Law School Briefs – 4/27/11
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.
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Law school briefs – 4/13/11
Learn more about a lecture by a freed death row inmate, Valparaiso University School of Law’s newly reconstructed Heritage Hall, and more.
Notre Dame professor to train human rights lawyers
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.
Law School Briefs – 3/30/11
Two Indiana law schools ranked in the top 20 of U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate schools. The American Bar Association has recognized Valparaiso University School of Law.
3 Indiana law schools ranked in top 80
Two Indiana law schools have again been ranked in the top 25 law schools on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate schools.
Students help with tax prep; lecture discusses colleges’ decisions
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Law students offer tax preparation assistance
Students from the four Indiana law schools are participating in the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteers in Tax Assistance program during the 2011 tax season.
New assistant dean named, school partner to help Haiti, prof studies Belize
Law school briefs on Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and Notre Dame Law School.
Law schools discuss loans, jobs
School administrators respond to a widely circulated The New York Times article, "Is law school a losing game?"
Court seeks ICLEO applicants
The Indiana Supreme Court posted a reminder on its website today that applications for the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity are due March 1 for the 2011 ICLEO summer institute that will take place at Notre Dame Law School from June 13 through July 22.
Encouraging diversity at law schools
When asked if diversity played a role in their decisions on where to attend law school, a handful of minority law students in Indiana said while it wasn’t the biggest or only factor, it often was a consideration.
ND Law dedicates renovated hall
Notre Dame Law School’s completely renovated Biolchini Hall of Law was dedicated earlier this month.
Education conclave focuses on diversity, economy
When the Indiana State Bar Association gets law students, attorneys, professors, judges, court administrators, deans, and representatives of Indiana’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, Disciplinary Commission, Board of Law Examiners, and the Indiana Bar Foundation are all in the same place for a few hours, some interesting dialogues are bound to take place.
Indiana law schools mark graduations
All four Indiana law schools had commencement ceremonies in May recognizing more than 800 graduates around the state.
Center, interns address migrant workers’ legal rights
Indiana Legal Services Migrant Farm Workers Center, led by Melody Goldberg, helps migrant workers understand their legal rights.
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.
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.
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.
ND Law School moves to new building
When students at the University of Notre Dame Law School come back for classes Jan. 12, they will do so in the new Eck Hall of Law.
ND symposium focuses on fiduciary duty
The University of Notre Dame Law School's Spring Symposium, "The Future of Fiduciary Duties in Corporate Law," will discuss the accountability of corporate directors and the role and relevance of fiduciary duties in corporate law.