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.
Mauri Miller is among the anxious ranks of law school students and recent graduates for whom getting face time with recruiters might take more than remarkable resumes and relationships. His job hunt strategy includes his presence on viewyou.com, and his use of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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.
Randall Shepard has been selected as chairman of an American Bar Association presidential commission examining the state of legal education in America.
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.
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.
The Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneur Clinic has been selected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to take part in the agency’s Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program beginning this fall.
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.
As the general population ages, younger lawyers are attracted to serving seniors.
Three immigration clinic students from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law have won political asylum for two people – a young woman who fled to the United States after being subjected to female genital mutilation and a young man who feared persecution in Zimbabwe because of his HIV status.
Indiana University has approved a new program of study that enables law students to build a foundation in education policy.
Mickey Maurer and Bob McKinney have provided financial support and guidance to the Indiana University law schools with the hope their alma maters continue to achieve new milestones.
Former Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard has been named the first executive in residence at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute in IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The appointment also includes a relationship with the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
The school’s dean says its different educational model will attract students.
Read about a health law conference May 21 at Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Read details of the commencement ceremonies for Indiana’s law schools.
The class of 2012 faces this transitional time with optimism.
The recently announced dual degree J.D./LL.B. program by the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Jindal Global Law School in India is still in the planning stages, but to many legal professors and professionals, the program promises to be a boon for students interested in practicing international law.
The Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals has unanimously approved Indiana Tech’s plans to build a new law school on its campus in the northeastern Indiana city.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will hold its inaugural International Student Speakers Series on Thursday, when students and alumni from China, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Egypt and Germany will talk about law in their home countries.