IU McKinney student spins ‘The Wheel’
A third-year evening student, Russell Hollis did not return home empty handed from “Wheel of Fortune.”
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McKinney honored during special celebration
Read news from Indiana’s law schools, including the recent naming ceremony at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
McKinney now offering health law graduate certificate
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has created a graduate certificate which will allow students the chance to specialize in health law.
IU McKinney launches Bayh lecture
This Thursday marks the inaugural Birch Bayh Lecture at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. The annual event, named after former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, will focus on issues of importance to Bayh regarding the government.
Human rights law clinic leaders to visit IU McKinney
The attorney leaders of the Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret in Kenya will visit the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Oct. 17 to discuss the successes of the human rights law clinic.
Victim funds create legal, public policy issues
Kenneth Feinberg, an authority on victim compensation funds, says circumstances warranting these types of programs are “rare.”
Sept. 11 victims fund chief shares poignant, practical experience
Kenneth Feinberg brought tears to many of the attorneys who heard him speak Tuesday at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis about overseeing the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Conour’s colleagues questioned behavior
William Conour, until recently, was one of Indiana’s most respected and powerful personal injury attorneys, his name prominent enough to grace a law school atrium. Now he faces a federal charge that could send him to prison for much of the rest of his life.
Sept. 11, State Fair compensation expert Feinberg to speak
Attorney and victim compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg will speak Tuesday at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis about efforts to compensate victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse that included an unsuccessful settlement offer.
Justice finalists to students: Be careful on Facebook
The three finalists to be the next justice on the Indiana Supreme Court offered advice to aspiring attorneys Thursday that included a caution about what they post on their Facebook pages and social networks.
New partnership sends McKinney faculty and students back to high school
They arrived on yellow school buses as visitors Wednesday afternoon but someday the high school students may come as law students. The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy inked a partnership that will put McKinney faculty and students in Shortridge classrooms and bring Shortridge students to McKinney.
Roberts ready for last year at bat
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney’s dean talks legal education and his future teaching plans.
IUPUI names McKinney dean search committee members
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Charles R. Bantz announced the names of 14 people who will serve on a committee that will conduct a national search for Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law’s next dean. Dean Gary Roberts has announced that he will retire as dean in June 2013.
MCBA to raise funds for Darden scholarship
The Marion County Bar Association is hosting a retirement dinner for Senior Judge Carr Darden Sept. 14. Darden stepped down from the Indiana Court of Appeals last month. All proceeds from the event will benefit the MCBA and the Judge Carr L. Darden and Mrs. Lundy Darden Public Sector Legal Education Scholarship Fund.
Sullivan departs bench, joins I.U. McKinney School of Law
Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. has departed the Indiana Supreme Court and officially joined the faculty of Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.
Pirates on trial – mock trial, that is
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law professor George Edwards posed the question, “What would you do if a pirate were to appear as a piracy defendant in your courtroom?” to a group of Indiana judges this summer.
Darden retires, announces McKinney scholarship
Court of Appeals Judge Carr L. Darden will establish a scholarship in the name of himself and his wife of 57 years at his alma mater, the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. The judge and other officials announced the scholarship Wednesday during his Statehouse retirement ceremony.
Roberts to step down as McKinney dean in 2013
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean Gary Roberts will retire as dean June 30, 2013, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis announced Tuesday. He will remain on the law school faculty after he steps down as dean.
Embracing elder law
As the general population ages, younger lawyers are attracted to serving seniors.