Justice, District of Puerto Rico in San Juan and practiced law in San Juan and Philadelphia. At IU she has implemented new courses about issues related to diversity and ensuring an environment of inclusion. Her course, Race and the Law was first offered in the Spring of 2008.
Since June of 2003, Professor López has been an appointed member of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Court Interpreter Certification Advisory Board, a project of the Race and Gender Fairness Commission. She is also a member of the Latino Affairs Committee of the Indiana State Bar. In December 2007, Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard named Professor López, the only academic, to the State Board of Law Examiners.
In addition, Professor López is currently working on a book about the education of immigrant children. She was presented with the 2007 Rabb Emison Award from the ISBA recognizing her commitment to promote diversity and equality in the legal profession and in the membership of the Indiana State Bar.
12/05/2008
Law School Hosts Roundtable Discussion on the Economy
Law School Hosts Roundtable Discussion on the Economy Foreclosures rise. The stock market plummets. Credit markets freeze. Huge companies go bankrupt or are effectively nationalized. Former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan says we’re in a “once-in-a-century” financial crisis. Politicians and pundits predict a depression.
The current economic crisis set the stage for a Roundtable Discussion: The Economic Crisis and The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, on Thursday, October 23 at the law school. Five members of the law school faculty discussed the issues that impact today’s economic woes, before a packed house of students, faculty and concerned members of the public.
The program was organized by Professor Max Huffman, who spoke on consumer credit ramifications. Other participants were Cynthia A. Baker, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director, Program on Law and State Government, who addressed the impact on state and local government finance; Antony Page, Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Fellow, who spoke on “From Mortgage Crisis to Financial Meltdown;” Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos, Harold R. Woodard Professor of Law, who tackled the topic, “From Financial Crisis to ... (Great Depression?)” and Lloyd T. “Tom” Wilson, Jr., Professor of Law and Chair-Elect, AALS Section on Real Estate Transactions who provided comment on “Understanding the Mortgage Crisis.”
11/21/2008
Immigration Clinic Students Help Family Stay Together
Arguing before the Chicago Immigration Court, law students Lun Kham and Andrea Schmidt recently secured lawful permanent residency for the immigrant parents of three American-born children. The father and mother of the Barrios family (from Guatemala and Mexico respectively) had both resided in the United States for approximately 18 years. During that time, they raised a family of three boys, all U.S. citizens, now ages 15, 13 and 10.
Professor Linda Kelly Hill, director of the Immigration Clinic at the law school, says, “The boys excel in school, taking advanced classes and having high ambitions for their college educations and futures. One of the children also suffers from severe migraines and weight loss and is under close medical supervision. Through championship soccer teams, church and school, the parents are also extremely active in the community and their boys’ lives.”
Kham and Schmidt were able to persuasively argue the parents were eligible for “cancellation of removal” by proving the “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” that would have been imposed on these three U.S. citizen children if they were effectively deported upon their parents being ordered removed. Professor Kelly Hill says, “Because of the students’ terrific work, the parents are now lawful permanent residency and already look forward to the day they can be sworn in as United States citizens.”
The students’ representation included providing all necessary examination and argumentation in a four hour hearing, drafting a 50 page legal memo, submitting nearly 700 pages of documentary evidence and preparing over 10 witnesses, including family, teachers and doctors.
Third year student Andrea Schmidt says, “The Immigration Clinic has given me my first insight into what it really means to practice law. Since the clinic is made up of only six students and Professor Kelly Hill, we are able to function like a little law firm, with weekly meetings where we collaborate about creative ways to approach our cases. Professor Kelly Hill has a special talent for teaching students how to navigate complicated statutes and use case law. I have no doubt that these skills will serve me well in any area of law.”
Lun Kham, also a third year student, agrees and adds, “Although it was a lot of work on top of classes and other commitments, I am thankful for the opportunity to be able to make a difference in this family’s life.” Working with the clinic last fall, Kham also represented a Burmese refugee woman in her successful bid for asylum before the Immigration Court in Chicago.
The law school’s Immigration Clinic was established in 2006 by Professor Linda Kelly Hill, the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law. Clinic students represent non-detained immigrants in immigration matters under the supervision of Professor Kelly Hill. Since it’s inception approximately 30 students have assisted in Immigration Clinic cases.
11/21/2008
Law School Alum Fred Glass '84 Named IU Athletic Director
Fred Glass, ’84, has several goals for the Indiana University athletic department—and winning national championships isn’t the first.
Glass, who was named director of intercollegiate athletics by IU President Michael A. McRobbie on Oct. 28, says his top two priorities are to ensure that IU complies with NCAA rules and regulations and that IU’s athletes achieve success academically.
“I want to be excellent on the field, the court, the pool. I want to win championships and have winning records,” Glass said. “But I think we have to do the first two things first. We’re going to be known as a university that follows the rules, and our athletes are going to excel academically.”
Using a sports metaphor, Glass said the job offer from IU “came out of left field,” and that he was happy practicing law as a partner at the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels.
But his secured transactions professor from law school—former IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko—recommended Glass for the job.
“It a nice example of how those relationships you have in law school stay with you for a lifetime,” Glass said.
Glass recalled turning to Bepko for advice several times during his career, including once when he was preparing to graduate from law school and had two enviable positions on the horizon: an offer from a big Indianapolis law firm and a clerkship with U.S. Federal District Court Judge S. Hugh Dillin.
He chose the clerkship.
“He [Bepko] advised me that when trying to make a decision, choose the one that will give you the most opportunities for the future,” Glass said. “It’s advice I’ve followed throughout my career and I’ve been able to do a lot of different, interesting things.”
A native of Indianapolis, Glass also earned a bachelor’s degree from IU in 1981. He served as chief of staff to former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh from 1989 to 1993 and was transition team chief for former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson when he took office in 2000.
Peterson appointed Glass to the Capital Improvement Board, which owns and operates Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indiana Convention Center, Conseco Fieldhouse and Victory Field. During his eight-year tenure as CIB president, Glass represented the mayor in successful negotiations to keep the Colts in Indianapolis and headed up the planning effort for construction of Lucas Oil Stadium and the expansion of the convention center.
Glass served on the organizing committees for the NCAA Final Four Tournament in 2000 and again in 2006 and negotiated a deal to make the city part of a permanent rotation to host NCAA Final Fours. He also was on the executive committee of the 2002 World Basketball Championship and co-chaired the 2006 local organizing committee for the Big Ten Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.
Most recently, he was president of the City of Indianapolis' 2011 Super Bowl Bid Committee, which although not successful for that year, laid the groundwork for a successful bid for 2012.
In making the announcement, McRobbie praised Glass’s leadership and understanding of the challenges—and importance—of IU athletics.
“He has a well-earned reputation as someone who can get the big things done. He is exactly the person we need to take on the challenges our Athletics Department will encounter in the next decade,” McRobbie said.
11/10/2008
Dean Emeritus Lefstein Quoted in New York Times on Public Defender Workloads
Professor Norman Lefstein, an expert on criminal justice issues, was quoted in the New York Times in an ariticle entitled, "Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases" by Erik Eckhom (November 9, 2008, pg. 1). Lefstein is Dean Emeritus of the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.
10/29/2008
Professor Karen Bravo Speaks on Global Social Contract at Oxford University
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society at the University of Oxford, in association with Oxford’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, has invited a select group of 16 international scholars to a workshop on October 29-31, 2008, to discuss an issue of pressing significance – the social contract and the modern welfare state. The workshop, entitled Work, Employment and Industrial Relations in the New Social Contract brings together scholars from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Israel, and the Netherlands. Associate Professor Karen Bravo of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis was selected to participate based on her research on globalization, human trafficking and the transnational labor market. She will present and discuss her paper "Transborder Labor Liberalization: A Path to Enforcement of the Global Social Contract for Labor?"
Oxford’s Foundation for Law, Justice and Society has three principal objectives: to study and reflect on the role of law in international, regional, and national affairs; to identify issues of contemporary interest and importance for detailed study; and to inform policy by making the work of researchers and scholars more accessible to practitioners, whether in government, business, or the law.
Further information on this workshop is available at http://www.fljs.org/section.aspx?id=14.
10/23/2008
Professor Roisman to Speak at Fair Housing Conference
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will speak at the "New Strategies in Fair Housing Conference" organized by the Housing Research & Advocacy Center in Cleveland, Ohio on November 14th. Professor Roisman will participate in a panel discussion on "Exploring Legal and Enforcement Strategies."
Professor Roisman is the William F. Harvey Professor of Law and an expert on housing discrimination issues. She also spoke at the 40th Anniversary of the National Housing Law Project in Oakland, California on October 3rd.
Roisman was also re-elected to the ACLU-Indiana Board. She has been elected to the local board three times and has served by appointment from 2007-2008. She is also a member of the ACLU's national board.
10/23/2008
Professor Dannenmaier to give Keynote at North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation workshop in Mexico City
Professor Eric Dannenmaier will give the keynote address at the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation workshop in Mexico City. His address on “Citizen Enforcement under NAFTA” will open the workshop, which is designed to advance public interest advocacy on environmental matters among the three NAFTA countries. The North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was created by the United States, Canada, and Mexico as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to help address environmental concerns associated with the trade pact. Professor Dannenmaier has been engaged with the CEC for many years as an advocate, advisor, and researcher - working to ensure that environmental issues associated with trade are addressed and that the citizen access mechanisms of NAFTA are effective. He was the lead attorney in the first Citizen Submission to the CEC after its creation (in re Silva Reservoir) and has since advised the Commission on its public participation procedures and authored a study on the CEC’s Public Advisory Committees as part of a ten-year review of the trade deal. Dannenmaier’s participation in the Mexico City workshop represents his latest effort to keep the public engaged in addressing the environmental impacts of international trade. The November 12 workshop, entitled “Environmental Law Education: A Clinical Approach,” is designed to advance the “citizen submissions on enforcement matters” process under the NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement and to raise awareness of the opportunities for developing environmental law clinics within Mexican universities that might engage in environmental advocacy before the Commission. Further details at http://www.cec.org/calendar/details/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2115
10/17/2008
Professor Karen Bravo to Speak at Conference Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Prohibition of Importation of Slaves into U.S.
On October 25, 2008, Associate Professor Karen E. Bravo will join an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars in commemorating the 1808 federal law banning the importation of slaves into the United States. Hosted by the University of Toledo College of Law, the conference is entitled "Commemorating 1808: Fighting for the Right to Dream."
The conference will include discussion of developments that testify to the significance of 1808, including the founding of Liberia in 1847, the US Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, as well as the life of the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, and the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prof. Bravo will discuss her work on exploring the analogy between modern trafficking in humans and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The conference is free and open to the public and will start at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. at the University of Toledo College of Law.
10/15/2008
Professor Page's Article Cited by Texas Supreme Court
Professor Antony Page's article, "Batson's Blind Spot: Unconscious Stereotyping and the Perempotry Challenge," was quoted by the Texas Supreme Court for the proposition that attorneys may make race-based or sex-based peremptory challenges unconsciously. Davis v. Fisk Elec. Co., --- S.W.3d ----2008 WL 4370670 (Tex., Sep 26, 2008). Page says, "This decision is particularly important because the conservative court assumed that the striking lawyer was 'pure of heart' and that that there was no suggestion of 'personal racial animosity,' but was still able to conclude that there had been impermissible race-based discrimination. I believe this is the first top court to order a retrial in this situation without also concluding that the striking attorney lied."
10/14/2008
Professor Katz Quoted in the New York Times on 'The Great Schlep'
Professor Robert A. Katz was quoted in the New York Times on October 14 regarding a web-based campaign pitch for Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama involving comedian Sarah Silverman called The Great Schlep. The organizers' intention is to exhort Jewish grandchildren to visit their grandparents in Florida in order to persuade them to vote for Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor. To date, only one hundred or so young Jews have answered the call. From the NYT “The Great Schlep isn’t really about changing Jewish votes,” said Robert A. Katz, 43, a law professor in Indianapolis and one of the roughly 20,000 people who have signed up as Great Schlep fans on Facebook. “Rather, it’s a humorous and self-deprecatory way for younger and more progressive Jews to signal to African-Americans that they’re ashamed of the outrageous rumors and slanders [about Obama] being circulated and swallowed in some Jewish circles.” Link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/politics/14schlep.html?ref=politics .
Katz has written a chapter exploring the American Jewish community’s relations with other groups and society in general. His chapter, “’PAGING DR. SHYLOCK...': Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-investment of Jewish Philanthropy," will appear in Giving: For the Love of God (David Smith, ed., Indiana University Press, 2009). Katz argues that Jewish communities built non-sectarian hospitals in part to combat anti-Semitic stereotypes that Jews only took care of “their own.”
10/01/2008
Two IU Law-Indianapolis Professors Testify at Immigration Hearings
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis professors Linda Kelly-Hill and John Hill testified on September 8 before a committee of the Indiana legislature on the matter of undocumented workers in Indiana. In 2007 the Indiana legislature was not able to agree on a bill to target the employers of undocumented workers.
Kelly Hill and Hill presented differing opinions on the topic and both were quoted in the media. Hill was quoted in The Indianapolis Star and and both were quoted in the Chicago Tribune and the Indianapolis Business Journal (link to IBJ article).
09/29/2008
Professor Orentlicher Quoted in Article on Assumed Consent and Organ Donation
Professor David Orentlicher was quoted as an expert on assumed consent for organ donation in a recent article in The San Diego Union-Tribune. A nationally recognized expert on bioethics issues, Orentlicher is co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health as well as Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law.
09/26/2008
Law School's Numbers and Ranking Jump
The incoming class of J.D. students at Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis is the highest credentialed class to date. The incoming class is made up of 78% Indiana residents and has a median LSAT score for full-time students that increased two points from the previous year’s score to 158. The median grade point average held at 3.56. Dean Gary R. Roberts says, “The law school, which jumped 17 places to 68th in the U.S. News and World Report rankings for 2009, should go even higher next spring due to this superior first-year class. This is good news for our students, our alumni and the state of Indiana since our school produces over half of the lawyers and judges and much of the leadership for the state.”
Students in the incoming J.D. class attended a “Call to the Profession” on Saturday, August 23 at Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, the home of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis. Doug Church, President of the Indiana State Bar Association and a member of the Class of 1970, administered the “Oath of Professionalism” to the new students who pledged “to uphold the high honor, ideals and integrity of the legal profession” and to conduct themselves “with dignity, civility, and professionalism.”
With a total enrollment of over 1,000 students, the IU School of Law – Indianapolis is the largest law school in the state of Indiana and the only law school in the state to offer a part-time evening program in addition to a full-time day program. Inlow Hall, the school’s technologically advanced, contemporary building, is located in the urban environment of downtown Indianapolis, thereby affording students opportunities to interact with business, government, science, medicine, sports and the arts.
IU Law – Indianapolis has over 9,500 alumni located in every state in the nation and several countries around the world. The school’s professors are nationally recognized experts from both the public and private sectors. They collectively hold J.D., LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from more than 50 different schools.
Located on the campus of IUPUI, the school has enjoyed great success for more than 100 years in preparing students for legal careers. The success of the school is evidenced by the prominent positions graduates have obtained in the judiciary and other branches of government, business, positions of civic leadership and law practice.
09/12/2008
IU to Present Judge G. Michael Witte with its Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award
Judge G. Michael Witte, '82 will be the 2008 recipient of the Indiana University Asian Alumni Association's Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award. This award recognizes outstanding professional achievements and community service of Asian/Pacific American Alumni of IU.
A lifetime member of the IU Alumni Association, Witte received his bachelor's degree in forensic studies in 1979 and his law degree in 1982, both from IU. Witte, who serves as judge for the Dearborn Superior Court No. 1, was the first Asian American trial judge to be elected in the state of Indiana.
A nationally recognized expert on highway traffic safety legal issues and known for his commitment to improving the public trust in the judicial branch of government and improving the performance of America's judges, Witte has been a faculty member with the National Judicial College of the University of Nevada since 1994.
Nominated to the Indiana Court of Appeals in 2008, Witte is the vice-chair of the judicial division of the American Bar Association and will become its chairman in 2011, another Asian American first. In addition, Witte belongs to the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, American Judges Association, Indiana Judges Association and was appointed to the Indiana Commission on Courts.
In August, Witte received the Franklin N. Flaschner Award from the American Bar Association National Conference of Specialized Court Judges. The award is given to the outstanding judge in the nation who presides in a court of limited jurisdiction.
An involved alumnus, Witte is the president for the IU School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association, has been president of the Dearborn County Chapter of the IUAA and served as the coordinator of the Dearborn County IU Varsity Club. Active in his community, Witte is recognized as a leader for diversity and has been instrumental in reaching out to Asian and other minority youth in programs across the nation. The Hoosier Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America named him a Distinguished Citizen in 1996, just one of many honors he has received.
Witte is the third recipient of the Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award, an honor established in 2006 by the IU Asian Alumni Association in conjunction with the IU Asian Culture Center. Witte, who was born in Batesville, Ind., lives with his wife, Dawn, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. They have a daughter, Christy.
The award will be presented to Witte during a dinner celebrating the 10th anniversary of the IU Asian Culture Center starting at 7 p.m., Oct. 3, in Alumni Hall in the IU Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St. on the IU Bloomington campus. The event is open to the public, but requires advance tickets, which may be purchased online at: http://www.iub.edu/~acc/anniversary/reservation.html.
The IU Asian Alumni Association, http://alumni.indiana.edu/asianaa/, is an affiliate group of the IU Alumni Association. The IUAA is dedicated to serving the university and its diverse alumni, students and friends. As one of the nation's largest alumni organizations, serving more than 500,000 graduates worldwide, the IUAA provides many programs and services to its members, nonmember alumni and the university. For more information, visit http://www.alumni.indiana.edu or call 800-824-3044.
09/11/2008
Professor Jennifer Drobac Cited as Expert on Juvenile Law
Professor Jennifer Drobac, an expert on juvenile law, was recently quoted on the legal rights of teenagers and young adults in an article entitled "Turning 18: What it really means for your child and you legally, medically and educationally" which appeared in the August 2008 issue of Indianapolis Woman (pp. 106-107, by Leslie Fuller Knox). Drobac's scholarly work has been published in a variety of law reviews and journals. In 2005, she finished her first textbook, Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases and Theory. Additionally, Professor Drobac serves on the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Board of Trustees.
09/09/2008
Elizabeth Monroe '02 Receives Award for Scholarship on SCOTUS History
Elizabeth Brand Monroe, '02, Associate Professor of History at IUPUI, has been honored by the Journal of Supreme Court History Board of Editors for her 2007 article "The Influence of the Dartmouth College Case on the American Law of Educational Charities." It was chosen as the best article for the year and was published in the March issue of the journal.
Monroe’s article examines the 1819 Supreme Court case "Dartmouth College vs. Woodward" where the New Hampshire legislature attempted to revise the university’s charter to allow the reinstatement of the former Dartmouth president. The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Dartmouth College allowed the school to remain a private institution without state interference.
Monroe attended the Supreme Court Historical Society annual dinner in Washington, D.C. on June 2nd at the Supreme Court, where she was presented the Hughes-Gossett Award by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
09/05/2008
Professor Roisman Speaks at Conference on Integration and Housing Law
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman spoke on Friday, September 5 at the Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. Her presentation was entitled, “Constitutional and Statutory Mandates for Residential Racial Integration and The Validity of Race-Conscious, Affirmative Action to Achieve It.”
08/29/2008
Center for Law and Health Welcomes Faculty Fellow from Turkey
The Hall Center for Law and Health at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis is hosting Professor Halit Yilmaz from the law faculty at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey . Professor Yilmaz will be a visiting fellow at the Hall Center during the 2008-09 academic year.
His main areas of interest are administrative law, mass communication law, urban planning and general theory of law. Professor Yilmaz is planning to work on articles on the international human right to health and the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
Professor Yilmaz says, "The topic of health care in Turkey, with relation to a right to health and from an administrative law perspective, requires immediate attention of scholars and thorough study, particularly because of the ongoing transformation of the health care system…There is an urgent need for studies of the topic in details and different dimensions. I believe that linking the general principles of administration and regulation with the requisites of protecting the right to health is of particular importance. At this point, studying the general principles of the right to health, and the comparable experiences under other modern legal systems will be essential for my book project."
08/29/2008
Professor Adams makes presentation at the Istanbul Legal Skills Conference
Professor Adams makes presentation at the Istanbul Legal Skills Conference Professor Adams participated in the Istanbul Legal Skills Conference held on August 4-7 at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. The conference, co-sponsored by Bahcesehir University and the Legal Writing Institute, was attended by Turkish lawyers, law faculty, and law students. Professor Adams spoke on negotiating and drafting alternative dispute resolution provisions in international commercial contracts. Professor Adams has written on drafting international contracts, published in The International Lawyer's Guide to Legal Analysis and Communicated in the United States, a book co-authored with Professor McGregor and published by Aspen Publishers in July 2008.
08/21/2008
Chinese Environmental Law Scholar in Residence at IU Law-Indianapolis
IU School of Law-Indianapolis' Environmental Law Forum hosted visiting Chinese Lawyer, Wang Xiaohui, this summer while she conducted comparative research on U.S. environmental law through a fellowship provided by Probe International. Xiaohui works with one of the most prominent Chinese Environmental Law organizations, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV) in Beijing. She is both a practicing lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate at China University of Political Science and Law, where her dissertation topic relates to environmental law in China.
Xiaohui was in Indianapolis during July and August. While here she had an opportunity to interact with members of the faculty who teach environmental law, Professors Dan Cole and Eric Dannenmaier, and to meet with Professors Tom Wilson and Gerard Magliocca, who co-direct IU-Indy’s China Summer Program. Xiaohui also had the opportunity to meet with practicing lawyers, public interest advocates, and government officials. At the close of her visit, Xiaohui gave a presentation to the faculty on Environment and Health Management in China - discussing the challenges of protecting human health and the environment in the face of enormous development pressures in the world’s largest developing country.
08/19/2008
Professor Edwards hosts International Colloquium on Multi Regional Approaches to Human Rights Problems
On 15 August 2008, Professor George E. Edwards hosted representatives of Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East for discussions about solving human rights problems globally, and in the participants' specific regions. In a colloquium discussion with law students, faculty, staff, and members of the Indiana community, Professor Edwards focused on commonalities among the human rights problems faced in different countries, rather than differences. He noted that everyone would benefit from learning about the strategies employed in different regions to curb human rights violations. “We can all learn from each other about tackling human rights problems.” He said that “we all benefit from exchanging ideas about our backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and using what we learn to combat violations.” The colloquium was held at the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.
The International Visitors came from Bangladesh, Nigeria, Honduras, Panama, Namibia, Malaysia, and the West Bank. Participants at the colloquium, including Master of Laws students, also represented many nations and territories, including Cameroon, Southern Cameroon, India, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Bosnia.
The visitors work on a wide range of human rights issues in their home countries, including rights of and related to women, children, indigenous peoples, minorities, development, the environment, and general civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
Professor Edwards congratulated the Delegation, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State International Visitors Program for visits to Indianapolis and to other cities around the country. He noted that everyone present was involved in “citizen diplomacy.” He said that “Condoleeza Rice is in the Republic of Georgia this week involved in official diplomacy. You—private citizens from around the world—are here on a citizen diplomacy mission. You are here to share your cultures, experiences, and other insights with us, as we are to share our cultures, experiences and other insights with you.” Professor Edwards continued, “When you return to your respective homes around the world, you will be able to tell your friends, families and colleagues about what you learned in the United States. And when those of us who live in Indiana leave this room, we will be able to speak about what we learned from our new friends from around the world. International barriers are breaking down. Mutual understanding is being enhanced. Our communities are closer together. We are all citizen diplomats.”
Professor Edwards’ presentation was entitled “Multi-Regional Approaches to Solving International Human Rights Problems.”
Professor Edwards is the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law and the Founding Director of the Law School’s Program in International Human Rights Law. He recently returned from a trip to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia where he met with government officials and others about human rights law issues. He also held discussions about American Legal Education, as the law school is enhancing its Master of Laws (LL.M.) program, most students of whom are from overseas. Furthermore, he engaged in discussions about placing human rights law interns in Kuwait, Bahrain, Laos, Thailand, Japan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
- Ms. Habiba Akter, Executive Director, Ashar Alo Society (Bangladesh);
- Mr. Jimmy Walter Andino Mejia, Executive Director, Guaruma Organization (Honduras);
- Ms. Wai Ling Ho, Honorable Secretary, All Women's Action Society, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia);
- Mr. Don Muroua, Program Manager, Rural People's Institute for Social Empowerment in Namibia (RISE): Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) (Namibia);
- Ms. Safiya Tahir Abdullahi, Coordinator, Adolescent Girls Initiative (Nigeria);
- and Ms. Mawakib S. A. Massad, Administrative Director, Health Development Information and Policy Institute (HDIP) (West Bank).
- Mr. Leonides Quiroz, Coordinator, Negotiation Commission for the Wounaan Land, Wounaan Tribe Congress (Panama).
One of the International Visitors, Mr. Leonides Quiroz, Coordinator, Negotiation Commission for the Wounaan Land, Wounaan Tribe Congress (Panama), worked with the Program in International Human Rights Law and the International Human Rights Law Society in preparing and submitting a United Nations Shadow Report on Panama's indigenous people, which includes the Wounaan tribe. In March 2008, the law students presented the UN Shadow Report to UN Human Rights Committee experts at UN Headquarters in New York. The experts called the Panamanian government's attention to the human rights concerns bedeviling Panama's indigenous people.
Participants in the International Visitor Colloquium included Mr. William Hotham of the College of Law, United Kingdom, who is also a representative of Bridges Across Borders, an NGO based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, involved in a wide range of community activities. IU-Indianapolis law students Heidi Reed and Jeff Collins worked at Bridges Across Borders during the 2007 summer. Mr. Hotham is a Visiting Fellow at the law school’s Program in International Human Rights Law.
Also participating was Professor Halit Yilmaz, from the Law Faculty at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. Professor Yilmaz is a Visiting Scholar at the law school’s Center on Health and Bioethics.
Professor Edwards asked participants how the Program in International Human Rights law might be able to assist their organizations. Several participants expressed an interest in collaborating with the Program on projects (including United Nations Shadow Reports), and receiving IU-Indianapolis international human rights law interns.
Professor Edwards spoke about his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, and how the Saudi government was keen on accepting an IU-Indianapolis intern to intern for the Saudi Arabia Human Rights Commission.
At least one participant— Mr. Leonides Quiroz, Coordinator, Negotiation Commission for the Wounaan Land, Wounaan Tribe Congress (Panama)—also expressed an interest in joining the Master of Laws program at IU School of Law – Indianapolis.
08/18/2008
Professors Adams and McGregor Publish Book on U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication for International Lawyers
Clinical Professors of Law, Cynthia M. Adams and Deborah B. McGregor, co-authored a new resource for international lawyers preparing to practice in the United States or deal with U.S. companies. The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning and communication into context.
The book includes a concise introduction to the U.S. legal system, the common law as U.S. precedent and the anatomy of a U.S. lawsuit, as well as practical guidance for law study in the United States, including how to brief a case for class and other suggestions about the law school classroom. Read more about the book.
Deborah B. McGregor, Clinical Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication, directs the third semester legal writing program, focusing on transactional drafting. She has also taught the first-year legal writing courses, legal process, integrated legal analysis and torts for LL.M. students, and advanced persuasive writing and oral advocacy. Prior to teaching, Professor McGregor’s work included legislative drafting in the U.S. Senate and probate and estate planning law. She has organized both regional and national conferences for law professors; served on national and international committees, and given over 40 presentations at regional, national, and international conferences related to legal writing, learning styles theory, and teaching international students. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Professor Cynthia M. Adams is Co-director of the Latin American Law Summer Program at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, where she teaches contract drafting; legal analysis and communication; integrated contracts; civil procedure; trusts and estates; and legal process. Cynthia M. Adams, Clinical Professor of Law, has taught legal writing, contract drafting, contracts, civil procedure, trusts and estates, and legal process. Before joining the law school faculty, Professor Adams practiced law at an Indianapolis firm. Her practice focused on acquisitions and mergers, commercial loans, general business law, and trusts and estates. She has taught courses to J.D. students and international students. She also serves as co-director of the school’s Latin American Summer Law Program. Professor Adams has made numerous presentations related to contract drafting, legal writing, and teaching international students at regional, national, and international venues.
08/14/2008
Prof. Ken Chestek Becomes President-Elect of LWI
At the recent Legal Writing Institute (LWI) conference held at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis in July, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Kenneth D. Chestek was chosen as President-Elect. He will succeed Ruth Anne Robbins of Rutgers-Camden as President for a two year term beginning in 2010.
"I am honored to be chosen as President-Elect of LWI," said Professor Chestek. "As the importance of skills education in American law schools grows, LWI will continue to be at the forefront of changes in the legal academy. During my term as President I hope to continue LWI’s growing outreach to the practicing bar nationwide, in order to help bridge the gap between law school and law practice."
He has been active in numerous capacities with the LWI, an organization of more than 2100 legal writing professionals in the United States and around the world. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of LWI. From 2005-2008 he co-chaired the ALWD/LWI Annual Survey Committee, and from 2004-2008 he served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, a peer-reviewed academic journal. He currently serves as list manager for the LWI discussion listserv (hosted at IU-Indy law school).
He has published and given lectures on a wide variety of subjects, including persuasion, teaching methods, tax exemption policy, hospitals and the uses of computers in law offices.
Professor Chestek joined the Legal Analysis, Research and Communication (LARC) team in the Summer of 2003 after working as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. He graduated cum laude from University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was Editor in Chief of the Law Review. He has extensive practice experience and has worked as the managing attorney for Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin's Erie office and as a partner in both his own firm (Chestek and Bax) and at Agresti & Agresti, in Erie, Pennsylvania. While in practice, he also served for 18 years as Chief Civil Counsel to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
08/14/2008
Professor George Edwards Meets International NGO Leaders
Professor George Edwards, Founder and Director of the Program in International Human Rights Law, will meet and share his insights and experiences on international human rights law promotion with leaders of non-governmental organizations from various countries this Friday (Aug. 15), from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Room 267 of the Law School.
One of the visitors, Mr. Leonides Quiroz, Coordinator, Negotiation Commission for the Wounaan Land, Wounaan Tribe Congress (Panama), has worked with the Program and Law students belonging to the International Human Rights Law Society in preparing and submitting the United Nations Shadow Report on Panama's indigenous people, which includes the Wounaan tribe. Last March, the Law students presented the UN Shadow Report to Human Rights Committee experts, who called the government's attention to the human rights concerns bedeviling Panama's indigenous people.
Quiroz, a Wounaan spokesman, earlier sent invitations to Panamanian government officials for them to attend the Wounaan regional congress, but the officials failed to attend the Wounaan congress.
J.D. candidate Megan Alvarez translated Quiroz’ invitations from their original Spanish into English and attached them to the UN Shadow Report as one of the pieces of evidence of the government's violation of the civil and political rights of members of the Wounaan tribe. Alvarez worked this summer as an International Human Rights Law Intern of the Comisión Justicia y Pazin, an NGO based in Panama, after personally meeting Alfredo Castillero Hoyos, who earlier served as an independent expert of the UN Human Rights Committee. Hoyos now leads the Red de Derechos Humanos de Panama - RDH-Panama, an NGO.
A copy of the UN Shadow Report on Panama is accessible at http://indylaw.indiana.edu/humanrights/shadowreports/Panama%20Indigenous%20People.pdf
Besides the UN Shadow Report on Panama, Professor Edwards served as the Director of other United Nations shadow reports on Chile, Zambia, and United States.
Since he started the Overseas Summer International Human Rights Law Internship Scholarship Program in 1997, Professor Edwards has helped facilitate more than 100 internship placements in over 50 countries for 81 J.D. and LL.M. candidates.
08/07/2008
Students in the Central and Eastern European Law Program Meet with Dignitaries
Students in the law school's Central and Eastern European Law Program on the Dubrovnik Riviera, Croatia met at the end of July with former U.S. Ambassador William Montgomery (pictured top right), who spoke on the recent war, the arrest of the alleged war criminal, Radovan Karadžić, and diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Eastern Europe.
Students also were invited to visit the Appellate Court in Dubrovnik where they met with the Chief Judge of the Court, Josita Begović (pictured bottom right) and two other district court judges. Additionally, students met with Mr. Davor Štern, former Minister of the Economy (and oil expert and former director of INA, the Croatian oil company) who spoke about the oil industry, relations with Russia, corruption in Eastern Europe, and the Eastern European economy. The program is under the direction of Professor Jennifer Drobac.
Back 2 rows, L to R: Matthew Weaver, Matthew Gilkey, Carlos Salazar, Blake Embry, Tim Van Rooy, Tim Mentkowski, Michael Zidanic, Bill Fisher, Marc Coda, Davor Mitrovic, Alex Chaiken, J.D. Brown, Casey Civiello, Ryan Worden. Front row, L to R: Carrra Tinges, Karrie Leak, Kateri Conahey, Jeanna Pitstick, Christine Reynolds, Ambassador William Montgomery, Josh Leightner, Jennifer Drobac, Marko Fak 
L to R: Michael Zidanic, Allysyn Overton, Ryan Worden, Avalyn Taylor, Bill Fisher, Jeanna Pitstick, Josita Begović, Marko Fak, Jennifer Drobac
07/28/2008
Law School Hosts National Legal Writing Conference
IU Law-Indianapolis hosted the 13th national biennial conference of the Legal Writing Institute, July 14-17, bringing more than 600 legal writing faculty members from 13 countries to Inlow Hall. The program kicked off with a reception at the Artsgarden in downtown Indianapolis.
Conference sessions covered more than 100 different topics, among them, Using 'Real World' Documents to Teach Persuasive Writing; The Changing Nature of Legal Research and Legal Authority in the Electronic Age; Dealing with Race, Culture and Gender in the Classroom; and Communicating with Millennials: Teaching and Preparing the Next Generation of Lawyers.
The Site Chair for the national conference was Professor Deborah McGregor, Assistant Director of the Legal Analysis Research and Communication Program at the law school. All of the members of the school’s legal writing faculty were involved with the planning for the conference, including the director, Professor Joan Ruhtenberg, and Professors Cynthia Adams, Ken Chestek, Jim Dimitri, Allison Martin, and Joel Schumm.
The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving legal writing by providing a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis and research. The LWI has more than 2,100 members and includes representatives from 38 countries.
07/24/2008
Media Coverage for Judges' Medical School
The law school hosted the National Judges' Medical School at the end of May, bringing together more than 200 state and federal judges from 39 jurisdictions across the country. The program is part of a larger initiative, the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, or ASTAR.
The law school facilitated this year's program through the Hall Center for Law and Health and the work of Professor Eleanor Kinney and Heather McCabe, '03. The National Judges' Medical School was featured recently in the American Medical News' publication, amednews.com.
07/08/2008
Professor Roisman Testifies on Fair Housing
On July 15, Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will testify in Chicago at the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Hearings. The Hearings are Co-chaired by former HUD Secretaries Jack Kemp and Henry Cisneros. Professor Roisman will present on the role of federal, state and local government in perpetuating segregation and their obligation to advance fair housing in their activities, including the perpetuation of segregation in subsidized and affordable housing programs.
Professor Roisman is the William F. Harvey Professor of Law and an expert on housing discrimination issues.
06/24/2008
Judge Lawrence Unanimously Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
On June 26, U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence, '73 was unanimously approved by the United States Senate as the newest federal district judge for the Southern District of Indiana. President Bush selected Lawrence in February of this year to take the seat vacated by Judge John D. Tinder who now sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
While introducing Lawrence at the Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, Senator Richard Lugar praised Judge Lawrence for his "high energy, resolute integrity, and remarkable dedication to public service."
Judge Lawrence has served as a public defender in Marion County and as a Master Commissioner of the Marion County Circuit Court. He was elected to the Marion County Circuit Court in 1996, and appointed to the Federal bench in 2002. Judge Lawrence has experience as a Public Defender in the Marion County Criminal Court and in private practice. Other community contributions have included his appointment as Executive Director of Indiana's first Merit Selection Commission on Federal Judicial Appointments (1980); service on the Indianapolis Fire Department Civilian Merit Board (1983-1989); and Chairmanship of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Commission (1997-2003).
06/24/2008
Associate Dean Angela Espada Receives Award, Chosen as ACE Fellow
Angela M. Espada, Associate Dean for Student Services, was selected by her alma mater, the University of Indianapolis, as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Dean Espada received A.A. and B.A. degrees from U of I in 1983. She also holds an M.A. from Indiana University (1986) and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (1987).
Espada joined the law school in August of 1990. Prior to coming to the law school, she held the position of staff attorney for the Indiana Supreme Court--Division of State Court Administration and staff attorney for the legislatively created Indiana Public Defender Commission. Her other professional experience includes practicing law as a deputy prosecuting attorney and teaching law-related courses at the undergraduate level at Indiana University-Bloomington and at the University of Indianapolis.
Dean Espada's responsibilities include coordinating the delivery of services to law students in the areas of admissions, registration, professional development, scholarships, financial aid and counseling.
She has also been selected as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year. The ACE Fellow program, established in 1965, is designed to mentor emerging leaders in higher education. ACE Fellows spend an extended period of time on another campus, working directly with college presidents, or other high-ranking administrators.
Espada says, "During the next academic year, I will be allowed the opportunity to look at the relationship between central administration and their professional schools as well as the relationship between the campus and the communities that they serve."
05/12/2008
Prof. John Krauss, '76 to Lead IU's New Public Policy Institute
Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Located near the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, the new Institute will serve as an umbrella organization for research centers affiliated with the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, including:
- The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
- The Center for Health Policy
- The newly formed Center for Criminal Justice Research
It also will support the Office of International Community Development and the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
John L. Krauss, an adjunct professor of law and 1976 graduate of the law school will direct the Institute. Krauss is a SPEA faculty member and former Indianapolis deputy mayor. Krauss and his team of researchers recently staffed the Kernan-Shepard Commission on Local Government Reform.
Collectively, the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, its three centers and its team of experts from SPEA statewide will deliver research, service and consulting on the vital issues facing policy leaders today.
05/11/2008
PIHRL Students Featured in Indiana Lawyer
Students from the Program in International Human Rights Law were featured in an Indiana Lawyer article on April 30, 2008 for their United Nations advocacy work.
Of the five students in the photograph in front of the UN’s New York Headquarters, three are current or former interns, four are JD students, and one is an LL.M. student.
PIHRL students have researched, written and submitted "Shadow Reports" and made oral human rights presentations to United Nations Committees five times since 2006. They have also participated in other Shadow Reports over the years. Most of the Shadow Reports are posted on the United Nations website.
The following five Shadow Reports were researched, written, and submitted by students since 2006:
(1) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (New York) (2008) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(2) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Muslims, Arabs, South Asians Post 9-11 (Geneva) (Report to be supplemented) (2008)
(3) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Chile (New York) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(4) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Freedom of Expression in Zambia (Geneva) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(5) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the U.S.A. (Geneva) (2006)
The first Shadow Report students researched, wrote and submitted was in 1999:
(6) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Dalits – The "Untouchables" of Nepal (Geneva) (1999)
Students assisted with the following two recent Shadow Reports that were submitted by the PIHRL and the National Bar Association:
(7) UN Race Committee – Race Discrimination Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2008)
(8) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Civil & Political Rights Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2006)
04/30/2008
Robert Hill, Jr. ’82 Named Chief Public Defender
At the April 14th City County Council meeting, the Council chose Robert Hill, Jr., ’82 to succeed David E. Cook, ’77 as head of the Marion County public defender agency. Hill will now oversee the office which employs 160 full-time employees and 100 contract lawyers, has a $20-million-budget, and currently faces a caseload of about 37,000 per year.
Hill was a partner at
Cook is returning to private practice at Gresk & Singleton LLP, where he handles immigration or naturalization cases . He was chosen as an Indiana Super Lawyer ® in 2007 and 2008.
04/23/2008
Prof. Roisman Publishes Law Review Article on Security of Tenure
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman's article, “The Right to Remain: Common Law Protections for Security of Tenure: An Essay in Honor of John Otis Calmore,” was recently published in the North Carolina Law Review [86 N.C. L. Rev. 817 (2008)].
Her aritlce entitled“End Residential Racial Segregation: Build Communities that Look Like America” appears in the Harvard Law & Policy Review Online.
04/15/2008
School of Law – Indianapolis’ LARC Program Ranked One of the Best
IU School of Law – Indianapolis’ legal writing program, known as Legal Analysis, Research and Communications (LARC), was ranked 11th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2008.
Ruth Anne Robbins, Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law-Camden and incoming President of the Legal Writing Institute, praised the program, calling it “one of the best” and a “model of excellence.”
U.S. News & World Report added legal writing programs to its annual rankings of special law school programs in 2005. The rankings are based on a survey submitted to those law professors across the nation teaching in their schools’ legal writing programs. Since 2006 the legal writing program at IU-Indianapolis has ranked in the top 15, steadily moving upward to its present 11th placement. The IU-Indianapolis legal writing program has gained national attention in several ways: writing faculty members have given multiple presentations at regional, national, and international conferences, taken on board memberships and chairmanships with national and international committees, published articles and books in the field, and brought the spotlight to the law school by hosting conferences.
The Central States regional conference was held at the law school in 2005, and the 13th Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, “Racing Toward Excellence,” will be held here in July 2008. The national conference will draw up to 600 participants from across the nation and countries around the world, including Africa, Canada, Ukraine, and Mexico.
Clinical Professor of Law, Joan Ruhtenberg, director of the LARC program, said, “The legal writing profession has made remarkable strides during the past twenty-five years, and I am grateful that our school is recognized as a part of that progression. We have come a long way since I became director of our program in 1982, and I hope that we continue on the path toward excellence.”
04/02/2008
Prof. Edwards Featured in Kuwait's Al Jarida Newspaper
Professor George E. Edwards was featured in an article that appeared in the Arabic-language newspaper Al Jarida, published in Kuwait on 31 March 2008. In the article, he discussed a range of international human rights and other legal issues in Kuwait and the United States. He commented on the U.S. continued detention of Kuwaitis in Guantanamo Bay, an "Article 98 Agreement" by which Kuwait agreed not to surrender any U.S. soldier to the International Criminal Court, the Kuwait government's new legislation banning any person from dressing like a person of the opposite sex, and issues the United States State Department raised in its Annual Human Rights Report on human rights conditions in Kuwait. Read the article.
On 31 March 2008, Profesor George E. Edwards gave a lecture at the University of Kuwait Faculty of Law entitled "International Law and Torture: From the Anti-Terrorism Ticking Bomb Scenario to Abuse of Domestic Helpers in Kuwait." Professor Edwards was also invited to deliver a lecture at Kuwait University in 2003.
04/01/2008
Prof. James Dimitri Publishes a Lead Article and Gives a Presentation at a the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference
Professor James Dimitri's article, “Writing Engaging, Realistic, and Balanced Appellate Advocacy Problems,” was recently published as the lead article in the Winter 2008 edition of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing . The article, which is featured on the cover, can be found at 16 Persps. 93 (No. 2, Winter 2008).
On March 22, Professor Jim Dimitri gave a presentation at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. In his presentation, "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students,” Professor Dimitri discussed the learning styles of the latest generation of law students, the Millennial Generation, and how these learning styles impact the way in which law professors give feedback to them.
04/01/2008
Prof. Martin's Essay Appears on Cover of Legal Writing Institue Bulletin
Professor Allison Martin's article was recently published on the cover of Spring 2008’s The Second Draft – Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute. The article is entitled “Teaching to Different Learning Styles: Love Triangles, Role Playing & Videotapes.” The electronic version will be posted at www.lwionline.org/publications/seconddraft.asp.
Allison Martin, Teaching to Different Learning Styles: Love Triangles, Role Playing & Videotapes , 22 Second Draft (newsltr. of Leg. Writing Inst.) 1 (No. 2, Spring 2008).
04/01/2008
Prof. Roisman Gives Keynote Address on Abolitionist Advocacy for the 21st Century
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman has been invited to give the keynote speech at the North Carolina Legal Services Statewide Conference in Durham, NC, on April 1. Her speech is entitled "Abolitionist Advocacy for the 21st Century."
04/01/2008
Prof. Bravo to Speak at Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
On April 4th, Professor Bravo will participate as a panelist in the St. Louis University School of Law Public Law Review’s symposium: The Changing Tide of Trade: The social, political and environmental implications of regional trade agreements (http://law.slu.edu/conf/trade/participants.html#contenttop). Professor Bravo will discuss her work on labor liberalization in the context of regional trade agreements.
Professor Bravo will participate in the American Society of International Law’s 102nd Annual Meeting (April 9 – 12), during which she will discuss her work on a labor liberalization approach to the modern trafficking in human beings. Professor Bravo was selected from a competitive field as one of the New Voices in International Law for the Society’s 102nd meeting.
04/01/2008
A Call to Action!
There’s a class action brewing at the law school. The Class Action Campaign of 2008 is an initiative to increase the participation, awareness and knowledge about the importance of private financial support for the law school. Leading the charge in this ground breaking campaign are the Student Ambassadors from each class. This year the campaign is being expanded to include all students, not just the graduating class. Everyone is being asked to contribute $10 to the Class Action effort.
Why this big push to have students contribute? And what difference will this amount of money make to the overall budget of the school? Good questions! We’re glad you’re paying attention!
Simply put, the primary focus of the campaign is to foster a culture of giving back. Thus, while the amount being requested is relatively small, $10, it makes a strong statement to our alumni and others and it will have an impact far greater than you may appreciate.
To show their commitment to the campaign, Dean Gary R. Roberts and several former deans of the law school are willing to provide up to $10,000.00 in matching funds to help encourage participation by the student body. So, here’s your opportunity to make the Dean(s) pay!
How can you give?
Students are asked to make gifts from now until April 21st. Gifts can be made by:
- dropping off your check or pledge card in room 227 (the Dean’s Suite)
- dropping off your donation at one of the student-run campaign tables (available in the atrium at various times throughout the month of April)
- dropping your contribution in the donation box in the Student Affairs Office
- visiting the IU Foundation’s online giving site. Select 'Law School Indianapolis' (which appears 6th on the list) and add the item to your shopping cart. Once added to the cart, you’ll be able to specify the amount you wish to contribute.
For further information regarding the campaign, please contact either Amanda Kamman, Director for Development at akamman@iupui.edu or Jacob Manaloor, Assistant Director for Grant Administration at jmanalor@iupui.edu .
03/28/2008
Professor Dannenmaier to speak at Yale/UN Conference on International Environmental Governance and Democracy
Professor Eric Dannenmaier has been invited to present a research paper on building democracy in international law at a conference in New Haven this spring.
Professor Dannenmaier’s work examines the idea of citizenship and sovereignty in international law and argues that international institutions can and should become more democratic. His research paper addresses an ongoing debate about the role of citizens in lawmaking and the resistance of some governments to engage non-state actors at the international level. It explores practical solutions such as public advisory committees created to advise parties to international trade agreements and public forums organized to inform inter-governmental negotiations and international institutions.
Dannenmaier will join a panel on Institutional Democratization during the 2-day conference on May 10-11, 2008, which is meant to “take stock of contemporary research and knowledge gaps at the intersection of institutions, public participation and environmental sustainability [and to] develop a research program and network to strengthen institutional approaches for effective and context-sensitive public participation in environmental governance.”
The conference, hosted by Yale and co-sponsored by its Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the UN Institute for Training and Research, will draw together about 150 participants from dozens of countries, including scholars and practitioners from governments, inter-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector. It is being organized in conjunction with the 16th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, which will be held in New York from 5-16 May.
Information on the Conference can be found at http://www.yale.edu/envirocenter/envdem/Information on the Environmental Policy Forum at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis can be found at http://indylaw.indiana.edu/programs/environmentalpolicyforum/.
03/26/2008
Prof. Gerard Magliocca Receives Fulbright Award
Gerard Magliocca, professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, will hold the Fulbright-Dow Distinguished Chair at the Roosevelt Center for American Studies in the Netherlands in the fall of 2008.
Magliocca joined the faculty following two years as an associate with Covington & Burling and one year as a clerk for Judge Guido Calabresi on the Second Circuit. He received the Best New Professor Award from the student body in 2004 and the Black Cane (Most Outstanding Professor) Award in 2006. His research interests focus on constitutional law, legal history and intellectual property.
"I am incredibly excited about this opportunity to represent our country in the Netherlands," Magliocca said. "By interacting with European scholars interested in American studies, this Fulbright Award will enrich my scholarship on constitutional law and allow me to make friends and memories that will last a lifetime."
Magliocca is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.
The Fulbright program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the program has exchanged approximately 273,500 people -- 102,900 Americans who have studied, taught or researched abroad and 170,600 students, scholars and teachers from other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States. The program operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
03/19/2008
Prof. Fran Watson Asks Public for Help in Cold Cases in Lake County
by Diane Brown, Assistant Director of Media Relations, IUPUI
The Law Clinic at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis today (March 14, 2008) announced an upcoming post-conviction proceeding on behalf of a Lake County man asserting he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1993. Law Clinic attorneys representing the man are seeking the public's help in exonerating their client.
A post-conviction case for Roosevelt Glenn will be tried March 17 and 18, 2008, in a hearing room for the Lake County Superior Court One, 2293 North Main Street, Crown Point, Ind. Glenn continues to maintain his innocence and asserts that newly discovered DNA evidence demonstrates he was wrongfully convicted.
Glenn was convicted of one of a series of vehicular "bumps" followed by assaults against woman driving alone at night. The incidents occurred in Lake County from 1989 to 1990. Most of the cases remain unsolved. Professor Fran Watson of the Law Clinic at IU School of Law-Indianapolis is asking anyone with any information regarding the "cold" cases to contact her at 317-274-1911.
"Since the very first tests in 1990, two DNA profiles from the persons responsible for these crimes have been identified," says Watson. "If we could obtain information to locate either of the two persons for whom DNA profiles exist, it would be relevant to Mr. Glenn's petition. We ask for the public's help."
Professor Watson and her students from the Law Clinic are preparing the case on behalf of Glenn. Scientific experts in microscopic hair analysis and DNA will testify to challenge the proof offered to convict Glenn. During the 1993 trial, a hair recovered from the victim's sweater was said to be from Glenn's head. Recent DNA testing has revealed that the hair does not match Glenn's.
03/11/2008
Professors Katz, Mitchell and Wright Speak at Shakespeare in the Courtroom Event
Professor Robert A. Katz organized and moderated a panel exploring William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice from the perspectives of law, humanities, theology, and the history of anti-Semitism and Jewish-Christian relations. Professors Mary Harter Mitchell and R. George Wright also spoke and participated on the panel, along with professors of English and theology and a leader of the Indianapolis Jewish community. The event took place in the law school’s Wynne Courtroom on February 26 following the performance of the courtroom scene from The Merchant of Venice, performed by actors from the American Shakespeare Center on their Piercing Eloquence Tour. The event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Law Society and IUPUI's Department of English. (Photo: Christopher Seiler, American Shakespeare Company, played the role of Shylock)
An article appeared in The Indiana Lawyer entitled "The play's the thing: Shakespeare at law school sparks conversation" by Rebecca Berfanger. (Wed. March 5, 2008)
03/11/2008
Prof. Karlson Advises the Media on a Capital Murder Case in Connecticut
Professor Henry Karlson, an expert on criminal law and child abuse issues, was recently consulted by the media covering a capital murder case involving a young child in Connecticut. His comments appear in the Journal Inquirer.
02/29/2008
Professor Page Quoted on Recent Canceled Business Transactions in the News
Professor Antony Page has been quoted recently in media sources such as Bloomberg News, Dow Jones Newswire, The New York Post, The Indianapolis Star and The Tennessean, commenting on several threatened or canceled business transactions, including ADS/Blackstone, Sallie Mae/Flowers, and others.
02/04/2008
Chen-Ming Yang ’96 to Head International Health Office for Taiwan
Chen-Ming Yang, ’96 was appointed to be the Director General of the Bureau of International Cooperation (BIC), Department of Health (DOH), Taiwan. The BIC oversees the international affairs of DOH, including bilateral and multilateral cooperation, and international medical aid. The office is also responsible for communicating with health related NGOs and international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and other such entities. In addition, the BIC also facilitates the successful implementation of health related international regulations and conventions in Taiwan. In addition to his J.D. from the law school, he holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and an M.D. from Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. Before joining the BIC he worked in several medical positions, including vice superintendent of Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, chief of staff of Taipei Medical University, and deputy executive officer of Taiwan Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation. Most recently he was an associate professor of School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University. Yang is also board certified to be a nuclear medicine specialist in Taiwan.
01/28/2008
Judge Zore ’68 to Receive Hine Medal from IUPUI
Law school alumnus Hon. Gerald Zore, ’68 of the Marion County Superior Court will be a recipient of one of this year’s Maynard K. Hine medals, recognizing individuals for their significant contributions to the IUPUI campus. The award ceremony will take place on February 28, 2008. Previous law school alumni recipients of the Hine medal include Patrick Shoulders,’78; Lisa Stone,’80; John Holt,’56; Hon. Margret G. Robb,’78; Robert Everitt,’65; Hon. Robert Staton,’55; John Maley,’88; Eugene Henn,’60; Martha Hollingsworth,’72; Mary Ann Tucker,’73;and Lante Earnest,‘73. Chancellor Emeritus and former Dean of the law school Gerald L. Bepko is also a past recipient.
01/28/2008
Prof. López is Only Academic Named to the State Board of Law Examiners
Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard named Professor María Pabón López to the State Board of Law Examiners effective December 1, 2007. The Board is responsible for the admission of attorneys, the certification of legal interns and the formation and renewal of professional corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships for the legal profession in Indiana. She is the only academic in the 10 member board. See http://www.in.gov/judiciary/committees/ble.html for more information about the board.
01/28/2008
Marion County Bar Installs New Officers
The Marion County Bar Association (MCBA) held the 2008 Installation Ceremony on Friday, January 25 in the Indiana Supreme Court Chambers. Hon. Cynthia J. Ayers, '82 swore in the MCBA's 2008 Officers and Board of Directors. Several IU Law – Indianapolis alumni and an administrator are serving on this year’s bar. President Elect Ryan Gardner, ’04; Secretary Tamara L. McMillian (Associate Director of Professional Development, pictured) and Treasurer Robyn Rucker, ’02 are serving with Amanda Pecchioni and Randle Pollard.
01/22/2008
Prof. Pitts Comments on SCOTUS Hearing of Indiana Voter ID Law
Professor Michael J. Pitts, an expert in election law, was quoted in several media sources regarding the recent United States Supreme Court oral argument regarding Indiana’s voter identification law. Pitts was quoted in Diverse Issues in Higher Education , as well on local television and radio stations such as WIBC and WISH TV. He also wrote an analysis of the amicus briefs for the Election Law @ Moritz (Ohio State University) site. On January 17, Professor Pitts moderated a panel discussion held by the Indianapolis chapter of the American Constitution Society, “The Indiana Voter ID Law and the Supreme Court: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita."
01/22/2008
Justice Often Delayed in Death Penalty Cases
WISH TV, Jan. 15, 2008 - Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis Clinical Associate Professor Joel Schumm discusses reasons for delay in getting death penalty cases tried in court. Schumm teaches legal analysis, research and communication; court internships; legal process; criminal procedure II; and juvenile justice. He is also director of the law school's Judicial Externship Program.
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01/18/2008
Prof. Tom Wilson Becomes Chair-Elect of AALS Section
At the 2008 Association of American Law Schools conference in New York City, Professor Lloyd T. (Tom) Wilson was elected Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on Real Estate Transactions. Professor Wilson previously served as Treasurer and Secretary of the Real Estate Transactions section and as a member of the section's Executive Committee.
01/16/2008
1L Blake Howell to Appear on 'Millionaire' TV Show
Blake Howell, a first year law student at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will be a contestant on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” on Monday, January 21, 2008. Blake said that if he won big on “Millionaire,” he would pay off his student loans.
Hosted by Meredith Vieira, “Millionaire” currently is in its sixth season and just celebrated its 1,000th episode in November ‘07. Locally, “Millionaire” can be seen in the Indianapolis area on WXIN (Fox 59), weekdays at 12:00 pm. For clearance information in other markets, go to www.millionairetv.com.
Photos Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions, Ltd.
01/14/2008
Ruth Lilly Law Library Access Changes
Due to new security measures in Inlow Hall, the law school is implementing a new procedure for visiting the law library in the evening hours. Effective January 14, 2008, no one may enter the school without a JagTag (IUPUI identifiation card) after 9:00pm. Those entering before 9:00pm may use the library until closing.
Persons entering the school building during evening hours (beginning at 6:30 p.m.) or on weekends should use the New York St. entrance and must either display their JagTag or sign in and display photo identification at the reception desk. Ruth Lilly Law Library
01/02/2008
Tanya Bell, ’00 Named CEO of Indiana Black Expo
Indianapolis attorney Tanya Bell, ‘00 has been a member of Indiana Black Expo (IBE)’s board of directors for six years. While on the board, she oversaw the reorganization of the12 statewide chapters into separate 501(c)3 tax-exempt entities in hopes of encouraging more local giving.
Previously, Bell was assistant general counsel for Community Health Network. She has also taught as a legal writing adjunct professor at her alma mater, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.
Bell succeeds Joyce Rogers, ‘96 who served two years as IBE’s chief executive before announcing in October that she was leaving to lead fund-raising efforts at Ivy Tech Community College.
IBE was founded in Indianapolis in 1970 by local African American leaders with the mission to be an effective voice and vehicle for the social and economic advancement of blacks. The event is now an annual event held in Downtown Indianapolis which attracts more than 300,000 people.
11/29/2007
Nominations Sought for IUAA's Distinguished Alumni and Early Career Achievement Awards
The IU School of Law – Indianapolis Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Award and the inaugural Early Career Achievement Award. Criteria for the Distinguished Alumni Award includes dedication and service to the law school, to the legal profession and their community. Criteria for the Early Career Achievement Award includes service and outstanding contributions to the legal profession, their community, and/or their alma mater. The nominee should show potential for continued success in their field and will be in their early-to mid-career stage, having received their degree from the IU School of Law – Indianapolis within the last ten years.
Nominations should be submitted to the Awards and Recognition Committee of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association c/o Danny Kibble, Director of Alumni Programs, 850 West Michigan St., Suite 241, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Nominations should include a letter(s) of recommendation, resume or curriculum vitae, and your contact information. Should you have questions concerning a recipient’s eligibility or require assistance gathering necessary documents, please contact Danny Kibble at 317-274-2289, or via email, djkibble@iupui.edu. Nominations may be emailed. Recipients will be honored at the IU School of Law – Indianapolis Alumni Weekend on May 16, 2008. Deadline for nominations is December 17, 2007.
11/29/2007
Professor McGregor Travel to Ukraine to Train Law Professors
Professor Deborah B. McGregor travels to Kiev, Ukraine in December, 2007 to train Ukrainian law professors in legal research, writing, and advocacy, with an emphasis on interactive teaching methodologies. The workshop is sponsored by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative – Ukraine. McGregor is Assistant Director of Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication (LARC) and Clinical Associate Professor of Law. She teaches both J.D. and LL.M. students in her LARC courses, as well as integrated legal analysis and torts for LL.M. students; advanced persuasive writing and oral advocacy for LL.M. students; torts for LL.M. students; and legal process.
11/26/2007
OPD's Tamara McMillian Publishes Article in NALP
Tamara L. McMillian, Associate Director, Office of Professional Development (OPD), recently had an article published by the National Association of Law Placement (NALP). Her article, “Help, I Didn’t Get an Offer,” appeared in the November issue of the NALP Bulletin. McMillian joined the law school in the Fall of 2006.
11/26/2007
Professor Lefstein Assumes Responsibility for National Projects Related to Legal Representation for the Indigent
Norman Lefstein, Professor and Dean Emeritus, has agreed to serve as a reporter for the National Right to Counsel Committee of which he is also a member. The committee has been organized by The Constitution Project and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, both of Washington, D.C. The honorary co-chairs of the of the committee are Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States, and William Sessions, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
As a reporter, Professor Lefstein will be responsible, in association with a consulting firm, for preparing a national report about the state of defense services for the poor in criminal prosecutions and juvenile delinquency cases, as well as formulating recommendations for improvements. The importance of effective legal representation for the indigent has been heightened in recent years due to exonerations of innocent persons based upon DNA evidence. The report is expected to be released in the fall of 2008.
Professor Lefstein also has agreed, at the request of the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, to prepare a comprehensive guidebook and recommendations to assist public defenders and other lawyers dealing with excessive caseloads in representing the indigent. The guidebook, which is part of a three-year project, is prompted by an ABA legal ethics opinion published in 2006, which made clear that all lawyers have a duty to avoid caseloads in which they are prevented from providing “competent” representation as required by rules of professional conduct. During the project’s third year, when the guidebook is expected to be completed, a national conference will be held dealing with defender caseloads and related indigent defense issues.
Among Professor Lefstein’s prior positions are service as director of the D.C. Public Defender Service in the 1970’s and reporter for the second edition of ABA Standards Related to Providing Defense Services and The Defense Function. He also chaired the Task Force that oversaw the preparation of the ABA’s current edition of these standards. During 1997-1998, Professor Lefstein served as chief consultant to the Subcommittee on Federal Death Penalty cases of the United States Judicial Conference and in this capacity directed preparation of a report dealing with the cost and quality of defense services in federal death penalty cases. More recently, in 2004, Professor Lefstein co-authored the ABA’s 2004 report on indigent defense, “Gideon’s Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice.” Until July 2007, Professor Lefstein chaired the Indiana Public Defender Commission, a position that he held for 17 years.
11/15/2007
Law School to Offer First U.S. Graduate Law Program in Middle East
With classes scheduled to start in January 2008, IU School of Law-Indianapolis will become the first and only U.S. law school to offer a graduate law degree program in the Middle East.
The U.S. law school, located in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., will offer its master’s degree track in International and Comparative Law at two law schools in Egypt: the Faculty of Law at Alexandria University and the Faculty of Law at Cairo University.
As part of its initiative to help Egypt modernize its economy and its legal system, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the Indiana law school a three-year, $6.7 million grant to operate the U.S. Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program in Egypt.
"This is a groundbreaking collaboration between an American law school and two of the leading law schools in the Middle East," says program director and IU School of Law-Indianapolis Professor Frank Emmert.
IU School of Law-Indianapolis was unique in its bid for the USAID grant, said Emmert, who is also executive director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the Indianapolis law school. "We plan to develop essentially an island of excellence in these universities. And we know we will learn as much from our Egyptian partners as they will from us."
The U.S. Master of Laws Program will target graduates of the four-year bachelor of laws programs at the two Egyptian universities, along with practicing attorneys and judges in Egypt. The program is planned to open with 25 students at each of two locations in Egypt in January, but will later come under a 70-student cap. "In order to maintain a high quality program with an interactive and intense format, we will need to limit enrollment," Emmert said. Graduates of the program are anticipated to play a significant role in on-going efforts to improve Egypt's economy and legal system.
USAID is working with Egyptian officials to help “re-write” or modernize that country’s legislation and government policies with a view toward the business sector, according to Emmert. To do so, the country needs lawyers who are qualified to handle international business transactions, modern corporate laws and commercial transactions.
Gary Roberts, Dean of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis says, "Through this program, the IU Indianapolis law school will play a central role in building bridges between the Middle East and the U.S. as our graduates become legal, political, and business leaders in Egypt and other countries around the Middle East, a region of the world that has become of critical importance to the United States."
In anticipation of the January opening, Emmert, USAID officials and administrators from Cairo and Alexandria universities met in Egypt recently to sign documents establishing the partnerships for the law degree program.
[News coverage of the signing ceremony appeared on Nile TV in Egypt]
11/13/2007
Prof. Bravo Participates in Protection Project Symposium
Prof. Karen Bravo has been invited to participate in the Second Annual Protection Project Symposium: "Incorporating Trafficking in Persons into Human Rights Curricula in Universities in the United States and Abroad," which will be held at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on November 27, 2007.
Professor Bravo teaches a course on Illicit International Markets at the law school. Karen E. Bravo joined the faculty in the summer of 2004.
11/12/2007
Prof. Karlson to Appear on Fox News
Prof. Henry Karlson appeared on Fox News' Special Report on November 12, 2007 (6:00 - 7:00 pm, EST). Karlson discussed Indianapolis's recent election results.
Henry C. Karlson, Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, served for eight years in the United States Army where he was appointed a Trial Judge as a member of the U.S. Army Trial Judiciary and served as a Trial Judge in Vietnam. He teaches criminal law, evidence and trial advocacy.
11/06/2007
Professor Kinney Inducted as Section Fellow of ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
On October 26th, the ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice inducted Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney as a Section Fellow at its dinner celebrating the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Kinney is Hall Render Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. Pictured: Judge Merrick Garland, Judge Harry Edwards, Professor Eleanor Kinney, Judge Ray Randolph, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Professor Michael Asimow, Section Chair and Professor Emeritus at UCLA.
11/02/2007
Law Students Win Asylum Case on Behalf of Burmese Applicant
By Alicia Dean Carlson
Born to an ethnic minority family in Burma, Zar Ni Maw endured the assassinations of her parents, years on the run in the Burmese jungle, and life in a refugee camp.
Finally safe in the United States, Zar Ni started her senior year at Oberlin College facing yet another trauma: her application for political asylum had been denied, and removal proceedings had begun. She would have to return to Burma—also known as the Union of Myanmar—and to a government hostile to her ethnic background and her family’s political activity.
A second attempt to win asylum was scheduled for Oct. 4 in Chicago, where Zar Ni would have to make her appeal to Judge Robert Vinikoor.
The first time Zar Ni had applied, she’d been alone. This time, law students Keri Gresk and Lun Kham from the newly created Immigration Law Clinic at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis and supervised by Linda Kelly Hill, the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law, would represent her.
For Kham, who is also from Burma, the case hit close to home. Kham had enough personal experience with the lack of freedom in Burma to know that Zar Ni could be in real danger. Kham had come to the United States—and Indianapolis—to attend college in 2001 because she’d been denied that opportunity in Burma.
"I know exactly what she is going through, what her family went through with the government,” Kham said. “Our family is Christian, which is a minority ethnic group, and we would be persecuted there. It inspired me to find a new future here."
“But Zar Ni’s situation was worse. She grew up in a refugee camp and her parents were murdered by military government when she was seven or eight,” Kham said. “She is a remarkable woman.”
Preparing a case
All three women were nervous as they prepared for the asylum hearing.
While Zar Ni felt comfortable with Kham, she was reluctant to tell her story to most strangers. Gresk felt sure that Zar Ni’s guarded emotions would hurt her testimony.
“When I first met with Zar Ni, in all honesty, I was nervous about her case,” Gresk said. “Because of everything she had been through, she had an emotional wall up. We had to get her to come across as a believable person, yet there was this cultural barrier. She did not want to seem weak.”
Zar Ni acknowledges that she wasn’t comfortable talking to many people about her life in Burma.
“I did not feel comfortable discussing my case or my information,” Zar Ni said. “Lun is Burmese, so it is free for me to discuss and say openly. For the first day, Keri and I did not discuss straight about my case but spent time just getting to know her. By the end, I felt like they were on my side.”
Eventually, Kham and Gresk were able to help Zar Ni tell her story about being born in the jungle while her family was on the run for their pro-democracy activities, and how, after her parents were murdered, she was sent to a refugee camp. They documented Zar Ni’s own political activism including an interview she gave to Radio Free Asia in which she encouraged other young refugees to study and work for a democratic Burma.
“I am sure that if I do not get asylum and am deported back to Burma, I would be arrested,” Zar Ni said.
Burma in the headlines
Despite their preparation, the odds of being granted asylum were not good. Zar Ni’s request had been denied once. In 2006, 60 percent of all U.S. asylum cases were denied. Judge Vinikoor’s 75 percent denial rate was even higher.
“It was a little terrifying,” Gresk confessed.
Coincidentally, at the time of the October hearing, Burma had been making headlines for weeks, as thousands of Buddhist monks led anti-government protests. The government retaliated by arresting and attacking protesters. Official reports counted 10 deaths in a crackdown on Sept. 27, but foreign diplomatic sources have recorded at least twice as many deaths and many wounded, including some brutal incidents of violence against Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists.
“Given the current events, our hearing, which had been scheduled for more than a year, was exceptional,” Professor Kelly Hill said. “Still, winning an asylum case is never an easy task.”
But the hearing went smoothly. Zar Ni answered all of Judge Vinikoor’s questions, and he never called the five witnesses that Kham and Gresk had located and prepped to testify.
They won. Zar Ni Maw would be allowed to stay in the United States.
“Ms. Kham and Ms. Gresk did an extraordinary job weaving together and documenting our client’s life story,” Professor Kelly Hill said.
Gresk and Kham agree that the asylum hearing was a great experience for two law students. Both plan to practice law in Indianapolis, and both may incorporate immigration law into their practices.
Zar Ni plans to pursue her undergraduate degree in sociology and hopes to work with the sizable Burmese population in Indiana as a social worker.
“ I feel very safe here,” Zar Ni said. “I am really happy I got asylum. It is my first time to have legal status in any country, ever.”
10/29/2007
Professor Katz Cited in Major Charity Law Case
Professor Robert A. Katz, an expert in nonprofit law, was cited in a major charity law case involving an $880-million endowment that pits Princeton University against the heirs of a supermarket fortune who donated money to the school a generation ago. In an order denying the heirs’ motion for partial summary judgment, Judge Neil H. Shuster, New Jersey Superior Court, refused to use stricter trust law standards to define the University’s duty to advance its charitable mission – sometimes called the “duty of obedience” -- opting instead for the “more flexible and adaptable principles of corporate law.” In his analysis, Judge Shuster quoted extensively from Professor Katz’s article "Let Charitable Directors Direct: Why Trust Law Should Not Curb Board Discretion over a Charitable Corporation's Mission and Unrestricted Assets." This order, one of a set of rulings issued on October 25, 2007, establishes the ground rules for one of the largest lawsuits ever filed exploring how closely colleges must adhere to the original intent of donors.
In his article, Professor Katz opposes a duty of obedience that requires a charitable corporation’s directors to adhere to its original purposes unless these have become impossible, impracticable, or illegal to pursue. In his view, the duty of obedience should simply require directors to follow the purposes set forth in the charity’s articles of incorporation at the time of making the decision. A straightforward ultra vires standard, he argues, is easier to administer and facilitates the redeployment of charitable resources to more socially beneficial uses. Read Judge Shuster’s discussion of Katz’s article at pp. 74-76 of https://www.slashtmp.iu.edu/public/download.php?FILE=rokatz/60135iHf8Cu
The law suit is discussed in the following New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/education/26princeton.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
10/25/2007
Prof. Nehf's Article on Online Shopping and Internet Privacy Featured in 'The Chronicle of Higher Education'
Prof. James P. Nehf, Cleon H. Faust Fellow, recently published an article entitled "Shopping for Privacy on the Internet." It originally appeared in 41 Journal of Consumer Affairs 351 (2007) and was also featured in the September 28 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle article can be accessed at http://chronicle.com/subscribe/login?url=/daily/2007/09/2007092801j.htm .
10/18/2007
Denise K. LaRue, '89 to Receive the 2007 Antoinette Dakin Leach Award
The Women and the Law Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association will award Denise K. LaRue the 2007 Antoinette Dakin Leach Award on October 18th. LaRue, a named partner in the firm of Haskin Lauter & LaRue, practices labor and employment law. She is a 1989 graduate (cum laude) of the law school.
In 1995, she served as co-counsel in the first Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case which was tried before a jury in the Southern District of Indiana. In 1998, she was also involved in the first Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case in the Southern District of Indiana.
Antoinette Dakin Leach became one of the first women to be admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1893; she was also a leader in national and local suffragist movements. Every year, the Women and the Law Division gives this award to an outstanding female attorney who has assumed roles of leadership within the Indianapolis legal community, who serves as a mentor for other attorneys, and who demonstrates commitment to helping the area’s citizens. Contact the IBA to register for the luncheon or for additional information: www.indybar.org.
10/18/2007
Alumnae on the Move: Brooks and Rogers Join Ivy Tech
Susan W. Brooks, '85 left her post as U.S. Attorney in Indiana's Southern District and is now general counsel and senior vice president of economic and workforce development for Ivy Tech Community College. Brooks, a recipient of the law school’s 2006 Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award, held the post of U.S. Attorney for exactly 6 years. Prior to that, she worked in private practice at Ice Miller and McClure McClure & Kammen. She was also Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis under Mayor Steven Goldsmith.
Soon, fellow alumna Joyce Rogers, '96 will join Brooks at Ivy Tech. Rogers is stepping down as the leader of Indiana Black Expo, where she has worked since 2001, first as Chief Operating Officer and then as president and CEO. She will become Ivy Tech’s vice president of development. Rogers was featured in the Summer 2006 issue of IU Law Indianapolis Alumni Magazine (SWF) (PDF)
10/12/2007
Law School and Professor López Receive Rabb Emison Awards
At the Indiana State Bar Annual Meeting on October 10, Professor María Pabón López was honored as the individual recipient of the Rabb Emison Award, which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment to promote diversity and/or equality in the legal profession. Past recipients of this award have included Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard and Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr., as well as Associate Dean Angela Espada and Chasity Q. Thompson, ’02, Director of the Office of Professional Development.
The
10/08/2007
Prof. Roisman to Speak at Housing and Social Justice Conference
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law, will speak on October 12 at "One People, One Nation? Housing and Social justice: The Intersection of Race, Place, and Opportunity" at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, N.C. Prof. Roisman will participate in a panel discussion entitled, "What Barriers Do Current Housing Trends Present to Pursuing Social Justice?"
10/04/2007
Justice Alito Speaks in Wynne Courtroom at Conference on Legislative-Judicial Relations
United States Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito, Jr., gave the keynote address at a conference on "Relations Between Congress and the Federal Courts," on September 14.
The one day event was hosted by the Indiana State Bar Association. In addition to Alito, members of Congress and the judiciary gathered to discuss the topic of improving communication and relations between the two branches of government. An audience of over 150 attorneys and judges attended the event in the Wynne Courtroom, where IU School of Law – Indianapolis faculty, Prof. Gerard Magliocca and Associate Dean Jeff Grove also spoke, as well as Dean Gary Roberts.
A morning panel of U.S. Representatives Mike Pence, '86, Baron Hill and Brad Ellsworth discussed issues from Capital Hill’s perspective, such as congressional oversight and the independence of the judiciary. A panel of Federal judges convened in the afternoon session to discuss the issues from the point of view of the bench, including the differing relations the two branches of government have with the media and the influence that has on public perception of judicial actions. The judicial panel included Randall T. Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice; Larry McKinney, Chief Judge of the Southern District; Robert Miller, Jr., ’75, Chief Judge of the Northern District; and Sarah Evans Barker, U.S. District Judge and President of the Federal Judges Association.
10/03/2007
Prof. Kinney to Work on Indiana's State Coverage Initiative for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The State of Indiana, on the basis of the work of the Indiana University Health Reform Faculty Study Group, has been selected as one of 14 states to participate in the Coverage Institute of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Coverage Initiative. Professor Eleanor Kinney is Co-Director of the Indiana University Health Reform Faculty Study Group.
The State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) program works with states to plan, execute, and maintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the availability and affordability of health care coverage. States selected to participate in this Institute are eligible for additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for health reform initiatives.
Prof. Kinney is the Hall Render Professor of Law and the Co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health.
10/03/2007
Hall Center Participates in Consortium for Health Policy, Law, Bioethics, an IUPUI Signature Center
IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Uday Sukhatme has announced the proposals to be funded under the
"This initiative is intended to take IUPUI's research effort to a much higher level by helping to create a significant number of Signature Centers which will stand out like skyscrapers over the surrounding landscape," Sukhatme said.
Such structures need support and the
The Consortium for Health Policy, Law, Bioethics creates an innovative and dynamic environment to facilitate research, education, and public policy service on issues in health care, health and science policy, and the life sciences. The consortium's mission is to provide an innovative, interdisciplinary organizational environment that enhances existing IUPUI/IU capacity in health policy, law and bioethics. The consortium strives to inform social and public policy in health, facilitate cross-cutting interdisciplinary research, and support current and developing degree and certificate programs.
Being designated as a signature center allows the Consortium to be seen as a distinctly identifiable research unit with IUPUI. In addition to representing an area of research strength, the signature center will usually build on some ongoing activities and have many of the following attributes:
Signature centers will often be interdisciplinary in character. They should have the capacity to attract significant external funding appropriate to the disciplines involved, including federal grants and foundation support. The centers need to bring academic distinction to the campus. After an initial period of campus-based seed funding, they should become largely self-sufficient in a 3 to 5 year time frame.
The work of the center should have something unique and distinctive, which makes it stand out. It should not focus on an area commonly studied at many other universities, although collaborations with other institutions could be a desirable feature.
The center should engage in work which takes advantage of the urban location in
A total of 71 proposals were submitted for review. They were judged on academic merit and the above described criteria for determining whether a proposal had the potential to reach
Submitted Proposals: The number of proposals coming from various schools were as follows: Medicine 21; Science, Engineering 8; Liberal Arts 7; Art, Dentistry, Informatics, Law 3; Public and Environmental Affairs, Social Work 2; Music, Nursing, Health and Rehabilitation Services, Education, University Library, University College, Business 1. Non-teaching units contributed 4 proposals.
10/03/2007
Prof. Dannenmaier Speaks to International Law Students Association (ILSA) in Denver
Professor Dannenmaier will prensent a work in progress on indigenous environmental rights to the ILSA fall meeting October 11-13 in Denver, Colorado. His work explores emerging international law linking indigenous peoples’ environmental rights to their distinctive relationship with traditional lands and natural resources. He asks what implications this has for others whose history and identity is tied to land and natural resources. He also examines whether intergenerational conservation commitments may be implicit in identity based environmental rights claims.
More information on the conference can be found at http://www.law.du.edu/studentorgs/ils/fallconference/
10/03/2007
Prof. Bravo Makes Presentations on Human Trafficking
Professor Karen E. Bravo presentated her current research on the modern trafficking in human beings at the Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference held on September 14-15 at the Southern New England College of Law in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Earlier this summer, Professor Bravo discussed her work on human trafficking at the Second Annual Big Ten Aspiring Scholars Conference held at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington on August 5-7, 2007.
09/20/2007
Prof. Nehf Works to Strengthen Consumer Protection Laws in Armenia
Professor James Nehf recently conducted a review of draft Armenian consumer protection legislation. The review was part of a Financial Sector Deepening Project (FSDP) for Armenia that is being conducted by Emerging Markets Group (EMG) (www.emergingmarketsgroup.com) an international development consulting firm with offices in Washington, London, and Brussels. The project, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), seeks to improve the soundness, safety, stability and integrity of the financial sector in Armenia by enabling its Central Bank to implement risk-based supervision of financial institutions and improve transparency, information sharing, and institutional governance. The goal is to strengthen and deepen the financial sector and help promote economic growth and alleviate poverty.
The Central Bank drafted consumer protection laws on consumer credit, deposit attraction (truth in savings), and financial ombudsman. At the request of EMG, Professor Nehf performed a desktop review and commented on the draft laws. The review compared the principles, concepts, and language contained in the legislation package to best practices for countries that can be analyzed to Armenia globally. EMG submitted the report to the Central Bank at the end of August.
09/19/2007
Rep. Bosma, '84 Appoints Prof. Jeff Grove to Indiana Lobby Registration Commission
Representative Brian C. Bosma, '84 appointed Professor Jeff Grove to the Indiana Lobby Registration Commission. Grove is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and a professor at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. "Jeff will bring a wealth of experience and insight to the Lobby Registration Commission," stated Rep. Bosma. "The commission plays a vital role in assuring public confidence in the government process and Professor Grove will continue to ensure that lobbying in Indiana is transparent and closely regulated."
The Commission, established by the 1992 Indiana General Assembly, is charged with the responsibilities of registering lobbyists and monitoring their activity. The Commission's goal is to make available to the public a general profile of lobbying activity in the State of Indiana, and to review violations when they occur. The Commission maintains lobbyist records, which are accessible to the public at its office, and publishes an annual report. The Commission conducts public meetings bi-monthly.
09/13/2007
Prof. Edwards Named to Titled Professors Committee
Professor George E. Edwards has accepted an invitation to become a member of the Titled Professors Committee of IUPUI. This Committee provides advice and recommendations for titled professor appointments. The term of service is generally expected to be three years.
Professor Edwards is the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law, and is a member of Indiana University’s Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors .
09/13/2007
Professor Crews to Lead a Major Study for the World Intellectual Property Organization
Kenneth Crews, the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, has been commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to conduct a worldwide study of copyright statutes related to libraries and library services. "The laws of many countries, including the U.S., have detailed provisions governing issues such as reproduction of library materials for research and preservation; lending of works to library users; and importation of foreign works to build library collections," Crews said. "These statutes often reflect the economic and cultural tensions inherent in much of copyright law."
WIPO, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is an agency of the United Nations. The study by Professor Crews will encompass the laws of more than 180 countries that are WIPO members. Crews said, "It should help identify policy issues that national governments may need to address in the near future. For example, the Library of Congress has established a study group that will soon recommend revisions of the U.S. statute on libraries and copyright." Professor Crews was invited to undertake this project because of his leadership on copyright issues of importance to education and his experience with international copyright law as a researcher, teacher, and lawyer. Crews is also director of the university’s Copyright Management Center (www.copyright.iupui.edu).
09/12/2007
MacDougall Lauded for Work with Outrun the Sun
Jonna Kane MacDougall, Assistant Dean for Advancement, has received the IUPUI Nan Bohan Community Engagement Award for her work with Outrun the Sun, Inc. a nonprofit organization she co-founded. She received the award at the Chancellor’s Employee Recognition Convocation on September 11. Outrun the Sun was established in 2004 to raise awareness of the risk factors of sun exposure and to raise funds for melanoma education and research. Since its inception, the organization has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars in support of its mission.
MacDougall is a member of the Class of 1986 who has worked at the law school for over 17 years. She was one of two inaugural recipients of the Bohan award, which was created to recognize “ongoing promotion of a philanthropic culture at IUPUI, deep dedication to the ideals of an engaged university, and demonstration of a strong personal commitment to serving campus and community.” IUPUI is also a sponsor of the annual Outrun the Sun Race Against Melanoma which is held on the campus.
08/24/2007
Prof. Martin's Essay Appears on Cover of Legal Research and Writing Newsletter
Allison Martin, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, had her essay chosen as the lead article for the Spring 2007 edition of Perspectives, a newsletter for Legal Research and Writing professors, published by West. The essay, which is featured on the cover, is entitled "Lessons From the Other Side - What I Learned About Teaching Legal Writing by Teaching Professional Responsibility." 15 Persp. 157 (No. 3, Spring 2007).
08/24/2007
Prof. Drobac Quoted as Legal Expert on Sexual Harassment of Teens in the Workplace
Professor Jennifer Drobac was recently quoted as an expert on the legal ramifications of sexual harassment of teenage girls in the workplace in an article entitled "Is Your Daughter Safe at Work?" which appeared in the June 2007 issue of Good Housekeeping (pp. 162-165 and 224-226, by E. J. Graff). Drobac's scholarly work has been published in a variety of law reviews and journals. In 2005, she finished her first textbook, Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases and Theory. Additionally, Professor Drobac serves on the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Board of Trustees.
08/23/2007
The Cambridge Connection: IU Law Faculty Meet in England
Professors Andrew Klein and George Edwards met up recently at the University of Cambridge in England. Klein is a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall college during the Fall 2007 semester. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Law Faculty of Cambridge and will be researching and writing about environmental and toxic tort law issues.Klein is the Paul E. Beam Professor of Law and served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2004 – 2007.
Edwards, Carl M. Gray Professor of Law, visited Klein while at the University of Cambridge as a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. Since 2001, Edwards has been a Life Member of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. He is researching issues related to the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During his 2006-2007 sabbatical year, Edwards was in Guantanamo Bay as an international human rights law advisor for proceedings of David Hicks, the Australian detainee who pleaded guilty and has since returned to his native
Pictured in the photo are Prof. Andy Klein, Klein’s wife Diane Schussel, and Prof. George Edwards.
08/23/2007
Professor Dannenmaier Moderates UN Economic Commission for Europe Workshop Session in Geneva
Professor Eric Dannenmaier was asked by the Aarhus Secretariat of the UN Economic Commission for Europe to moderate a working session of international organization representatives and NGOs on public access to international forums dealing with the environment at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 20-21 June. The workshop studied implementation of the Almaty Guidelines for Public Participation in International Forums (adopted in 2005 in Almaty, Kazakhstan), which provide guidance for the 46 countries which have signed or ratified the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (adopted in 1998 in Aarhus, Denmark). The Almaty Guidelines deal specifically with implementation of Article 3(7) of the Aarhus Convention, which calls for state parties to promote public participation in international environmental decision-making processes.
Professor Dannenmaier was part of an expert working group which drafted the Almaty Guidelines during a series of meetings in 2004 and 2005, and he has monitored their implementation since then. The aim of the Geneva workshop was to support efforts by international forums whose work affects the environment (such as the World Bank, World Trade Organization, and various UN agencies) to increase transparency and public access to their work. Dannenmaier moderated a discussion about the challenges of identifying and engaging non-state organizations and communities interested in and affected by international environmental processes, and prepared a report for the Aarhus Secretariat on the outcomes of the discussion. Further information on the Aarhus Convention and the Almaty Guidelines can be found at http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ppif.htm
Much of Professor Dannenmaier's scholarship deals with legal mechanisms for bringing citizens and communities into international lawmaking processes to make them more democratic, and his work with the Aarhus Secretariat is a practical application of his research.
Professor Dannenmaier joined Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 2007 after directing the Environmental Law and Policy Institute at Tulane University from 2001-2006 and serving as the Bretzfelder International Law Fellow at Columbia University from 2006-07.
08/16/2007
Professor Roisman Is Appointed to the Board of the ACLU of Indiana
Prof. Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana. She has previously served two terms on the ACLU-I Board.
Roisman was elected to a 3-year term on the ACLU's National Board in December 2006. The mission of the ACLU is to the rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution, including the First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state. It also defends the right to equal protection under the law, including equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin. Other fundamental rights include the right to due process, or fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of liberty or property is at stake. The right to privacy is also a primary concern of the ACLU, which champions freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into personal and private affairs.
Professor Roisman focuses her practice, teaching, and writing on low-income housing, homelessness, and housing discrimination and segregation issues.
08/13/2007
Prof. Karlson Quoted in 'The New York Times'
Professor Henry Karlson was quoted as an expert in criminal procedure by the New York Times in an article entitled "For Want of a Swearing In, an Arrest Is Lost in Indiana" (August 12, 2007). Karlson, who has taught criminal law at the law school for over 30 years, is a member of the Association of Counsel for Children, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Order of the Coif and a former member of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence and the Board of Examiners of the National Board of Trial advocacy.
07/23/2007
2007 is the Year of MaryEllen K. Bishop, '82
Thus far, 2007 has been a big year for MaryEllen Bishop. Not only did she celebrate her 25-year reunion with the IU Law class of 1982 in May, she also became Chairwoman of the Indiana University Alumni Association (IUAA) for a one-year term beginning July 1. In addition, Bishop was inducted into the inaugural class of Indiana Estate Planning and Administration Specialists in April and she recently joined the firm of Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP. She practices in their Estate and Business Succession Planning Group. Bishop, who has done quite a bit of volunteer work in a broad array of areas, says that her involvement with the IUAA has been the most rewarding because everyone in the organization has a common goal and is genuinely interested in advancing the interests of Indiana University.
“Involvement with IUAA is contagious and has been personally very fulfilling for me,” she says. “It’s a family atmosphere and along with my husband, a fellow law school graduate (Michael Bishop, ’80), we have met many wonderful people from all over the country.” She says she is very excited about the IUAA campaign to celebrate IU’s reaching the half-million alumni mark (making it the 3rd largest alumni base in the country). During her year as Chair she intends to be as visible as possible to promote the association and the University. Bishop says that alumni who get involved almost always stay involved and that joining the IUAA helps the university and enhances the value of everyone’s degrees from IU.
She recently attended a dinner for her 25th law school class reunion that she says was “a tremendous amount of fun.” For her, the highlight was having dinner with Chancellor Emeritus Jerry Bepko (who will always be “Dean Bepko” to her) and reconnecting with Dean Grove and numerous classmates.
Looking back on her 25 years of practice, Bishop says the toughest part has been balancing the many aspects of work and family life. (Her daughter, Liz is a recent graduate of the Kelley School of Business and her son, John will be entering his sophomore year at IU this fall.) MaryEllen says being in private practice with her spouse for years was a big help in that respect. She and her husband Michael met in law school, in Dean Frandsen’s Professional Responsibility class. She tells the story that she met Michael when Dean Frandsen asked her a question she could not answer and Michael gallantly spoke up with the right response, thereby “taking the heat off” of MaryEllen.
Although she misses working with her spouse, she is very excited to be working for Bose McKinney and Evans, a place she characterizes as “a wonderful firm” full of “great opportunities.” Let the year of MaryEllen commence!
07/11/2007
Dean Roberts Takes the Helm
Gary Roberts took over as dean of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis on July 1, 2007. Roberts, who was Vice Dean of the Tulane Law School from 1990-1995, becoming Deputy Dean in 2001, visited IU on several occasions during the spring semester to prepare for the transition. He says he has been overwhelmed by the hospitality of the law school community since his arrival. "The opportunity to lead and be the steward of this wonderful law school is a tremendous professional and personal honor for me." Roberts is planning to visit alumni groups around the state in the coming months, including visits to Muncie on September 20, Terre Haute and Evansville on October 4, and Ft. Wayne on November 16. Check the web site to see when Dean Roberts will be in your area.
07/10/2007
Law School Hosts First Alumni Events in China
The law school held two alumni reunions for LL.M. graduates, one in Beijing on May 26, and another in Shanghai on June 2. Professor Jeff Grove, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, hosted the events, which attracted more than 30 people at each location, including alumni, several family members, prospective students and local professionals. Dean Gary Roberts, who officially began work for IU on July 1, was unable to attend the events, but sent his greetings in a letter which was read to those in attendance. Dean Grove called both events a great success and said, “we have a very loyal corps of alumni in China.”
Grove says the school hopes to conduct receptions in China on an annual basis and develop alumni chapters in other countries as the number of alumni increases. The LL.M. program has more than 160 alumni from 36 countries. Nearly one third of the LL.M. alumni are from Mainland China. Anyone interested in learning about the alumni chapters in China may contact Dean Grove (jgrove@iupui.edu), Chen Jia in Beijing (jiachenly@yahoo.com), or Cui Jipeng in Shanghai (cuijip@yahoo.con.cn). Ms. Chen ('04) is the first Chinese national to be appointed to a position in the political division of the US Embassy in Beijing. Mr. Cui ('05) is an associate with Lehman, Lee & Xu (Shanghai), a top Chinese law firm with additional offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Mongolia.
07/09/2007
Prof. Chestek to Present at London Conference on Storytelling in Law
Prof. Kenneth Chestek will travel to London to attend a conference co-sponsored by the Legal Writing Institute and the City University of London. The conference, which runs from July 18 through 20, is entitled “Once Upon a Legal Time: Developing the Skills of Storytelling in Law.” On Friday, July 20, Prof. Chestek will be presenting his paper entitled “The Plot Thickens: The Appellate Brief as Story.”
07/06/2007
Cale Bradford, '86 Named to Indiana Court of Appeals
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced the selection of Cale Bradford to the Indiana Court of Appeals on June 22, 2007. Bradford succeeds Judge Patrick Sullivan, who is retiring after almost 38 years on the Court of Appeals. The seven-member Judicial Nominating Commission submitted Bradford's name to Daniels along with two other judges, Hamilton Superior Court Judge William Hughes, ‘80 and Marion Superior Court Judge Robyn Moberly, ‘78. The Commission is made up of three attorneys elected by the legal community, three non-lawyers appointed by the governor, and is chaired by Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, Randall T. Shepard.
07/05/2007
Professor Bravo Presents Research at AALS Meeting in Canada
Professor Karen Bravo discussed her research on the analogy between the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the modern traffic in humans during a panel presentation at the June 17-20 American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Mid-Year Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The Conference, "What is Wrong with the Way We Teach International Law?", was jointly held by the AALS and the American Society of International Law.
06/25/2007
Bill Hall, '51 and John Render, '71 Receive Distinguished Alumni Awards
The law school's alumni reunion weekend took place May 18 and featured a variety of activities. In addition to the Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award, there was a complimentary CLE program called Classes Without Quizzes, an all-class reception to honor the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients and dinners for the reunion classes.
More than 100 people attended the CLE sessions which included two hours of complimentary credit. Alumna Estacia Brandenburg, ’04, taught one hour on planned giving, and Professor Joel Schumm, ’98, taught a session entitled “The Place of Pop Culture in Persuading Trial and Appellate Courts.”
This year the all-class alumni reception and Distinguished Alumni Award ceremony commenced with remarks by Tom Martz, the new President of the Indiana University Alumni Association. Martz took the reigns of the IUAA in 2007 after the retirement of former director, Ken Beckley. Law school Alumni Board President Eric Reigner, ’88, was the master of ceremonies and Interim Dean Susanah Mead, ’76, also welcomed alumni and their guests back to their alma mater for the festivities.
The late
In 2003, the firm of Hall Render honored Bill and his wife Christine by donating funds to create space in Inlow Hall for the nationally known Center for Law and Health (now known as the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health). The firm has also donated funds for an endowed professorship in health law which is held by Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney, who co-directs the Hall Center along with Professor David Orentlicher.
06/25/2007
MMK Award and Lecture Parnters with IHLR
The annual McDonald Merrill Ketcham Lecture was held on February 23, 2007. Professor James F. Blumstein, Vanderbilt School of Law, gave the keynote speech entilted “Of Doctors and Hospitals: Setting the Analytical Framework.” After the lecture, a panel discussion on “Hospital-Physician Joint Venture Issues” was led by Gregory L. Pemberton (Partner, Ice Miller LLP and Chair, ABA Health Law Section). The panel participants were Norman G. Tabler, Senior Vice-President & General Counsel, Clarian Health Partners; Steven H. Pratt, Partner, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, P.C. and Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis; Dennis L. Pippenger, M.D., Private Practice, OB/GYN Specialists of Indiana, Noblesville; and Mike Finnerty, Kaufman Hall, Financial and Capital Consultants to Healthcare Organizations. For the second year, the MMK lecture was held in conjunction with the Indiana Health Law Review’s symposium issue, this year dedicated to “Hospital-Physician Joint Venture Issues.”
06/22/2007
Prof. Wilson Quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Prof. Lloyd T. "Tom" Wilson was quoted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal Sunday. His comments regarding grounds on which an apartment lease can legally be broken appear in the article "How to Break Your Lease" by Diane Ransom (June 10, 2007).
Professor Wilson's research focuses on predatory lending, particularly the role of mortgage brokers. He is a founding member of Research for Neighborhood Action(RNA), a network of academics, attorneys, community organizers, and citizens who work collaboratively to develop strategies to address problems facing neighborhoods, especially predatory lending and rental housing conditions.
06/22/2007
Heather McCabe Chosen as Fellow of IARCH
Heather McCabe, '03, Director of the Public Health Law Program in the law school's Hall Center for Law and Health, was elected a Fellow of the Institute for Action Research in Community Health (IARCH) at the Indiana University School of Nursing. IARCH promotes multi-disciplinary research efforts and works in partnership with community organizations to improve health and quality of life. Fellows meet during the academic year to conduct business, share their works in progress and discuss existing and potential opportunities for community involvement.
06/14/2007
Morris Receives Bepko Community Medallion
The IUPUI Senior Academy recently presented the second Gerald L. Bepko Community Medallion to James T. Morris, former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program. (Pictured: Chancellor Emritus Gerald L. Bepko, James T. Morris and IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz)
Named after former IUPUI Chancellor Gerald L. Bepko, the award, created in 2003, honors a person who has made a significant and ongoing commitment to strengthening the bonds between IUPUI and the community. The 3-inch Bepko medallion bears the image of Bepko on one side, and the recipient's name, date and citation on the other side. The first medallion was presented to Bepko in 2003.
Morris, an IU alumnus, has served as chairman of several corporate boards, and is a former chairman of the IU Board of Trustees.
The Senior Academy, an association of retired faculty and staff, honored Morris during its annual meeting on May 17, 2007, at the Skyline Club.
06/08/2007
"Survivor" Favorite Opens Law and Health Disability Conference
"America's Favorite Survivor" gave introductory remarks during the opening session of the Fifth Annual Conference on Health, Disability, and the Law on Friday, June 8 at IU School of Law-Indianapolis. Video clips and photos from the conference are available on the Riley Child Development Center web site.
This year's conference, titled "From Policy to the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Behavior Management and Compliance Issues," took place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 8, 2007, at the law school building, 530 W. New York Street. The event was co-sponsored by the Hall Center for Law and Health, Riley Child Development Center, Indiana Department of Education's Office of Student Services, About Special Kids, and IN SOURCE: Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs.
Rupert Boneham (pictured above), best known for his tactics on the hit reality shows "Survivor: Pearl Islands" and "Survivor: All Stars," spoke in the morning session preceding the keynote address.
"Survivor" viewers voted Boneham "America's Favorite Survivor," awarding him a $1 million prize. Boneham used part of those winnings to start Rubert's Kids, a nonprofit organization to help children at risk.
Elaine Alfano, a policy analyst with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law delivered the keynote address at the conference co-sponsored by the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, an IU School of Law-Indianapolis program.
Lawyers, physicians, social workers, educator and others who wanted to learn more about children with special needs attended this event. For additional information, call (317) 274-1951 or e-mail hamccabe@iupui.edu.
Download the brochure for the conference.
06/07/2007
Associate Dean Angela Espada to Attend Higher Education Institute
Associate Dean for Student Services and Admissions, Angela Espada, was one of two IUPUI administrators chosen to participate in the prestigious 32nd Annual Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration. This month-long residential training program is held on the campus of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. It offers women administrators and faculty intensive training in higher education administration and opportunities for professional development.
Dean Espada joined the law school in the summer of 1990. Prior to joining IU she held the position of staff attorney for the Indiana Supreme Court--Division of State Court Administration and staff attorney for the legislatively created Indiana Public Defender Commission. Her current responsibilities include coordinating the deliver of services to law students in the areas of admissions, registration, professional development, scholarships, financial aid and counseling.
Previous attendees of this Summer Institute include the law school's Jonna Kane MacDougall, '86, Assistant Dean for Institutional Advancement who attended in 1993.
05/16/2007
The Health Law Society Sponsors Event for Riley Kids
On Friday, April 13, 2007, the Health Law Society sponsored a Hawaiian party at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Riley is one of Indiana's most premiere health care institutions, ranked among the nation's top 20 children's hospitals by Child Magazine and listed among the nation's top 15 recipients of pediatric research funds by the National Institutes of Health. The Health Law Society, with contributions from the Hall Center for Law and Health, and its directors and staff, funded the party. Children receiving in-patient care, as well as their families, were invited to do a variety of crafts, play games, and eat pizza with students from the Health Law Society, members of the Hall Center for Law and Health's faculty, and a member of the local Indianapolis Bar Association's Health Law Section. The party was a great opportunity for health law students and practitioners to serve the local health care community. Tom Donohoe, HLS secretary, says the group has plans to hold other events with Riley in the coming year. The Health Law Society is a student run organization with a mission to educate law students about the practice of health law, create links between students and local health law attorneys, and serve the community. The Health Law Society is located in the Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.
Front row: Lee Veazey, Professor David Orentlicher, Robin Ebert, Andrea Impicciche, Tara Wright, Emily Munson Back row: Cody Lawson, Allan Bailey, Tom Donohoe, Sarah Burt, Leigh Ann Lauth
04/25/2007
Justice Ginsburg's Historical Visit to Women and Law Class
Professor Mary Harter Mitchell’s Women and Law Class hosted a visit by a very special speaker in March of this year—United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Following her March 8, 2007 appearance for the James P. White Lecture on Legal Education (link to archived webcast), Ginsburg visited the class on March 9, 2007 and spoke about the evolution of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence of equal rights for women, a jurisprudence which Justice Ginsburg played a major role in shaping.
“It was a high point of the class, and of my own career, to welcome Justice Ginsburg to the new Women and Law class this spring,” Professor Mitchell said. “With this new course on Women and Law, Dean Susanah Mead’s successful term as first female Dean of the law school, and increasing numbers of females joining the faculty, this was a good time to recognize persons such as Justice Ginsburg who have worked and are still working toward the goal of full equality for women in the legal profession.”
The class on Women and Law was offered for the first time in the spring semester 2007. Mitchell says the class was a collaborative effort with twelve teachers co-teaching the course. Law school faculty in volved in the course included Professors Karen E. Bravo, Robert Brookins, Jennifer A. Drobac, Maria Pabon Lopez, Mary Harter Mitchell, Novella Nedeff, Antony Page, Florence Wagman Roisman, and Mary Therese Wolf. Alumni Kathleen Surina Grove, ‘77 (Director, Office for Women, IUPUI) and Ruth Reichard, ‘85(retired judge) also taught parts of the course, as did Ellen Andersen (Professor of Political Science, IUPUI). Professor Frances Watson Hardy and librarian Debra Denslaw also helped plan the 3-hour elective course covering a variety of legal topics of special significance to women. The topics included Introduction to Critical Perspectives on Law; History of Women’s Movements and Legal Reforms; Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory; Discrimination in the Workplace; Sexual Harassment; The Psychology of Discrimination; Women and Poverty; Women and Housing; Rape; Family Violence; Pornography and the First Amendment; Motherhood; Reproductive Freedom; Women and Crime; Women and Prison; Women and Immigration; Women and International Law; Human Trafficking; Women and Education; Women in the Legal Profession; Women and Legal Education.
04/25/2007
Prof. Orentlicher Quoted in New York Times Article on Abortion Issue
On Saturday, April 21, The New York Times published a news analysis article on the abortion issue and the recent United States Supreme Court decision upholding the ban on intact dilation and extraction procedures or “partial birth abortions.” Law Professor David Orentlicher, M.D., Co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health and an expert on bioethics, was quoted in the article entitled “Anger and Alternatives on Abortion” (by Gina Kolata). Orentlicher points out that there is “a precedent for legislatures to pass laws affecting medical decision making…States enacted laws making it difficult for parents to have their mentally retarded children sterilized. They enacted laws restricting electroconvulsive therapy for psychiatric patients. But, Dr. Orentlicher said, the court’s ruling troubles him because it is different in spirit. This time, the law is very specific about the use of one particular procedure.”
04/25/2007
Professor Allington Retires After 37 Years at IU
Professor Tom Allington's IU career has spanned over three decades and three different buildings. He joined the faculty in 1970 after teaching at the University of South Dakota School of Law. He had his original interview with Dean Foust in the old Maennerchor building and began his IU teaching career in what was at the time the brand new law school building at 735 West New York Street. Aside from the intricacies of tax law, his area of greatest expertise is undoubtedly technology. In his capacity as resident computer expert, he worked on the planning committee for the current building, Inlow Hall, and helped bring the law school's facilities into the 21st century. During his career he has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (1990-1997) and as Associate Dean for Technology (and webmaster) since 1999. Allington will also be remembered for contributing his talents as a pilot to the service of the law school. He used his Beechcraft Musketeer single-engine plane to fly Dean Lefstein and others to an alumni event in Evansville.
Dean Allington received his J.D. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1966 and his LL.M. from New York University in 1971. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Nebraska College of Law and the University of Arizona College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation where he is a member of the Bankruptcy and Workouts Committee and former chair of the Agriculture Committee.
Friends and colleagues of Allington gathered on April 25th to wish him a happy retirement (and a happy birthday as well).
04/17/2007
Prof. Magliocca Speaks on His New Book at George Washington University
Associate Professor Gerard N. Magliocca gave a talk at the George Washington University Law School on April 5, discussing his new book on a critical period of American history, Andrew Jackson and the Constitution: The Rise and Fall of Generational Regimes (University Press of Kansas). His talk will be broadcast on C-SPAN on Sunday, April 22 at 8:30 am.
According to the publisher, "Magliocca reinterprets the legal landmarks of the Jacksonian era to demonstrate how the meaning of the Constitution evolves in a cyclical and predictable fashion. ... Offering intriguing parallels between Jackson and George W. Bush regarding the scope of executive power, Magliocca has produced a rich synthesis of history, political science, and law that revives our understanding of an entire era and its controversies, while providing a model of constitutional law applicable to any period." "This is a truly distinguished contribution to our constitutional understanding, combining theory and history in an exemplary fashion. If you are going to read one book about our Constitution this year, read Magliocca's."— Bruce Ackerman (Yale Law School).
04/16/2007
Prof. George Edwards to Receive Excellence in Civic Engagement Award from IUPUI
Professor George E. Edwards will receive the Chancellor's Faculty Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement from IUPUI and will be recognized at the 2007 Chancellor’s Academic Honor’s Convocation.
Professor Edwards is theCarl M. Gray Professor of Law. As founding director of the law school’s Program in International Human Rights Law, Professor Edwards has, since 1997, facilitated more than 96 Indiana University law student summer internship placements at the United Nations and other human rights organizations in more than 45 countries around the world. He also serves as faculty advisor to the LL.M. track in International Human Rights Law.
Since arriving at Indiana University, Professor Edwards has been honored with several law school and university-wide awards, including: the George W. Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service (Spring 2004); the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (Spring 2002); the John Morton-Finney and Brenda Elise Bowles BLSA Award (Spring 2001; Spring 2003); and the Glenn W. Irwin Experience Excellence Award (Spring 1999).
04/12/2007
Dennis Hayes ‘77 to Serve as Interim President of the NAACP
Dennis Hayes, ’77, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Office for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by Chairman of the Board Julian Bond following the resignation of Bruce S. Gordon.
Hayes was previously general counsel for the organization. This is the third time he has served as interim president, the first being in 1994 and the second in 2004. Hayes worked for the Indianapolis branch of the NAACP until 1985, when he joined the organization’s legal department.
As Interim President and CEO, Hayes oversees the organization's national programs as well as its 2200 units across the U.S. and abroad. These units represent approximately 400,000 members in adult branches, college chapters, and youth councils in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Korea. The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization.
Hayes has devoted a lifelong commitment to public interest causes. In addition to his duties at the NAACP, he contributes his talents to board and committee responsibilities for the American Judicature Society, the Public Justice Center of Baltimore, and the Columbia Sportsmen's Association in Maryland. He is a contributing author of publications, ranging from magazine articles to civil rights training materials.
04/11/2007
Professor Maria Pabon Lopez Featured in Indiana Lawyer Article
Prof. López was interviewed recently by The Indiana Lawyer about her research on the status of women in the legal profession, based on her work on a forthcoming article. Prof. López’s work uses the results of a recent survey of Indiana lawyers about their attitudes regarding women in the law and compares them to the findings of a similar earlier Indiana study (conducted in 1990). In doing so, Professor López draws conclusions regarding the overall occurrence of gender bias in Indiana along with the experiences of women in the legal profession in the state.
The article first explores the history of women in the legal profession, to establish the baseline from which to assess the evolution of women in the legal field. The article then examines how the instances of gender bias and the experiences of women in the legal profession in Indiana measure up to those of other parts of the country by using comparative data from other U.S. jurisdictions. Finally, the article offers conclusions and recommendations on how the situation for women in the legal profession can be improved and for further study on the topic of gender equality in the legal profession. Link to article in The Indiana Lawyer.
04/10/2007
Dean Emeritus Testifies in Important New Orleans Public Defender System Case
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Norman Lefstein, recently testified at a trial in New Orleans that resulted in a Louisiana Judge calling the public defender system in his state a “legal hell” and refusing to allow the Orleans Public Defender (OPD) to represent indigent defendants in his court.
On March 30, 2007, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Arthur L. Hunter, Jr. threatened to release 42 defendants awaiting trial rather than let them be inadequately represented by overworked public defenders.
Dean Emeritus Lefstein testified for several hours as a pro bono expert witness evaluating the fact that the OPD’s lack of personnel resulted in their failure to take the most basic steps, such as determining which motions to file, conducting discovery and investigating the facts of the case. The judge, citing both opinions of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, concluded, “Indigent defense in New Orleans is unbelievable, unconstitutional, totally lacking the basic professional standards of legal representation and a mockery of what a criminal justice system should be in a western civilized nation.”
Judge Hunter blames the Louisiana legislature for not appropriating sufficient funding for the system. He ordered the president of the Louisiana State Bar Association to provide a list of practicing attorneys and then ordered the OPD to determine whether it can pay the legal fees if the court appoints attorneys to ease their case load. According to his opinion, “the court must take certain measures to protect the statutory and constitutional rights of indigent defendants.” An appeal in the case is likely.
Lefstein is a nationally recognized expert on indigent defense issues. After overseeing the research and writing of a comprehensive ABA report on the nationwide crisis in indigent defense, Gideon’s Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice (February 2005), he was named 2005 “Champion of Indigent Defense” by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is also a four-term Chair of the Indiana Public Defender Commission, a position to which two Indiana governors have appointed him.
04/03/2007
Prof. George Edwards works for David Hicks Defense at Guantanamo Bay
Prof. George E. Edwards, Director of the Program in International Human Rights Law (PIHRL), recently returned to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where he worked on the defense side of the first U.S. Military Commission to be completed since World War II. He worked on the case of David M. Hicks, an Australian, who pleaded guilty at the end of March to one charge of "material support for a terrorist organization." Since 2004, the PIHRL has been providing research assistance to the Military Commissions on U.S. v. David Hicks.
04/02/2007
Law Librarian Elected to IUPUI’s Faculty Council
Chris Long, Cataloging Librarian at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, was elected to IUPUI’s Faculty Council. Balloting in the elections of Representatives At-Large to the IUPUI Faculty Council concluded on March 28th. Newly elected members begin their terms in late August, 2007.
Chris Long joined the law library as catalog librarian in 1993. Previously, he served as catalog librarian at the Noblesville-Southeastern Public Library in Indiana and catalog/reference librarian at Cumberland Trail Library System in Illinois.
In addition to his cataloging duties, he has written articles on the application of emerging technologies, especially the World Wide Web, to library cataloging practices.
03/26/2007
Dean Roberts Featured in SportsBusiness Journal
Professor Gary Roberts, who will become Dean of the law school in July, was recently featured in the SportsBusiness Journal. In the interview-style piece he responds to a variety of questions about sports law, as well as the challenges of becoming dean. Link to SportsBusiness Journal article.
Roberts was also quoted in a recent New York Times article on legal representation and NCAA infractions investigations. He is a sports law expert and currently serves as Deputy Dean and head of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University School of Law. In the article Roberts gave his opinion on the value of universities seeking lawyers with experience in NCAA proceedings. The article appeared on the front page of the New York Times on Sunday, March 4 (“Facing NCAA, the Best Defense is a Legal Team,” by Joe Drape).
Roberts will assume the title of Dean of the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in July of 2007. Read more about Roberts…
03/20/2007
Prof. Kinney to Co-chair Indiana Healthcare Study Group
At a news conference on March 21st at the Indiana Statehouse, Mitch Roob, Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, announced the formation of a workgroup of experts from Indiana University that will study potential reforms in healthcare delivery in Indiana.
The workgroup is co-chaired by Professors Eleanor DeArman Kinney, Co-Director, Hall Center for Law and Health, IU School of Law-Indianapolis, and Eric Wright , Director, Center for Health Policy, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs . Several staff from the Center for Health Policy and the Hall Center for Law and Health will also work full time on the project.
“Unless we address the issue of healthcare delivery, Indiana and every other state in the United States is going to face a healthcare crisis,” said Roob. “The purpose of this workgroup is to put experts from different fields in one room to come up with recommendations for the Governor and the Indiana General Assembly. The time is now to build a consensus on where we need to go, and how we can get there. If we fail to address this problem now, our children and grandchildren will pay the price of our negligence.”
The workgroup includes representatives from the schools of medicine, law, and public and environmental affairs. The workgroup’s primary product will be a public report outlining alternative strategies to address the future of healthcare delivery in Indiana. The report will include estimates of the costs and associated consequences.
“We cannot maintain the status quo,” Roob said. “We ask hospitals to do three things: offer high quality care, at low cost, and cost shift. This method of operation is putting a strain on our delivery system that will eventually lead to its collapse.”
Kinney, co-chair, said, “We at the Hall Center for Law and Health are delighted to play this important part in health reform in Indiana. We will be focusing our work on legal and regulatory barriers to health care and how Indiana might improve public health measure to promote health and reduce health care costs. We are also working with Indiana University Center for Bioethics on articulating the underlying values and ethics that should inform Indiana’s health care system.”
Members of the workgroup are:
- Eric R. Wright, PhD, Director, Center for Health Policy, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH, Co-Director, Hall Center for Law and Health, IU School of Law, Indianapolis
- David Handel, Director, Health Administration Programs, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Ann M. Holmes, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Economics, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Eric M. Meslin, PhD, Director, Center for Bioethics, IU School of Medicine
- John Fitzgerald, MD, MB, Associate Dean, IU School of Medicine
Wright, co-chair, said that the workgroup’s vision is a “state-of-the-art healthcare delivery system for all Hoosiers that is cost effective. It will bring in national consultants and hold public meetings throughout the state to solicit input from the community and stakeholder groups.”
The work of the group will be conducted by Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis under a contract.
03/19/2007
Prof. Nehf Will Chair Workshop at Fair Trade Practices Conference in South Africa
Prof. James P. Nehf will attend the 11th International Conference on Consumer Law, in Cape Town, South Africa in April. He will chair a workshop on Fair Commercial Practices, Trading, and Competition and present a paper on Marketplace Justice for American Immigrants. The conference is co-sponsored by the University of South Africa and the International Association of Consumer Law (IACL). Nehf is on the Executive Board of the IACL.
Prof. Nehf has been teaching contracts, consumer law, and commercial law subjects for more than fifteen years. He is an internationally recognized expert in consumer privacy law and serves as an executive board member of the International Consumer Law Association, a society of consumer law scholars based in Toronto. He has won numerous teaching awards and has been a frequent speaker at law conferences, CLE seminars, and law-related lecture series. His publications include an updated and revised edition of CORBIN ON CONTRACTS - IMPOSSIBILITY, and numerous articles on privacy law, consumer law, commercial transactions and international/comparative law subjects.
03/16/2007
21st Century Oil by Diane Brown
"21st Century Oil" by Diane Brown: Mary Jane Frisby and Kenneth Crews negotiate "deals" over "the oil of the 21st century." Frisby, '00 is an intellectual property attorney with the law firm of Barnes & Thornburg. Crews teaches intellectual property law and directs the university's Copyright Management Center. Read the whole article in IUPUI Magazine (Winter 2007).
03/13/2007
Prof. Crews Speaks at Copyright Conference in the UAE
Professor Kenneth Crews was a key speaker at a copyright conference hosted by the United Arab Emerits University at Al Ain, UAE, and was quoted in the Khaleej Times newspaper (link to article). After participating in the conference at Al Ain, Professor Crews travels to Kuwait City.
03/13/2007
Students Go to U.N. to Defend Human Rights in Chile over Spring Break
During Spring Break (March 12-16), four students nd one LL.M. graduate are in New York at United Nations Headquarters where they are presenting a report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. David Rothenberg (1L), Edye T. Taylor (2L) and Perfecto Caparas (LL.M. ’05) made a seven-minute presentation to the Committee. Jhon Jairo Sanchez (2L) and Monica Magnusson (2L)also made the trip to the U.N. Their report argues that the government of Chile has breached the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by discriminating against gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual people (often referred to as LGBTs).
The Program in International Human Rights Law (PIHRL) and the International Human Rights Law Society (IHRLS) cosponsored the report. All the participants are members of the International Human Rights Law Society, including Jhon Sanchez, president of the IHRLS.
Professor George Edwards, Director and founder of the PIHRL, said, “Being able to make an official presentation to this Committee is a major accomplishment. Being granted seven minutes is an even greater accomplishment.” The group made the presentation on Monday and meets with individual members of the Committee later in the week. The students who worked on the report but did not travel to New York were Jason A. Flora (1L), Augustine Niber (LL.M. candidate), Heidi A. Reed (1L), Tatiana Obando (LL.M. candidate).
Perfecto Caparas says, “Our delegation prepared a memorandum in response to the Committee’s request for statistical data and information regarding the extent of hate crimes against LGBTs in Chile. The group worked on providing excerpts from original source materials and a memorandum to the experts about hate crimes.”
“The IU-Indianapolis law school delegation has taken great steps towards convincing the UN that the government of Chile is unlawfully discriminating against Chileans based on sexual orientation,” Edwards said. “The goal is for the Chilean government to protect the human rights of all Chileans.”
Read the report: http://www.indylaw.indiana.edu/humanrights2/chileICCPR.pdf
[Pictured are David Rothenberg, Monica Magnusson, Rebecca Berfanger (a reporter from The Indiana Lawyer), Edye Taylor, Jhon Sanchez, Marcela Rivera (a member of the Chilean government delegation representing CLAREM, an NGO), and Perfecto Caparas.]
03/12/2007
Prof. Roisman to Speak at Housing Law Conference in Seattle
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law, will be a featured speaker at Seattle University School of Law's "Fair Housing Law & Practice" Conference on March 15-16.
The conference will examine what legal services housing advocates are doing in the areas of housing discrimination based on race, gender, familial status, disability, immigration status, and source of income. Roisman, along with John A. Powell, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, will also discuss fair housing laws and preservation and development of low income housing, high opportunity area fair housing strategies, disability discrimination and reasonable accommodation, and public housing authorities and LEP policies.
03/09/2007
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Delivers the 2007 James P.White Lecture on Legal Education
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Delivers the 2007 James P.White Lecture on Legal Education: On Thursday, March 8, Justice Ginsburg spoke to a crowd of over 250 students, faculty, alumni and members of the legal community in the Wynne Courtroom. The following day, she took time to share with students what life is like "behind the scenes" at the Supreme Court, and answered students' questions. Justice Ginsburg also spoke at a lunch for faculty and judges on Friday, March 9th at the law school. Link to archived webcast.
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received her B.A. from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1959-1961. From 1961-1963, she was a research associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law from 1963-1972, and Columbia Law School from 1972-1980, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California from 1977-1978. In 1971, she was instrumental in launching the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, and served as the ACLU’s General Counsel from 1973-1980, and on the National Board of Directors from 1974-1980. She was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.
02/26/2007
Professor Edwards and PIHRL Profiled in Indiana Lawyer
The law school’s Program in International Human Rights Law was established by Professor George Edwards in 1997. Since then, students from our school have helped people in nearly every corner of the world. The PIHRL has facilitated almost 100 internship placements in 45 countries around the world. Read the article about the program in The Indiana Lawyer.
02/20/2007
Prof. Schumm Chairs Indiana’s ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
The ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project announced its findings following a study of Indiana’s implementation of the death penalty ( Link to ABA report ). Professor Joel Schumm chaired the committee of seven experts from Indiana who examined the issue for the ABA. Attorney James J. Bell, '99 (Bingham McHale), State Sen. John Broden, (D-South Bend), attorney Robert Gevers II (former Allen County prosecutor), attorney Marce Gonzales (Merrillville), former Governor of Indiana Joe Kernan, and attorney Paula Sites (assistant executive director of the Indiana Public Defender Council) also served on the committee which is part of a nation-wide effort to ensure the utmost fairness in capital proceedings. According to an article in The Indianapolis Star (2/20/2007), “Indiana is the fifth state targeted by the campaign, whose recommendations have not yet been followed. Last year, similar panels in Alabama and Georgia urged moratoriums, but executions were not halted. The Florida and Arizona teams urged reforms but couldn't agree on the moratorium issue. A handful of states have instituted moratoriums -- Illinois, in 2000 by then-Gov. George Ryan; New York, in 2004 by that state's highest court; and New Jersey, in 2006 by the state Legislature, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Some other states have stopped executing prisoners because of concerns over the effectiveness of their lethal injection procedures. Indiana has 24 inmates on Death Row. Under a moratorium, executions would be halted, but courts still could sentence offenders to death.” Link to the Star article.
02/12/2007
Law School Co-Sponsors Asia Pacific Comparative Law Conference
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis is co-sponsoring the Asia Pacific Law School Dean Joint Conference & the Inauguration of Asia Pacific Comparative Law Society which will be held May 19 – 20, 2007 at Shantou University School of Law in Guangdong Province, China.
The purpose of the conference is to enhance development of cooperation on legal education and comparative law studies in the Asia-Pacific Region. The conference is open to the deans of law schools, professors of law and senior lawyers. The conference theme is Regional and Global Cooperation: Legal Education and Comparative Law in the Asia Pacific Region.
The conference topics include: Legal Education and Cooperation; Comparative Law in the Asia Pacific Region; and Legal Transplantation, Local Conditions and the Modernization of Law in the Asia Pacific Region.
Presented papers will be published as a specialized issue of the Journal of Pacific in 2007.
Other co-sponsoring universities include: Shantou University, China; La Trobe University, Australia; Florida State University, USA; Chinese Culture University, Taiwan; Ritsumeikan University, Japan; and Hong Kong University.
For further information you can contact Associate Clinical Professor Robert Lancaster at rlancast@iupui.edu.
02/05/2007
Professor Adams is Secretary for AALS Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers
Professor Cynthia Adams is the Secretary for the AALS Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers. She is also a member of the Executive Committee for the AALS Section on International Exchange. At the request of the President of the Legal Writing Institute, she has created and is the chair of a Committee on Global Legal Writing Programs. Adams has also initiated and manages a listserv devoted to issues surrounding legal writing for international students.
02/02/2007
DLA Piper Expands its Asian Energy Team with Appointment of Paul Fredrick in Tokyo
DLA Piper today announced the appointment of a leading energy lawyer, Paul Fredrick, ‘87 as Counsel in Japan. His extensive experience for Japanese companies in the oil and gas sector includes work on LNG projects and the acquisition and disposal of energy assets as well as cross-border pipeline projects in Asia, the Caspian, Middle East, Africa and Australia. Fredrick handles matters related to energy, finance, project development and international mergers and acquisitions. DLA Piper advises some of the world’s leading oil and gas companies as well as governments on projects, financing and energy-related issues. Prior to his appointment, Fredrick served as Counsel with a multinational energy law firm in Tokyo. He has also served as General Counsel for ITOCHU Oil Exploration Co. in Tokyo and worked for major law firms in California and Hawaii. Fredrick was recognized in 2006 by AsiaLaw as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ for his qualifications and experience in corporate governance, energy and natural resources, general corporate practice, merger & acquisitions and project finance. He serves as a member of the American Bar Association’s International Energy & Resources Transaction Committee and is a member of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, and the Energy Bar Association. He graduated cum laude from the law school in 1987.
02/02/2007
Annie Christ-Garcia, '92 is Sworn in by Father John C. Christ, '51
On February 1, 2007, Annie Christ-Garcia, '92 continued her family's judicial legacy when she was sworn in to the same judicial position on the Marion Superior Court that her father, John C. Christ, '51, was appointed to in 1957. She is replacing Jane Magnus-Stinson, '83 who recently became a U.S. magistrate.
02/02/2007
Prof. Joel Schumm to Argue Two More Cases Before the Indiana Supreme Court
Prof. Schumm has two up-coming oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court. On January 30, the court will hear Richard Brown v. State in Bloomington. Schumm will represent Mr. Brown and Deputy Attorney General Kathryn Stein will represent the State of Indiana.
On February 22, he will again participate, this time in John Grier v. State at the State House in Indianapolis. Schumm will argue for Mr. Grier and Michael Worden will represent the State. This case involved a traffic stop, during which a police officer applied pressure to Grier’s neck to prevent him from swallowing a baggie. In proceedings on a charge of possession of cocaine, the Marion Superior Court denied Grier’s motion to suppress the baggie and its contents. The Court of Appeals affirmed. John Grier v. State, 855 N.E.2d 1043 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). Grier has petitioned the Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction over the appeal.
Prof. Schumm also he argued Alexander Anglemyer v. State on September 7, 2006.
01/30/2007
Professor Orentlicher Argues Against the Death Penalty in a Debate
On February 23, Professor David Orentlicher will participate in an Oxford-style debate on the death penalty, moderated by Butler University President Dr. Bobby Fong. Orentlicher will argue against the death penalty, while attorney Thomas Farlow will argue for it. The event takes place at Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall on the Butler University campus at 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by IICACP, Law Students Against Capital Punishment, Butler University, the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, and the Christian Theological Seminary.
Before coming to the law school in 1995, David Orentlicher served as director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the American Medical Association for six-and-a-half years. He also held adjunct appointments at the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University Medical School, and from 1992 to 1995, served on the founding board of the American Association of Bioethics. Currently, he is on the core faculty of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, an adjunct professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and a member of the American Law Institute. He also serves on the board of the Gennesaret Free Clinic. Professor Orentlicher has served in the Indiana House of Representatives since 2002.
01/26/2007
Professor Will Organize AALS Workshops
Professor Karen Bravo has been appointed to the AALS Planning Committee that will plan three of the regularly scheduled AALS Workshops for 2008. They include the Workshop for New Law Teachers and the Workshop on Clinical Legal Education.
01/25/2007
Professor Tom Wilson Elected Secretary of AALS Section
At the 2007 Association of American Law Schools conference in Washington, D.C., Professor Lloyd T. (Tom) Wilson was elected Secretary of the AALS Section on Real Estate Transactions. Pursuant to Section procedures, Professor Wilson will become Chair-Elect at the 2008 AALS meeting in New York and will become Chair of the Section at 2009 meeting in San Diego. Professor Wilson previously served as Treasurer of the Real Estate Transactions section and as a member of the section's Executive Committee.
01/24/2007
Professor Henry Karlson To Appear on Court TV
Professor Henry Karlson will be appearing on an upcoming Court TV program, “Hollywood Heat,” discussing the legal issues surrounding the new reality television show, Armed and Famous , filmed in Muncie, Indiana. The program will be aired on the upcoming dates:
Thursday, February 1at 11:30 p.m.
Friday, February 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 3 at 11:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 4 at 12:00 p.m.
01/19/2007
Tulane University Law School Official Named Dean of IU School of Law – Indianapolis
IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz announced on January 19, 2007, that Prof. Gary R. Roberts, currently the Deputy Dean of the Tulane University Law School, has been selected dean of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis.
Roberts is the Sumter Davis Marks Professor of Law at Tulane University and the director of the law school’s Sports Law Program. He will assume his duties at IUPUI in July 2007. Roberts succeeds Susanah M. Mead, Interim Dean. Vice Dean of the Tulane Law School from 1990-95, Roberts became Deputy Dean in 2001. He teaches sports law, antitrust, labor law, and business enterprises.
“I am very pleased to have such an experienced, energetic and committed leader at the helm of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis”, said Chancellor Bantz. IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Uday Sukhatme added, “Sports law will continue to be a focus of Roberts’ scholarly work at IUPUI, and this is most appropriate given the strong sports presence in Indianapolis
Roberts has advised many major sports clients on legal and business matters and has testified on numerous occasions before Congress as a sports law expert.
01/12/2007
Two Law Students Named Among IUPUI's "Amazing Students"
Law school students Kimberly Chowning and Bri Kovac are among IUPUI's "Amazing Students" feataured on the campus website. Chowning is a business owner, inventor, and soon-to-be tax attorney, while Kovac is a champion speed cyclist. Read about their accomplishments at http://www.iupui.edu/featured/students.html
01/03/2007
Law School Team 2006 IUPUI Intramural Soccer Champs
For the second time in three years, the law school's intramural soccer team has won the IUPUI championship. Team members include George Aduhene, Justin Gifford, tony Spahr, Myron Rahn, Margaret Baumgartner, Kevin Munoz, Joseph Lansinger, Enrique Flores, Daniel Wolfson, Courtney Jones, Cody Lawson, Clay Havill, Brian Bade, Bo Ramsey and Louis Pearlman.
12/15/2006
Prof. White Participates in China-U.S. Legal Education Commission in Beijing
Professor Emeritus James P. White participated as a Commissioner in the initial meeting of the China-United States Joint Commission on Legal Education which met in
The purpose of the Commission is to review and implement cooperation between Chinese and American law schools. Items discussed include an assessment of existing relationships between American and Chinese law schools; faculty exchange possibilities; future programs and conferences, and student exchanges.
The program opened with the signing of the formal document creating the China-United States Commission on Legal Education. The signing ceremony took place in the Great Hall of the Peoples Congress in
12/13/2006
Professor Magliocca's New Book Available Soon
Professor Gerard Magliocca’s new book, Andrew Jackson and the Constitution: The Rise and Fall of Generational Regimes (University Press of Kansas, 2007) is available for pre-ordering now on Amazon.com. (http://www.amazon.com/) In his book, Professor Magliocca focuses on how the Constitution has been interpreted and reinterpreted throughout American history. Tracing ideological battles fought by Jacksonian Democrats against Federalists and Republicans, he illustrates a recurring pattern of constitutional change.
Nearly a decade in the making, the book has received excellent preliminary reviews:
“This is a truly distinguished contribution to our constitutional understanding, combining theory and history in an exemplary fashion. If you are going to read one book about our Constitution this year, read Magliocca’s.”—Bruce Ackerman, author of The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy
“A perceptive book that offers a valuable, fresh look at both Jacksonian Democracy and the interpretation of the Constitution.”—Donald B. Cole, author of The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
“A provocative and much needed reassessment of constitutional change in the Age of Jackson.”—R. Kent Newmyer, author of John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
Professor Magliocca is understandably happy with the finished product. “This book is the culmination of nine years of research, and I’m very pleased with the end result,” he says. To read more about the book, see the University of Kansas Press site: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/newbyauthor.html
Gerard N. Magliocca joined the faculty in the fall of 2001, following two years as an associate with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where his practice included environmental, trademark, and death penalty matters. Immediately following graduation from Yale Law School, where he was an editor for the Yale Law Journal, he served as a clerk for the Honorable Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His research interests include intellectual property, constitutional law, and legal history projects that he has presented in workshops at Georgetown, NYU, and Northwestern. In 2004, Professor Magliocca received the Best New Professor Award, and in 2006 he received the Black Cane (Most Outstanding Professor) Award.
12/11/2006
David Orentlicher to Chair Legislative Committee
Professor David Orentlicher, a member of the Indiana General Assembly, has been appointed chair of the Small Business and Economic Development Committee of the Indiana House of Representatives. Additionally, on December 8, Orentlicher was featured on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" discussing the privatization of public highways. Orentlicher, who represents District 86, was re-elected to a third term in November.
12/08/2006
Mary L. Hill, '95, Named to Department of Health Post
Mary L. Hill, ’95, was recently appointed as the Deputy State Health Commissioner. Since 1996, Hill has been an attorney with the law firm of Hall Render Killian Heath and Lyman where she practiced in the areas of health law, employment law and litigation. She also served as the Director of Ethics Integration for St. Vincent Health, which operates health care facilities and services throughout central Indiana. Hill also teaches in the St. Vincent medical residency programs, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the IU School of Nursing.
“Mary’s energy and background make her a perfect choice to help us achieve our prime objectives,” said State Health Commissioner Judith A. Monroe, M.D. “She has a strong personal commitment to good health that will make her a great leader for the INShape Indiana initiative, and we are excited to have her as part of our team.”
Hill received a B.S. in Nursing, summa cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati in 1984 and the J.D., summa cum laude, from the law school in 1995. Prior to becoming an attorney, Hill worked as a psychiatric nurse at Wishard Health Services; Vice President of Medical Delivery for Sagamore Health Network; Director of Nursing at Brierwood Hospital in Greer, South Carolina; and as a geriatric psych nurse at a state hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“I am so privileged to have this wonderful opportunity to serve. Dr. Judy Monroe is a dedicated, inspired leader who has made and will continue to make positive contributions toward the health of our great state!” Hill said. “I look forward to assisting her and the dedicated team at ISDH in this important work.”
12/04/2006
IU School of Law-Indianapolis Expert Calls for Changes in Tissue Transplant Industry
It’s time to put limits on tissue recovery, IU School of Law-Indianapolis Professor Robert Katz said in a WTHR Channel 13 television interview that aired in late November.
Channel 13 investigative reporter Sandra Chapman interviewed Katz as part of a news series on Indiana tissue transplant patients who have received “unsafe, stolen” tissue.
Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration notified healthcare professionals that Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS), a for-profit tissue recovery firm based in Fort Lee, N.J. may not have properly screened donors for infectious diseases. This led to the largest nationwide recall of donated tissue. But the recall was not early enough to protect the health of an Indiana man interviewed by Chapman.
The state of New York had filed charges against BTS, alleging BTS recovered bones, skin, heart valves, and other tissues from hundreds of corpses without the relatives’ consent, and forged consent forms. The state also charged BTS with falsifying records to make unsuitable tissues – those recovered from donors who were too old or who died of cancer or infectious diseases – appear suitable for transplantation.
Katz has studied the tissue transplantation industry for several years. He believes that the BTS case supports his proposal that only charitable nonprofit organizations be permitted to obtain a deceased’s relatives’ consent for donation, and to recover or supervise the recovery of donated tissue.
Katz’s publications include the article “The Re-Gift of Life: Can Charity Law Prevent For-Profit Firms from Exploiting Nonprofit Tissue Banks and Donated Tissue,” in the spring 2006 DePaul Law Review.
For additional details on the recent Katz interview, go to http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?s=5709574 .
11/29/2006
Deborah J. Daniels, ’77 Takes Helm of Indianapolis-Based Think Tank
Deborah J. Daniels, '77, has been appointed President of the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research (SIPR), effective December 1, 2006. An international think tank headquartered in Indianapolis, the SIPR is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. Ms. Daniels has vast experience in the public policy arena, having served as a United States Attorney, Executive Director of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, Director of the National Office for Weed and Seed at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a presidential-appointed Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. In 2005, she returned to the Indianapolis law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, where she provides counsel to public and private sector clients in matters affecting homeland security, disaster preparedness, strategic planning, and federal and state regulatory compliance. She will remain at Krieg DeVault while serving as SIPR's President.
10/25/2006
Professor Bravo to Head AALS Committee
Professor Karen Bravo was recently named president of the AALS Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers for 2007-2008.
The committee seeks to increase the representation of minority populations in the academy, and overcome the obstacles to the retention of such faculty.
Karen E. Bravo joined the faculty in the summer of 2004. A Columbia Law School Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, from 1997-2001 she practiced corporate law with international law firms in New York and Massachusetts. Her practice areas included venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions and emerging and public company representation. Following her law firm tenure, she joined the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) in the Republic of Armenia, where she worked with domestic judiciary and advocates, and local and international NGOs on legal reform and education programs and strategies. In May 2004 she completed a Master's in Law in Trade Regulation. While at Columbia Law School she was a staff member and articles editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. In 2004, she received the Jerome Lipper Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of international law from NYU.
10/24/2006
2006 Grad Lands Dream Job
After passing the bar, Sean Monkhouse, ’06 got a job at the United Nations and is working as a Court Officer for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in
10/10/2006
Chasity Thompson Adewopo, ’02 Receives Rabb Emison Award
Chasity Thompson Adewopo, ’02, Director of Professional Development at the law school, was awarded the 2006 Rabb Emison Award from the Indiana State Bar Association’s Racial Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee. The award, named for its first recipient in the individual category, recognizes an individual or organization that has demonstrated a commitment to promote diversity and/or equality in the legal profession and in the membership of the Indiana State Bar Association.
La Wanda Ward, ’03, Assistant Director for Pro Bono Program and Public Interest at the law school works closely with Adewopo and says, “We appreciate Chasity’s dedication and tireless efforts towards enhancing the legal community!”
Adewopo became the director of the Office of Professional Development in April 2006. She joined the law school as associate director of professional development in the summer of 2004. She graduated magna cum laude from Alabama State University with degrees in English and Business Administration. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis, where she actively participated in and chaired numerous school, legal and community functions.
Following law school, Chasity served for two years as a judicial clerk to Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard of the Indiana Supreme Court. Licensed to practice law as a member of the Indiana Bar, Chasity serves on the executive committee of the Indiana State Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Section, and its Committee for Racial Diversity in the Legal Profession. She also serves on the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Law Student Division Executive Committee and is a member of the Marion County and National Bar Associations. She is involved in the Indianapolis community as a member of the Julian Center Development Board, and a member of the Junior League of Indianapolis.
Chasity’s responsibilities include managing all activities of the Office of Professional Development, fostering and maintaining effective working relationships with legal employers, counseling and assisting alumni and students with job search strategies and judicial clerkship opportunities, developing and implementing professional development programming and administering the on-campus interview program.
09/29/2006
Dean’s Search Committee Announced
In April of 2006, IUPUI’s Chancellor Charles Bantz appointed a nine-member committee to steer the process of naming a new dean for the IU School of Law - Indianapolis. The committee is chaired by Roger Schmenner, Executive Associate Dean of the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI campus. Other committee members are Hon. Brent Dickson, ‘68, Indiana Supreme
Court; Lacy Johnson, ‘81, Ice Miller, LLP; Associate Dean Andrew Klein and
law school professors Paul Cox, Fran Hardy, Dan Cole and María Pabón López.
The committee also includes third-year law student Angela Sanchez. Chancellor Bantz requested that the search committee provide him with the names of three finalists by the end of November, with a goal to appoint the new dean early in 2007. That individual will assume the role of dean on July 1. See the Dean's Search Announcement
09/29/2006
BLSA Unveils New Portrait of Henry J. Richardson, Jr., ‘28
On September 8, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) held an event to honor one of the law school’s most prominent African American alumni, Henry J. Richardson, Jr. , ’28. BLSA president Elisabeth Cheatham and BLSA board member Shelley Jackson were hosts for the long-awaited unveiling of Mr. Richardson’s portrait, which now hangs in the law school. BLSA began raising money for the portrait over two years ago. Mr. Richardson’s son Rodney C. Richardson, an attorney in Indianapolis, was on hand to help honor his father’s legacy to the law and civil rights in the community. Interim Dean Susanah Mead and law school alumnus Alan K. Mills, ’82 also made remarks at the event. The portrait, which was painted by Constance Edwards Scopelitis, now hangs in a prominent location on the second floor of Inlow Hall. The portrait is part of the law school’s effort to diversify the portraits at the school. In addition to the many portraits of past deans (all white males), the law school now has Mr. Richardson, as well as images of Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the United States Supreme Court, and William H. Hastie, the nation’s first black federal magistrate and first black United States Circuit Court of Appeals judge. (Photo: Rodney C. Richardson, Marya Jones Overby, '86, and Alan K. Mills, '82 with the new portrait.)
09/29/2006
Nate Feltman, ’94 Named Secretary of Commerce and President of the Indiana Economic Development Corp (IEDC)
Nathan Feltman, '94, Vice President of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis Alumni Association, will take over for Michael "Mickey" Maurer, becoming the Secretary of Commerce and President of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) at the end of this year. Feltman was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the IEDC in 2005. He will also be the recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Indiana University, Bloomington. He received his B.A. in Political Science and B.S. in Business from IU in 1992 and a Master’s (LL.M.) degree in Russian Law from the Institute of State and Law at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia in 1996. He spent over three years in Moscow, Russia where he worked for a major international law firm in the general corporate and commercial law fields. He speaks Russian and has written and spoken extensively concerning the Russian legal system and various business law topics. In addition, he served as a faculty advisor for a Russian international legal program at the Northwestern University School of law. In addition he has taught Russian Law as an adjunct at the law school. After practicing in Chicago for several years, he moved back to Indianapolis in 2003 to become a Partner at Ice Miller, where he worked on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. For more information about the banquet see the CAS web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~college/alumni/office/banquet.shtml
09/28/2006
4th Annual Conference on Health, Disability, and the Law
On June 9, 2006, the Public Health Law program along with the Riley Child Development Center and Indiana State Department of Education hosted the Fourth Annual Conference on Health, Disability and the Law on "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004: What the Changes Mean for Indiana's Children." Each year the Public Health Law program, along with its co-sponsors, presents the conference on varying topics of interest for professionals and families working with persons with disabilities. This year's conference drew 100 people from around the state from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Center is now beginning work on next year's conference. Watch the Center's website for further information on the 5th Anniversary Conference, which will be presented in the spring of 2007. (Pictured above left to right: Steve Koch, PhD, Riley Child Development Center; John Rau, MD, Riley Child Development Center; Reed Martin, JD, Keynote speaker; Prof. Eleanor Kinney; Kevin McDowell, JD, Indiana Department of Education; and Heather McCabe, '03, Director of the law school's Public Health Law program)
09/28/2006
Public Health Law Program Partners on Important Conferences
On March 16, 2006, the Center's Public Health Law program participated in a summit on public health law for public health professionals in Indiana. Other participants included the Indiana Public Health Foundation, Indiana Association of Public Health Physicians, Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Marion County Health Department, the Indiana Hospital and Health Association, American Bar Association Health Law Section and the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control Public Health Law Program. The summit was designed to enhance the readiness of Indiana attorneys to play a positive role in the event of the exercise of emergency public health powers. Many academic public health law programs from around the country were represented as well.
More on the Center's Public Health Law program
09/28/2006
Barbara Evans joins the Health Law Faculty
Dr. Barbara Evans, Director of the Pharmacogenomics, Ethics, and Public Policy Program at the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, will be a visiting professor at the law school next year. Barbara came to Indiana University in 2004 following a fellowship in clinical ethics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She holds a Ph.D. in earth sciences, with emphasis on natural resource economics, from Stanford University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.M. from the Health Law and Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Formerly, she was an economist at the World Bank and later was a partner in the Moscow office of a large international law firm.
09/28/2006
Indiana Health Law Review Hosts Symposium on
In February 2006, the Indiana Health Law Review hosted a symposium on "pay for performance" in conjunction with the McDonald Merrill Ketcham Award and Lectureship. Professor William M. Sage of Columbia University School of Law, the recipient of the highest award, gave the keynote address on "Pay for Performance: Will it Work in Theory?" In addition, there were leading commentators on the subject from around the country including Bill Thompson, President of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, and Dr. Tom Valuck, M.D., J.D., Medical Officer and Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( Baltimore, MD). More on the MMK Award
09/22/2006
Hon. Carr L. Darden, '70 Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Hon. Carr L. Darden, ‘70, Indiana Court of Appeals, received the Distinguished Alumni Award on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at the annual IU Law Alumni Association reception. A tribute was given by his daughter, Bellary Darden-Davis. Judge Darden has served on the Indiana Court of Appeals since 1994. Prior to being appointed to the Court of Appeals, he served as a presiding judge in the Marion County Superior Court and the Marion County Municipal Court systems. He also served as the Chief Deputy State Public Defender.
Over the years, Judge Darden has received many awards, including two Sagamore of the Wabash awards, Indiana’s highest distinguished citizen recognition. In November of 2004, he was presented with the prestigious Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Award of Excellence by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. He is deeply involved in his church and community, serving on the boards of numerous charitable organizations. Judge Darden has participated at many legal and educational seminars as a facilitator or panel member. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP, National Bar Association and the Marion County Bar Association. One of the awards that he cherishes most is the recognition by his peers of being “Exceptionally Qualified” to serve as a trial court judge.
Judge Darden served his country’s military and received an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force in 1959. He received his B.S. degree from Indiana University School of Business in 1966. He is also a graduate of the Judicial College of Indiana in 1998 and the Indiana Graduate Program for Judges in 2004. He is a native of Nashville, Tennessee but is a very proud “Hoosier” by choice and has lived in Indiana most of his life.
09/20/2006
Prof. Roisman Elected to ACLU and Inclusive Communities Project Boards
Prof. Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, was recently elected to two nonprofit boards. She was elected to the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as well as the board of the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) in Dallas, TX. Roisman will soon finish her second 3-year term on the board of the ACLU’s Indiana affiliate and will now begin a 3-year term as an elected member of the national board. According to Joan Laskowski, a long-time member of Indiana’s ACLU board, as well as their representative to the national board, “The national Board of the ACLU manages the financial and administrative affairs of the Union and establishes substantive and organizational policies.” Professor Rosiman joins faculty members from several other law schools who serve on the board, including professors from Rutgers, Columbia Law School, Brooklyn Law School, Widener University School of Law, and New York Law School. Laskowski says of Roisman, “The board will be enriched with Florence's passion for liberty and equality."
The mission of the ACLU is to the rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution, including the First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state. It also defends the right to equal protection under the law, including equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin. Other fundamental rights include the right to due process, or fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of liberty or property is at stake. The right to privacy is also a primary concern of the ACLU, which champions freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into personal and private affairs.
The ICP is a not-for-profit organization that works for the creation and maintenance of thriving racially and economically inclusive communities, expansion of fair and affordable housing opportunities for low income families, and redress for policies and practices that perpetuate the harmful effects of discrimination and segregation.
Professor Roisman is spending the Fall 2006 semester as a J. Skelly Wright Fellow in Law at Yale Law School. Prof. Roisman, the William F. Harvey Professor of Law, has focused her practice, teaching, and writing on low-income housing, homelessness, and housing discrimination and segregation issues.
09/14/2006
Prof. Tom Wilson Participates in Housing Rights Conference
On September 8, 2006, Professor Lloyd (Tom) Wilson moderated a panel discussion at a conference entitled, “What King Wrought—The Impact of the Summer of 1966 on Housing Rights.” The conference was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s march on Chicago for fair housing and the 20th anniversary of the enactment of Chicago’s groundbreaking Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance. The conference was hosted by the John Marshall School of Law Fair housing Legal Support Center and the Center for Real Estate Law.
Wilson’s panel was entitled, “The State of Tenants’ Rights Today and in the Future—Is the Reform in Rights a Guarantee?” Also participating in the panel were Mary Spector, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Mary Zulack, Columbia School of Law, Kathleen Clark, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, and Michael Pensack, Illinois Tenants Union. In addition to moderating the panel, Prof. Wilson spoke on the status of an implied warranty of habitability in residential leases. More information about the conference is available on the John Marshall School of Law web site.
09/14/2006
Jane Magnus-Stinson, ’83 Named U.S. District Court Magistrate
Chief Judge Larry J. McKinney announced that Marion County criminal court judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, ‘83 will replace Judge V. Sue Shields as U.S. Magistrate when she retires in January of 2007. Magnus-Stinson will serve as Magistrate for an eight-year period and will be eligible for reappointment.
Professor Jeff Grove remembers Magnus-Stinson as the “premier student in my Civil Procedure course at IU Law-Indianapolis.” He added that, “This was a harbinger of many things to come. Since then, her accomplishments and honors have continued to pile-up. The intelligence, diligence, sound judgment and record of high achievement that defined her work at the law school have carried forward into her professional life. The Marion County Superior Court will soon lose one of its most talented judges, but the federal district court for Southern Indiana will welcome an exceptionally well-qualified and worthy successor to Magistrate Judge Sue Shields.” Magnus-Stinson graduated cum laude from the law school in 1983. Professor Larry Jegen also remembers her well. “She was very fine student and well liked by the faculty and students who knew her,” Jegen said. “I know she will do very well as a U.S. Magistrate.”
Magnus-Stinson worked as chief counsel to Indiana Governor Evan Bayh from 1991-94. She is currently a member of the Superior Court’s executive committee.
Magnus-Stinson was one of only five judges from Indiana to be named to the country's top 500 judges list as published by Lawdragon.com. The web site, which provides legal referrals and legal news, determines the final list based upon peer review and its own independent research. She was the only state trial judge in Indiana who made the list. The list can be viewed at www.lawdragon.com
09/01/2006
Jean Monnet Grant Underwrites New Summer Course on EU and U.S. Biotechnology Regulation
The IU School of Law-Indianapolis received a three-year grant from the European Commission to develop a module of courses designed to educate students and attorneys on a variety of legal aspects of the European Union. Thanks to this prestigious grant, Professors Frank Emmert, Eleanor Kinney, and Kenneth Crews have collaborated in creating a new two-week intensive summer course that was taught for the first time in June of this year. The course focuses primarily on pharmaceutical and medical technology regulation in both the EU and the U.S. For more information, contact Faith Long Knotts or see the web site.
09/01/2006
Prof. Schumm to Argue Before the Indiana Supreme Court
Professor Joel Schumm will be the advocate for the defendant in Alexander Anglemyer v. State, a case appearing before the Indiana Supreme Court on September 7 at the Indiana State House. Schumm says, “I took this case pro bono after learning the original public defender was not planning to seek transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court. The court of appeals’ opinion laid out a dramatically different approach to sentencing in light of some 2005 statutory amendments. The Indiana Supreme Court has vacated that opinion, and this case will presumably make clear what procedures now apply across the state.” Prof. Schumm prepared for his argument by mooting it before the Criminal Law Association. The oral argument will be webcast and then archived on the court’s website. Schumm is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law who teaches legal analysis, research and communication, as well as criminal procedure and juvenile justice. He is also the director of the Judicial Internship program and a 1998 graduate, magna cum laude, of the law school.
08/31/2006
PIHRL Students and Director Submit Reports to the United Nations
Students from the Program on International Human Rights Law (PIHRL) at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis worked with PIHRL Director, Professor George Edwards, to prepare and present two reports before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland in July. (Photo: Professor Edwards, Katherine Hendrix, '03, Jhon Sanchez)
Professor Edwards supervised a team of students and alumni, as well as one undergraduate IUPUI student, in the preparation of a report on U.S. government violations of rights of sexual minorities (gay, lesbian, and transgendered people). The PIHRL team was made up of Jeff Collins (2L), who is the research assistant for the program, as well as several Master of Laws students--Jhon Sanchez, an LL.M. student from Colombia who is currently working on his J.D. degree; Simeon Sungi and Tuinese Amuzu, both LL.M. students; as well as Katherine Hendrix, ’03 and a former PIHRL intern. Maria Bates, a student at Stetson School of Law and a PIHRL fellow, also contributed significantly to the project. Hendrix and Sanchez were both present in Geneva, along with Prof. Edwards, for the presentation, which took place July 17 and 18.
Sanchez says working on the project was a great experience and he hopes to be involved in similar initiatives in the future. “Definely, I would like to repeat the experience. It is a concrete way to help make things happen. In fact, I would like to have a similar project for the upcoming year with the International Human Rights Law Society. It’s best when people from different disciplines work on this kind of project,” said Sanchez.
Katherine Hendrix is also enthusiastic about her experience working on the report. She said, "I learned that we, as graduates and law students, have the power and opportunity to make an impact at the international level. The most fascinating part of the experience for me was watching the thread of influence that our group had. For example, we wrote the report which provided the legal analysis and factual information that the committee members needed to be informed on the issue of discrimination against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) persons in the United States, and it included substantive areas such as marital rights, adoption rights, employment discrimination, violence, discrimination in the military, and more." Hendrix said she feels that there were issues that would not have made it into the final draft of the U.N. report had it not been for the effort that she and Sanchez made to communicate with committee members in person. She said, "There are substantive areas in the Concluding Observations that woulnd not have been included had it not been for our advocacy."
Professor Edwards, working as part of a National Bar Association (NBA) team, submitted reports on U.S. government violations of human rights of persons in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region before, during and after Hurricane Katrina. PIHRL students helped prepare the reports that Edwards and the NBA team presented. (Photo: Prof. George Edwards with Prof. Dorothea Beane of Stetson University College of Law at the hearings in Geneva).
On July 27, the U.N.’s HRC issued its final report, and some of the language from the reports submitted by the IU team was adopted into the U.N. document (see the U.N. web site for the full document: http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/AdvanceDocs/CCPR.C.USA.CO.pdf).
08/31/2006
Prof. Emmert Receives Soros Foundation/Open Society Fellowship
Dr. Frank Emmert, John S. Grimes Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law, has been awarded a fellowship by the Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute and will serve as a Non-Resident International Scholar during the academic year 2006-07 in the Foundation's Higher Education Support Program. Prof. Emmert will work with universities and academics in four regions of the Academic Fellowship Program, namely South Eastern Europe (SEE), Russia, Ukraine, Moldova (RUM), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia (Caucasus), and Central Asia and Mongolia (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia). This fall, he will travel to Kyrgyzstan to teach a course at American University Central Asia and to discuss matters of curriculum development, methodology of teaching, and related issues with colleagues at the law school there. Prof. Emmert will also speak at a conference in Crimea in spring 2007, where all resident and non-resident fellows in the 2006-07 program will get together for an exchange of experience. (Photo: Prof. Emmert off the coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia during the law school's 2006 Central and Eastern European Law Summer Program.)
08/17/2006
Prof. Roisman is J. Skelly Wright Fellow at Yale in Fall 2006
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will spend the Fall 2006 semester at Yale Law School as the J. Skelly Wright Fellow in Law. During her semester at Yale, she will teach the same course on the Civil Rights Movement that she has taught at IU School of Law – Indianapolis for several years.
Roisman, the William F. Harvey Professor of Law, has focused her practice, teaching, and writing on low-income housing, homelessness, and housing discrimination and segregation issues.
She began practice at the Federal Trade Commission in 1963. In 1964, she joined the U.S. Department of Justice in the appellate section of the Civil Division. In 1967, she became staff attorney, and later managing attorney, for the D.C. Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP), initiating a 30-year association with the federally financed program of civil legal assistance to poor people. While at NLSP, she was co-counsel in several of the landlord-tenant cases that now appear in many property casebooks. Subsequent to her tenure with NLSP, she worked with the legal services program both in private practice and through the National Housing Law Project.
She has taught full-time at Georgetown University Law Center and the law schools of the University of Maryland, Catholic University, and Widener University; she has taught part-time at the George Washington University National Law Center and the Antioch School of Law. In addition to Property and Land Use Planning, she has taught Civil Procedure and Administrative Law. In 2002, she received a Trustee's Teaching Award from Indiana University.
In 2000, she received the Thurgood Marshall Award given by the District of Columbia Bar. In 1989, she was the first recipient of the Kutak-Dodds Prize, awarded by the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Professor Roisman also received the 2004 Equal Justice Works Outstanding Law School Faculty Award "for her dogged pursuit of equal justice and her pivotal role in nurturing a public interest ethic among law students." She was recognized with this national award on Thursday, October 28, 2004 in Washington, DC. Prof. Roisman is the Michael D. McCormick Professor of Law. She has published widely on the topic of housing discrimination. Her most recent law review article was "National Ingratitude: The Egregious Deficiences of the United States' Housing Programs for Veterans and the 'Public Scandal' of Veterans' Homelessness," 38 Indiana Law Review 103 (2005).
08/17/2006
Alumnus Renames Professorships to Honor Former Law School Dean and FavoriteProfessor
In 2001, Michael D. McCormick made a substantial gift to the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis to create two endowed professorships. This summer, McCormick, the former executive vice president and general counsel of Bindley Western Industries and a 1980 graduate of the law school, chose to recognize former Dean of the Law School, William F. Harvey and Professor Lawrence A. Jegen, III, by re-naming the two endowed professorships in their honor.
The William F. Harvey Professorship commemorates Professor Harvey’s many years of teaching and service to the law school and the legal profession. Professor Harvey joined the law school faculty in 1968. He served as the law school’s dean from 1973 until 1979, while McCormick was a student at the school. He stepped down as dean to accept the appointment as Carl M. Gray Professor of Law, the school’s first endowed professorship.
Harvey is the author of widely recognized volumes on civil procedure and evidence, and for 23 years he was the vice chairman of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In 1985, he was selected by President Ronald Reagan for nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
In April of 2006, Harvey received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society, which he has supported for more than 30 years. On that occasion, several former students including Indiana Gov. Mitchell E. Daniels; former Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle; former Ambassador to Germany, Daniel Coats; Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge James S. Kirsch; and Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Margret G. Robb, among others, praised Harvey for his professional career.
Others commending Harvey at the award presentation were former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese; Indiana Supreme Court Justices Brent E. Dickson and Frank E. Sullivan; Jr., Federal Judge Sarah Evans Barker, and Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson. In 1996, Harvey was appointed to the Council of Sagamores of the Wabash by Governor Evan Bayh. For 10 years, he was a member of the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Committee of Indiana University.
The Lawrence A. Jegen, III Professorship commemorates Professor Jegen’s many years of teaching and service to the law school and the legal profession. Professor Jegen joined the law school faculty in 1962. On two occasions, he received the Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion, which is the highest award granted by Indiana University. It was received “for service to the university and for the fulfillment of the university's ideals.” He has received the Indiana University Presidents Circle Commemorative Medallion for exceptional support of Indiana University, and the Indiana University President’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Additionally, he was presented with the Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, and on six occasions the IU School of Law-Indianapolis’ Black Cane Award for the Outstanding Law Professor.
By appointment of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, he was a member of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee, and he received six Certificates of Recognition from the Internal Revenue Service for contributions to the education of Internal Revenue Service personnel. Further, because of his contributions to the enactment of ERISA, he attended the signing of ERISA in the Rose Garden at the White House at the invitation of President Ford. He has received three honorary awards from the State of Indiana: the Honorary Secretary Of State; the Honorary State Treasurer; and the Honorary Deputy Attorney General. Further, three different Indiana Governors named Professor Jegen a Sagamore of the Wabash.
Professor Jegen is the author of numerous articles, chapters of books, manuals, and other publications. He has drafted many federal and state laws, and frequently he has spoken before national and state organizations both inside and outside of the United States.
With the name change, the current Michael D. McCormick I Professor, Florence Wagman Roisman, will become the William F. Harvey Professor and the Michael D. McCormick II Professor, Professor George Wright, will become the Lawrence A. Jegen III Professor.
08/02/2006
Governor Daniels Appoints Chancellor Emeritus Bepko to Commission for Higher Education
On August 1, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced four appointments and one reappointment to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, including Indiana University School of Law professor and former dean and former IUPUI Chancellor, Gerald L. Bepko. "These individuals bring a wealth of experience with both higher education and the communities and economic environment of the state," said Daniels. "Education beyond high school will be almost mandatory to hold a good-paying job in the Indiana of tomorrow. We will look to this board to promote and demand true excellence from our universities in both their academic and economic development missions." Bepko will serve a four-year term. The other members appointed were Debra Cook, Christopher J. Murphy, III, Kenneth L. Sendelweck, and Michael L. Smith. Bepko is chancellor emeritus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), the inaugural director of the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at IUPUI and was formerly the interim president of Indiana University. He earned his undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois University, his doctorate of jurisprudence at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, and his master of laws degree from Yale Law School. He will serve as an at-large member. The governor appoints twelve members, one from each of Indiana's nine congressional districts and three at-large members, to serve terms of four years. In addition, one student and one faculty representative are appointed for terms of two years.
06/26/2006
Karen Miller Receives Bepko Spirit Award
Karen H. Miller, Assistant Director for Admissions, received the 2006 Gerald L. Bepko Spirit Award from the IUPUI Staff Council. Miller, who has worked at the law school since 1995, was recognized for her positive attitude and significant contributions to the university. Angela Espada, Associate Dean for Student Services and Admissions, said, “I have known for years how talented and capable Karen is as well as how lucky the law school is to have her working here. It is not surprising that she is being recognized by the rest of campus for her many contributions.” She has been in higher education since 1993. Her current duties include recruiting and counseling prospective students about the application process and administrative responsibility for all applications to the law school. She manages the activities of the admissions office, which includes planning and coordinating special events. She is also the liaison between the Law School Admissions Council and the law school regarding all applications and statistical information.
06/20/2006
Three Faculty Appointed to Named Professorships
Three law school faculty members have been appointed to named professorships as of July 1 of this year. Professor George Edwards, the director of the school’s Program in International Human Rights Law is now the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law. Professor Edwards teaches in the areas of international human rights law, public international law, international legal 
transactions, international criminal law and criminal procedure. He also oversees the international human rights law track of the school’s LL.M. program.
Professor Nicholas Georgakopoulos is the Harold R. Woodard Professor of Law. He teaches in the areas of business associations, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy law, and securities regulation. Professor Georgakopoulos will deliver the inaugural Woodard Professorship Lecture on February 27, 2007 at the law school.
Professor Linda Kelly Hill has been named the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law. Professor Kelly Hill teaches in the areas of family law, immigration law, trusts and estates, and conflict of laws.
06/20/2006
Prof. López Teaches Immigration Course at Indiana Graduate Judges Program
María Pabón López, Associate Professor of Law, taught at the Indiana Graduate Judges Program during the week of June 5th through the 9th at the Brown County Inn, in Nashville Indiana. Prof. López’s gave a timely course on “Immigration Law, The Rights of Noncitizens and Beyond.” The course considered the sources of the federal government’s power to regulate immigration and the plenary power doctrine as enunciated by the Supreme Court in its jurisprudence. It also examined how those who are not United States citizens can enter the United States through the four main types of immigrant categories under the Immigration and Nationality Act: family based immigration, employment based immigration, asylum law and through the diversity lottery program. The course also covered a discussion of the constitutional rights of noncitizens here in the United States through a close reading of leading Supreme Court jurisprudence, as well as an examination of the recent immigration reform proposals and the policies and purposes which they pursue.
The Graduate Judges Program is in its tenth year, and is presented by the Indiana Judicial Center. The Planning Committee consists of Justices Shepard, Rucker and Sullivan of the Indiana Supreme Court and Judge Baker of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Over thirty Indiana state court judges, including one Court of Appeals judge, were members of the intensive one week class. Prof. López is the co-director of the Latin American Law Summer Program and participated the law school’s summer program in La Plata, Argentina last year.
06/12/2006
Prof. Katz is Secretary of New AALS Section on Nonprofit Law and Philanthropy
On May 26, 2006 the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) approved the creating of a new Section on Nonprofit Law and Philanthropy. IU’s Prof. Robert Katz was one of the organizing members and now serves as the group’s first secretary, as well as the primary web master for the section’s web site: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/aals.html. The section will provide a forum and resources for professors who teach and conduct research in nonprofit law and philanthropy. “The United States has the largest and most dynamic nonprofit and philanthropic sector in the world,” says Professor Katz, “and the AALS section’s creation reflects the growing prominence of nonprofit and philanthropy law in legal scholarship, education, and practice.” The section will host its first event at the AALS 2007 Annual Meeting on “State-Level Legal Reform of the Law of Non-Profit Organizations” to be held at the January AALS meeting in Washington, D.C.
04/20/2006
Prof. Lancaster Participates in Chinese National Prosecutors College in Beijing
Professor Robert Lancaster trained Chinese criminal prosecutors in adversarial trial techniques on April 7th and 8th. The training was held at the National Prosecutors College in Beijing, China, and was sponsored by the China Trial Advocacy Institute – a joint project of Renmin University of China School of Law and Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. About 80 prosecutors participated in the training and many were from Tibet and the Xinjiang Uygur Region of China. Professor Lancaster was joined by Professor Delaine Swenson of the Catholic University in Lublin, Poland. Professor Swenson and Herb Bowman, IU Visiting Professor and Director of the China Trial Advocacy Institute, conducted a similar training session the following week at the National Judges College in Beijing.
Professor Herb Bowman initiated the China Trial Institute in 2004 as a joint educational venture between Renmin University and Indiana University. The Institute has conducted numerous trainings at the National Prosecutors College, the National Judges College, and many law schools throughout China. Professor Lancaster will return to China this summer for the Law School’s Chinese Law Summer Law Program at Renmin University and while there will conduct additional trial advocacy trainings.
Robert Lancaster, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Chinese Law Summer Program, and Ding Xiangshun, Associate Professor of Law at Renmin University of China School of Law, will speak at the Global Alliance for Justice Education International Conference at Fordham Law School in New York City on May 3, 2006. Their presentation is entitled “The Transitions of Legal Systems and the China Trial Advocacy Institute.” The conference brings legal educators from all over the world together to discuss global collaboration in teaching, learning, lawyering, and scholarship that promotes justice education. In addition to his position at Renmin University, Professor Ding is currently an LLM candidate at the Law School.
IU Law-Indianapolis has a long history of involvement and cooperation in China and was one of the first U.S. law schools to build a joint educational project in China. Professor Jeff Grove began the work by establishing the school’s Chinese Law Summer Program in Shanghai in 1987. At that time it was only the second Chinese - U.S. law school cooperative program. Professor Grove relocated the Summer Law Program to Renmin University in Beijing in 1998 and has worked diligently over the last two decades to establish the Law School’s solid presence in China.
Professor Robert Lancaster took over the Chinese Law Summer Program in 2005. Lancaster is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and teaches in the Law School’s Civil Practice Clinic. He is also increasing his involvement in the Law School’s work in China.
04/20/2006
Prof. Emmert Teaches Indiana Judicial College About International Law
Prof. Frank Emmert, John S. Grimes Professor of Law, taught a three-hour session at the Indiana Judicial College on April 19. Prof. Emmert’s session “Why is International Law Important to Judges in Indiana?” covered questions concerning cases that have a connection to foreign jurisdictions that may require a decision on whether and why local courts should have jurisdiction. There was also a discussion of cases that may require application of international or even foreign law in addition to or instead of U.S. and/or Indiana law. Specific examples included contracts with foreign entities, rights of foreign arrestees, and issues connected to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Prof. Emmert is the Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and oversees the law school’s summer programs in Croatia and France.
04/06/2006
Susan W. Brooks, ’85 Named 2006 Outstanding Alumna of the Year
The law school’s Alumnae Network will award the 2006 Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award to Susan W. Brooks, ’85 at their annual luncheon on Friday, May 19 at the Woodstock Club in Indianapolis. The Honorable Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana will give a tribute to her friend and colleague, Susan Brooks, at the event. For more information or to attend the event, please contact Angela Rager, ’99, Executive Director for the Alumnae Network at arrager@iupui.edu.
In 2001, Brooks was appointed by President George W. Bush as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Prior to her appointment as U.S. Attorney, she practiced at the firm of Ice Miller in the Government Services Practice Group. She also served as Deputy Mayor for the City of Indianapolis under Mayor Stephen Goldsmith (1998 to 1999). Before that, Brooks practiced criminal defense law (1985-1997).
She has been involved in civic organizations such as the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, Junior League, Little Red Door Cancer Agency, Marion County Commission on Youth, Network of Women in Business, Marion County Community Corrections, Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership, IUPUI Board of Advisors, Marion County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and Employers Against Domestic Violence Initiative. In 1999, Brooks was named an “Influential Woman of Indianapolis” by the IBJ and the Indiana Lawyer. She has also been named to the IBJ’s “40 under 40” list and “Who’s Who in Law.”
04/05/2006
Governor Mitch Daniels to Speak at Commencement
On Sunday, May 14, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will give the keynote address to the J.D. and LL.M. Classes of 2006. Governor Daniels attended his first year of law school at IU School of Law - Indianapolis before completing his education at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is also a graduate of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Daniels gave the commencement address to the Class of 1986 when he was an assistant to President Ronald Reagan, working on political and intergovernmental affairs. Before being elected Governor in 2004, Daniels worked in the administration of President George W. Bush as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He has also served as President of Eli Lilly and Company’s North American Operations, CEO of the Hudson Institute, and an advisor to then-mayor of Indianapolis, Richard Lugar as well as Chief of Staff to Lugar when he became Senator.
This year's commencement exercises will take place at the Indiana Convention Center in the west end of the Sagamore Ballroom. Professor Larrie Wilkins and Professor George Wright will perform the hooding ceremony. The student speakers will be Mary Wyman (day division), Jennie Beller (evening division), and Frank Xu (LL.M. division).
04/04/2006
Prof. Roisman Speaks at Symposium on Poverty in D.C.
Professor Florence Wagman Roisman was invited to speak at the "Symposium to End Poverty & Inequality" held by the University of the District of Columbia's David A. Clarke School of Law. The Symposium takes place April 7th to 9th. Roisman will speak at the concluding session on Saturday, April 8.
Professor Roisman teaches property and housing law courses, as well as a civil rights law course. She has focused her practice, teaching, and writing on low-income housing, homelessness, and housing discrimination and segregation issues.
Roisman began practice at the Federal Trade Commission in 1963. In 1964, she joined the U.S. Department of Justice in the appellate section of the Civil Division. In 1967, she became staff attorney, and later managing attorney, for the D.C. Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP), initiating a 30-year association with the federally financed program of civil legal assistance to poor people. While at NLSP, she was co-counsel in several of the landlord-tenant cases that now appear in many property casebooks. Subsequent to her tenure with NLSP, she worked with the legal services program both in private practice and through the National Housing Law Project.
She has taught full-time at Georgetown University Law Center and the law schools of the University of Maryland, Catholic University, and Widener University; she has taught part-time at the George Washington University National Law Center and the Antioch School of Law. In addition to Property and Land Use Planning, she has taught Civil Procedure and Administrative Law. In 2002, she received a Trustee's Teaching Award from Indiana University.
In 2000, she received the Thurgood Marshall Award given by the District of Columbia Bar. In 1989, she was the first recipient of the Kutak-Dodds Prize, awarded by the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Professor Roisman also received the 2004 Equal Justice Works Outstanding Law School Faculty Award "for her dogged pursuit of equal justice and her pivotal role in nurturing a public interest ethic among law students." She was recognized with this national award on Thursday, October 28, 2004 in Washington, DC.
Prof. Roisman is the Michael D. McCormick Professor of Law. She has published widely on the topic of housing discrimination. Her most recent law review article was "National Ingratitude: The Egregious Deficiences of the United States' Housing Programs for Veterans and the 'Public Scandal' of Veterans' Homelessness," 38 Indiana Law Review 103 (2005).
03/24/2006
Professor Wilson Elected Treasurer of AALS Real Estate Transactions Section
Professor Lloyd T. (Tom) Wilson was elected treasurer of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Real Estate Transactions at the January 2006 meeting in Washington, D.C. Wilson was originally elected to the executive committee of the AALS section when it was first formed in Atlanta in January 2004. At the 2005 meeting in San Francisco, he was re-elected for a second term. The real estate law section focuses on issues relating to land use and regulation, including smart growth responses to urban sprawl, revitalization of brownfields, mixed-use developments, affordable housing, the effects of gentrification, tax increment financing, securitization of mortgages, predatory lending, and mass transit-based development.
Wilson is Associate Professor of Law and has served as Director of the Central and Eastern European Law Summer Program. An expert in real estate law, he also has taught business law courses for the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University – Bloomington. In 2000, 2002, and 2005 Professor Wilson taught business and commercial law courses to Hungarian M.B.A. students at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
In 2004, Professor Wilson was the featured guest lecturer in the Law, Ethics, & Business module in the M.B.A. program at the International Graduate Business School in Zagreb, Croatia. The IGBS was established in January of 2004 as a partnership between Kelly School of Business and the Institute of Economics in Zagreb. While in Zagreb, Professor Wilson also met with the dean and several professors at the University of Zagreb School of Law to establish the law school’s summer study program involving the University of Zagreb and Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, which is now held annually near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
03/24/2006
Professor López Participates in NYU Conference on Undocumented Immigrants
Professor María Pabón López participated in two panels at the "Access and Invisibility: Undocumented Immigrants in America" conference at New York University School of Law in March of 2006. She spoke on the panels entitled "Undocumented Immigrant Access to Services after September 11th" and "Undocumented Immigrants and Licensing: The Aftermath of the REAL ID Act."
López is an Assistant Professor of Law who joined the faculty in the fall of 2002. She has served as co-director of the law school’s Latin American Law Summer Program since 2003. This year she was named a Dean's Fellow in recognition of scholarly excellence and was also nominated as an Outstanding Woman Full-Time Faculty member on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus.
Before coming to IU, Professor López was a lecturer in advocacy and research at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. She also served as a staff attorney and team leader of the Family Law Group, Legal Aid of Central Texas. She was an assistant U.S. Attorney, criminal division, for the U.S. Department of Justice, District of Puerto Rico in San Juan, and was staff attorney and director of the Family Violence Legal Line, Women’s Advocacy Project in Austin, Texas.
Professor López was formerly an assistant to the Puerto Rico Attorney General and an associate at the law firms Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz in Philadelphia and McConnell, Valdes in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While in law school, she served as associate editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
She has received awards from the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania, the Travis County Texas Women Lawyers Association (for contributions to the minority community) and from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, where she was a recipient of Faculty Performance Shares.
The law school's Hispanic Law Society (HLS) gave Professor López their 2004 Award "in recognition to her commitment to her students and loyal support of the HLS." Since June of 2003, Professor López has been an appointed member of the Indiana Supreme Court's Court Interpreter Certification Advisory Board, a project of the Race and Gender Fairness Commission. She is also a member of the Latino Affairs Committee of the Indiana State Bar.
Professor López participated in the Latin American Law Summer Program in La Plata, Argentina , where she facilitated several classes. She was the recipient of a Special Recognition Award from the Chair of the Second National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference held at the George Washington University School of Law in October of 2004. Professor López is a member of the bars of Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and Texas.
03/24/2006
Professor Karen Bravo Presents Research on Democracy
On Friday, March 24, 2006, Professor Karen Bravo, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, presented her research paper called “The Prospects of Democracy in Armenia” at the Seventh Annual Symposium Highlighting the Research of Faculty, Staff, and Students of Color. The Symposium was held at IUPUI’s University Library Lilly Auditorium from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Karen E. Bravo is an Assistant Professor of Law who joined the faculty in the summer of 2004. A Columbia Law School Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, from 1997-2001 she practiced corporate law with international law firms in New York and Massachusetts. Her practice areas included venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions and emerging and public company representation. Following her law firm tenure, she joined the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) in the Republic of Armenia, where she worked with domestic judiciary and advocates, and local and international NGOs on legal reform and education programs and strategies. In May 2004 she completed a Master's in Law in Trade Regulation. While at Columbia Law School she was a staff member and articles editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. In 2004, she received the Jerome Lipper Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of international law from NYU.
Professor Bravo teaches business associations, international business transactions, international law, international trade, and a seminar on illicit international markets.
03/14/2006
Students Honor 'Best' Faculty at Barristers Ball
The Student Bar Association presented several awards to faculty at this year's Barrister's Ball, held on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at the Scottish Rite Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis. The Best New Professor Award went to Professor John L. Hill, who joined the law school in 2002. Professor Gerard N. Magliocca received this year's Black Cane Award for outstanding professor. Magliocca, who joined the faculty in 2001, received the Best New Professor award in 2004. Associate Dean and Professor Andrew R. Klein received the Velma Dobbins White Cane Award for outstanding administrator for the second year in a row. Klein is the Paul E. Beam Professor of Law. He joined the faculty in 2000 and is also a prior recipient of both the Best New Professor and Black Cane Awards.
03/02/2006
Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition Regional Round Held at Law School
The Moot Court Board of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis successfully hosted the East Regional Round of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition on February 24-26. Teams from eleven law schools competed at this event. The team from Temple Law School was declared the regional champion in the final regional match and will advance to the international final rounds in Washington, D.C.
Gillian Deprez, Lori Lampert, and Josh Renbarger, all three members of the Moot Court Board, spearheaded the school’s hosting efforts. Competitors praised the competition’s efficiency and many expressed admiration for the school’s educational facilities. In addition to the Board, many other students and faculty helped to make the event a success by volunteering their time as competition judges and bailiffs.
03/02/2006
Law School Renews Ties with Renmin University in China
Professor Frank Emmert, Executive Director of the Center of International and Comparative Law, visited Beijing, China at the end of February. He met with Dean Wang Liming of Renmin University Law School and signed the contract for the Chinese Law Summer Program which will take place in June 2006. Professor Emmert is the John S. Grimes Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. While at Renmin he gave a lecture on World Trade Organization (WTO) law to the junior students of the Chinese university.
02/27/2006
Professors Bravo and LópezParticipate in Moore Symposium
On February 24, Professors Karen Bravo and María Pabón López participated in IUPUI’s Edward C. Moore Symposium at the University Library. Their presentation was entitled “Seeing Through Other Eyes: Teaching Diversity in the Upper Level Law School Curriculum.” The half-day symposium concluded with a keynote address by Vice Chancellor William Plater. The Edward C. Moore Symposium on Teaching Excellence is IUPUI's oldest public event, dating from the years of IUPUI’s inception. Named in honor of Edward C. Moore, former dean of the faculties, the symposium provides an opportunity for the university community to gather around an academic issue of interest to all. This year’s event was sponsored by the Office for Professional Development, the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), the Mack Center at Indiana University for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning and University Library.
02/24/2006
Professor Edwards Presents ICC Training Document in Jordan
Professor Edwards’ International Criminal Court (ICC) training document for trial judges entitled “Draft Outline for the Trial Judges in the Case of International Criminal Court v. Whiteland and Blueland Soldiers” was presented in February in Amman, Jordan, at the Regional Training Conference on the International Criminal Court and Arab National Systems, an invitation-only conference for judges, government officials, academics and lawyers from the Region. His paper was presented in conjunction with the Simulation Exercise on the International Criminal Court, which was prepared for the training program by Columbia University Professor Roy S. Lee, who is also an official of the United Nations Institute on Training and Research (UNITAR).
02/23/2006
IU Law-Indianapolis Student Participates
Sean Monkhouse hoped that leaving his job as a technical writer for Duke Realty in order to attend law school would lead to a new career in international and human rights law. After September 11, 2001, he says he felt a “compelling responsibility to not just sit on my couch and complain about the state of the world, but to get out there and do something about it.” With a B.A. in English from Indiana University, he hesitated between pursuing a M.A. in Journalism or law degree. His score on the LSAT exam helped determine his present course of action and after speaking with Professor George E. Edwards, director of the law school’s Program on International Human Rights Law, the choice of our law school was an easy one for him.
Monkhouse, who is in his third year of law school and plans to graduate in May of 2006, was a participant last year and coach this year for the school’s Jessup International Moot Court Competition. He has also participated in several international human rights law summer internships while in school. In the summer of 2004 he received a PIHRL scholarship to work as an international human rights law intern in The Hague (The Netherlands) for the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, as well as for the Uganda Law Society’s Legal Aid Project in Kampala, Uganda. Last summer, in 2005, he worked as an intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), also in The Hague, specifically on the case of Slobodan Milosevic, former President of Yugoslavia. Milosovic is currently being tried at the ICTY for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Croatia. Monkhouse worked directly under the supervision of the ICTY official who serves as the intermediary between Milosevic and the tribunal.
Now that he is back in Indianapolis, Monkhouse is continuing to conduct legal research on the Milosevic case, along with other IU Law – Indianapolis students, under the supervision of Professor Edwards . The Milosevic defense team they are helping is in the delicate position of working on behalf of a client who has chosen not to recognize either his appointed counsel or the tribunal. Sean Monkhouse, along with other IU-Indianapolis students and Professor Edwards, has also done research for the defense of David Hicks, the Australian national being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the U.S. Military. Hicks is charged with alleged war crimes and faces a trial by U.S. Military Commission.
Professor Edwards says, “International human rights law demands that individuals be afforded a fair trial, irrespective of how heinous the charges may be. The contributions of Mr. Monkhouse and our other students are vital to helping to ensure that Mr. Milosevic and other accused persons receive a fair trial in The Hague, at the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and elsewhere where our students have worked. The rule of law requires effective assistance for all accused in the preparation of a defense. This helps ensure that the accused persons, who are innocent until proved guilty, are not railroaded. The legitimacy of the international criminal justice system rests on fairness for all involved in the process. Our students -- through their pro bono work at The Hague, Guantanamo Bay, the Rwanda Tribunal, and elsewhere – help ensure fairness, legitimacy, justice and the rule of law.”
At the end of January, Monkhouse was invited to spend three days as a student delegate at the meetings of the International Criminal Court (ICC), held at the United Nations in New York. He served as “Rapporteur” for the Council of American Students in International Negotiations (CASIN), an educational, non-profit, non-governmental organization that sends delegations of American students and young professionals to meetings of various U.N. bodies, as well as meetings of the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Law. CASIN sent Monkhouse and several other students to monitor the ICC’s Fourth Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). As a Rapporteur, he attended all sessions of the ASP and prepared daily briefings of the proceedings. He was clearly delighted to have “the opportunity to observe first-hand how the Assembly of States Parties operates and to see the election of ICC judges in person. It is one thing to read about the Assembly process, but to actually be there and see how the diplomats interact with each other is very exciting. Being on the floor of the United Nations building surrounded by representatives from 100 countries who are deciding the future of the ICC was one of the highlights of my legal education.”
He says another highlight of his U.N. trip was having the opportunity, in his spare time, to witness a Security Council meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Great Lakes region of Africa where he worked in 2004 as an intern. He obviously hopes to see human rights law initiatives improve life for people in that war-torn part of the world, which includes Rwanda.
Monkhouse plans to pursue a career in international law and foreign policy development after graduating in May. He says he would like to focus on the area of international criminal litigation involving war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. “My dream job,” says Monkhouse, “is to work for the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC.” Meeting so many other students and delegates, as well as potential future colleagues such as John Washburn, Convener of the American Non-Governmental Organizations of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Sean Monkhouse may be a step closer to fulfilling his professional dream of working in international war crimes litigation.
01/26/2006
Honorable Carr L. Darden ‘70 to Receive DASA Award
Hon. Carr L. Darden, ’70, judge on the Indiana Court of Appeals will receive the Distinguished Alumni Service Award (DASA) on May 20, 2006 at the Alumni Association’s annual reunion reception. Judge Darden has served on the Indiana Court of Appeals since 1994, where he is responsible for hearing and determining appeals from final judgments of the state's Circuit, Superior, Probate and County Courts, in addition to those of numerous Administrative Agencies. Prior to being appointed to the Court of Appeals, he served as a presiding judge in the Marion County Superior Court and the Marion County Municipal Court systems. He also served as the Chief Deputy State Public Defender. Over the years, Judge Darden has received many awards, including two Sagamores of the Wabash, Indiana's highest distinguished citizen award. In November of 2004, he was presented with the prestigious Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Award of Excellence by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. He is deeply involved in his church and community, serving on the boards of numerous charitable organizations. Judge Darden has participated at many legal and education seminars as a facilitator or panel member. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP, National Bar Association and the Marion County Bar Association. He also holds memberships in other organizations, including the national, state, and local bar associations. One of the awards that he cherishes most is the recognition by his peers of being "Exceptionally Qualified" to serve as a trial court judge. Judge Darden received his BS degree from Indiana University School of Business in 1966 and his JD degree from Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 1970. He is also a graduate of the Judicial College of Indiana in 1998 and the Indiana Graduate Program for Judges in 2004. He is a native of Nashville, Tennessee but is a very proud "Hoosier" by choice and has lived in Indiana most of his life. He and his wife, Lundy Marie, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. He served his country's military and received an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force in 1959.
01/23/2006
Prof. George Edwards Elected to American Law Institute
In December 2005, Professor George Edwards was elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI). After being nominated by Professor Emeritus James P. White, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr., and Professor Timothy Davis of Wake Forrest University School of Law, Edwards became one of the 3,760 elected and life members of the ALI.
Professor Edwards is faculty advisor to the LL.M. track in International Human Rights Law and director of the Program in International Human Rights Law. See Professor Edwards' full biography.
Edwards joins the following law school colleagues who are also elected members of ALI: Thomas B. Allington (life member), Gerald L. Bepko, Jeffrey O. Cooper, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos, Jeffrey W. Grove, Eleanor DeArman Kinney, Andrew R. Klein, David Orentlicher, Kathleen Patchel, Florence Wagman Roisman, and James P. White (life member).
The ALI was established in 1923 "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.” For more information on ALI visit their web site: www.ali.org.
01/20/2006
Indiana Law Review Article Receives National Attention
An article in the Indiana Law Review is featured in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of Probate and Property, the journal of the ABA’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. The featured article, “Let the Buyer Beware: The Slow Demise of Caveat Emptor in Real Property Transactions and Other Recent Developments in Indiana Real Property Law,” is the annual review of property law developments, written by Tanya D. Marsh and law school alumnus Robert G. Solloway, ’89. [38 Ind. L. Rev. 1317 (2005)].
12/21/2005
Lefstein Named 2005 "Champion of Indigent Defense"
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has named Norman Lefstein, professor of law and dean emeritus, as the 2005 “Champion of Indigent Defense.” As Chair of the Indigent Defense Advisory Group of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID) for the past six years, Lefstein has been responsible for overseeing the ABA’s efforts to improve indigent defense systems around the country. He is also a four-term Chair of the Indiana Public Defender Commission, a position to which two Indiana governors have appointed him.
Most recently, Professor Lefstein oversaw the research and writing of a comprehensive SCLAID report on the nationwide crisis in indigent defense, Gideon’s Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice (February 2005).
"For four decades, Professor Lefstein has championed the cause of poor persons accused of crimes, using every opportunity to fight for reform of the nation’s broken indigent defense systems," said Bill Whitehurst, SCLAID Chair, who nominated Lefstein for the award.
Law school Interim Dean Susanah Mead spoke highly of Lefstein’s service, "We are very proud to have Norm Lefstein as a member of our faculty. His tireless dedication to providing effective assistance of counsel to the indigent is truly inspirational. He is an exceptionally deserving recipient of the honor NACDL has bestowed upon him."
Professor Lefstein’s other activities with the American Bar Association have included serving as Chair of the Section of Criminal Justice in 1986-1987; serving as Reporter for the Second Edition of ABA Criminal Justice Standards Relating to The Prosecution Function, The Defense Function, Providing Defenses Services, and Pleas of Guilty; and chairing the committee that drafted the third edition of those standards. Professor Lefstein also was involved with the adoption of the ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System in 2002, as well as the ABA Guidelines on Contribution Fees for the Costs of Counsel in Criminal Cases in 2004.
The NACDL Champion of Indigent Defense Award recognizes an individual for outstanding efforts in making positive changes to a local, county, state, or national indigent defense system.
12/19/2005
IU Law School Co-Sponsors First National Mock Criminal Trial Competition
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and Renmin University of China School of Law in Beijing co-sponsored the first ever mock criminal trial advocacy competition in China. Students from law schools throughout mainland China participated in the event which was held in Beijing on December 3rd and 4th, 2005.
Associate Clinical Professor Robert Lancaster from the IU Law – Indianapolis faculty served as chief judge in the preliminary and semi-final rounds. “This competition is significant because Chinese law schools typically do not teach trial advocacy. Historically, the Chinese criminal process has been an inquisitorial system rather than an adversarial proceeding,” says Prof. Lancaster. The Chinese government changed criminal procedure in 1996 to allow for and encourage more adversarial processes in the criminal trial. However, until now there has been no training to prepare lawyers for this new system. Lancaster says, “This competition is significant because it is part of the training that will ultimately redefine criminal procedure in China.” Prof. Lancaster also served as judge in the final round where students from Dalian Maritime University won the competition and competed against the team from Renmin University, who came in second.
The competition was organized as part of the China Model Advocacy Courthouse Project the law school has been running in China since 2004. Visiting Professor Herb Bowman, who serves as a Fellow in the Center for International and Comparative Law, organized the competition which was judged by Chinese and American lawyers.
(Pictured above: Professors Robert Lancaster and Herb Bowman are pictured third and forth from the left in the back row along with students from Renmin University of China School of Law’s team.)
12/19/2005
IU Law-Indianapolis Students Intern at The Hague Working on War Crimes Cases
During the summer of 2005, Julie Mudd (3L), a third-year law student at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and an intern with law school’s Program in International Human Rights Law, worked on the defense team of Mr. Sefer Halilovic, who was on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands. Halilovic, who indicted in September 2001 and went on trial in January 2005, was acquitted of war crimes on November 16th of this year by an ICTY trial chamber who also ordered his immediate release from UN custody. The ICTY is an ad hoc tribunal established in 1993 by United Nations Security Council Resolution in response to breaches of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia. It has jurisdiction to prosecute persons for grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, violations of the laws or customs of war, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Mr. Halilovic had been charged with murder as a violation of the laws and customs of war.
The indictment alleged that Halilovic was the commander of certain Bosnia and Herzegovina troops during a 1993 military operation regarding the Bosnian city of Mostar. It alleged that he was responsible, by way of superior responsibility, for civilian murders committed by those troops. The ICTY found that “the Prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Sefer Halilovic was either de jure or de facto commander of [the] operation” and that “the Prosecution. . . failed to establish that Sefer Halilovic had effective control over the troops which committed the crimes in the areas of Grabovica and Uzdol.”
ICTY acquittals are rare, as this is only the third acquittal the tribunal has seen in the ten years since it was established. Forty accused persons have been found guilty and are serving or have served their sentences. Seventy-seven accused persons are awaiting trial and nine others remain at large.
Also serving as an ICTY intern in The Hague during the 2005 summer was IU Law-Indianapolis third-year student Sean Monkhouse, who was assigned to the case of Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the fall 2005 semester, a team of IU Law - Indianapolis students has been providing pro bono research assistance to the ICTY Assigned Counsel for Mr. Milosevic, Ms. Gillian Higgins and Mr. Steven Kay. IU Law- Indianapolis students are also providing pro bono research to the Pentagon appointed military defense counsel for Mr. David M. Hicks, whose trial is pending before the U.S. Military Commission in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hicks, who is an Australian citizen, is alleged to have engaged in war crimes in supporting the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Professor George E. Edwards, who served as an Expert Witness on International Law in the Guantanamo Bay case of Mr. Hicks, is supervising the Milosevic and Hicks student research teams at the law school.
11/29/2005
Intramural Moot Court Competition Named After Hon. Robert H. Staton ’55
Four of Judge Robert H. Staton's former clerks, John Ittenbach, ’73, Tom Hall, ’74, Linda Hammel,’75, and Kevin Knight, ‘90 are spearheading a fund raising effort to name the school’s intramural moot court competition after their former boss and mentor. With support from several former clerks, Judges from the Court of Appeals, and friends of Judge Staton, an endowed account has been established that will continue to support the intramural competition in perpetuity.
Last week, our students concluded the latest edition of the Honorable Robert H. Staton Intramural Moot Court Competition. The winners of the final round of the Staton Competition were the team of Bradley Keffer and Matthew Morgan, who defeated the team of Matthew McQuillan and Clay Havill.
Additionally, the following students won awards for their participation the Staton Competition:
The Mitzi H. Martin Moot Court Award. This award goes to the top advocate in the preliminary rounds of the Staton Competition. Adam Hill won this award.
The Christopher M. Maine Advocacy Award. This award goes to the top advocate in the Staton Competition final round. Bradley Keffer won this award.
The Lovejoy Awards. The Lovejoy Awards go to the best and second-best briefs in the Staton Competition. Trina Kissel wrote the best brief. Heather Moore and Amy Matthews tied for second-best brief.
Judge Staton was a member of Indiana Court of Appeals since 1971. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the law school’s Alumni Association, as well as the Maynard K. Hine Medal from IUPUI. He was awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash by Gov. Bowen. Staton is a former Chief Trial Prosecutor and Administrative Judge, as well as the first Editor of Res Gestae, the first Chair of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission, Chair of the Indiana State Bar Association Consortium on Competency, and Chair of the Judicial Council on Legal Education. Judge Staton has chaired over 200 seminars and written over 2000 majority opinions, as well as numerous articles. He is a World War II veteran (1943-46).
11/29/2005
Prof. Magliocca at NYU: Excerpts from Book on Constitutional Law in the Era of Andrew Jackson
Professor Gerard Magliocca gave a presentation at New York University Law School as part of their Legal History Colloquium on November 2nd. His presentation was taken from his upcoming book, One Turn of the Wheel: Andrew Jackson and the Modern Constitution. According to Magliocca, “This book takes a new look at how constitutional law is created and destroyed. In it, I argue that the primary force shaping our legal institutions and practices is a competition between different generations that collide according to a regular and predictable pattern. To see this constitutional cycle in motion, the text focuses on the rise and fall of one of these creative generations -- Jacksonian Democracy. In the process, the study dramatically reinterprets the landmarks of the ante-bellum era, including Marshall's opinion in M'Culloch v. Maryland, the removal of the Cherokee Tribe along ‘The Trail of Tears,’ the infamous Dred Scott opinion, and the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment." Magliocca’s work is forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in 2007.
11/28/2005
Shannon Williams Named IBF Distinguished Fellow
Shannon Williams, Director of the Office of Professional Development and Pro Bono Programs at the law school was named 2005 Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) Distinguished Fellow. This award is given to members of the legal community who have contributed consistently to the profession and the community. Candidates must have a long record of service, an exemplary standing, and make exceptional contributions to the Indianapolis legal community. In addition, Williams was appointed by Indianapolis Bar Association (IBA) President, The Honorable Cynthia Ayers, as co-chair of the IBA’s Diversity Task Force for the 2006 calendar year. She also was listed in Who’s Who of Women in Education(Empire’s 2005/2006 Honors Edition).
11/14/2005
Senator Dan Coats, '72 To Advise Supreme Court Samuel Alito
The White House has recruited former Indiana Senator Dan Coats, ’72 to serve in an informal capacity as advisor to President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Coats is currently a senior counsel in the D.C. office of King & Spalding. Senator Coats joined the law firm after serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from August 2001 to February 2005. A former member of Congress, Senator Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.
As he did with Harriet Miers who withdrew from consideration for the high court at the end of October, Senator Coats will be working closely with the new nominee and serving as a public advocate for him.
Coats, who graduated from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 1972, received the Distinguished Alumni Service award from the school’s Alumni Association in 1995.
11/08/2005
"The New Face of Enforcement: A young investigator helps the NCAA revamp its most visible department"
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently profiled Julie Roe, '04. According to the article, "as one of five directors of enforcement at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ms. Roe spends most of her time helping the NCAA track down athletics programs that commit major violations of the rules. During the past two years, the NCAA has expanded its enforcement staff and revamped its methods in an effort to reduce lengthy investigations, defend itself against lawsuits, and improve frayed relations with member colleges." Read the whole story.
11/04/2005
Graduate Law Programs Grow and Prosper
Four years ago the law school launched its Master of Laws (LL.M.) program with ten students from seven countries. In the fall term 2005-06, the school has seventy LL.M. students, from seventeen countries, enrolled in five tracks: American Law for Foreign Lawyers; International & Comparative Law; Health Law, Policy & Bioethics; International Human Rights Law; and Intellectual Property Law. The faculty advisors for these specialized tracks are Professors Jeff Grove, Frank Emmert, Larrie Wilkins, George Edwards and Kenny Crews, respectively.
This year the school inaugurated its Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program; only about 15% of American law schools offer this terminal degree in law. Our four S.J.D. candidates hail from Italy, Canada, South Korea and Saudi Arabia and hold LL.M. degrees from the University of Utah, Osgoode Hall of York University, Washington and Lee University and Southern Methodist University. Professors Dan Cole, Kenny Crews, Nicholas Georgakopoulos and Jim Nehf serve as their dissertation advisors.
According to Professor Jeff Grove, the school’s first Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, “in only four years our graduate programs have enjoyed remarkable growth in size, scope, diversity and quality. Our foreign students bring the world to IU Law- Indy, and as graduates they become ambassadors for our school in countries around the globe. We may be as well-known in China as we are in Peoria. Our domestic LL.M. students also develop specialties that prepare them for the next stages of their professional lives.”
Ms. Cathy Beck, a specialist in English as a Second Language (ESL) has designed a Legal English component for foreign LL.M. students, which is perhaps unique among American LL.M. programs. For non-native English speakers, Beck conducts a mandatory two to three week intensive Legal English course in August, prior to the beginning of law classes. In addition to the intensive course, individual and group instruction is available to students throughout the academic year. Beck also works closely with the school’s legal writing faculty who teach the course, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication for LL.M. Students. The goal is to give LL.M. students the greatest chance for success and distinction in their academic program.
The LL.M. program is staffed by the director, Ms. Claire Grove (who also works with the S.J.D. program), the assistant director, Ms. Miki Hamstra and Legal English coordinator, Cathy Beck. The Program Center, with offices, classroom space and a student lounge is located in Canal Square at Vermont Street Plaza, directly across West Street from Inlow Hall.
11/02/2005
ABA Team Calls Summer Program in Croatia a “Jewel”
The ABA’s site evaluation team gave glowing reviews to the law school’s newest study abroad program, the Central and Eastern European Law Summer Program, based in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The report, submitted on behalf of the ABA site evaluation team by Lizbeth A. Moody, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor from Stetson University College of Law, stated the program is “an excellent example of what can be accomplished in a foreign summer program… [It] combines a rigorous academic regimen with a cultural exchange between Croatia and the United States… which is sure to provide benefits to the interests of both countries.” According to the report the program’s highlights include: “dedicated directors,” “superb faculty,” “evident enthusiasm of the students for the program,” and “ the support of two great universities” (i.e. Indiana University and the University of Zagreb). It concludes by characterizing the program as a “jewel easily recommended to future enrollees.”
The ABA team members were not the only distinguished visitors to our Croatia program this summer. Indiana University President Adam Herbert and his wife Karen visited the program in Dubrovnik on July 14 as part of the president’s alumni cruise to the Mediterranean (see photo above).
The program’s director is Professor Frank Emmert, Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and John S. Grimes Professor of Law. Emmert is the founder and managing editor of the European Journal of Law Reform (since 1997), and has taught at universities across Europe and the United States. He has also served as Dean of Concordia International University Estonia School of Law and Executive Director of the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute. Prof. Emmert is fluent in German and English, conversant in French and Italian, and speaks some Spanish and Estonian. His publications include more than 10 books and 40 articles in the areas of European Union, international and comparative law.
Professor Jennifer Drobac, Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Fellow, was a visiting director of the program in 2005. Her paternal grandparents were born in Croatia and she still has family there. Drobac says, "I considered it a huge honor to represent my country and my family in this American-Croatian collaboration and I know my grandparents, neither of whom could afford to attend college, would have been so proud and thrilled by our efforts." A trustee of the Kaiser Family Foundation, Drobac has written on family law, professional responsibility, and sexual harassment law.
Visit the web site for more information about the Central and Eastern European Law Summer Program: http://www.indylaw.indiana.edu/programs/easteurope/
10/19/2005
ICLU Awards Recognize Two Professors’ Commitment to Bill of Rights
On Saturday night, October 15, 2005, at the Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) Annual Award Banquet, the Richard L. Zweig Cooperating Attorney of the Year Award was presented to Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus Norm Lefstein, as well as attorney Carol Seaman who co-founded the ICLU Lawyers Council with Lefstein. The Zweig award, recognizes an attorney who has devoted exceptional time and effort to supporting litigation efforts to protect the Bill of Rights, and was presented by attorney Sally Zweig, ’86, a partner at Katz & Korin.
The Joan Laskowski Legislator of the Year Award was given to Indiana State Representative and Professor of Law, David Orentlicher. The Laskowski award, named after the ICLU’s Vice-President for Legislation, recognizes a lawmaker who has shown courage in defending civil liberties. Rep. Orentlicher led the fight against the anti-marriage constitutional amendment, is a defender of personal privacy rights, including reproductive rights, and is an advocate for the separation of church and state. Orentlicher is Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and Co-Director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health.
10/15/2005
Recent Books Published By Our Faculty
Principles of Law and Economics [with Peter Z. Grossman] (Prentice-Hall 2004)
Natural Resource Law [with Jan Laitos, Sandra Zellmer, and Mary
Wood] (Forthcoming West 2005)
Author: Daniel H. Cole, R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law
Environmental Law in Context: Cases and Materials (West 2005)
Author: Robin Kundis Craig, Professor of Law
Copyright Law for Librarians And Educators: Creative Strategies And Practical Solutions, Second Edition (American Library Association 2005)
Author: Kenneth Crews, Samuel R. Rosen II Professor of Law and Director, Copyright Management Center
Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases, and Theory (Carolina Academic Press 2005)
Author: Jennifer Drobac, Associate Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow
Principles and Methods of Law and Economics: Enhancing Normative Analysis (Cambridge University Press 2005)
Blumberg On Corporate Groups, Second Edition [with Phillip I. Blumberg, Kurt A. Strasser, and Eric J. Gouvin] (Aspen Legal Publishers 2005)
Author: Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos, Professor of Law and John S. Grimes Fellow
Torts: Cases, Problems, and Exercises, Second Edition [with Russell L. Weaver, John H. Bauman, John T. Cross, Edward C. Martin and Paul J. Zwier, II] (Lexis/Nexis 2005)
Author:Andrew R. Klein, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Paul E. Beam Professor of Law
For more information about the scholarly work and other activities of our faculty, visit the Faculty Update page.
10/14/2005
ABA Section Addresses Administrative Challenges Caused by Natural Disasters
Eleanor Kinney, Hall Render Professor of Law and co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, is currently Section Chair of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. At the 2005 Administrative Law Conference on November 17-18 in Washington, D.C., Prof. Kinney’s Section will present a timely panel on challenges to the administrative process for government in responding to natural disasters. The event is designed to spark discussion on the role of the administrative process in improving federal, state, and local response to catastrophic challenges to life and property. In addition, the Section will feature its first E.U. Symposium, showcasing some preliminary findings from their Project on Administrative Law of the European Union. The Ambassador form the E.U. will speak at the closing reception.
10/14/2005
Speaker Addresses Race, Genetics & the Law
On October 10, 2005, Prof. Paul Lombardo spoke at the law school on: "Mongrel Nation: Race, Genetics & the Law." Prof. Lombardo discussed the impact of the human genome project's having proven there is no such thing as "race" on the concept of race in our legal system. That legal system, he maintains, still needs the categories to protect groups that have been discriminated against in the past.
The event was sponsored by the IUPUI Program in Medical Humanities and the Hall Center for Law and Health. Paul A. Lombardo is an Associate Professor of the School of Medicine and Director of the Program in Law and Medicine at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia.
10/13/2005
Professor Georgakopoulos’s New Book Approaches Law and Economics in a Different Way
Professor Nicholas Georgakopoulos has a new book out entitled Principles and Methods of Law and Economics (Cambridge University Press 2005). He hopes that it approaches the topic of law and economics is a different way. Georgakopoulos says, “Law and economics is a very young field. Not only is it misunderstood but also a lot of the learning is unstructured. The previous books on law and economics were addressed primarily to economists and studied each area of the law as an application of a particular economic theory -- property law related to investment in improvements, contract law related to investment in preparations to perform, tort law related to the cost of care. This approach, however, has drawbacks. It oversimplifies, in the sense that particular rules within each legal topic may be motivated by other reasons. Also, it only explains the enumerated areas or rules. I thought that for lawyers, a likely more productive approach would be to explain a broad array of economic methods, with applications in many legal fields. Hopefully, the reader would take multiple tools to apply to new problems.”
“Thus, my book follows the opposite approach from that of previous books about law and economics. Instead of the chapters being legal topics, the chapters are economic methods. One could think of it as analogous to showing fish and teaching fishing. Previous books illustrate how some specific fish were caught (how some rules were explained in economic terms). Instead, my book illustrates many fishing techniques (ways in which economic principles explain rules). I would like to think that this book makes the difference between displaying fish and teaching how to fish.”
Professor Georgakopoulos joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 2002, when he also became a John S. Grimes Fellow. He has recently co-authored, Blumberg on Corporate Groups, 2nd ed. (Aspen 2005). He has also recently published two articles: “Self-Fulfilling Impressions of Criminality” (International Review of Law and Economics) and “Judicial Reaction to Change: The California Supreme Court around the 1986 Elections” (Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy). He presented “Contract-Cetered Veil-Piercing” at the American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting in May of this year, and will be presenting “Failures of the Coase Theorem” at the Midwestern Law and Economics meeting at Northwestern University on October 14-15, 2005. He has also been invited to submit an entry on the Economic Analysis of Securities Regulation for the Encyclopedia of Law and Society, due out in 2007.
10/13/2005
Haitian Human Rights Expert Speaks at Law School
On Monday, October 10, Brian Concannon addressed students and faculty on human rights, justice, and democracy in Haiti. Mr. Concannon directs the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and in other print and radio media throughout the world.
Mr. Concannon addressed students and professors on "Haiti: The International Community's Dictatorship," and then answered questions about his work involving human rights in Haiti. He spoke about Haiti's severe human rights problems, U.S. foreign policy in Haiti, the recent regime change in Haiti, and the upcoming Haitian elections.
The event was sponsored by Amnesty International, the Program in International Human Rights Law, the International Human Rights Law Society, and the International Law Society.
For copies of materials that Mr. Concannon distributed during his talk, please contact International Human Rights Law Society President Julie Mudd at jmudd@iupui.edu. For information on letter-writing action regarding human rights in Haiti, please contact Amnesty International Student Chapter President Tom Benner at thbenner@iupui.edu. Please check www.indylaw.indiana.edu/humanrights for notice of upcoming human rights events at the law school.
10/12/2005
Deborah J. Daniels, ’77 Receives Antoinette Dakin Leach Award
The Women and the Law Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association awarded Deborah J. Daniels the 2005 Antoinette Dakin Leach Award on October 11th. Daniels began her legal career after graduating cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 1977. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed her to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice,, a job she held until 2005. Her responsibilities included several functions directly related to the nation's response to the September 11th attack on the U.S., and the nation's ability to detect, prevent and respond to future terrorist acts.
Daniels, who is the sister of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, is currently a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP. Daniels also previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana and as Chief Counsel at the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.
Among her accomplishments are establishing the first Child Advocacy Center for child abuse victims in Indiana while working as a prosecutor in Marion County, and serving as director of the national “Weed and Seed” neighborhood revitalization program. She now serves as a principal of the Council for Excellence in Government, a national organization based in Washington, D.C., that works to improve the performance of government at all levels.
Antoinette Dakin Leach became one of the first women to be admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1893; she was also a leader in national and local suffragist movements. Every year, the Women and the Law Division gives this award to an outstanding female attorney who has assumed roles of leadership within the Indianapolis legal community, who serves as a mentor for other attorneys, and who demonstrates commitment to helping the area’s citizens.
10/12/2005
"Supreme Court Takes Up Landmark Wetlands Case"
Prof. Robin Kundis Craig discusses the implications of a case that may affect many areas, including those hit by hurricane Katrina. Read the AP article.
10/10/2005
The Indiana Law Review congratulates author Thomas C. Schelling (“What Makes Greenhouse Sense?” 38 Ind. L. Rev. 581 (2005)) on his recent Nobel Prize in Economics
Thomas C. Schelling, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics published his most recent article, “What Makes Greenhouse Sense?,” in The Indiana Law Review’s symposium edition entitled "The Law and Economics of Development and Environment" (Vol. 38, No. 3). Schelling, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland in their School of Public Policy, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1991 he was President of the American Economic Association, of which he is a Distinguished Fellow. He was the recipient of the Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy and the National Academy of Sciences award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War. He served in the Economic Cooperation Administration in Europe, and has held positions in the White House and Executive Office of the President, Yale University, the RAND Corporation and the Department of Economics and Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He has published on military strategy and arms control, energy and environmental policy, climate change, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, organized crime, foreign aid and international trade, conflict and bargaining theory, racial segregation and integration, the military draft, health policy, tobacco and drugs policy, and ethical issues in public policy and in business.
09/01/2005
Professor Craig Publishes New Book on Environmental Law
Professor Robin Kundis Craig’s new casebook, Environmental Law in Context: Cases and Materials (2005, Thomson/West), introduces students to six of the most important federal environmental and natural resource statutes, as well as to a rather unusual procedural component of environmental law, the environmental citizen suit. “In my experience, many students take an Environmental Law course thinking that they are going to ‘save the whales,’” Craig says in the introduction. “What they learn rather quickly is that, in order to save the whales, they’re going to have to cope with quite a few fairly complex federal statues first.”
Craig says the book has been five years in the making and it not only shows students how to analyze the various components of federal statutes, it also places those statutes within the larger context of other legal and non-legal considerations, including common law, administrative law, constitutional law, international law, politics, social justice, science and technology, public health, and economics. According to Professor Craig, “Federal environmental law is an excellent vehicle for exploring the complex world of congressional lawmaking, statutory interpretation, and the various threads of political and legal discussion within the United States.”
Professor Craig is noted expert on environmental law and in particular ocean policy. She is currently working on writing projects involving public injuries and environmental bioethics, as well as one on the international incorporation of marine protected area science into marine biodiversity law. She is also writing a book chapter on coastal water quality for the ABA's new book on ocean and coastal law; preparing an environmental constitutional law presentation for the ABA's Section on Environment, Energy, and Resource's annual Fall meeting in September; and writing an article and preparing a presentation on urban runoff and ocean ecosystem health for a symposium at the Chapman University School of Law in January 2006.
She is also continuing her work as Chair of the ABA's Marine Resources Committee and as that Committee's and the Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources’ representative to the Working Group on Ocean Policy. In addition, Craig was recently appointed as one of a nine-member Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act by the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The goal of the committee’s two-year assignment is to produce a report on how the Clean Water Act has actually affected the management and water quality of the Mississippi River Basin.
09/01/2005
Professor Wilkins Becomes a ‘Classcasting’ Pioneer on ‘CALI Radio’
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) recognized the potential for allowing law students to use some otherwise "lost" travel time for law study and launched its own "podcast" service called "CALI Radio." At a special website students can download these conversations just like the podcasting sites distributing other material. Instead of calling it "podcasting" it's being called "classcasting." As part of the site’s official launch, Professor Scott Burnham from the University of Montana School of Law and Professor Larrie Wilkins, William R. Neale Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, were the first two featured "guests." Prof. Wilkins’ conversation is about the famous Palsgraf case. The conversation is available at the following site: http://cali_radio.classcaster.org/blog/
Prof. Wilkins, who has been a national leader in the area of technology and education, taught the law school's first course to include a synchronous online component allowing “face to face” communication between students and professor via web-based video conferencing by participating in an Indiana University pilot program using the “"Macromedia Breeze Live” software. He also gave a presentation on distance education at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) conference in July, 2005.
09/01/2005
Professor Lefstein’s Work Cited by U.S. Supreme Court
In Rompilla v. Beard, decided June 20, 2005, the United States Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a defendant sentenced to death because defense counsel failed to conduct an adequate investigation in preparation for the defendant’s capital sentencing hearing. In support of its decision, the Court relied upon Standard 4-4.1 of the American Bar Association’s Defense Function Standards (2d ed., 1982), noting that the standards are “guides to determining what is reasonable.” Professor Lefstein served as the reporter for the second edition of the ABA’s Defense Function Standards, and he also chaired the ABA Task Force that developed the third edition of these standards, which were approved by the ABA in 1991. The Supreme Court in Rompilla cited the second edition of the standards since the capital case was tried while the second edition’s recommendations constituted ABA policy. “Actually, the decision was far more important than just the reversal of a single conviction in a capital case,” Lefstein says. “It sends a very strong and powerful message to defense lawyers in this country that the Supreme Court will no longer tolerate inadequate factual investigations, especially in death penalty cases.”
09/01/2005
LL.M. Program Adds Service Learning Component
Cathy Beck, ESL Coordinator for the law school’s Master of Laws program, has received a grant from IUPUI's Center for Service and Learning for developing a service-learning component for the 2005-2006 LL.M. Legal English classes. As part of this initiative, Quincy Sauer, a second-year law student at IU-Indy, has been hired as the Service Learning Assistant to help coordinate service-learning placements for the LL.M. students. This fall, the law school welcomes 51 new LL.M. students who hail from 17 different countries, bringing our total LL.M. enrollment to 64.
07/18/2005
Professor’s Scholarship Cited by High Court
Legal scholarship by Antony Page, Assistant Professor of Law & John S. Grimes Fellow, played a role in a recent U.S. Supreme Court case. In Justice Breyer’s concurring opinion in Miller-El v. Dretke, the Justice twice cited Page’s recent article, “Batson’s Blind Spot: Unconscious Stereotyping and the Peremptory Challenge” (85 B.U. L. Rev 155 [2005]). The Miller-El Court held that the prosecutor had exercised peremptory challenges based on race, and thus the defendant's conviction was unconstitutional. Citing to Page's article, among others, Justice Breyer's concurrence questioned the Batson approach to peremptories--in particular the problem of attorneys who may be unaware of their motivations (Slip op. at 2). Breyer concluded with a call for a reconsideration of the peremptory challenge system as a whole, observing that members of the legal profession, including Page, have advocated its elimination (Slip. op. at 7-8).
07/14/2005
Prof. George Edwards Presents Paper at United Nations in New York
On June 10th Professor George Edwards was invited to give a paper at the United Nations in New York. His paper was titled “Assessing International Criminal Courts and Tribunals (ICCTs) and Non-Judicial Alternatives towards Peace and Reconciliation in the Context of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s March 2005 Millennium Report – ‘In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights For All.’” The event was part of the 2005 Summer Institute on Global Issues Facing the United Nations, a high-level conference with the theme of “Strengthening Respect for the Rule of Law.” Conference attendees included diplomats, UN officials, government officials, and others from around the globe. The paper was presented as part of a panel entitled “The Role of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals.” Prof. Edwards is pictured (center) with the other panel participants(left to right): Ambassador Shin (Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations) (Panel Chair); Mr. John Washburn, Esq. (United Nations Association of the United States; Counselor Christian Much (Legal Advisor, Mission of Germany to the United Nations), as well as Dr. Roy S. Lee, Esq., Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Research and Training which sponsored the institute.
07/14/2005
Professor and Alumnus Participate in Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions
For the past two and a half years, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Paul E. Beam Professor of Law Andrew Klein has served as Reporter for the Seventh Circuit’s Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. The Committee was chaired by Hon. Robert L. Miller, Jr., Chief Judge of the Northern District of Indiana and a 1975 graduate of the law school. In May of this year, the Seventh Circuit approved promulgation of the committee’s work, and the instructions are now official (see the link to them on the Seventh Circuit web site (http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/). In addition to being available on line, they will also be published shortly by West Publishing. Dean Klein says the committee will remain in place to consider drafting instructions on other substantive areas of interest to the bar.
06/13/2005
Professor Torke Retires
Professor James W. Torke retired this year after 34 years of teaching at the law school. A constitutional law scholar recognized for his teaching excellence, Professor Torke was the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law. He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin, then served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward J. Devitt, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.
After practicing law in Minneapolis, Professor Torke joined our faculty in 1971. He served as acting associate dean for academic affairs from 1986-1988 and was an academic visitor at Oxford University.
The principal author of Indiana Pleading and Practice, (with former IU law professor Ken Stroud) Professor Torke also has written numerous law journal articles, as well as the text, Man the Rulemaker: An Introduction to Law and The American Legal System, that has been used by the Indianapolis Public Schools for teaching law to high school students. An accomplished and well-loved teacher, Professor Torke is a six-time recipient of the Black Cane Award.
Students in Professor Jim Torke’s Civil Procedure class created the “Official Torke T-Shirt” to be worn on the day of the final exam (see photo). The shirt sported a photo of Professor Torke on the front and a variety of "Torke-isms" on the back. Among them: "Join us again next week, when we will be unlocking more mysteries of the Erie Doctrine," "Do you read Shakespeare? That's okay--the answer isn't in Shakespeare," and "There will be no class next week. I will be out of town on a highly dangerous and secret mission." That’s all folks.
04/27/2005
Professors Roisman and Crews Receive External Award Recognition
IUPUI’s Chancellor Charles R. Bantz will recognize two law school faculty members for receiving recognition from leading national organizations. The Chancellor selected professors Florence Wagman Roisman and Kenneth Crews to receive Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR) at the 2005 Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation on Friday April 29th in the Indiana University Place Conference Center main auditorium.
Florence Wagman Roisman, Michael D. McCormick Professor of Law, was the first-ever recipient of the Equal Justice Works Outstanding Law School Faculty Award "for her dogged pursuit of equal justice and her pivotal role in nurturing a public interest ethic among law students." This annual award honors a law school faculty member who provides outstanding support of the next generation of public interest attorneys. Equal Justice Works leads the country in organizing training and supporting public service-minded law students, and in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs.
Professor Kenneth Crews will be the inaugural recipient of the L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users’ Rights by the American Library Association (ALA) in June of 2005. The award was established to recognize contributions of an individual or group that pursues and supports the Constitutional purpose of the U.S. Copyright Law, fair use, and the public domain. Crews is Samuel R. Rosen II Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation, as well as Director of the Copyright Management Center and Professor of Library and Information Science.
04/27/2005
Law School Adds Portraits of Prominent Legal Figures
Professor Susanah Mead, who will take over as Interim Dean in June of this year, presided over the hanging of two new portraits in Inlow Hall on April 19, 2005. The portraits, one of United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and one of Hon. William Henry Hastie, were chosen by a committee of faculty, staff and alumni who made recommendations of distinguished members of the legal community from underrepresented groups in the legal profession, in particular women and people of color. The portraits were placed on the third floor outside of the Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman Classroom (385) and Barnes & Thornburg Classroom (375).
Mead said, “We are delighted to display these portraits of two great African-American jurists. These are the first of several pictures of inspiring legal figures we plan to hang on our walls. It is extremely important that students and the community at large see diverse examples of successful legal professionals.”
04/25/2005
Two Professors, One Administrator and a Host of Alumni Named to Who’s Who
The 2005 edition of Who’s Who in Black Indianapolis was unveiled at a dinner in downtown Indianapolis on Monday, April 18th. Two IU Law – Indianapolis professors and one administrator, as well as several prominent alumni were listed in this year’s edition. Professor George E. Edwards, Director of the Program in International Human Rights Law; Assistant Professor Karen E. Bravo; and Associate Director of the Office of Professional Development, Chasity Adewopo, ’02, were included. The following alumni attorneys were also mentioned: Hon. Carr L. Darden, ’70; Hon. Cynthia J. Ayers, ’82; Hon. David A. Shaheed, ’84; Hon. Lacy M. Johnson, ’81; Harold R. Bickham, ’73; Yvonne Ferguson-Watkins, ’93; Priscilla Keith, ’93; Deniase K. LaRue, ’89; Alan K. Mills, ’82; Tanya Stuart Overdorf, ’87; Gregory L. Thomas, ’85; Fay H. Williams, ’71; Aaron Haith, ’78; Ayoade O. Adewopo, ’02; Heather Bolejack, ’99; Denise Chavis, ’98; Cassandra A. Giles, ’04; Edward L. Harris, III, ’02; Richard Rowley, ’90; and Joseph L. Smith, Jr., ’75.
04/25/2005
IU Team Takes Aim at Curbing Hoosier Violence
The Indiana Partnership to Prevent Violent Injury and Death (formerly the Indiana Partnership to Prevent Firearm Violence) announces its collaboration with the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. This collaborative partnership will become the first project in the Center's Public Health Law Program to focus on public health research and scholarship.
“We do so much more than address firearm violence,” said Dr. Marilyn Bull, medical director of the Partnership and director of Developmental Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine. “Since its inception, the Partnership has served as a facilitator for a coordinated, long-term and multidisciplinary approach to address firearm violence as a serious public health concern,” said Dr. Bull.
“As with any other public health issue, we must deal with the issue by assessment, policy development and assurance,” Bull said. “By working toward a comprehensive data collection system, providing legal and policy research and evaluating intervention, the Partnership can work to provide information about lowering firearm injury and death in the State of Indiana.”
“The Center's knowledge of public health law, as well as its ability to mobilize other professors and resources in the law school in several areas including criminal law and procedure, juvenile law and family law will enhance the research mission of the Partnership,” said Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH, co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.
“Collaboration with the Partnership has very important benefits for the Center,” said Kinney. “The Center has developed its reputation in part based on its unique tradition of empirical research on law reform issues and is working to develop its reputation for excellence in public health scholarship. By collaborating with the Partnership, we can build on the Center's tradition of empirical research while enhancing its efforts in public health scholarship.”
“We look forward to a successful collaboration which will positively benefit both the Center and the Partnership,” said Heather McCabe, director of the Indiana Partnership to Prevent Violent Injury and Death. “The Partnership is excited about this opportunity to expand both our data collection and programming beyond the work we have done in firearm violence to other causes of violent injury and death.”
The Partnership brings together more than 40 departments and programs at Indiana University Medical Center and Riley Hospital, professional medical associations, individuals, faith communities, and civic and government organizations from around the state. The Partnership takes aim at one main target; to reduce and ultimately eliminate violent injury and death.
The Partnership was established in 1999 by a grant from the Joyce Foundation, a Chicago-based philanthropic group that supports public policies designed to improve the quality of life in the Great Lakes region.
04/12/2005
Jon D. Krahulik '69 Receives Distinguished Alumni Service Award
On Saturday, April 9th, the law school’s Alumni Association presented former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Jon D. Krahulik, ‘69 with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award (DASA) during the annual Law Reunion Weekend at Inlow Hall. (Pictured at left are Justice Dickson, Professor Susanah Mead and Jon Krahulik)
Indiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Brent Dickson, ’68, a friend and former colleague, gave a tribute to Krahulik who served as an Associate Justice from 1990 to 1993, authoring more than 140 majority opinions. “Jon Krahulik is a remarkable alumnus who is known for the breadth of his professionalism, the enormity of his physical accomplishments and the grace of his humanity,” Justice Dickson said. Dickson cited Krahulik’s spearheading of efforts to draft a code of rules of evidence in the state of Indiana, as well as the many “landmark” decisions his friend authored during his brief but prolific tenure at the Supreme Court. One case inparticular, Web v. Jarvis, has been cited 367 times by other courts to date. In Justice Dickson’s words, Jon Krahulik was “always trying to forge collective solutions, always a team player.”
Krahulik’s accomplishments outside the field of law have been equally as impressive. An avid sportsman, he trained for and competed in the Ironman Triathalon in Hawaii. He has also waged a successful battle against cancer in recent years and continues to face that challenge.
In his acceptance remarks, Krahulik lauded the excellent education he received at the law school and fondly remembered Dean Foust’s “Wrongs” course (a combination of criminal law and torts) as well as the “gut-wrenching fear” of attending Professor Jegen’s tax class, and finally the “genius” of Prof. Grimes trusts & estates class. He said the law school also holds a special place in his heart because it has educated two of his sons (David C. Krahulik, ‘93 and Sam D. Krahulik, ‘01) as well as his daughter-in-law (Angela Krahulik, ’01).
He concluded by saying that the law school had made a significant contribution to the growth in size and importance of the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus and that the university was one of Indianapolis’ best assets. “IUPUI is as much a boon to the city of Indianapolis as the city is a boon to the campus.” Krahulik concluded that the law school’s momentum will undoubtedly make it “a preeminent law school.”
Krahulik received an A.B. in History from Indiana University in 1965 and a J.D. cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 1969. He served as an adjunct professor of law at his alma mater in the Fall of 1992 and Spring of 2000, teaching Indiana Constitutional Law.
He began his legal career at Baker & Daniels (1969-71) in Indianapolis. He then moved on to Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman (1971-1990) serving as an associate, partner and managing partner, concentrating on litigation and appellate practice. After leaving the Indiana Supreme Court in 1993 he went on to become President and Chief Operating Officer of Chemed Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1994 he became a partner in Yosha, Krahulik and Levy, engaging in representing plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits involving professional liability, general negligence and product liability. Since 2003, he has been semi-retired with law practice limited to mediation, arbitration, and limited representation of select clients.
Krahulik served as counsel to Governor Evan Bayh's transition team in 1988 and Governor Bayh’s Government Review Task Force in 1989-1990. He was a member of the Indiana Lawyers Commission, a group which studied and recommended changes in the Indiana criminal justice system, from approximately 1974 to 1979. He is currently a member of the Arthur Jordan YMCA Board of Managers, a Commissioner on the Indiana Lobbying Registration Commission, and a member of the Indiana University School of Law Board of Visitors since 1993.
04/11/2005
Deborah K. Hepler ‘94 Honored as 2005 Outstanding Alumna of the Year
Deborah K. Hepler, ‘94 became the sixth graduate of the law school to receive the Outstanding Alumna of the Year award. She was honored at the annual Alumnae Network luncheon which took place Friday, April 8th at the Westin in downtown Indianapolis. Hepler, a summa cum laude graduate of the law school, is currently an attorney with Locke Reynolds, practicing in the areas of labor and employment, healthcare and intellectual property. Prior to joining Locke Reynolds, she served seven years as a law clerk in both state and federal courts. She is also one of the founders of the Protective Order Pro Bono Project of Greater Indianapolis (POPBP), and serves as president of its board. The POPBP trains attorneys, law students and paralegals to work as teams to provide free legal services to victims of domestic violence or abuse.
The Honorable Larry J. McKinney (pictured with Helpler), Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, gave a tribute to Hepler, who served as his judicial law clerk for six years. Judge McKinney spoke of her “great integrity, persuasiveness, and perseverance.” He affirmed that as a result of Hepler’s excellent work, free, compassionate advocacy in the court room for victims of domestic violence is now a reality in this community. On a lighter note, Judge McKinney suggested that one must think of Hepler as “a virus—because being in her presence for any extended period of time may result in your being infected by the same concerns that are troubling her.” According to Judge McKinney, “Your money, nights, and your weekends might be taken up in her causes. She has, after all, been responsible for an epizootic of caring among lawyers.”
Hepler’s practice is focused on helping employers of all sizes create workplaces where employees feel safe and valued. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of workplace violence, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation, drug testing, wage and hour laws, and on a variety of other employment issues. Workplace violence is an area of particular concern to her, and relates to her extensive pro bono work. In addition to the POPBP, Hepler is on the board of directors of Indiana Legal Services, Inc. and is a member of the Pro Bono Standing Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association. She belongs to the Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.’s Employers Group and the Human Resources Association of Central Indiana, and the Indiana HIPAA Workgroup.
After receiving the Alumna of the Year award, Hepler spoke of the importance of service to the community. She shared one of her favorite quotations by Shirley Chisholm: “Service is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” Hepler encouraged everyone, but especially attorneys, to use their skills in the areas of research, analysis, and persuasion and commit to solving problems. She closed with the challenge to “look around you. Find out what needs fixing. If it needs fixing, you can do it.”
04/07/2005
Moot Court Teams Compete in ABA National Competition
On March 3-5, 2005, two teams from the I.U. School of Law – Indianapolis competed in the prestigious American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition in New York City. The team members were: Andrew Campbell, Emily Benfer, R.J. Corning, Lynn Grunloh, Liz Raynor and Lisa Gethers.
According to Prof. Jim Dimitri, the teams’ faculty advisor, "All six advocates performed skillfully, and they were repeatedly commended for their level of preparedness and professionalism." Both teams advanced to the Regional Semi-Finals before being knocked out by a very narrow margin. After the individual scores were tallied, R.J. Corning was named Third Best Advocate in the New York City Region, which Dimitri characterized as "a tremendous achievement."
Page Prentice, the teams’ coach, said "These students dedicated an incredible amount of time and energy to research, brief writing and oral argument preparation, and their efforts clearly paid off. They are to be commended for a job very well done."
03/29/2005
Patrick Shoulders, ‘78 Receives Hine Award From IUPUI
Law school alumnus Patrick Shoulders, ’78 was one of three recipients of this year’s Maynard K. Hine medal, recognizing individuals for their significant contributions to the IUPUI campus. Byron Buhner, Simon McCullough and Patrick Shoulders each received the award February 24, 2005, during a volunteer recognition dinner and reception at the Indiana State Museum . The medal is named in honor of Hine, who was the first chancellor of IUPUI and a former dean of the IU School of Dentistry.
Shoulders, chair of the Indiana University Board of Trustees Finance and Audit Committee, has been a champion for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and has been involved with the review and development of a new strategic plan for the center which will focus on the expansion of new products and services. In addition, Shoulders has continued to support the School of Law – Indianapolis in several ways, including serving as a strong advocate for initiatives designed to align the law school closely with state economic imperatives. He served on the IU School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Board of Directors from 1991-1997.
Shoulders is a partner at the Evansville law firm of Ziemer Stayman Weitzel & Shoulders.
03/29/2005
Students Honor Faculty, Classmates and Community Leaders
The Student Bar Association presented several awards to faculty at this year's Barrister's Ball, held on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at the Indiana State Museum. The Best New Professor Award went to Professor William C. Bradford, who joined the law school in 2002. Professor James W. Torke received the Black Cane Award for outstanding professor for the sixth time. Torke, who has been at the law school for 33 years, will be retiring from the faculty at the end of this semester. Associate Dean and Professor Andrew R. Klein received the Velma Dobbins White Cane Award for outstanding administrator, marking the first time this award has been given to a faculty member. Klein, who joined the faculty in 2000, is also a prior recipient of both the Best New Professor and Black Cane Awards.
Other awards included one given by the Hispanic Law Society to Judge Israel Nunez Cruz for his leadership and work with the Hispanic community. Phi Alpha Delta named Stefanie Dominguez their member of the year. Phi delta Phi named Kelly Pautler as Best Member, Phil Wickizer as Best Graduate, and Jessica Hensley as Best New Member. Equal Justice Works gave awards to Kia Colom for her leadership in Street Law, Melody Goldberg for planning the most successful Norman Amaker Public Interest Law Retreat to date, and April Meade for her leadership in the Voting Rights and other awareness campaigns.
It was also announced that students have voted on two graduation speakers for commencement ceremonies on May 8. Deb McKee will speak as a representative of the day students and Fenton Strickland will speak on behalf of the evening students. Professors Tom Wilson and Bill Bradford will be the hooders during the ceremony.
03/07/2005
Prof. Drobac Hopes New Book Will Lead to Improvements in Sexual Harassment Law
Professor Jennifer Drobac recently had a casebook published: Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases, and Theory (Carolina Academic Press). The book offers a comprehensive survey of the legal history, theory, and practice of sexual harassment law, beginning with the passage of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The text explores the development of the elements of a prima facie case and also deals with topics including the intersection of race, gender, sexual orientation and class, the reasonable person’s standard, and comparisons to rape law. Public policy considerations highlighted in the notes complement the examination of topics such as investigations, remedial action, common defenses, and damages. Succeeding chapters introduce school sexual harassment under Title IX, sexual harassment in housing under Title VIII, and sexual harassment in other contexts, such as in prisons and in the military. The book also covers the practice of sexual harassment law, including aspects of civil procedure, evidence, administrative law, and the important new topic of alternative dispute resolution. Drobac seeks to bring the history and application of the law to life with excerpts of the senate confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas, the Jones v. Clinton decisions, and media coverage and strategies of other high profile cases.
Drobac says she hopes this casebook will inspire professors to devote a full semester of coverage to sexual harassment issues. “The pervasiveness of sexual harassment, as well as the many substantive law fields that influence its redress, prompt in-depth analysis,” Drobac says. “My hope is that by offering a book that devotes more than two chapters to the subject, more teachers will give this field the attention it still deserves. And while sexual harassment law was originally a common law creation from sex-based discrimination prohibition in Title VII, it has evolved to become a substantive legal field in its own right. By gathering the materials together to show how sexual harassment law has evolved, I hope to prompt further attention to legal reform that might improve the law.” More on Prof. Drobac
Her current research concerning sexual harassment law includes work on youth and mental capacity. In 2004, she published the first of two articles concerning the legal significance of adolescent "consent" to sexual activity in the workplace, "Sex and the Workplace: 'Consenting' Adolescents and a Conflict of Laws"(79 Wash. L. Rev. 471). Her next article, "I Can’t to I Kant: The Transition to Maturity and the Meaning of Adolescent Consent in the Workplace," examines the new neuroscience evidence and its significance to adolescent "consent" and the laws concerning the sexual abuse of adolescents. She will be presenting a paper on this topic at the Law & Society Association Conference in June in Las Vegas, and will also attend the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment Conference in Philadelphia in August.
03/02/2005
New ABA Report on the Problem of Indigent Defense Co-authored by Dean Emeritus
Norman Lefstein, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, recently co-authored a recent American Bar Association (ABA) report on indigent defense. The February 2005 report is entitled Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice and was prepared by the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID). Prof. Lefstein is not only a member of SCLAID, but is also the chair of the Indigent Defense Advisory Group.
Lefstein says he is pleased that the issue of adequate funding for indigent defense is receiving attention both locally and nation-wide. He cites articles and editorials that mention the ABA report such asThe Seattle Times and The Indianapolis Star as evidence that there is a movement afoot to change the current system. He hopes this report will contribute to the movement. "This ABA report is the first broad national summary of the problems in indigent defense that been published in more than 20 years,” Lefstein says. “As the report emphasizes, the United States needs to do far better in providing adequate legal services for the accused not simply because the Constitution requires it, but due to the constant risk of innocent persons being convicted when legal representation is deficient. For many years, the ABA has been a national leader in the field of indigent defense, and it will continue to seek additional funding and various structural reforms throughout the country in order to enhance the quality of defense representation.”
Lefstein has studied this problem for years and has published widely on the topic, including a recent study on indigent defense systems in England entitled, “In Search of Gideon’s Promise: Lessons from England and the Need for Federal Help” (55 Hastings Law Journal, 835, 2004); and Federal Death Penalty Cases: Recommendations Concerning the Cost and Quality of Defense Representation, Report of the Subcommittee on Federal Death Penalty Cases of the Committee on Defense Services of the Judicial Conference of the United States (contributing author and editor) (1998). More on Dean Emeritus Lefstein.
03/02/2005
Prof. Henry Karlson Receives FDA Award
Professor Henry Karlson recently received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Health and Human Services’ FDA Office of Women’s Health "Take Time to Care" national health campaign for his service as Chairperson of the Indiana Health Fraud Task Force. While working on this project, Prof. Karlson helped to implement numerous educational forums and seminars for community leaders, including several programs which provided in depth analysis of health fraud, including the use of strong internal quality assurance programs to identify and prevent health fraud within mental health agencies, social service agencies and community health centers. Several programs targeted the Area Office on Ageing. The educational materials that were provided assisted professionals and consumers in learning important information about how to identify internet pharmacies that were approved by national pharmacy standards setting boards. Another series of books ("Eat up: Nutrition Advice") provided patients with compromised immune systems with information about how to avoid fraudulent health products. In addition, Prof. Karlson gave a lecture on "How to Recognize Health Fraud from the Legal Perspective: The Great Quack Attack" to a "standing room only" audience at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) meeting.
02/28/2005
Prof. Edwards Participates in International Criminal Court and the Arab World Event
IU-Indianapolis Law Professor, George Edwards, participated as an international criminal law expert facilitator at a conference/training workshop conducted in Amman, Jordan for approximately 30 judges, lawyers, academics, ministry officials and others from countries in the region including Syria, Oman, the UAE, Jordan, Yemen, and Iraq. Edwards, who is Director of the school’s Program in International Human Rights Law, served as co-coach (with a counterpart from Syria) for the team of judges in the simulated ICC Proceeding. The workshop, which took place in Amman, Jordan on February 14 -16, was funded by the governments of The Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, and Canada, and was organized by various organizations from Jordan, the International Criminal Law Network (The Hague, The Netherlands), and other groups. Edwards’ participation was funded by the conference itself, and by a grant from the Office of International Programs at Indiana University. (Prof. Edwards is pictured in the middle of the first row, along with other participants at the conference)
02/25/2005
Angela Espada Receives Diversity Award
Angela Espada, associate dean for student services and admissions, received the Excellence in Diversity Award at the 16th annual Joseph Taylor Symposium held Feb. 16. IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz presented the award which recognizes individuals and campus programs for exemplary contributions to the increased recruitment and/or retention of African American and Hispanic faculty, staff and students at IUPUI. Espada was cited for her work on the Minority Law Day program which brings prospective students to the campus, and the CLEO program, a five-week extensive “head start” instruction seminar.
02/25/2005
IU-Indianapolis Joins Top American Law Schools in International Student Competition
The student team from our law school was one of only four American teams to qualify for the oral rounds of the European Law Moot Court Competition 2004/05. The other three teams were from Harvard, NYU and Georgetown, all schools with highly-rated international law programs. Prof. Emmert, the Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at IU School of Law - Indianapolis expressed his satisfaction with the performance of this year’s team and says he is looking forward to equally impressive results in the future. According to Emmert, “Our program is well on its way towards becoming one of the leading programs in international and comparative law.”
The students who traveled to Istanbul for the oral phase of the competition are Nurzat Myrsalieva (LL.M.), Christie Bodnar (J.D.), Kathleen White (J.D.), Robert Simpson (J.D.), Sabrina Salewski (LL.M.), and Edita Ubartaite (LL.M.) [see photo above].
The European Law Moot Court has been in operation since 1988. Each year, a complex case problem based on European Union law is sent out in late summer. Student teams from all over the world can register to participate and have to submit written briefs for both applicant and defendant by mid-November. On the basis of the quality of the written briefs, the best 48 teams - from way over 100 participating teams - are then invited to present their arguments in oral competition. Each year four universities host a regional oral competition for twelve teams during the month of February. These take place before distinguished panels of professors and practitioners. The winning team from each of the four regional competitions then moves on to the All European Final before the European Court of Justice in March. In Luxembourg at the ECJ, the students have to show their skills before the actual Justices of the European Court.
The regional host universities and cities change from year to year. This season, regionals were hosted by Universidad San Pablo - CEU (Madrid, Spain), Yeditepe University (Istanbul, Turkey), Goteborg University (Goteborg, Sweden), and New York University (New York). Because of a rule that no team can compete in its own country, all four qualifying American teams had to travel to Europe. Our students were invited to Istanbul and greatly enjoyed the travel opportunity in spite of being ruffled by an unusual snowstorm upon arrival [see photo of snow-covered Istanbul].
To date, there have never been more than four American law schools in the regionals and no American law school team has ever won the All European Finals. However, Georgetown won the Swedish regional last Saturday and will be a fierce competitor in the Luxembourg finals. Prof. Emmert says of Georgetown’s team, “We wish them all the best in March and look forward to friendly competition in 2005/06!”
More information on the European Law Moot Court can be obtained from the Center for International and Comparative Law and at http://www.elmc.org/index.htm.
02/17/2005
Centers Collaborate to Influence State Policy and Help Children
Professors and professionals from the law school and the IUPUI campus have combined their efforts to reach out to Indiana state policy makers on the issue of improvements in the state's foster care system, particularly in regard to children with special needs. Last fall, John Krauss, ’76, Director of IUPUI's Center for Urban Policy and the Environment collaborated with Heather McCabe, '03 and Director Eleanor Kinney of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health to create an issue brief that is intended to raise awareness about disabled children who are placed in foster care. McCabe says, “Children with developmental disabilities and special medical needs are disproportionately represented in the Child Welfare system. As the state of Indiana is examining and making improvements to its current system, this is a good time to bring the specific issues of children who have special needs to the attention of those with the power to make changes.” Indiana’s new Governor Mitch Daniels has decided to create a Department of Child Services, directed by James W. Payne, ’72, which will directly impact the structure of the foster care system.
According to McCabe, this issue brief issued by the centers builds on some of the recommendations made last year by the Commission on Abused and Neglected Children and their Families. McCabe says, “Representative David Orentlicher, who served on that commission, has expressed an interest in this issue and we are hopeful that others will follow suit and make the system safe for all children involved, including those who are most vulnerable.” Orentlicher is not only an elected state representative, he is also Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and Co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health.
The law school is partnering with the Riley Child Development Center and the Indiana Department of Education, Office of Student Services, to host the Third Annual Childhood Disabilities Conference. The conference will be a one-day CLE/CME program on June 17th on the topic of Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System at which Payne and Orentlicher will both speak.
For more information about the issue brief or the June conference, please contact Heather McCabe, Assistant Director for Projects at the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health: hamccabe@iupui.edu
02/17/2005
Alumni to Serve in Governor Daniels' New Administration
Newly-elected Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has turned to several IU Law - Indianapolis alumni to work in his new administration. A few of the recent appointments include Gregory Kellam Scott, '77 (photo) as Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission; James W. Payne, '72 to head the newly created Department of Child Services; Kyle Hupfer, '98 as Director of the Department of Natural Resources; and Ernest E. Yelton, '74 to lead the Gaming Commission.
Other key positions include: Anne Hazlett, ’99 , Chief of Staff to Lt. Governor Becky Skillman; Nathan J. Feltman, ’95, Vice President & General Counsel of the new Indiana Economic Development Corporation; Mark Ahearn, '82, General Counsel, Department of Transportation; John Davis, '81, General Counsel, Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA); Peter Bisbecos, '87, Director of the Division of Disability & Rehabilitative Services, FSSA; David Certo, '99, General Counsel, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Jennifer Drewry, '02, Prosecutor, Alcohol & Tobacco Commission; Matthew Klein, '01, Asst. Commissioner of Compliance & Enforcement, Department of Environmental Management; Anita Kolkmeier, '01, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Governor's Office; Sue Uhl, '87, Deputy Health Commissioner; and Jon Myers, '86, Regional Director (Ft. Wayne Office), Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
If you are an alumna/us of the law school who has joined the Daniels’ team, please send us a message at eallingt@iupui.edu.
02/16/2005
Yorrow Jallow Speaks on the Struggle for Press Freedom in West Africa
Mr. Yorro Jallow, editor of The Independent in Gambia, spoke at the law school in January on the subject of freedom of the press in West Africa. His visit to the law school was hosted by Professor George Edwards and the Program in International Human Rights Law. Read more…
02/11/2005
Prof. Kenneth Crews Honored For Support of Users’ Rights in Copyright Law
The law school’s Professor Kenneth Crews will be awarded the L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users’ Rights by the American Library Association (ALA). The award was recently created to honor copyright expert L. Ray Patterson. Patterson was the Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility at the University of Georgia School of Law and passed away in 2003. The award named in his honor was established to recognize contributions of an individual or group that pursues and supports the Constitutional purpose of the U.S. Copyright Law, fair use, and the public domain. Professor Crews will be the first-ever recipient of the Patterson Copyright Award at the 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago in June 2005.
When announcing the award in January, the ALA’s Office of Information Technology Policy Copyright Advisory Committee cited Crews’ “innovative leadership as director of the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis,” as well as his “efforts in negotiating for fair use guidelines in electronic reserves systems at the Conference on Fair Use,…work in modernizing copyright law as it applies to distance learning in the digital environment, and…analysis of the TEACH Act of 2002 that has informed discussion of that legislation nationwide.” According to Janice T. Pilch, Chair of the committee, Crews impressed them because his “numerous publications, lectures, and presentations have had an unrivaled influence in the fields of law and library and information science.”
Crews says he is flattered and touched to have received this award. Crews, who knew Patterson well, has called him “the ideal mentor and colleague, as well as a friend and supporter.” (“The Vox Populi of Copyright: A Tribute to Lyman Ray Patterson, ” Journal of Intellectual Property Law, The University of Georgia School of Law, Vol. 10, Spring 2003, Number 2, p. 264)
Crews is Samuel R. Rosen II Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation, as well as Director of the Copyright Management Center and Professor of Library and Information Science.
12/08/2004
Professor Susanah Mead '76 Will Serve As Interim Dean
IUPUI’s Chancellor Charles R. Bantz and Executive Vice Chancellor William M. Plater announced on December 7th that Professor Susanah M. Mead, ’76 will take over as Interim Dean on June 1, 2005. Mead will take over following the departure of Dean Anthony Tarr who will become the President (termed a Vice-Chancellor in the British tradition) of the University of the South Pacific. Mead will be the first woman in the law school’s 110 year history to lead the institution. She is a 1976 graduate of the school who has been on the faculty since 1978. She also has significant administrative experience, having served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for seven years (1997-2004). Chancellor Bantz said, “In this time of transition, we are fortunate that Susie Mead is willing to share her experience, energy and insight…Known to all of the faculty, staff and students, Susie will ensure leadership and continuity.” Bantz also announced that a search committee for a permanent dean will be appointed in the Spring of 2005.
12/06/2004
Alumni and Friends Invited to Roast Former Dean Harvey
On April 22, 2006, The Indianapolis Legal Aid Society will be awarding professor emeritus and former dean William F. Harvey a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at a dinner event involving an old fashion roast.
Since 1941 the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society (ILAS) has represented the poor of Indiana. ILAS's 8 attorneys talk with over 14,000 people and meet with over 8,000 clients each year, and average 2.5 court appearances each day. William Harvey has been a board member for nearly 30 years.
Please mark your calendar. Cost is $100 per person, $50 more for guest, or $750 for table of ten. For reservations please send your check to the ILAS, 615 North Alabama Street, Room 122, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Call Jackie at 317-635-9538 for additional information.
12/06/2004
Alumnus Appointed Acting President of the NAACP for Second Time
Dennis Hayes, ’77, has been appointed acting president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), following the announcement that Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, will step down after nine years in that position.
Hayes was previously general counsel for the organization. This is the second time he has served as interim president, the first being in 1994. Hayes worked for the Indianapolis branch of the NAACP until 1985, when he joined the organization’s legal department.
Hayes said, “While the search for a new president is conducted, the NAACP will continue to lead the fight for civil rights and will move aggressively to strengthen the relationship between our 2000 affiliates (adult branches and college chapters) and the national office.”
The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization.
11/24/2004
Congratulations to Team Law School
Team Law School won the IUPUI intramural soccer competition this fall. The team finished the season with a 6-2 record and was undefeated in the tournament. They beat Team Jagermeister to win the championship. Andrew Heath says, “The league was surprisingly competitive and most teams had a core of international players.” Team members include Brett Hoy (2L), Mike Papagiannis (2L), Jeremy Barsten (1L), Marc Pfleging (2L), Andrew Heath (2L), Eddie Rodriguez (2L), George Aduhene(1L), Brad Springer (1L), Josh Taylor (2L), Nick Baker (2L).
11/24/2004
Dean Tarr Announces He Will Step Down
Anthony Tarr will step down as dean of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis and become leader of the University of the South Pacific (USP).
In announcing his resignation, which takes effect at the end of the academic year, Tarr said he has been very proud to be part of the law school and its broader community.
The decision to accept the new post was difficult, but he said he was swayed by the unique opportunity to make a contribution in an area of the world in which his wife and he have strong connections and to serve in a position that carries with it broader roles that relate to regional issues and concerns in areas such as transport, trade and investment, private sector development, regional security and governance.
Tarr was named dean of the IU School of Law – Indianapois, in April, 2002. He came to IUPUI as the man who literally built one entire Australian law school program and turned another into the continent's benchmark of excellence in legal education.
"Tony's academic background, energy, executive experience, and personality provided the perfect combination to lead our law school and to take it to its next level of success," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.
William Plater, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, praised Tarr as an “innovative dean who continued to broaden the scope of the law school's international programs.”
Plater said the campus will begin considering and preparing for a search for a new dean.
USP, as a multi-campus regional university, is regarded as a premier provider of tertiary education in the Pacific region and is supported by the governments of 12 countries, including the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu . It has campuses or Centers in all 12 member countries and these facilities serve the 15,000 students studying across a broad range of disciplines.
11/24/2004
Professor Frank Bowman’s Sentencing Proposal Receives Justice Dept. Support
Professor Frank Bowman's proposal for reforming guidelines federal judges use to hand down prison terms for crimes, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported recently.
Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray said a system drawn up by Professor Frank O. Bowman III “had the most advantages and would be the least cumbersome fix” for the guidelines governing federal sentencing, reporter Gary Fields said in the Nov. 18 WSJ edition.
The law professor's restructure plan calls for taking “the top off the existing guideline ranges, and replacing them with the legally prescribed maximum sentence for a crime.”
The Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case involving the constitutionality of the current federal sentencing structure. Both Wray and Bowman were among the 19 witnesses called in the case.
Bowman has proposed his plan as a temporary fix until the sentencing structure – which allows judges to increase a defendant's sentence based on factors not considered by jurors – can be overhauled, the professor said.
However, unlike the law professor and other witnesses, Wray supports the Bowman plan as a permanent solution, Bowman said.
Bowman, a formal federal prosecutor, has taught law on the IUPUI campus since 1999. The M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law is considered a leading specialist on federal sentencing guidelines.
10/28/2004
Alumnus and Student Receive ICLU Awards
At its annual dinner and conference on October 9th in Indianapolis, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) announced the winners of its annual awards for service in the defense of civil liberties. Two of this year’s winners have ties to the law school.
Richard Waples, ’84, a partner at Waples & Hanger in Indianapolis, won the William Marsh Award. The award recognizes exceptional lifetime contributions to enforcement of the laws that protect our civil liberties.
This award is named for former IU School of Law – Indianapolis Professor Bill Marsh, who established the school’s clinical law program over 20 years ago. Marsh is currently the public defender for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and an adjunct professor at the school.
1L Elizabeth Obergfell (pictured above with Hamid Kashani, the president of the ICLU Board of Directors) won the Student Patriot Award for being a student activist who makes a significant contribution to the advancement of civil liberties. She holds a B.A. in Social Work from the University of Southern Indiana and an M.P.A. from IU - Indianapolis. Obergfell says Professor Sheila Kennedy’s Law and Public Affairs class inspired her to pursue an internship with the ICLU. Kennedy is a 1975 graduate of the IU School of Law – Indianapolis and a former president of the ICLU. Obergfell was president and founder of the ICLU Student Chapter at IUPUI and has been involved with the law school’s ICLU chapter as well. She is dedicated to civil liberties and social justice, as well as her campus. Obergfell volunteers for the Legal Aid Society and as the IUPUI Jaguar!
10/26/2004
Inaugural ‘Jog for Justice’ Was Fun for All
Over 150 law students, professors, lawyers, their kids, and dogs hit the pavement of the Canal Walk in downtown Indianapolis on behalf of the public interest. Sunday, October 10th was a bright, clear Fall morning for the inaugural Jog for Justice, sponsored by Equal Justice Works (EJW). According to 3L Emily Benfer, one of the event’s organizers, the jog was a success and raised over $6,000 for EJW’s Summer Scholars and Loan Repayment Assistance (LRAP) programs.
Although participation was the key and no one was really looking to break any world records for speed, the first person to cross the finish line was Sarah Bitomsky, an LL.M. student originally from Australia, who is also a top athlete and an Olympic hopeful. She finished the 2-mile course in 11 minutes. Unfortunately she is a prospect for the Australian team, not the American one.
Benfer says, “For me, the most fulfilling moment was watching the runners take off from the starting line. The expressions on participant's faces ranged from determination to happiness. Everyone - ages 0 to 70 - appeared to be having fun. You can't ask for much more than a group of people enjoying themselves while at the same time they are giving - and making an enormous difference for public interest law!”
Next year EJW hopes to build on this year’s success by increasing participation, doubling the proceeds, and spreading awareness about public interest law.
For more photos of the event: http://mypage.iu.edu/~kresler/photos/JFJ04/index.html
10/15/2004
Muy Caliente! Salsa Night at Inlow Hall
The law school was red hot on Saturday, October 9th, as the Hispanic Law Society (HLS) and the ABA Committee on Diversity Initiatives (CODI) hosted their first-ever Salsa Night in Conour atrium. Approximately 85 people attended the event which included law, dental, and medical students and their friends and family. Among the attendees was the law school’s Professer Jennifer Drobac who also served as a judge for the salsa contest. 2L David Nguyen, chairperson of CODI and secretary of the SBA, says the organizers would like to thank the INTO SALSA dancers for their excellent dance instruction (www.intosalsa.com), as well as the Guitar Center for donating the dance lighting for the event, plus the $50 gift certificate for the winners of the SALSA CONTEST. Nguyen says the event was a success in part thanks to the volunteers and university administrators, such as Dean Tarr, Dean Espada, Carol Miller and Chancellor Bantz who lent their support. We hope it becomes an annual event!
10/06/2004
John S. Pistole ‘81 Becomes FBI Deputy Director
On October 1st John S. Pistole, ‘81 became Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). FBI Director Robert Mueller says, “John Pistole is a major asset. Our counterterrorism and counterintelligence capabilities are significantly stronger today because of his leadership. He successfully steered two critical programs through periods of heightened threat and institutional change, and he has been instrumental to our overall transformation efforts.” As Deputy Director, Pistole will oversee all operational and investigative matters, with a particular emphasis on oversight of the FBI’s reengineering efforts. Pistole says his job will entail assisting in the agency’s move toward becoming an “intelligence-driven, threat-based” organization. He has served as Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence for the FBI since December, 2003, and previously served as Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division.
When John Pistole finished law school in 1981 he wanted to go into practice and did so for two years in his home town of Anderson, Indiana. After talking to a friend and a family member, both of whom had worked for the FBI, he says he decided he had nothing to lose in applying for a “Special Agent” position. That was more than two decades ago and now he finds himself second-in-command at a government agency that has often been in the spotlight since September 11, 2001.
Pistole says his legal background has been one of the keys to his professional success. He cites “the discipline of analysis and the ability to communicate effectively” as critical when faced with analyzing terrorism information or testifying before the 9/11 Commission, which he did three times.
To anyone interested in a career at the FBI, Pistole says you need to distinguish yourself from the other applicants. He says that currently only 1.7% of qualified applicants are actually hired by the agency. A law degree, he says, is a good place to start. International experience and foreign language proficiency are also extremely helpful in today’s world, according to Pistole.
Pistole has worked on a wide range of assignments during his 21-years with the FBI. He began his career in 1983 as a Special Agent assigned to the Minneapolis Division, where he investigated organized crime and violent crimes. In 1985, Pistole was transferred to the New York Division, where he focused on La Cosa Nostra investigations. In 1990, he was promoted to Supervisor in the Organized Crime Section at FBI Headquarters. In that capacity, Pistole distinguished himself by coordinating FBI efforts to assist the Italian National Police in finding those responsible for the assassinations of two prominent Italian Magistrates.
In 1994, Pistole was promoted to field supervisor of a white collar crime and civil rights squad in Indianapolis. The following year, Mr. Pistole was the FBI representative to a State Department delegation sent to Sofia, Bulgaria to assess their laws and police response to Russian/Eurasian organized crime and financial crime. He also led FBI training on three occasions at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, Hungary.
In 1999, Pistole was promoted to the position of Assistant Special Agent in charge of the Boston field office. In November 1999, he led one aspect of the investigation into the Egypt Air 990 crash off the coast of Rhode Island.
In July of 2001, he was promoted to the position of Inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters, where he led teams conducting evaluations and audits of FBI field offices and Headquarters Divisions. That same year, Pistole led a team that addressed security issues in the wake of the arrest of Robert Hanssen.
In April 2002, Pistole was appointed by Director Mueller to the position of Deputy Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division, where he oversaw operations in international and domestic terrorism, and terrorist financing. He was also responsible for directing the National Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, and the Terrorism Reports and Requirements Section. His authority was expanded to include leadership and oversight of the FBI’s overall counterterrorism efforts when he was named Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division in September 2003. He was appointed Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence in December 2003.
Pistole says he is both “honored and humbled” by his selection for his new position. “No one sets out to become deputy director,” he says. He credits his being a candidate for the position to his “good fortune in assignments” at the FBI and with “working for and with so many great people.”
10/03/2004
Faculty and Staff Receive Awards
The law school is proud to announce the following awards will be given to faculty and staff:
Florence Wagman Roisman, Michael D. McCormick Professor of Law, will receive the 2004 Equal Justice Works Outstanding Law School Faculty Award "for her dogged pursuit of equal justice and her pivotal role in nurturing a public interest ethic among law students." She will be recognized with this national award on Thursday, October 28, 2004 in Washington, DC.
Angela Espada, Assistant Dean for Student Services and Admissions, will be awarded the 2004 Rabb Emison Award by the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) on October 14th. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a commitment to promote diversity and equality in the legal profession and in the membership of the ISBA.
Shannon L. Williams, Director of Professional Development, will be awarded the Indianapolis Bar Association (IBA)’s President’s Award on November 18th. She is receiving this prestigious award for her outstanding and unique service to the IBA and the legal profession.
09/30/2004
Law School Announces Kennedy Scholars
The Kennedy Scholars Program was established in 2004 in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy who delivered the keynote address at the dedication to Lawrence W. Inlow Hall in 2001 (see photo). Each year, a select group of law school applicants is invited to apply for this prestigious scholarship. This year's recipients are Shana Collier and Suzanna Hartzell-Baird. They will receive full tuition for the first year of law school, renewable for two additional years by maintaining a 3.2 grade point average. Kennedy Scholars will also receive an additional stipend for living expenses which also covers the cost of a trip to Washington, D.C. in the fall of the second year to visit the Supreme Court while in session. For more information on the Kennedy Scholars Program contact the Office of Admissions at lawadmit@iupui.edu or call (317) 274-2459.
09/30/2004
Law Student Trischa Zorn Sets Records at the Athens 2004 Paralympics
3L Trischa Zorn is the most decorated Paralympian in the history of the Games with an outstanding 54 medals (41 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze) to her credit, in addition to eight world records. Read more…
09/17/2004
Jeff Papa, '99 Volunteers in Nepal
IU School of Law-Indianapolis graduate Jeff Papa (Class of 1999) spent about 10 days this summer in Baldan Baraivan, Mongolia, as a volunteer helping to restore an 18th century monastery.
The restoration project is sponsored by Cultural Restoration Tourism Project CRTP), a San Francisco-based organization. Donations from volunteers fund restoration costs, including pay for local workers.
Papa learned of the restoration project while researching information for Youth Enhancement and Training Initiative (YETI), an Indiana organization founded by Papa and others to help orphans in Nepal and underprivileged Hoosier children. YETI plans to break ground this November for an orphanage in Nepal . Five of nine YETI board members are IU School of Law-Indianapolis graduates (Sarah Dillinger, '03; Jim Owen, '99; Zach Stock, '01; Ann Thrasher Papa, '01; and Jeff Papa).
For additional information about YETI, visit http://www.ibccn.org/yeti
09/17/2004
You Can Run Blind…or You Can 'Jog for Justice'
While most of the rest of the country is focused on the race for the white house, an enterprising and committed group of IU Law-Indy students is focused on another kind of race. It’s a fun run/walk they have dubbed the “Jog for Justice” which will take place Sunday, October 10th along the Canal Walk in downtown Indianapolis. 3L Emily Benfer, one of the race organizers, said the idea for the event came out of a brainstorming session at last spring’s Norman Amaker Public Interest Law Retreat. At that event, Emily and several other students from our school found out that other Midwestern law schools had been able to raise as much as $25,000 for public interest law scholarships. “We are hoping to do the same!” says Benfer.
All of the proceeds from the October 10th race will help IU Law - Indy students who are interested in working in public interest law by financing Equal Justice Works’ Summer Scholars Program and the school’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) Endowment. The Summer Scholars Program has made it possible for students to volunteer at Public Defenders Offices around the country, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Poverty Law in Chicago, the Senior Law Project of Indiana Legal Services, and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. The LRAP Endowment provides financial assistance to IU-Indy law graduates pursuing public interest careers. Public interest attorneys receive very low salaries (between $15,000-$37,000) and often struggle to make ends meet with the burden of loans to repay. By repaying portions of public interest law graduates’ education debt, LRAP will enable IU graduates to assist under-represented members of society, including victims of domestic violence, people who are homeless, elderly, or disabled; migrant workers; and other families and individuals in need. According to Benfer, “The 2L chairpersons of Summer Scholars and LRAP Endowment, Lauren Biloski, Kevin Resler, Katie Orton, and Lynn Grunloh, are currently coordinating the race – and doing a fantastic job with the help of other Equal Justice Works members!”
The Jog for Justice will take place on Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. (registration begins at 7:30 a.m.). It will be a 2 mile fun run/walk. Participants must register online at www.active.com (search ‘jog for justice’). Please register soon! In exchange for the $25 registration fee, participants will receive a t-shirt and raffle ticket for prizes at the after-race celebration, which will take place in the law school atrium. Children under 10 walk/run for free and are welcome to attend the after-party.
As of today (September 17), the race has the following Gold Sponsors ($500 or more): Barnes & Thornburg, Baker & Daniels, Race Judicata: IU Indy Law Faculty Runners, Professor Roisman, Indiana Civil Liberties Union Board, Indianapolis Bar Foundation/Indianapolis Bar Association, Wayne Township Fire Department; Bronze Sponsors ($150-$249): Professor Wright, Professor Edwards, Pizza Magia, Papa Johns, Einstein Bagels, Bourbon Street Distillery. Sponsorship opportunities are available at the levels listed above, as well as the Silver level ($250-$499). Anyone interested in being a sponsor should call Carol Neary, Director of Development.
07/13/2004
Pamela L. Carter, '84 Named Outstanding Alumna of the Year
On July 9th, the law school's Alumnae Network named Pamela L. Carter, '84 as the Outstanding Alumna of the Year for 2004. Carter was Indiana's first female African-American Attorney General. Today she is Vice-President and General Manager of the Global Filtrations Business at Fleetguard, Inc. Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr. and Lt. Governor Katherine Davis gave tributes to Carter, their long-time friend. Carter received the award from Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor Andrew Klein.
Carter says she is "honored and humbled" to receive the Outstanding Alumna Award. "Since graduation in 1984, I have reaped the benefits of opportunity that comes from possessing a Juris Doctorate degree. Indiana University was the vehicle that provided me with a professional lifetime of rewards and chances to give back to society in numerous ways. I will continue to advocate strongly for strong alumna support for generations of new students to our Law School, " Carter says.
The Alumnae Network, an organization representing the women graduates of the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, is proud to promote the interests of fellow alumnae, women law students, and the law school community. The Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award is designed to recognize a woman graduate or faculty member who has made significant contributions benefiting women or the legal profession as a whole.
05/25/2004
Dennis Bland, '92 and Gerald Bepko Honored During Alumni Event
Dennis E. Bland, '92, President of the Center for Leadership Development
Dennis E. Bland, ’92 is the 2004 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Service Award. Bland has served as president of the nonprofit Center for Leadership Development (CLD) since March 2000. Prior to his appointment as president of the organization devoted to empowering African-American youth to excel, Bland had served as a volunteer and program facilitator with CLD for 13 years. His volunteer work with the organization earned him the law school’s Community Service Award in 1992. Earlier this spring, he received the inaugural Henry J. Richardson, Jr., ’28 Award from the Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA).
Bland says of his work, “I believe that youth, properly nurtured and developed, can be empowered to overcome life’s challenges and thrive in education and career.” He credits his faith as well as his legal education with preparing him to help others in his work. “As I look back over my life and think back over my different experiences at CLD, I can see how I was being groomed all along, “says Bland. “All along, I have been helped so that I could in turn help somebody else.” Of his time at the law school he says, “My legal education has helped me immensely. I am convinced that there really is something substantive and meaningful to being able to ‘think like a lawyer.’ The ability to formulate and analyze issues, conduct research, and thoroughly think though issues from varying sides has been extremely helpful to me. I often joke that we have to be one of the smallest non-profits in existence that has in-house counsel. My law degree continues to pay handsome returns.” During his speech to alumni he summed up his attitude toward his mission in life by citing a traditional gospel song, a song often quoted by the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “If I can help somebody as I pass along If I can cheer somebody with a word or a song If I can show somebody he’s traveling wrong Then my living will not be in vain…”
Bland serves on the boards of the Indiana Black Expo Economic Development Corporation and the Indianapolis Arts Council. His many accomplishments include receiving a Mayor’s Community Volunteerism Award in 1998; recognition in 2003 by the Indianapolis Star as part of the “New Generation of Black Leadership;” and being chosen as one of the “Top Forty Under 40” by the Indianapolis Business Journal in February, 2004.
Gerald L. Bepko IUPUI Chancellor Emeritus, IU Trustee Professor and Professor of Law
The Alumni Association honored Gerald L. Bepko on April 17th by making him an “Honorary Alumnus” of the law school where he was dean from 1981-1986 and where he has taught since 1972. Bepko is also Chancellor Emeritus of IUPUI (having served as Chancellor from 1986 to 2002, during which time he was also as IU Vice President for Long-Range Planning). Before returning to the law school to teach commercial law full-time, he served as interim President of Indiana University for seven months.
Bepko joked that he was “flattered to be made an honorary alumnus, but that it does not seem unreasonable to be made a member of the alumni body since I have spent 32 years studying law in the school while the other alumni had spent only three or four years.” On a serious note, Bepko says the award is very meaningful to him not only because he has been a part of the law school for so many years, but also because he has worked to support it even while working in the university administration. The law school is important to both the university as a whole and to the State of Indiana. “Its location makes it a symbolic and actual gateway to the university and it enrolls many of our best who are from or have earned undergraduate degrees in Indiana, “ says Bepko. “It is the most prominent example of why we say, ‘The future is here.’”
05/10/2004
Law School Establishes Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation
The law school is poised to become a significant force in the revitalization of the Indiana economy through the establishment of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation. The Center, which will emphasize the life sciences and the nurturing of intellectual property in a business context, was approved in early May by the IU Board of Trustees.
Goals of the Center include serving as a resource for government, business, law firms and the newly-developed BioCrossroads initiative; taking a leadership role in graduate education designed to enhance opportunities for intellectual property professionals, and producing J.D. graduates with strong knowledge in the area of intellectual property law. Additionally, the Center will assist across a broad spectrum of applied research initiatives, collaborating with partners in the IU system as well as with other U.S. and international intellectual property institutes and centers.
“Two distinctive qualities of the Center will be an emphasis on the issues of the life sciences and related industries, as well as a practical and transactional application of IP law in the business context,” said Professor Kenneth Crews, interim director of the Center. Crews, the Samuel R. Rosen II Professor of Law, brings to his duties a background in business and IP law, a decade as director of the university’s Copyright Management Center, and research and teaching experience in domestic and international IP law.
While the Center will focus much of its efforts on issues surrounding the life sciences, it will encompass other aspects of intellectual property law as well. The future work of the center will undoubtedly expand, according to law school dean, Tony Tarr, because of the dynamic nature of intellectual property issues and the diverse needs of the community.
One of the first facets of the Center to be set in motion will be the addition of a new track in the school’s LL.M. Program that will focus on intellectual property law. This track will enroll its first students in August of this year and promises to attract faculty of national stature. To support both the LL.M. and the J.D. programs, the law school is greatly expanding the IP curriculum, and through the Center many of these developments will be made available to the law and business communities. The Center’s Board of Advisors includes leaders in medicine, science, law and education. Additional Center programs will be underway later in the year.
05/04/2004
International Law Lecture Addresses Pinochet and Guantanamo Bay
The Honorable Frank Sullivan, Jr. spoke at the law school on April 15 at the invitation of the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review (II&CLR). His lecture, “Pinochet and Guantanamo Bay: The Role of Courts in Resolving Disputes with Foreign Policy Implications,” addressed whether courts should decide cases with foreign policy implications, and how this impacts the roles and responsibilities of the executive and judicial branches of government. Justice Sullivan holds an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his talk, which took place in the Wynne Courtroom at the law school, was based on his LL.M. thesis, “A Separation of Powers Perspective on Pinochet.” The article is being published by the II&CLR in an upcoming issue.
Justice Sullivan was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1992 by then-Governor Evan Bayh. Prior to his appointment, he was Indiana State Budget Director (1989-92), practiced law in Indianapolis (1982-89), and worked on the staff of U.S. Representative John Brademas (1974-79).
Established in 1991, the II& CLR is devoted to the study and analysis of current international legal issues and problems and is published semi-annually by the law school. Its faculty board of advisers is chaired by Professor Jeffrey W. Grove, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.
04/29/2004
Three New LL.M. Tracks
The law school is now accepting applications for the Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property, International Human Rights, and Health Law Policy and Bioethics. These three new tracks will complement the two existing programs, American Law for Foreign Lawyers and International and Comparative Law. The program is open to J.D. graduates and practicing lawyers. The degree can be completed on a full-time basis (one academic year) or part-time basis (for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only). For more information, please visit our web site.
04/22/2004
Eva Clarke’s Holocaust Story Is One of Survival
Eva Clarke’s was born on April 29th, 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, three days before it was liberated by American soldiers. Ms. Clarke, an Education Officer at the Holocaust Educational Trust based in London, England, spoke at the law school on April 13, 2004. She told the story of her family’s experience under the Nazi occupation of much of Europe. She shared accounts of what it was like to live under the laws that forbade Jews to own pets or to go to the cinema and mandated the wearing of the yellow star. The eventual imprisonment and death of most of her family members is a very personal and moving story which she tells to school children all over Great Britain. She says her goals in communicating her family’s experiences are “to preserve the memory of all who died, not least my own family, to counteract holocaust denial and mainly to counteract racism.” This lecture was co-sponsored by The International School of Indiana.
04/01/2004
Class of 2004 Gives Back to Future Alma Mater
When the Class of 2004 launched a campaign in January of this year to help raise class spirit as well as funds for the law school, they did not know how wildly successful they would be. The seven week campaign generated 84 gifts (32%) and just over $8,000, including an anonymous $1,000 matching gift.
Members of the class are adamant and eloquent when speaking about the campaign’s purpose. Tim Button,‘04, says, “giving back to your law school is tremendously important, because we were all given a gift by the taxpayers of Indiana in being here. It costs far more to educate a future lawyer than law school tuition…We have been given a gift of incredible facilities, an outstanding faculty, a location that provides unique clinical opportunities, and a diverse group of classmates. Alumni of this law school, either through donations, the giving of their time, or their influence in the community and the legislature have helped to make this experience possible for all of us.”
Dean Tony Tarr expressed his gratitude to the Class of 2004, “Your support of the school is very valuable and is greatly appreciated. We are really amazed at the amount you have raised and by the high level of participation.” The campaign’s theme, “Dream, Unite, Share,” inspired campaign committee member Ruth Rivera, ’04 to comment that, “The Class Campaign is about 'paying forward,' so that others will enjoy the same or better experiences. We are trying to create a sense of belonging that will last forever.” Amanda Kamman, Assistant Director for Development at the law school and one of the initial organizers of the campaign, said the goal of the campaign was really to raise awareness of the need for private support and to help lay the ground work for keeping soon-to-be alumni connected to the school. “This was the first year a campaign of this sort has been done and we are extremely pleased with the results. We’re looking forward to building on the success of the Class of 2004 far into the future.”
Julie Reed,’04 sums up the campaign this way: “Call it equity, call it charity, call it reciprocity - it's just the right thing to do.” [Photo of Class Campaign Committee Members: Courtney Foster, C.W. Raines, Heidi Hughes, Jacqueline Ayers, Julie Reed, Tim Button, Ruth Rivera, and Cassandra Giles]
See who donated to the Class of 2004 Campaign.
03/11/2004
New York University President Emeritus Is Proud of Hoosier Roots
Dr. John Brademas, President Emeritus of New York University (NYU), delivered his address “Hoosier in the Big Apple” in the Wynne Courtroom before a crowd of students, faculty, and old friends such as former Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr. He spoke proudly of his Hoosier roots. He was born and raised in South Bend and spent 22 years as a Congressional Representative for Indiana’s Third District (1959-1981), before moving to New York City to become the head of what is now, according to Brademas, “the largest private university in the world.”
Brademas shared stories of his years in Congress, including his work on the bill that became the Presidential Materials and Recordings Preservation Act of 1974, the law that declared former-President Nixon’s tapes and other materials to be public property, thereby permitting them to be published. His remarks also touched on the importance of his Greek ancestry and an early respect for education, which the Rhodes Scholar attributed to the influence of his family and in particular his maternal grandfather, a high school superintendent and college history professor who spoke often about politics. In addition to his Congressional career, Brademas is proud of presiding over the transformation of NYU from “a regional commuter institution” into “a national and international, residential research university.” When asked by an audience member what his recommendation would be for our university, Brademas noted that building on successes in the international area, as he had done at NYU, was one area in which both private universities like NYU and public ones like IU could excel.
Currently, the 77-year-old Brademas’ “retirement” from university administration has left him more time for civic engagement and a great deal of travel abroad. “In the last three months, I’ve been in Morocco, Madrid, Rome, Havana, Coral Gables and Washington, D.C. twice,” he told the audience. He served for seven years as Chairman on both President Clinton’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, as well as the National Endowment for Democracy. In recent years he has turned his attention to establishing at NYU a Center for the Study of Congress, which would bring together current and former members of Congress, as well as representatives of the executive and judicial branches, along with “journalists, students, parliamentarians from other countries, and scholars to discuss the processes, the ways, by which our national legislature influences and shapes policy as well as to discuss significant issues of public policy.”
03/09/2004
BLSA Honors African American Alumnus
Congressional Representative Julia Carson and her predecessor, former Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr., attended the Black Law Student Association's (BLSA) event to honor Henry J. Richardson, Jr. (1902-1983), Class of 1928. During the ceremony on February 27, 2004, a portrait of the alumnus was displayed, a copy of which will be given to the law school. Richardson was a lawyer and leader in the civil rights movement in Indiana. He served in many prominent positions including State Representative and Marion County Judge. He actively fought for school and housing desegregation, and was a moving force in organizing the Urban League of Indianapolis. BLSA also honored Richardson by naming a special award after him, and BLSA President Emile Smith presented it for the first time to Dennis Bland, Class of 1992.
Richardson’s two sons, Henry J. Richardson III, a professor of International Human Rights Law at Temple University, and Rodney C. Richardson, a partner in the Indianapolis firm of Richardson & Richardson, spoke in tribute to their late father and his many achievements. A crowd of current students, faculty, alumni and community leaders, including Joe Slash, President of the Indianapolis Urban League, were on hand to pay tribute to Richardson and Bland. (Photo: Prof. George E. Edwards and Henry J. Richardson, III) More about Henry J. Richardson, Jr.…
