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Economists to debate the financial crisis

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.

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Law school reject sues to take bar exam

An Indianapolis man is suing the state Supreme Court justices and Board of Law Examiners because he believes he should be able to take the bar exam even if he didn't go to law school.

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SCOTUS chief visits law school

The chief justice of the United States talked about the history of the Supreme Court to a full house Wednesday night at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and took audience questions at the annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education.

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Retired Huntington County judge dies

Retired Huntington Circuit Judge Mark A. McIntosh died Feb. 20 in Fort Wayne. Judge McIntosh, 76, served on the Huntington
Circuit Court for 22 years before retiring in 2007. Before he became a judge, he worked in private practice. Prior to attending
law school, he taught social studies and coached junior varsity basketball at Kendallville High School after he graduated
from Michigan State University. He graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1962 and was admitted to the bar…

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Exonoree to speak at IU Law – Indy

Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, who spent more than 17 years on Florida's death row before his exoneration, will speak about his experience Jan. 12 at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. A documentary about his time on death row will also be shown.

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Lecture to cover sentencing trends

Valparaiso University School of Law's Indiana Supreme Court Lecture will feature a professor who's successfully worked to overturn dozens of capital murder cases and death row sentences involving poor people.

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Law students help with tax issues

Valparaiso University School of Law students are giving free advice about federal and state tax preparation to eligible residents as part of the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteers in Tax Assistance community service program. The program is available now at the law school, 656 S. Greenwich St., Valparaiso. The service is available to taxpayers who have […]

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SCOTUS chief justice to speak at IU-Indy

The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court will deliver the ninth annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis.

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Law professor ends 15-month nomination battle

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.

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Judge unsure about ACLU student chapter

An Indianapolis-based federal judge wants to know more before he decides whether a student chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has standing to seek class certification in a lawsuit against the Indiana Board of Law Examiners.

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Speakers to debate judicial activism

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.

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President to renominate IU professor

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.

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Valpo conference to focus on civil rights

The Valparaiso University School of Law conference "Civil Rights in the Obama Era" will feature the Edward A. Seegers Lecture on Jurisprudence and the 2009 Law Review Symposium on public school students' rights.

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State wants detailed audit of corruption money

In the first minutes of a federal court hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Senior Judge James Moody told attorneys he wasn't going to order a state-supervised audit of East Chicago's finances, as the Indiana Attorney General's Office was asking. But his stance may have changed. Following five hours of testimony and arguments in the civil racketeering […]

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