Rising tuition, combined with a long recession where many people have had difficulty finding work, means more students are relying on student loans. In 2011, overall student borrowing surpassed $1 trillion for the first time.
Delinquent borrowers may be relieved to learn that student loan default – unlike espionage and treason – is not punishable by death. But defaulting on a student loan can have disastrous effects on a borrower’s personal credit and lead to a lifetime of financial difficulties.
A grant from the International Council for Canadian Studies will assist Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law professor Eric Dannenmaier and a student research team in their work on transboundary water resource governance.
A panel of Indiana University constitutional law experts will discuss the implications of the United States Supreme Court's recent decision to hear Fisher v. Texas, a case challenging the University of Texas' affirmative action program.
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law will host its annual Minority Law Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the law school, 211 S. Indiana Ave.
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch will visit Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law March 6 as part of the school’s Indiana Supreme Court Lecture program.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law has partnered with the Jindal Global Law School in India to allow students to earn a juris doctor and an LLB in just over four years.
Valparaiso University Law School Dean Jay Conison writes that criticizing law schools is the new national pastime.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Valparaiso University Law School students will once again help low-income and elderly Hoosiers prepare their tax returns.
The Black Law Students Association, The Democratic Law Society and the ACLU chapter at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will host a Black History Month event Feb. 14 commemorating the lives to two civil rights figures.
The Health and Human Rights Clinic at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law is looking for attorneys to team with its clinical faculty to provide pro bono representation to low-income residents in Indianapolis.
Valparaiso University School of Law will host a conference on children and immigration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 10 at Wesemann Hall.
Fewer jury trials leave young lawyers looking for experience outside of court.
From 5 p.m. Friday through Jan. 29, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will be locked. The surface lot west of the school will also be closed through the weekend.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law will host 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David Hamilton for a discussion on federal sentencing on Jan. 31. IU Maurer professor Ryan Scott will join Hamilton in discussing the comparative severity of federal prison sentences.
Indiana Tech officials announced Tuesday that the school will build a 70,000-square-foot, $15 million facility on its main campus in Ft. Wayne to house its new law school.
Valparaiso University Law School will host Paola Bergallo, professor of law at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a guest lecture at 4 p.m. (CST) Jan. 26 at Wesemann Hall.
Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean Gary R. Roberts writes about the multi-million dollar gift the Indianapolis law school received in December 2011.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will host a lecture by Leymah Gbowee, joint recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, on Feb. 16.
A joint project between the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Library and the IU Digital Library Program has digitized nearly 8,000 pages of General Assembly proceedings from the 1800s, creating an online repository that is accessible free of charge.