Conference examines Milosevic trial
A conference at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington will dissect the Slobodan Milosevic trial and determine its impact on international criminal law.
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Law, business students partner to help with taxes
Students from Indiana University's Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business are teaming up to offer free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled, and limited English-speaking residents.
Debate tackles film piracy
The student chapter of the Federalist Society at Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington and the Intellectual Property Association student group will co-host the final John Templeton Series Debate on film piracy.
Economists to debate the financial crisis
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies student chapter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington will host a debate between two economists on everything from bailouts and stimulus packages to Cash for Clunkers programs.
Law school reject sues to take bar exam
An Indianapolis man is suing the state Supreme Court justices and Board of Law Examiners because he believes he should be able to take the bar exam even if he didn't go to law school.
SCOTUS chief visits law school
The chief justice of the United States talked about the history of the Supreme Court to a full house Wednesday night at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and took audience questions at the annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education.
Retired Huntington County judge dies
Retired Huntington Circuit Judge Mark A. McIntosh died Feb. 20 in Fort Wayne. Judge McIntosh, 76, served on the Huntington
Circuit Court for 22 years before retiring in 2007. Before he became a judge, he worked in private practice. Prior to attending
law school, he taught social studies and coached junior varsity basketball at Kendallville High School after he graduated
from Michigan State University. He graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1962 and was admitted to the bar…
Auction benefits domestic violence victims
The Women's Law Caucus at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington has raised $11,000 for two local organizations working with victims of domestic violence.
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.
Exonoree to speak at IU Law – Indy
Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, who spent more than 17 years on Florida's death row before his exoneration, will speak about his experience Jan. 12 at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. A documentary about his time on death row will also be shown.
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 […]
SCOTUS chief justice to speak at IU-Indy
The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court will deliver the ninth annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis.
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.
Law professor ends 15-month nomination battle
On a historic day when a longtime U.S. Supreme Court justice announced his retirement and an Indianapolis judge marked his investiture to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, an Indiana law professor withdrew her name from consideration for a post with the Department of Justice.
Event focuses on international law issues
An event at Notre Dame University Law School will explore the scope and importance of international law and its relationship with national sovereignty.
Judge unsure about ACLU student chapter
An Indianapolis-based federal judge wants to know more before he decides whether a student chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has standing to seek class certification in a lawsuit against the Indiana Board of Law Examiners.
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.
Lawyer, exonoree to speak at law school
An attorney and the wrongly accused man he helped to free from prison will speak at Notre Dame Law School Thursday.
Speakers to debate judicial activism
Speakers from the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society will debate the definition, examples, and relevance of judicial activism at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law next week.