Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Dean’s Desk: Legal education is navigating turbulent waters
On April 24, the McKinney School was privileged to host a plenary session of the American Bar Association Task Force that Randy Shepard is chairing on the future of legal education. It was an eye-opening, interesting and, at the same time, unsettling day.
Finding a new course for legal education
ABA task force meets at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law to solicit ideas for potential changes to how law schools prepare students.
Law school applications drop over last 2 years
Applications to three of the four Indiana law schools are in free fall as prospective students think twice about taking on mountains of debt at a time when job prospects are dim.
Law students provide vital help to immigrants
Law professors involved with immigration clinics agree that a change in the national immigration law could create more work for the clinics, especially if undocumented workers currently in the country had a path to citizenship.
Comparative law scholars to present work at IU McKinney
Nearly 100 comparative law scholars will present their scholarship at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Thursday and Friday at the second annual Younger Comparativists Committee Conference.
Law School Briefs – 3/27/13
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New dean promotes IU McKinney as national leader
Professor Andrew Klein to take the helm of the Indianapolis law school July 1.
Klein named dean of IU McKinney School of Law
Andrew R. Klein has been appointed dean of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Reagan administration counsel to participate in symposium at McKinney
A former Reagan administration official will join the group of academic, government and business leaders making presentations next month at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law’s symposium on the Law and Financial Crisis.
2 Indiana law schools in top 25 of annual ranking
Using a new methodology that takes into account the number of graduates who found jobs in the legal profession, U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday its latest ranking of law schools.
Law School Briefs 3/13/13
Read news from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Conison taking helm of young law school
Jay Conison had been planning to step down as dean of the Valparaiso University Law School, but his decision to lead another law school was an unexpected opportunity and one that will keep him focused on changing legal education.
Law symposium to look at patient responsibility
This year’s Indiana Health Law Review Symposium at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will explore patient responsibility as a key to improving the health care system.
Law school’s environmental symposium features senior adviser to EPA
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law’s sixth annual spring environmental symposium on March 1 includes keynote speaker Cameron Davis, a longtime advocate for Great Lakes conservation.
IU professor: Legal education in the US needs to change
In his “Blueprint for Change” research paper, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor William Henderson says the legal education system needs to change. He also offers a plan to transform legal education to better fit the changing legal marketplace.