Indiana's legal community got a mixed bag of gifts on Christmas Eve, as one former Hoosier attorney received Senate confirmation for an ambassadorship, a federal prosecutor in Hammond learned he might be promoted, and a Bloomington law professor got what amounts to a lump of coal as senators sent her nearly yearold nomination back to the president for reconsideration.
Experts will debate health-care reform Feb. 16 at an event organized by the Indiana University Maurer School of Law student chapter of the Federalist Society, the Black Law Students Association, and the Health Law Society.
If snow doesn't get in the way, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee may discuss on Thursday morning three Indiana federal judicial nominees and the long-delayed nomination of a Bloomington law professor for the Department of Justice.
A conference at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington will dissect the Slobodan Milosevic trial and determine its impact on international criminal law.
Students from Indiana University's Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business are teaming up to offer free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled, and limited English-speaking residents.
A Bloomington law professor tapped for a leading Department of Justice job wasn't among those included in recess appointments
during the weekend by President Barack Obama, but the administration hopes that she'll soon be considered for a full Senate
vote.
The student chapter of the Federalist Society at Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington and the Intellectual Property Association student group will co-host the final John Templeton Series Debate on film piracy.
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies student chapter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington will host a debate between two economists on everything from bailouts and stimulus packages to Cash for Clunkers programs.
More than a year since she was first nominated to head the Office of Legal Counsel, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this morning approved Indiana law professor Dawn Johnsen along party lines for the second time. Two of the three Indiana judicial nominees for the federal bench also received the green light this morning. Johnsen and the judicial nominees can now be voted on by the full Senate.
The Women's Law Caucus at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington has raised $11,000 for two local organizations working with victims of domestic violence.
An annual report ranking the nation's law schools put Indiana's programs much in the same position as they were last year in terms of tuition and enrollment.
On a historic day when a longtime U.S. Supreme Court justice announced his retirement and an Indianapolis judge marked his investiture to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, an Indiana law professor withdrew her name from consideration for a post with the Department of Justice.
President Barack Obama’s list of 40 nominees included four Indiana nominations.
Speakers from the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society will debate the definition, examples, and relevance of judicial activism at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law next week.
An event scheduled for today in Bloomington has been postponed. A debate between two economists, sponsored by the Federalist
Society for Law and Public Policy Studies student chapter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington, has been
moved to Feb. 22 due to weather-related airport issues in Washington, D.C.
An Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington professor is expected to be renominated by President Barack Obama to head the Office of Legal Counsel after the Senate sent her nomination back to the White House in December.
The Federalist Society student chapter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law is hosting a debate Nov. 17 in response to a bill in Congress that could overturn recent Supreme Court of the United States' decisions.
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington is seeking judges for its annual Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition this fall.
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington launched a new center for law students this week: the Center on the Global Legal Profession.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for 2 p.m. Feb. 25 for Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington professor Dawn Johnsen.