Indiana University

Fellowships

Mary Hill during her 2007 Keynote Address
Mary Hill, '94, General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health, gave the keynote address at the 2007 PLSG Fellowship Symposium entitled "Wellness and the Law."
J. Murray Clark in the courtroom
J. Murray Clark, '82 was a featured speaker at the 2005 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Integrity in Public Service: Living up to the Public Trust?" Clark is a former chairperson, Senate Ethics Committee, Indiana Senate and current Chairman of the Indiana State Republican Party
Roberta Baskin in the courtroom
Roberta Baskin was a featured speaker at the 2005 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Integrity in Public Service: Living up to the Public Trust?" Baskin is currently the Excecutive Director, The Center for Public Integrity. She is also a nationally acclaimed investigative journalist, formerly with 20/20.
Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr.
Hon. Frank Sullivan, Jr. was a featured speaker at the 2004 PLSG Fellowship Symposium on "Maximizing Judicial Fairness and Efficiency: Should Indiana Consider Creating an Office of Administrative Hearings?" Sullivan is an Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
"The law school's proximity to the heart of Indiana's government affords significant strategic and practical advantages to the Program on Law and State Government's goals. Ultimately, the program serves as a vehicle to bring students, the law school, and the community of state government policy makers together in an academic forum for public debate and analysis of the legal issues facing state governments."

Cynthia Baker, Director
Program on Law and State Government

The Program on Law and State Government Fellowships provide extra curricular opportunity for law students to study and research critical legal and regulatory issues facing state governments in exchange for a tuition credit of up to $5,000. Working with the guidance and assistance of the Director of the Program on Law and State Government, fellowship responsibilities include developing and sharing their scholarship and hosting an academic event addressing the fellows' collaboratively chosen fellowship topic. Fellowships are designed to support students in their research and study of critical legal and regulatory issues facing state and local governments. The Program on Law and State Government will assist fellows' efforts to publish or otherwise distribute their academic papers to interested academic, legal, or state government communities.

» 2010 Fellowship Flyer (PDF)

» 2010 Fellowship Application (PDF) - Deadline extended (11/13)

Congratulations to our 2009 Fellowship Recipients:

  • Olivia Fleming, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis J.D. candidate May 2010
  • Elliott McKinnis, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis J.D. candidate May 2010

9th Annual Fellowship Symposium topic: State Law and Energy Policy: Initiatives and Ideas Powering the Future (Friday, October 2, 2009) 

Read the 2009 Fellows' Energy blog for news relating to - and updates on - this year's symposium!

Fellowship responsibilities for 2009 are:

Spring 2009: Identify a critical legal issue or public policy concern facing a state government, begin the process of researching that issue or area, and plan and host an academic event such as a symposium, roundtable discussion, or academic meeting. Present bi-weekly status reports to the Director of the Program on Law and State Government.

Fall 2009: Coordinate follow-up research, interviews, and fact finding for the academic paper. Present bi-weekly status reports to the Director of the Program on Law and State Government. Complete an academic paper setting forth issues explored, factual findings, supporting legal analysis, and state government options in response to the issue presented. The completed academic paper will be due by November 2, 2009.

For more information about fellowships, contact Prof. Cynthia Baker: cabaker@iupui.edu

 


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