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McKinney professor Arafa says law students in his native Egypt are helping to guide nation’s future

September 10, 2013

Mohamed Arafa recalls the day last month when he left Cairo, Egypt, to return to his adjunct professor post at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. The streets in the capitol of his native land were full of people demonstrating, and it took four hours in a taxi to navigate to the airport. “Today we have two presidents on trial,” Arafa said of the day he departed Cairo.

IU McKinney author series spotlights faculty writers

September 5, 2013

An Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Professor will kick-off the school’s series of faculty book lectures by examining the birth of the 14th Amendment.

Rise of legal services bringing upheaval and opportunity, Maurer professor says

August 30, 2013

The advances in technology that rocked the industrial arts, bringing automation and displacing workers, are coming to the legal profession and giving a bigger role to nonlawyers, according to William Henderson, a nationally recognized authority on the legal profession and legal education.

Bodensteiner: Too many lawyers? The problem may be one of ‘allocation’

August 27, 2013

Valparaiso University Law School Interim Dean Ivan Bodensteiner argues that there may not be too many lawyers, but the problem may be one of how those resources are allocated.

ABA task force sees role for many in helping to fix legal education

August 27, 2013

In its review of legal education, a special committee led by retired Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard concluded that fixing the problems in law schools will require help from individuals and groups outside the classroom.

Indiana’s 5th law school opens

August 27, 2013

The Indiana Tech Law School opened Aug. 26 in Fort Wayne with an inaugural class of 30 students. Within the Allen County legal community, the new law school has drawn mixed reaction.

From Atlantic to Pacific, the golfing is terrific; McKinney student completes 96-day fundraising odyssey

August 13, 2013

Luke Bielawski, a student at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has spent the better part of his summer teeing off from California to South Carolina as a fundraiser for Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis.

McKinney student to take final tee shot to end 2,900-mile journey

August 8, 2013

After 96 days of whacking a golf ball, Luke Bielawski will hit a final shot into the Atlantic Ocean Saturday.

Judge: Conour to stay behind bars before sentencing

August 8, 2013

Former attorney William Conour will remain jailed pending his sentencing in a little more than two months, a federal judge has ruled.

Shepard task force paper cites ‘deeply flawed’ legal ed funding system

August 6, 2013

Former Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard’s task force looking at the future of legal education financing sees a “deeply flawed” system, according to a working paper presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco.

Indiana Tech Law School shows new building to community

July 30, 2013

Indiana Tech Law School recently held a series of open houses to give professors, lawyers and community members a peek inside its new building.

Dean’s Desk: Dean excited to teach, interact more with students this semester

July 30, 2013

I am sitting at my desk, back from vacation, swamped under the combination of the paperwork that accrued while I was gone and what seems like an unusual amount of pre-term work. I am realizing that I am also just four weeks away from teaching a four-credit contracts course for the first time in 10 years and wondering “What was I thinking?” Although some professors can glance at their notes, stroll into class and conduct a brilliant session, I’ve always been the kind that has to review everything, rewrite my notes and build up a certain level of anxiety before teaching, like the actor who falls flat if she doesn’t experience stage fright. In other words, I’ve signed up for what could be a world of pain in the fall semester of 2013.

Indiana Tech Law School settling into new digs, waiting for classes to begin

July 24, 2013

With the students arriving in less than a month, Indiana Tech Law School is opening the doors of its new building and giving academics, lawyers and community members a peek inside.

Indiana University will donate former attorney’s gift to victims

July 16, 2013

Now that former high-profile personal-injury attorney William Conour has pleaded guilty to accusations that he defrauded dozens of clients of more than $4.5 million, his victims hope for some measure of restitution. At least a fraction of the loss will be covered by the law school to which Conour gave $450,000.

Law School Briefs – 7/17/13

July 16, 2013

Read news from IU McKinney School of Law.

Faegre Baker Daniels seeks applicants for diversity fellowship program

July 10, 2013

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP is now accepting applications for its 2014 Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship program. The fellowships provide experience and mentorship to second-year law students in one of firm’s seven offices.

Law School Briefs – 7/3/13

July 2, 2013

Learn about news happening at Indiana’s law schools.

Maurer grads second in national ‘fantasy’ SCOTUS competition

June 28, 2013

A half point is all that separated Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s Bro Bono team from first place and ultimate bragging rights in a competition where teams were asked to predict how U.S. justices would vote on cases this term.

More 2012 law grads find jobs, but overall employment rate dips

June 21, 2013

The overall employment rate for 2012 law school graduates is at the lowest its been in nearly 20 years, according to data released by NALP Thursday.

IU Maurer announces extension of search for new dean

June 4, 2013

The search for a new dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is being extended, according to a statement released from the Indiana University Office of the Provost.

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