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Faculty Update

Prof. Roisman Publishes Law Review Article and Article in Harvard's Law an Policy Review Online:  Professor Florence Wagman Roisman recently published an article in the North Carolina Law Review and another article in the Harvard Law & Policy Review Online. [more...]

School of Law – Indianapolis’ LARC Program Ranked One of the Best: U.S. News and World Report recently ranked the IU School of Law - Indianapolis' legal writing program 11th in the nation. [more...]

Prof. Edwards Featured in Kuwait's Al Jarida Newspaper:  An article featuring Professor George Edwards appeared in a Kuwaiti newspaper where he discussed a range of international human rights and other legal issues. [more...]

Prof. James Dimitri Publishes a Lead Article and Gives a Presentation at a the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference: His article on writing appellate advocacy problems appeared on the cover of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing. His presentation at the University of Utah was entitled "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students.” [more...]

Prof. Martin's Essay Appears on Cover of Legal Writing Institue Bulletin: Teaching to Different Learning Styles: Love Triangles, Role Playing & Videotapes appeared on the cover of the Spring 2008 edition of The Second Draft – Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute. [more...]

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. [more...]

Professor Bravo to speak at St. Louis University School of Law and the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law: Professor Bravo will participate in the symposium entitled "The Changing Tide of Trade: The social, political and environmental implications of regional trade agreements." She will discuss her work on labor liberalization in the context of regional trade agreements. [more...]

Professor Dannenmaier to speak at Yale/UN Conference on International Environmental Governance and Democracy: 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. [more...]

Prof. Gerard Magliocca Receives Fulbright Award: In the fall of 2008, Magliocca will hold the Fulbright-Dow Distinguished Chair at the the Roosevelt Center for American Studies in the Netherlands. [more...]

Prof. Fran Watson Asks Public for Help in Cold Cases in Lake County:  The Law Clinic at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis 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. [more...]

Shakespeare in the CourtroomProfessors Katz, Mitchell and Wright Speak at Shakespeare in the Courtroom Event: The three spoke on the intersection between law, religion and literature following the performance of parts of The Merchant of Venice by the American Shakespeare Center. Read the article in The Indiana Lawyer. [more...]

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. [more...]

Prof. Antony Page Quoted on Recent Canceled Business Transactions:  Prof. 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. [more...]

Prof. López  is Only Academic Named to the State Board of Law Examiners:  Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard named Professor María Pabón López to the State Board of Law Examiners effective December 1, 2007. [more...]

photo of Michael PittsProf. Pitts Comments on SCOTUS Hearing of Indiana Voter ID Law: Professor Michael Pitts, an expert in election law, was quoted in several media sources regarding the January 9th U.S. Supreme Court argument. [more...]

photo of Joel SchummJustice Often Delayed in Death Penalty Cases:
(WISH TV, Jan. 15, 2008)
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis Professor Joel Schumm discusses reasons for delay in getting death penalty cases tried in court. [video clip] [more...]

Prof. Tome WilsonProf. Tom Wilson Becomes Chair-Elect of AALS Section: Wilson was chosen Chair-Elect at the January AALS meeting in New York City. [more...]

Professor Frank Emmert signing a letter of agreementLaw School to Offer First U.S. Graduate Law Program in Middle East: The law school 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. [more...]


Recent publications, presentations, and other professional activities

Cynthia M. Adams, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Latin American Law Program
  • The International Lawyer's Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States, coauthored with Deborah B. McGregor, Kluwer Law International/Aspen Publishing.
  • "International Arbitration and Mediation: Negotiating and Drafting Terms for Resolving Disputes," Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico, Global Legal Skills Conference, February 2008.

Karen E. Bravo, Assistant Professor of Law; John S. Grimes Fellow; Dean's Fellow
  • International Economic Law in U.S. Law Schools: Evaluating Its Pedagogy and Identifying Future Challenges in International Economic Law - The State & Future of the Discipline” (Colin Picker, Douglas Arner & Isabella Bunn, editors) (Hart Publishing 2008)
  • Exploring the Analogy between Modern Trafficking in Humans and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 25 B.U. Int'l L. J. 207 (2007) (lead article)
  • Crisis Meets Reality: A Bold Proposal for Immigration Reform 61 SMU L. Rev. 191 (2008) (reviewing OPENING THE FLOODGATES: WHY AMERICA NEEDS TO RETHINK ITS BORDERS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS, by KEVIN R. JOHNSON, New York: New York University Press, Critical America Series, 2007) (co-authored with Professor Lopez)
  • The Changing Tide of Trade: The Social, Political and Environmental Implications of Regional Trade Agreements, St. Louis University School of Law Public Review Symposium, St. Louis Missouri, April 4, 2008: “Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?”
  • American Society of International Law 102nd Annual Meeting, April 9-12, 2008, Washington, D.C. Panel: New Voices: The Role of International Legal Institutions in Norm Development Topic: Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to Modern Trafficking in Humans
  • Junior Faculty Exchange, Case Western Reserve School of Law – Cleveland, Ohio, February 8, 2008 Presentation: Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to the Modern Traffic in Humans
  • Junior Faculty Regional Workshop, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law – St. Louis, Missouri, February 26, 2008: "Free Labor!? Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to the Modern Traffic in Humans"
  • Panelist, New Voices in Human Rights: Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to the Modern Traffic in Humans, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 2-6, 2008, New York, New York
  • Moderator and Panelist: The Second Annual Protection Project Symposium: “Incorporating Trafficking in Persons in Human Rights Curricula in Universities in the United States and Abroad,” Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, November 27, 2007

Kenneth D Chestek, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
  • *The Plot Thickens: The Appellate Brief as Story, 14 Legal Writing ??? (forthcoming 2008)

Daniel H. Cole, R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law
  • *La complexité du choix d’un régime d’appropriation en matière de protection environnementale, in Max Falque, ed., LES RESSOURCES FONCIÈRS: DROITS DE PROPRIÉTE, ÉCONOMIE ET ENVIRONNEMENT 75-88 (Bruxelles: Bruylant 2008).
  • The 'Stern Review' and Its Critics: Implications for the Theory and Practice of Benefit-Cost Analysis, __ Nat. Res. J. __ (forthcoming 2008). Also forthcoming in Italian translation in QA-Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi Doria.
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, and Development, UCLA J. Envtl L.& Policy __ (forthcoming 2008)
  • "The Road from Kyoto: Toward a More Realistic International Climate Change Regime," Current Legal Problems Lecture Series, University College London, Nov. 15, 2007.
  • "The Road from Kyoto: Toward a More Realistic International Climate Change Regime," Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, Nov. 16, 2007.

Eric R. Dannenmaier, Associate Professor of Law
  • "Transboundary Governance Networks," in Burns & Heinen, eds., HANDBOOK ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (Forthcoming)(World Scientific, 2008)
  • Beyond Indigenous Property Rights: The Distinctive Connection of the Dispossessed, 86 WASH. U. L. REV. --- (2008) (forthcoming fall)
  • Executive Exclusion and the Cloistering of the Cheney Energy Task Force 16 N.Y.U. ENVTL. L.J. --- (2008) (forthcoming spring)
  • International Institutional Democracy: Citizen Committees and the Inside Outsider, PROCEEDINGS, UNITAR/Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy (forthcoming May 2008)
  • "Democratic Models in International Environmental Institutions: Citizen Advisory Commissions," UNITAR/Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, New Haven, CT, May 2008
  • Board of Advisors, Tulane Institute for Water Law and Policy, New Orleans, LA (2007-present)

James D. Dimitri, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
  • James D. Dimitri, Writing Engaging, Realistic, and Balanced Appellate Advocacy Problems, 16 Persps. 93 (2008).
  • James D. Dimitri, Stepping Up to the Podium with Confidence: A Primer for Law Students on Preparing and Delivering an Appellate Oral Argument, 38 Stetson L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1089830.
  • "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students,” presented at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2008.

George E. Edwards, Carl M. Gray Professor of Law; Faculty Advisor to the LL.M. track in International Human Rights Law; Director, Program in International Human Rights Law
  • “International Law, Torture, and Rights: Ticking Bombs”. University of Kuwait Faculty of Law presenttion in the International Criminal Law class of Dr. Mohammed Buzubar, 28 March 2008. (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
  • “International Law, Military Commissions, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Guantanamo Bay Through Speckled Lenses”. Video-linked presentation between Indiana and the University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran) 26 February 2008.
  • “Experiences de Litigo en Derechos Humanos – Experiences in Litigating Human Rights”. Presentation at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Juridicas & Sociales, Institute of Human Rights, 18 December 2007. (La Plata, Argentina)

Frank Emmert, John S. Grimes Professor of Law; Executive Director, Center for International and Comparative Law
  • 15) European Union Law - Documents, fully revised and updated 2nd ed., Eleven International Publishing, Utrecht, ca. 900 pp., in print
  • *44) Trouble Counting Votes? Comparing Voting Mechanisms in the United States and Selected Other Countries, article written with Antony Page and Christopher Page, ca. 30 pages, accepted by Creighton Law Review for publication in a special issue about election law issues

Robert A. Katz, Professor of Law
  • “`PAGING DR. SHYLOCK...': Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-investment of Jewish Philanthropy," a chapter in David Smith, ed., Giving: For the Love of God (Indiana University Press, 2009).
  • “`PAGING DR. SHYLOCK...':Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-investment of Jewish Philanthropy." Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis. April 1, 2008.
  • "The play’s the thing: Shakespeare at law school sparks conversation," Indiana Lawyer, March 5-18, 2008.
  • "`I Only Have Eyes for You': Exclusive Agreements for Referring Tissue Donors to a Tissue Bank." IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law & Bioethics, Indianapolis, Indiana. March 28, 2008.

Andrew R. Klein, Paul E. Beam Professor of Law
  • "Uncertainty in Tort Law" (presentation to Arts, Social Science, and Humanities colloquium, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, November 13, 2007).

María Pabón López, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Latin American Law Summer Program; Dean's Fellow
  • “A Tale of Two Systems: Analyzing the Treatment of Non-Citizens Families: in State Family Law Systems and Under the Immigration Law System,”11 HARVARD LATINO L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2008).
  • “The Future of Women in the Legal Profession: Recognizing the Challenges Ahead by Reviewing Current Trends,” 19 HASTINGS WOMEN'S L.J. 53 (2008).
  • Crisis Meets Reality: Review of OPENING THE FLOODGATES: WHY AMERICA NEEDS TO RETHINK ITS BORDERS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS, by Kevin R. Johnson, 61 S.M.U. L. REV. __(2008) (with Karen E. Bravo)

Gerard N. Magliocca, Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program
  • Huey P. Long and the Guarantee Clause: Transformation by Assassination, 83 Tulane L. Rev. --- (forthcoming 2008).
  • Symposium, The Chief Justice on Capitol Hill: Extending the Humphrey-Hawkins Model, 41 Ind. L. Rev. 299 (2008).

James P. Nehf, Cleon H. Foust Fellow; Professor of Law
  • THE FUTURE OF CONSUMER CREDIT REGULATION: CREATIVE APPROACHES TO EMERGING PROBLEMS (M. Kelly-Louw, J. Nehf, P. Rott, eds., 2008) (in press)
  • Principles of Consumer Protection in the North American Free Trade Agreement, in REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (T. Bourgoignie, ed., 2008) (in press)
  • Direct Marketing, Mobile Phones and Consumer Privacy, 60 Fed. Comm. L. J.F. 53 (2008)
  • Co-Chair, Consumer Law Working Group, ABA Section on Business Law, Cyberspace Subcommittee
  • Expert Commentator, Lexis-Nexis, Commercial and Consumer Law

Antony Page, Associate Professor of Law
  • Has Corporate Law Failed?, __U. MICH. L. REV.__(forthcoming 2009) (book review)
  • Unconscious Bias and the Limits of Director Independence, __U. ILL. L. REV.__(forthcoming 2008)
  • Trouble Counting Votes? Comparing Voting Mechanisms in the United States and Selected Other Countries, 41 CREIGHTON L. REV. 3 (2008) (election issue) (with F. Emmert & C. Page)

Michael J. Pitts, Associate Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow
  • The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, 59 Ala. L. Rev. __ (2008)
  • The Amicus Briefs in the Indiana Voter Identification Case: I read . . . so you don’t have to, Commentary for Election Law @ Moritz (Jan. 8, 2008)
  • Moderator, The Indiana Voter ID Law and the Supreme Court: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, American Constitution Society
  • Crawford v. Marion County Election Board: A Preview and Some Thoughts, National Conference of State Legislatures
  • "The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance," University of Illinois College of Law, Faculty Workshop.

Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law
  • End Residential Racial Segregation: Build Communities that look like America, Harvard Law & Pol'y, Vol. 2 #1, 2008 (online at http://www.hlpronline.com/Roisman.pdf)
  • "Abolitionist Advocacy for the 21st Century," North Carolina Legal Services Statewide Conference, Duram, NC, April 1-2, 2008
  • "The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation," Speaker, Indiana Law Reveiw Symposium, April 4, 2008.
  • “Gandhi,” Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, Committee on Diversity Initiatives and International Law Students Association (on the 60th anniversary of the assassination of the Mahatma), January 30, 2008.

Lloyd T. Wilson, Jr., Associate Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program
  • All Things Considered: The Contribution of the National Mortgage Licensing System to the Battle Against Predatory Lending, 21 Georgia State Law Review ___ (expected publication: January 2008)
  • Sometimes Less is More: Utility, Preemption & Hermeneutical Criticisms of Proposals for Federal Regulation of Mortgage Brokers, 59 South Carolina Law Review 61 (2007).
  • "Issues in Comparative Contract and Commercial Law: Perspectives from the Common Law, the UCC, and the CISG," Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 5-9, 2007.
  • Faculty advisor, LL.M. in American Law for Foreign Lawyers


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