The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an Indiana man’s suit in which he claims he should be able to sit for the bar exam even if he didn’t go to law school. The federal appellate court dismissed it for failure to timely pay the required docketing fee.
Seventy-one Indiana legislators have signed an amicus curiae brief that asks the Indiana Supreme Court to narrow its recent decision that held Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. The defendant’s attorney in the case has also asked for a rehearing.
The Federalist Society, Indianapolis Lawyers Division Chapter, will host Richard W. Garnett, associate dean and professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, for a lecture at noon June 9.
The United Nations has recommended a program at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis for “Special Consultative Status” to the U.N., which would allow its students and faculty to engage in treaty negotiation sessions. The Program in International Human Rights Law learned of the honor on May 18.
The 9th annual Conference on Health, Disability and the Law at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will examine youth with disabilities in the justice system.
Central Indiana students who have an interest in the law will get an up-close-and-personal look at it through an intensive summer program beginning June 6 at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis.
An environmental expert joins the Maurer School of Law; Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will host a labor law seminar in June.
Charity founders discuss the origins of their organizations – Kate Cares, Outrun the Sun, and the Joseph Maley Foundation.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched the Center for Intellectual Property Research. The center will support the study of all aspects of intellectual property law and related fields, and it will be located inside the law school’s main building.
This year’s seminar on labor-management relations will take a look at labor law in the age of social media.
Indiana may soon have a fifth law school. Indiana Tech’s Board of Trustees voted May 13 to move forward with establishing a law school in Fort Wayne.
Allen Superior Judge Stanley Levine and Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel will make remarks at a Fort Wayne alumni reception.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, have created a scholarship for students at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis through an endowed gift of $200,000. The Quayles both earned their law degrees from the school in 1974.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law inducts fellows; Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis professor named Loyola law dean; Notre Dame Law school searches for director.
Four nationally known experts on judicial selection will participate in a panel discussion April 21 at Indiana University Maurer School of Law in the Moot Court Room.
Learn more about a lecture by a freed death row inmate, Valparaiso University School of Law’s newly reconstructed Heritage Hall, and more.
Students from Valparaiso University School of Law worked with public defenders in New Orleans during their spring break.
Randy Steidl, who was nearly executed for a crime he didn't commit and went on to become the public face of the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois, will tell his story during visits to Indiana University campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis.
Sean O’Brien, professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, is in Tunis, Tunisia this week to participate in the training of North African human rights lawyers.