Indiana law schools mark graduations
All four Indiana law schools had commencement ceremonies in May recognizing more than 800 graduates around the state.
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Valparaiso sports law clinic keeps busy
While a Sports Law Clinic at an Indiana law school hasn’t gone to the Olympics since the 2006 winter games in Torino, Italy,
it doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy.
U.S. News & World Report ranks law schools
An annual report ranking the nation's law schools put Indiana's programs much in the same position as they were last year in terms of tuition and enrollment.
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.
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 […]
Valparaiso law professor recognized for consumer advocacy
A Valparaiso University School of Law professor was among three professors and four members of Congress honored with the Champion of Consumer Rights Award by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Tuesday.
Lecture to discuss implicit attitudes in tort law
This year's Monsanto Lecture at Valparaiso University School of Law will focus on a 7th Circuit case on transporting toxic liquid and implicit attitudes with regards to tort law.
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.
Law school to create Lawyering Skills Center
Heritage Hall at Valparaiso University's School of Law will undergo renovations that include creating a Lawyering Skills Center to help students prepare for the day-to-day work done by attorneys.
Speaker to examine tort law in U.S.
Keith Hylton, Hon. Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, will present next week Valparaiso University School of Law's annual Monsanto Lecture, which examines the theory of tort in the United States and explore ways it can be reformed.
Law school symposium to discuss torture
The Valparaiso University School of Law, as part of its annual symposium lecture series, is offering "Torture: Justifiable?" which focuses on whether and under what circumstances torture may be justifiable.
Ethics talk focuses on corporate attorneys
Ethical dilemmas faced by corporate attorneys are the topics of this year's Tabor Institute on Legal Ethics at Valparaiso University School of Law.
Justices to address university graduates
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and Justice Robert D. Rucker will be commencement speakers at the graduation ceremonies at two Indiana schools.
Lecture focuses on racial inequalities
This year's Indiana Supreme Court Lecture at Valparaiso University School of Law will focus on significant racial differences in labor, housing, education, and wealth.
Event discusses outlawing amnesty
Human rights violations and amnesty are the focus of a Valparaiso University School of Law event next week.
Methodology affects law-school rankings
An annual report ranking graduate schools puts two law schools in Indiana at a tie for 23rd, while one dropped nearly 20 spots to 87 and was ranked at 21 in the first-ever ranking of part-time programs. A fourth was ranked as a Tier 4 school, where schools are listed alphabetically.
Valpo law students help with taxes
It's tax time again, and that means Valparaiso University School of Law students are ready to help elderly and low-income taxpayers who need help completing their tax returns.
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.
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.
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.