Fellowships
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| J. Murray Clark, '82 was a featured speaker at the 2005 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Integrity in Public Service: Living up to the Public Trust?" Clark is a former chairperson, Senate Ethics Committee, Indiana Senate and current Chairman of the Indiana State Republican Party |
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| Roberta Baskin was a featured speaker at the 2005 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Integrity in Public Service: Living up to the Public Trust?" Baskin is currently the Excecutive Director, The Center for Public Integrity. She is also a nationally acclaimed investigative journalist, formerly with 20/20. |
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| Hon. Frank Sullivan, Jr. was a featured speaker at the 2004 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Maximizing Judicial Fairness and Efficiency: Should Indiana Consider Creating an Office of Administrative Hearings?" Sullivan is an Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. |
| "The law school's proximity to the heart of Indiana's government affords significant strategic and
practical advantages to the Program on Law and State Government's
goals. Ultimately, the program serves as a vehicle to bring students,
the law school, and the community of state government policy makers
together in an academic forum for public debate and analysis of
the legal issues facing state governments." Cynthia Baker, Director Program on Law and State Government |
The Program on Law and State Government Fellowships provide opportunities for law students to study and research critical legal and regulatory issues facing state governments in exchange for a tuition credit of up to $5,000.1 Working with the guidance and assistance of the Director of the Program on Law and State Government, fellowship responsibilities include hosting an academic event in the Spring Semester of the fellowship and completing an academic paper in the Fall semester. Fellowships are designed to support students in their research and study of critical legal and regulatory issues facing state and local governments. The Program on Law and State Government will assist fellows' efforts to publish or otherwise distribute their academic papers to interested academic, legal, or state government communities.
Congratualtions to our 2008 Fellowship Recipients:
Jonelle Redelman J.D. candidate at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis (graduation anticipated in May 2009)
Anderson Sanders J.D. candidate at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis (graduation anticipated in May 2009)
8th Annual Fellowship Symposium topic: Education Reform in the 21st Century: State Governments’ Response to Success and Failure..
Anderson Sanders will address the legal, budgetary, and policy issues regarding the education of incarcerated juveniles. Jonelle Redelman will address the wisdom and law behind high school exit exams.
For more information about fellowships, contact Prof. Cynthia Baker: cabaker@iupui.edu
- 2007 - Wellness and the Law: State Governments’ Role in Addressing America’s Public Health Crisis
- 2006 - From the State House to the Schoolhouse: Religious Expression in the Public Sphere
- 2005 - Integrity in Public Service: Living up to the Public Trust?
- 2004 - Maximizing Judicial Fairness & Efficiency: Should Indiana Consider Creating an Office of Administrative Hearings?
- 2003 - Charter School Law: Comparative Perspectives of the Role of the Sponsor
- 2001 - State Regulation and Funding of Elections
- 2000 - The Internet's Impact on State Tax Systems
Fellowship responsibilities for 2008 are:
Spring 2008: Identify a critical legal issue or public policy concern facing a state government, begin the process of researching that issue or area, and plan and host an academic event such as a symposium, roundtable discussion, or academic meeting. Present bi-weekly status reports to the Director of the Program on Law and State Government.
Fall 2008: : Coordinate follow-up research, interviews, and fact finding for the academic paper. Present bi-weekly status reports to the Director of the Program on Law and State Government. Complete an academic paper setting forth issues explored, factual findings, supporting legal analysis, and state government options in response to the issue presented. The completed academic paper will be due on November 1.
Application forms for 2008 fellowships may be downloaded here (pdf format) or obtained through the Program on Law and State Government. Applications will be accepted from students who have completed one year of law school (31 credit hours for full-time students and 21 credit hours for part-time students) at the end of the current semester. Applications are due by October 19, 2007. Fellowships will be awarded to one or two law students based on academic merit and commitment to the research and study of law and state government.
[1] The tuition credit of $5,000 is distributed in two installments after the successful completion of each fellowship semester. The tuition credit installments apply to tuition charges incurred for the semester following a fellowship semester. Thus, up to $2,500 for the Spring 2008 fellowship semester will apply to charges incurred for the following Fall semester and up to $2,500 for the Fall 2008 semester will apply toward the following Spring 2009 semester. For part-time students, any unused tuition credit may accrue and be applied to charges incurred in subsequent semesters.
