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Professor Cynthia Adams and her horsePaws for a Cause: The Animal Law Society is selling calendars featuring faculty and their pets. Pet-related information and coupons included inside. Visit the Animal Law web site to order your calendar today! [more...]

Image of the Presidential Seal with the words Live Video FeedLaw School Organizes Groundbreaking Counter-Terrorism Simulation for Students and Community Leaders: On October 23, 2009, students from the law school and SPEA will work side-by-side with local and state government officials to respond to simulated counter-terrorism events taking place locally and throughout the world. The entire event will be broadcast live over the internet. [more...]

Flag of KenyaLaw School Strengthens Ties to IU’s Nobel Prize Nominated Program to Combat HIV/AIDS in Kenya: Dean Gary R. Roberts, Visiting Professor Fran Quigley, Judge Patricia Riley and a group of local attorneys will return on October 15th from a trip to Eldoret, Kenya to visit the Legal Aid Clinic of Eldoret (LACE), a non-profit that provides free legal services to people affected by HIV/AIDS. [more...]

Something for Everyone – Law School Features Diversity Week: A variety of events are planned for students as well as the public as part of the school's first-ever “Diversity Week,” October 5-8, 2009.
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Law School Hosts Colleagues from Brazil: During the first week of Sept., Professor Lloyd T. (Tom) Wilson hosted eight colleagues from the Faculdades Espirito Santenses (FAESA) law school in Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil . The delegation included... [more...]

Professor Eric DannenmaierProfessor Dannenmaier to Chair Workshop Session in Geneva on Resolving International Development Conflicts: Professor Dannenmaier will facilitate discussion of mitigating violent disputes over natural resources during a workshop on “Environmental Security: Sources of Conflict and Prospects for Peacemaking” at the United Nations’ Maison Internationale de l’Environnement. [more...]

Research of Professors Bravo and López presented at the World Society of Victimology’s 13th International Symposium of Victimology: When experts on victimology met at Tokiwa University, in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan in late August of this year for the 13th World Congress of Victimology, the work of two scholars from IU Law – Indianapolis was presented. [more...]

Professor Maria Pabon LopezProfessor López Selected to attend IUPUI Leadership Program: Professor María Pabón López has been selected as a member of the inaugural year-long Next Generation@IUPUI intensive leadership program. This program, funded by President McRobbie’s Diversity Initiative, is designed to provide an avenue to expand the pool of faculty who are ready to assume leadership positions at Indiana University. [more...]

Professor Cynthia BakerProfessor Cynthia Baker Named to Indiana’s Commission for Higher Education: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels recently named the law school’s Cynthia Baker, Clinical Associate Professor of Law & Director, Program on Law and State Government, to the state ’s Commission for Higher Education (ICHE). [more...]

Professor George E. EdwardsProfessor Edwards Lectures on History of Human Rights, International Trade and the Right to Health: At an international conference in Taipei, Taiwan sponsored by the Asian Centre for the World Trade Organization and International Health Law and Policy, Professor George Edwards delivered a paper... [more...]

Flag of the PRCProfessors Teach and Lecture in China: Professors Tom Wilson and Antony Page strengthened the law school’s ties with China by teaching and lecturing at two Chinese law schools in May and June. They spoke at Renmin University of China School of Law and China University of Political Science and Law, both in Beijing. [more...]

Professor Eleanor KinneyProfessor Kinney Testifies Before House Energy and Commerce Committee: Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney testified as an expert on insurance and health law before the House field hearing in New Albany, Indiana. [more...]

Professor Kenneth ChestekProfessor Ken Chestek Chairs Panel at Opening of Once Upon a Legal Story: He is presenting the results of an empirical study he worked on earlier this year exploring whether appellate judges are persuaded by stories incorporated into appellate briefs. [more...]

Professor Florence Wagman RoismanProfessor Florence Wagman Roisman's Chapter on Affirmative Action in Public Housing Appears in a New Book on Integration: Professor Roisman's chapter "Constitutional and Statutory Mandates for Residential Racial Integration and The Validity of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action to Achieve It" appears in the recently published book entitled The Integration Debate: Competing Futures For American Cities. [more...]

Law School Connection to Judge Sotomayor Noted in New York Times: On June 17, 2009, a New York Times article about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's views on the expanded government surveillance powers in the USA Patriot Act referenced a lecture that she gave at the law school in March of 2003. Her remarks were made during a speech for the law school's Pro Bono Program's "Decade of Giving" Celebration. Read the NYT article. [more...]

Professor Dan Cole Professor Dan Cole Joins NYU Law School's Institute for Policy Integrity Board of Advisors
Professor Dan Cole was recently invited to become a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University Law School. [more...]

Professor James P. Nehf Publishes Consumer Law Articles on Manufactured Homes and Unfair Advertising: Professor Nehf published a chapter titled "Financing Manufactured Homes," in Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code, and a chapter on "Misleading and Unfair Advertising" in the International Yearbook of Consumer Law 2009. [more...]

Professor Eric DannenmaierProfessor Dannenmaier Cited by Philippines Supreme Court: The Court denied a petition to release records in a trade agreement dispute, but its Chief Justice dissented, citing Dannenmaier in support of the proposition that disclosure would strengthen the country's democratic process. [more...]

Cover of Professor John Hill's book entitled The Political Centrist by Professor John L. Hill to Appear in November: Professor Hill's book from Vanderbilt University Press examines the decline of "liberal" and "conservative" ideology and the growth of a "centrist" approach to contentious contemporary political and social issues. [more...]

Image of a pagoda in KoreaLaw School Deans Travel to Korea and China: Dean Gary R. Roberts, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Jim Nehf, and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies Claire Grove will travel to Seoul, Korea, to attend the Indiana University International Alumni Reunion Event June 5-7, 2009. From Seoul, they will fly to Beijing, P.R. China and will also visit Nanning. [more...]

Judge Sonia SotomayorFaculty Connections to Judge Sotomayor Noted in New York Times: Professor Gerard Magliocca wrote an op-ed entitled "Scenes From Judge Sotomayor's Courtroom."  Dean Gary R. Roberts was quoted in an article entitled "Sotomayor's Baseball Ruling Lingers, 14 Years Later."  [more...]

Judge Sonia Sotomayor speaking at the law school in 2003President Obama Announces Judge Sotomayor as His Choice for the Supreme Court: Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who spoke at the law school in 2003, was chosen as nominee to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. Professor López says Sotomayor... [more...]


Recent publications, presentations, and other professional activities

Cynthia M. Adams, Clinical Professor of Law
  • "Bringing the Law School Curriculum into the New Global Reality," Panel Presentation, Southeastern Association of Law Schools' Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, August 2009.
  • "The Pedagogy and Methodology of Incorporating Lawyering Skills into a Contracts Course," University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, July 2009.
  • "Prometheus Unbound: Using Myths, Folktales, and Legends to Convey Legal Concepts in the Global Classroom," Global Skills Conference, Georgetown University, May 2009.
  • "Liberty and the Writings of Alexander Hamilton" Conference. Participant in roundtable discussion, Conrad Hilton, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 2009.

Thomas B. Allington, Professor of Law Emeritus
  • Panelist, "Ethics", Region 10 Chapter 7 Panel Trustee Conference, Office of the United States Trustee, Indianapolis, IN, November 3, 2009

Shawn Boyne, Associate Professor of Law; Dean's Fellow
  • "Free Speech, Terrorism, and European Security: Defining and Defending the Political Community," __ Pace Law Rev. ___ (Winter 2010).
  • "The Impact of Relational Dynamics on Prosecutorial Objectivity in Germany," Indiana University Workshop in Political Theory & Public Policy," October 5th, 2009.
  • "The Many Faces of Objectivity: The Role of the Prosecutor in German Rape Prosecutions," Big Ten Aspiring Scholars Conference, University of Illinois College of Law, August 2-4, 2009.
  • "Revisiting Damaska: German Prosecutorial Decision-Making and the Search for Truth." Law & Society Association's Annual Conference, May 28, 2009, Denver, Colorado.

Karen E. Bravo, Associate Professor of Law; John S. Grimes Fellow; Dean's Fellow
  • Free Labor! A Labor Liberalization Solution to Modern Trafficking in Humans, 18 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 545 (2009)
  • Follow the Money?: Does the International Fight Against Money Laundering Provide A Model for International Anti-Trafficking Efforts?, 6 U. St. Thomas L. J. 138 (2008)
  • Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?, 28 St. Louis Pub. L. Rev. 71 (2008)
  • Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to Modern Trafficking in Humans, 102 ASIL Proc. 66 (2008)
  • "Indigenous People and Human Trafficking in the Caribbean" Caribbean Studies Association XXXIV Annual Conference, Centering the Caribbean in Caribbean Studies, Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5, 2009 (Panel: Human Rights in the Caribbean)
  • "Re-Framing and Re-Building Domestic And Global Social Contracts as a Path to Kenyan Reconciliation" Moi University – Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis International Symposium, Towards Kenyan National Dialogue, Healing and Reconciliation: Reform Issues in a Modern African State, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, May 13 – 15, 2009

Kenneth D Chestek, Clinical Professor of Law
  • "Judging By the Numbers: An Empirical Study Of the Power of Story" (Plenary presentation to the Applied Legal Storytelling, Chapter 2 conference to be held in Portland, Oregon) July, 2009

Daniel H. Cole, R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law
  • *"Property Rights and Natural Resources, by Richard Barnes. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2009," 19(11) LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW 806-813 (2009)
  • "Perspectives on Cost-Benefit Analysis," Institute for Policy Integrity Workshop on Cost-Benefit Analysis and Issue Advocacy, NYU Law School, Nov. 10, 2009.
  • "Statutory, Methodological, and Political Obstacles to More and Better Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analyses,” MacArthur Foundation Conference on “Unleashing the Power of Social Benefit-Cost Analysis: Removing Barriers,” Washington DC, Oct. 20, 2009.
  • “Combined Issues of Climate Policy and Energy Policy,” Searle Center Research Roundtable on Energy, Technology, and Institutions, Northwestern University, Chicago, June 1-2, 2009.
  • “Regulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis and Collective Action,” Gruter Institute “Workshop on the Context and Evolution of Mechanisms for Resolving Collective Action Problems,” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University-Bloomington, May 1-2, 2009.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Policy Integrity

Eric R. Dannenmaier, Associate Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow
  • INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, A TRANSBOUNDARY AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, with Jonathan Nash (Aspen Press) (Forthcoming)
  • Managing Energy Demand through Water Doctrine: Bringing Reasonable Use Principles to the Power Grid, 50 NAT. RESOURCES J. __ (Forthcoming 2010)
  • Lawmaking on the Road to International Summits, 59 DEPAUL L. REV. __(Forthcoming 2009)
  • "Climate Change And Vulnerable Communities: Standing On The Rights Of Land-Based Cultures," Williams College Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture Series, Williamstown, Massachusetts

James D. Dimitri, Clinical Professor of Law
  • "Tweeting Isn’t Just for the Birds: Using Twitter and Facebook to Connect with Students,” presented at the Central Region Legal Writing Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2009.

Jennifer A. Drobac, Professor of Law; Director, Central & Eastern European Law Summer Program
  • Jazzing Up Family Law, 42 INDIANA L. REV. 533 (2009).
  • Adolescent Development and the Legal Capacity to Consent, Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center (anticipated October 23, 2009)
  • Adolescent Brain Development and Its Legal Implications, University of Pennsylvania Neuroscience Boot Camp (August 12, 2009).
  • "Minding" Civil Law's Regulation of Adolescents, Gruter Institute For Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley Conference (May 21, 2009).

John Lawrence Hill, Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • The Political Centrist, forthcoming Vanderbilt University Press, Fall, 2009.

Andrew R. Klein, Paul E. Beam Professor of Law
  • TORTS: CASES, PROBLEMS, AND EXERCISES (LexisNexis 2009 3d ed.) (with Bauman, Cross, Martin, Weaver, and Zwier) (previous editions published in 2005 and 2003).
  • MASTERING TORT LAW (Carolina Academic Press 2009) (with Bauman, Eades, Martin, Weaver, and Zwier).

Gerard N. Magliocca, Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • John Bingham: America's Founding Son (forthcoming)
  • Patenting the Curve Ball: Business Methods and Industry Norms, 2009 BYU L. Rev. 101
  • Scenes from Sotomayor's Courtroom, The New York Times (May 27, 2009), at A25.
  • "Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Fictions," delivered at the Wisconsin Discussion Group on Constitutionalism on Oct. 3, 2009.
  • "Patenting the Curve Ball: Business Methods and Industry Norms" delivered at George Washington University Law School on June 12, 2009.

Tanya D. Marsh, Vice President of Legal, Kite Realty Group
  • Sometimes Blackacre IS a Widget: Rethinking Commercial Real Estate Contract Remedies
  • LIBOR Under Attack: Understanding the Current Controversies, ABA-Real Property Trust and Estate Section e-Report (August 2009)

James P. Nehf, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Professor of Law; Cleon H. Foust Fellow; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • Regulation of Security Interests in Consumer Assets, in SECURED TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (J. McDonnell, ed., 2010 rev.) (co-author) (in press)
  • EU Consumer Rights Directive: Getting It Right, vol. II: Evidence 182 (House of Lords, European Union Committee 2009)
  • Modernising and Harmonising Consumer Contract Law, __ EUR. J.L. REFORM __ (2009)(in press)

David Orentlicher, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law; Co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health
  • Orentlicher, “Health Care Reform: Beyond Ideology,” 301 JAMA 1816-1818 (2009).
  • See Professor Orentlicher's comments on topical issues at Politico.com
  • "Universal Access to Health Care: The Lessons of History," 32nd Annual Health Law Professors Conference (June 5, 2009)

Antony Page, Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow
  • Failures of Corporate Governance: The Independent Director Solution, Chinese University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China (June 15, 2009)
  • Failures of Corporate Governance: The Independent Director Solution, Renmin University of China School of Law, Beijing, China (June 19, 2009)
  • Termination Fees, Reverse Termination Fees, and Standards of Review, Jun He Law Offices, Beijing (and simulcast to Shanghai & Shenzen), China (June 18, 2009)
  • Progressive Organizational Law: Solutions to What Problems?, Chinese University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China (June 15, 2009)

Michael J. Pitts, Associate Professor of Law; Dean's Fellow; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • Documenting Disfranchisement: Voter Identification at Indiana's 2008 General Election, 25 J. L. & Pol. __ (2009) (w/ Matthew Neumann)
  • Poll Workers, Election Law, and the Problem of Implicit Bias, 15 Mich. J. Race & L. __ (2009) (w/ Antony Page)
  • Voter Identification (Part of Pew Center on the States Report, Provisional Ballots: An Imperfect Solution) (Aug. 31, 2009)
  • Outdated racial stereotypes can mask subtler forms of bias, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (July 28, 2009) (w/ Antony Page)

Lloyd T. Wilson, Jr., Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program
  • "Law Making and Truth Seeking: A Comparative Engagement with Civil and Common Law Systems and with Inquisitorial and Adversary Procedures," given at Indianapolis to faculty and students of Faculdades Espirito Santenses, Vitoria, Brazil, August 31 through September 4, 2009.
  • "East Meets West: Recurring Issues in Contract Formation," Chinese University of Political Science & Law, Beijing, China, June 7, 2009.
  • Resident Professor, Chinese Law Summer Program, Renmin University of China School of Law, May-June 2009.


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