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07/08/2008
Professor Roisman Testifies on Fair Housing
On July 15, Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will testify in Chicago at the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Hearings. The Hearings are Co-chaired by former HUD Secretaries Jack Kemp and Henry Cisneros. Professor Roisman will present on the role of federal, state and local government in perpetuating segregation and their obligation to advance fair housing in their activities, including the perpetuation of segregation in subsidized and affordable housing programs.Professor Roisman is the William F. Harvey Professor of Law and an expert on housing discrimination issues.
06/24/2008
Judge Lawrence Unanimously Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
On June 26, U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence, '73 was unanimously approved by the United States Senate as the newest federal district judge for the Southern District of Indiana. President Bush selected Lawrence in February of this year to take the seat vacated by Judge John D. Tinder who now sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
While introducing Lawrence at the Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, Senator Richard Lugar praised Judge Lawrence for his "high energy, resolute integrity, and remarkable dedication to public service."
Judge Lawrence has served as a public defender in Marion County and as a Master Commissioner of the Marion County Circuit Court. He was elected to the Marion County Circuit Court in 1996, and appointed to the Federal bench in 2002. Judge Lawrence has experience as a Public Defender in the Marion County Criminal Court and in private practice. Other community contributions have included his appointment as Executive Director of Indiana's first Merit Selection Commission on Federal Judicial Appointments (1980); service on the Indianapolis Fire Department Civilian Merit Board (1983-1989); and Chairmanship of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Commission (1997-2003).
06/24/2008
Associate Dean Angela Espada Receives Award, Chosen as ACE Fellow
Angela M. Espada, Associate Dean for Student Services, was selected by her alma mater, the University of Indianapolis, as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Dean Espada received A.A. and B.A. degrees from U of I in 1983. She also holds an M.A. from Indiana University (1986) and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (1987).
Espada joined the law school in August of 1990. Prior to coming to the law school, she held the position of staff attorney for the Indiana Supreme Court--Division of State Court Administration and staff attorney for the legislatively created Indiana Public Defender Commission. Her other professional experience includes practicing law as a deputy prosecuting attorney and teaching law-related courses at the undergraduate level at Indiana University-Bloomington and at the University of Indianapolis.
Dean Espada's responsibilities include coordinating the delivery of services to law students in the areas of admissions, registration, professional development, scholarships, financial aid and counseling.
She has also been selected as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year. The ACE Fellow program, established in 1965, is designed to mentor emerginig leaders in higher education. ACE Fellows spend an extended period of time on another campus, working directly with college presidents, or other high-ranking administrators.
Espada says, "During the next academnic year, I will be allowed the opportunity to look at the relationship between central administration and their professional schools as well as the relationship between the campus and the communities that they serve."
05/12/2008
Prof. John Krauss, '76 to Lead IU's New Public Policy Institute
Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Located near the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, the new Institute will serve as an umbrella organization for research centers affiliated with the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, including:
- The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
- The Center for Health Policy
- The newly formed Center for Criminal Justice Research
It also will support the Office of International Community Development and the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
John L. Krauss, an adjunct professor of law and 1976 graduate of the law school will direct the Institute. Krauss is a SPEA faculty member and former Indianapolis deputy mayor. Krauss and his team of researchers recently staffed the Kernan-Shepard Commission on Local Government Reform.
Collectively, the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, its three centers and its team of experts from SPEA statewide will deliver research, service and consulting on the vital issues facing policy leaders today.
05/11/2008
PIHRL Students Featured in Indiana Lawyer
Students from the Program in International Human Rights Law were featured in an Indiana Lawyer article on April 30, 2008 for their United Nations advocacy work.
Of the five students in the photograph in front of the UN’s New York Headquarters, three are current or former interns, four are JD students, and one is an LL.M. student.
PIHRL students have researched, written and submitted "Shadow Reports" and made oral human rights presentations to United Nations Committees five times since 2006. They have also participated in other Shadow Reports over the years. Most of the Shadow Reports are posted on the United Nations website.
The following five Shadow Reports were researched, written, and submitted by students since 2006:
(1) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (New York) (2008) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(2) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Muslims, Arabs, South Asians Post 9-11 (Geneva) (Report to be supplemented) (2008)
(3) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Chile (New York) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(4) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Freedom of Expression in Zambia (Geneva) (2007) (Students gave oral presentation; Students hosted private lunch with Human Rights Committee Experts)
(5) UN Human Rights Committee – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the U.S.A. (Geneva) (2006)
The first Shadow Report students researched, wrote and submitted was in 1999:
(6) UN Race Committee – Discrimination Against Dalits – The "Untouchables" of Nepal (Geneva) (1999)
Students assisted with the following two recent Shadow Reports that were submitted by the PIHRL and the National Bar Association:
(7) UN Race Committee – Race Discrimination Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2008)
(8) UN Human Rights Committee – Violation of Civil & Political Rights Before, During & After Hurricane Katrina (Geneva) (2006)
04/30/2008
Robert Hill, Jr. ’82 Named Chief Public Defender
At the April 14th City County Council meeting, the Council chose Robert Hill, Jr., ’82 to succeed David E. Cook, ’77 as head of the Marion County public defender agency. Hill will now oversee the office which employs 160 full-time employees and 100 contract lawyers, has a $20-million-budget, and currently faces a caseload of about 37,000 per year.
Hill was a partner at
Cook is returning to private practice at Gresk & Singleton LLP, where he handles immigration or naturalization cases . He was chosen as an Indiana Super Lawyer ® in 2007 and 2008.
