Event to focus on election, U.S. Supreme Court
University of Notre Dame Law School professor Richard Garnett is the featured speaker at an event discussing the upcoming presidential election and its impact on the nation's highest court.
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Notre Dame Law receives $15 million gift
The Notre Dame Law School building will get a new name as a result of an alumnus who has donated $15 million to the school.Robert F. Biolchini, and his wife, Frances, donated the money to the school to help underwrite the renovation of the building. After renovations are finished, the building will be renamed Biolchini Hall. Renovations include an expanded Krege Law Library, two new 50-seat classrooms, new space for the Notre Dame Law Review, and new offices and workspace for…
Death penalty film, discussion Thursday
The death penalty is the topic of a film screening and discussion May 22 presented by the Indiana Coalition Acting to Suspend Executions (InCASE), Indiana University School of Law -Indianapolis’ Law Students Against Capital Punishment, and the Independent Film Channel. The film, “At the Death House Door,” is a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas from the perspective of Carroll Pickett, a pastor who served 15 years as the death house chaplain in a Huntsville prison unit and presided…
‘Pilgrims’ celebrate human rights
A newly formed coalition of Indiana University School of Law alumni of the Indianapolis and Bloomington law schools will launch the IU Alumni for International Human Rights Law organization Thursday – Thanksgiving – as "human rights pilgrims" for "active nonviolence."
IU Law – Indy to host roundtable on economy
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis faculty members will discuss Thursday their analyses of the current economic issues facing the U.S. in a roundtable discussion, "The Economic Crisis and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008."
Human rights attorney to speak at IU-Indy
The president and senior counsel for the Southern Center for Human Rights will visit Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis as a part of the school's Distinguished Visitor Series.
Panel to discuss U.S.-China trade relations
A three-person panel will discuss U.S.-China trade relations at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington next week.
Marion Superior Judge Charles Deiter dies
Indiana has lost a longtime Marion County judge who’s been on the probate bench for three decades and was considered one of the state’s top probate jurists.Marion Superior Judge Charles Deiter, 71, who presided over the court’s probate division, lost a battle to cancer this morning, according to his colleague and longtime friend Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.”He was a wonderful judge, someone who was well-loved by everyone in the community and on the bench,” said Judge Pratt, who said the two…
Former Marion Superior Court judge dies
A former Marion Superior Court judge and Indianapolis City-County councilor died March 5 of natural causes. Judge Z. Mae Jimison was the first African-American woman to serve as judge in Marion Superior Court. Judge Jimison, 64, served on the bench from 1996 to 2002 and spent much of that time creating and supervising Marion County’s Drug Court. In 1999, she applied to become a justice on the Indiana Supreme Court after Justice Myra C. Selby announced she would step down to return to…
Future SCOTUS justices topic of event
With at least two anticipated vacancies on the United States Supreme Court within the next four years and numerous more vacancies at the Circuit and District Court levels, President-Elect Barack Obama will possibly appoint two U.S. Supreme Court justices in his first term in office.
Law prof co-authors anti-terrorism tools report
An Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington professor has co-authored a report casting doubt on the effectiveness, lawfulness, and appropriateness of using data-based tools to fight terrorism.
Women’s rights expert to speak at Valpo
Women’s rights around the world will be the topic of the 25th Annual Edward A. Seegers Lecture, “Women’s Status, Men’s States,” March 28 at Valparaiso University School of Law.
St. Joseph County seeks judicial applicants
Any St. Joseph County attorney who wants to be a trial court judge can now apply for that opportunity.The county’s Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications until 5 p.m. Aug. 29 for the judicial vacancy when St. Joseph Superior Judge William T. Means retires Sept. 30. The commission, which will recommend candidates for consideration to the governor, met last week to set a schedule for the application process.Interviews for applicants will be Sept. 12 in South Bend.According to state law, the…
COA to visit IU School of Law – Bloomington
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear arguments in an Elkhart County child molesting case in Bloomington Sept. 29.
Clinic’s sports law database now available
The Valparaiso Sports Law Clinic has created a free database of more than 20 years of cases, arbitration decisions, and current rules governing sports. The database covers more than 500 cases and arbitration decisions dating back to 1986 through today and has searchable versions of national and international rules governing various sports.
Law firm celebrates 100 years with public event
The Evansville law firm Kahn Dees Donovan & Kahn is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a special community presentation May 1. The firm has brought in Dr. Daniel Shapiro of the Harvard Negotiation Project to speak at the program, “Negotiation Power at Work and Home: Using Emotions to Turn Conflict into Mutual Gain.” Shapiro is a psychologist and lecturer at Harvard Law School and has trained world leaders, corporate managers, and individuals how to negotiate the resolution of international conflict, hostage…
Law firm gives first pro bono award
A recent graduate of Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington has been given the first Terry and Judy Albright Pro Bono and Public Interest Award. The law firm Baker & Daniels has sponsored the award in honor of the couple. Alex Kornya received the award for the significant work he’s done in pro bono and public interest areas. Kornya served as a student advisor and co-director of the Protective Order Project and worked with other anti-domestic violence organizations. He also…
Former Sen. Birch Bayh to speak at law school
Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh will present a public lecture about the importance of the separation of church and state Sept. 25 at his alma mater, Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington.
Professor to take part in international workshop
Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington distinguished professor and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Fred Cate will participate in a workshop in Brussels Oct. 22 to discuss interaction between European Union data protection laws and U.S. e-discovery rules.
Lecture to discuss judicial divide
A contemporary expert on sociological jurisprudence will discuss the formalist-realist judicial divide at Valparaiso University School of Law's 26th annual Edward A. Seegers Lecture Dec. 4.