McKinney professor emeritus Harold Greenberg dies
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law professor emeritus Harold Greenberg died Tuesday. Family funeral services were to take place Friday, and a memorial celebration is being scheduled.
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McKinney professor Arafa says law students in his native Egypt are helping to guide nation’s future
Mohamed Arafa recalls the day last month when he left Cairo, Egypt, to return to his adjunct professor post at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. The streets in the capitol of his native land were full of people demonstrating, and it took four hours in a taxi to navigate to the airport. “Today we have two presidents on trial,” Arafa said of the day he departed Cairo.
IU McKinney author series spotlights faculty writers
An Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Professor will kick-off the school’s series of faculty book lectures by examining the birth of the 14th Amendment.
From Atlantic to Pacific, the golfing is terrific; McKinney student completes 96-day fundraising odyssey
Luke Bielawski, a student at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has spent the better part of his summer teeing off from California to South Carolina as a fundraiser for Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis.
McKinney student to take final tee shot to end 2,900-mile journey
After 96 days of whacking a golf ball, Luke Bielawski will hit a final shot into the Atlantic Ocean Saturday.
Judge: Conour to stay behind bars before sentencing
Former attorney William Conour will remain jailed pending his sentencing in a little more than two months, a federal judge has ruled.
Judge clears IU to donate $450,000 for Conour victim restitution
A judge last week approved an order clearing the way for Indiana University to transfer $450,000 to a federal court restitution fund for victims of former personal-injury and wrongful-death attorney William Conour.
Indiana University will donate former attorney’s gift to victims
Now that former high-profile personal-injury attorney William Conour has pleaded guilty to accusations that he defrauded dozens of clients of more than $4.5 million, his victims hope for some measure of restitution. At least a fraction of the loss will be covered by the law school to which Conour gave $450,000.
Judge accepts Conour plea; IU will use funds donated by ex-lawyer to help victims
Now that former high-profile personal-injury attorney William Conour has pleaded guilty to accusations that he defrauded dozens of clients of more than $4.5 million, his victims hope for some measure of restitution. At least a fraction of the loss will be covered by the law school to which Conour gave $450,000.
Dean’s Desk: Legal education is navigating turbulent waters
On April 24, the McKinney School was privileged to host a plenary session of the American Bar Association Task Force that Randy Shepard is chairing on the future of legal education. It was an eye-opening, interesting and, at the same time, unsettling day.
Finding a new course for legal education
ABA task force meets at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law to solicit ideas for potential changes to how law schools prepare students.
Law school applications drop over last 2 years
Applications to three of the four Indiana law schools are in free fall as prospective students think twice about taking on mountains of debt at a time when job prospects are dim.
Law students provide vital help to immigrants
Law professors involved with immigration clinics agree that a change in the national immigration law could create more work for the clinics, especially if undocumented workers currently in the country had a path to citizenship.