The law school Class of 2022 contributed more than $80 million worth of pro bono services as part of their legal education, new data show, including contributions from each of Indiana’s three law schools.
The work to move the law school from Valparaiso to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro has stopped, and both schools have indicated they are not going to continue to pursue the transfer, leaving the fate of Valparaiso Law School uncertain.
News that the northwestern Indiana law school might be transferring to Murfreesboro in middle Tennessee surprised lawyers in the Volunteer State and left some Valparaiso alums with mixed emotions.
If Valparaiso Law School moves the roughly 500 miles south to become part of Middle Tennessee State University, it would become the seventh law school in the Volunteer State. The schools have entered a nonbinding letter of intent to transfer Valparaiso Law School to MTSU’s Murfreesboro campus.
The school’s dean says its different educational model will attract students.
The former dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law has been chosen as dean for Indiana Tech’s new law school, school officials announced Friday morning.
The former dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law has been chosen as dean for Indiana Tech’s new law school, school officials announced Friday morning.