Law School Headlines
| 10/01/2008 |
Two IU Law-Indianapolis Professors Testify at Immigration Hearings: Professors Linda Kelly-Hill and John Hill testified on September 8 before a committee of the Indiana legislature on the matter of undocumented workers in Indiana. |
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| 09/29/2008 |
Professor Orentlicher Quoted in Article on Assumed Consent and Organ Donation: A nationally recognized expert on bioethics issues, Orentlicher is co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health as well as Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law. Read the full article in The San Diego Union-Tribune. |
| 09/26/2008 |
Law School's Numbers and Ranking Jump: The incoming class of J.D. students at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis is the highest credentialed class to date. Students in the incoming J.D. class attended a “Call to the Profession” on Saturday, August 23 at Lawrence W. Inlow Hall. |
| 09/12/2008 |
IU to present Judge G. Michael Witte '82 with its Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award: Witte, who serves as judge for the Dearborn Superior Court No. 1, was the first Asian American trial judge to be elected in the state of Indiana. He is also president for the IU School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association. |
| 09/11/2008 |
Professor Jennifer Drobac Cited as Expert on Juvenile Law: In a recent article on the ramifications of turning 18 in Indiana, Professor Jennifer Drobac gave her expert's point of view on the legal rights of young adults. |
| 09/09/2008 |
Elizabeth Monroe '02 Receives Award for Scholarship on SCOTUS History: Professor of History Elizabeth Monroe was honored for her article "The Influence of the Dartmouth College Case on the American Law of Educational Charities," published in the Journal of Supreme Court History. |
| 09/05/2008 |
Professor Roisman Speaks at Conference on Integration and Housing Law: Professor Florence Wagman Roisman gave a presentation entitled, “Constitutional and Statutory Mandates for Residential Racial Integration and The Validity of Race-Conscious, Affirmative Action to Achieve It” at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. |
| 08/29/2008 |
Center for Law and Health Welcomes Faculty Fellow from Turkey: Professor Halit Yilmaz of the the law faculty at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey will be at the law school for this academic year as a visitng fellow. He is currently working on a publications on the international human right to health and the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. |
| 08/29/2008 |
Professor Adams makes presentation at the Istanbul Legal Skills Conference: Professor Cynthia Adams participated in the Istanbul Legal Skills Conference held on August 4-7 at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. She spoke on negotiating and drafting alternative dispute resolution provisions in international commercial contracts. |
| 08/21/2008 |
Chinese Environmental Law Scholar in Residence at IU Law-Indianapolis: IU School of Law-Indianapolis' Environmental Law Forum hosted visiting Chinese Lawyer, Wang Xiaohui, this summer while she conducted comparative research on U.S. environmental law. |
| 08/18/2008 |
Professors Adams and McGregor Publish Book on U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication for International Lawyers: The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning and communication into context. |
| 08/14/2008 |
Prof. Ken Chestek Becomes President-Elect of LWI: At the recent Legal Writing Institute Conference held at the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, Professor Chestek was seleced to serve as President-Elect of the Legal Writing Institue for a two year term. |
| 08/07/2008 |
Students in the Central and Eastern European Law Program Meet with Dignitaries: Professor Jennifer Drobac and students in the Summer Study Abroad Central and Eastern European Law Program met with several Eastern European dignitaries during this year's visit to Mlini, Croatia, on the Dubrovnik Riviera. |
| 07/28/2008 |
Law School Hosts National Legal Writing Conference: IU Law-Indianapolis hosted the 13th national biennial conference of the Legal Writing Institute, July 14-17, bringing more than 600 legal writing faculty from 13 countries to Inlow Hall. |
| 07/24/2008 |
Media coverage for this year's Judges' Medical School recently appeared in the AMA's American Medical News. The law school hosted the National Judges' Medical School at the end of May, bringing together more than 200 state and federal judges from 39 jurisdictions across the country. |


Two IU Law-Indianapolis Professors Testify at Immigration Hearings: Professors Linda Kelly-Hill and John Hill testified on September 8 before a committee of the Indiana legislature on the matter of undocumented workers in Indiana.
Professor Orentlicher Quoted in Article on Assumed Consent and Organ Donation:
Law School's Numbers and Ranking Jump: The incoming class of J.D. students at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis is the highest credentialed class to date. Students in the incoming J.D. class attended a “Call to the Profession” on Saturday, August 23 at Lawrence W. Inlow Hall.
IU to present Judge G. Michael Witte '82 with its Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award: Witte, who serves as judge for the Dearborn Superior Court No. 1, was the first Asian American trial judge to be elected in the state of Indiana. He is also president for the IU School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association.
Professor Jennifer Drobac Cited as Expert on Juvenile Law: In a recent article on the ramifications of turning 18 in Indiana, Professor Jennifer Drobac gave her expert's point of view on the legal rights of young adults.
Elizabeth Monroe '02 Receives Award for Scholarship on SCOTUS History: Professor of History Elizabeth Monroe was honored for her article "The Influence of the Dartmouth College Case on the American Law of Educational Charities," published in the Journal of Supreme Court History.
Professor Roisman Speaks at Conference on Integration and Housing Law: Professor Florence Wagman Roisman gave a presentation entitled, “Constitutional and Statutory Mandates for Residential Racial Integration and The Validity of Race-Conscious, Affirmative Action to Achieve It” at John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
Professors Adams and McGregor Publish Book on U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication for International Lawyers: The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning and communication into context.
Prof. Ken Chestek Becomes President-Elect of LWI: At the recent Legal Writing Institute Conference held at the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, Professor Chestek was seleced to serve as President-Elect of the Legal Writing Institue for a two year term.
Students in the Central and Eastern European Law Program Meet with Dignitaries: Professor Jennifer Drobac and students in the Summer Study Abroad Central and Eastern European Law Program met with several Eastern European dignitaries during this year's visit to Mlini, Croatia, on the Dubrovnik Riviera.
Law School Hosts National Legal Writing Conference: IU Law-Indianapolis hosted the 13th national biennial conference of the Legal Writing Institute, July 14-17, bringing more than 600 legal writing faculty from 13 countries to Inlow Hall.