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welcome to Indiana UniversityMaurer School of LawThe Law School has a tremendous history. Founded inWe are also proud to have pathbreaking scholars1842, we are the ninth-oldest law school in the nation.in a wide range of fields. Our expertise is strongestOur graduates have taken on leadership roles in theincountry’s most respected law firms, from Wall Streetinternational and comparative law, cybersecurity,to Main Street. They have built and nurtured suc-environmental, and criminal law, as well as tax,cessful businesses that drive today’s global economy.business law, and public interest law.researchfocusedonintellectualproperty,And they have chosen careers in public service, onWith each new class, we build on these traditions. WeCapitol Hill, and on the front lines of advocacy forlook for remarkable individuals: students who wantpeople who need it most.to be part of a lively community of smart, motivated,No matter what career they’ve chosen, our alumnisupportive classmates who are ready to learn andmake a difference in their community — wherevereager to make a difference outside the classroom.that may be. Every year, more than half of our enteringOur legacy lies not just with our alumni. Since ourJD class comes from outside Indiana, representingfounding, many of the nation’s most prominentover 100 undergraduate institutions in 25 to 30scholars have called Bloomington home. We becamestates. When they graduate, about 60 percent chooseone of the leading institutions committed to the lawjobs outside Indiana.and society movement in legal scholarship, whichPart of our proud legacy is how our graduates have leftduring the 1950s and 1960s involved a concertedtheir mark. They include the first Japanese-Americaneffort to replace the “law on the books” approach withadmitted to the bar in the US, the first Africana “law in action” approach.American to serve on any state supreme court, theIn these pages, you will learn a little more about thisfirst woman chief justice of Wisconsin, and the firstgreat institution. I look forward to meeting you andwoman chief justice of Indiana. Our alumni includeseeing you in Bloomington.giants like US Supreme Court Justice ShermanMinton, US Representative Lee Hamilton, and USSenator Birch Bayh.The Law School’s global influence has at times beeneven greater. Each year, nearly two dozen studentsAusten Parrishparticipate in our unique Stewart Fellows program,Dean and James H. Rudy Professor of Lawserving as interns in law firms, nongovernmentalorganizations, and businesses in ten countriesaround the world. We have one of the oldest LLMand SJD programs for international lawyers andcollaborations with universities around the globe.1
BAIER HALL IS THE LAW SCHOOL’S MAIN BUILDING. IT IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OFINDIANA UNIVERSITY’S FLAGSHIP BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS ADJACENT TO DUNN’S WOODS,BUT ONLY STEPS AWAY FROM SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS, AND FREE BUS SERVICE.39161825262635Third-most beautiful college campus (Condé Nast Traveler)Ninth-oldest law school in USTax program ranked 16thRanked 18th among public law schoolsBusiness and corporate law program ranked 25thIntellectual property program ranked 26thContracts and commercial law program ranked 26thInternational program ranked 35thUNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, RANKINGS ARE FROM U.S. NEWS &WORLD REPORT BEST GRADUATE SCHOOLS, 2022 EDITION3
the 2021-22 1L class:192164/3.7749%24%2752%10718-44EnrolledMedian LSAT / GPAWomenMinorityStates representedNon-residentUndergraduate institutionsAge rangeAS OF AUGUST 17, 202145
AS A LAWYER, YOU WILL SPEND YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMSTHAT SPAN MANY DISCIPLINES. AS AN INDIANA LAW STUDENT, YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TOTHE RESOURCES OF A MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT WILL PREPARE YOU FOR THE CREATIVEPROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS REQUIRED OF TODAY’S LAWYERS.10 joint degree programsJoint degrees with IU’s #23 rankedKelley School of BusinessJD/MBAJD/MBAA (Accounting)JD/MSA (Accounting)Joint degrees with IU’s #1 ranked School ofPublic and Environmental Affairsthe vibrant lifeof a major researchuniversityJD/MPAJD/MSESOther IU joint degreesJD/MA or MS in TelecommunicationsJD/MLS in Library and Information ScienceJD/MA in JournalismJD/MPH in Public HealthJD/MA in Russian and East European StudiesJD/MS in Cybersecurity Risk ManagementJoint degrees with international partnersJD/MBA with Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul)JD/LLM with Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)JD/LLM with Trinity College DublinJD/LLM with Peking University (Beijing) / PKU School of Transnational Law (Shenzhen)JD/LLM with Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat, India)In addition to these joint degrees, the Law School offers several other formal jointdegree programs, or you can create an individually designed joint degree with otherschools and departments to meet your learning and career goals. The Law Schoolwill coordinate with the other school or department to establish the joint orconcurrent program.67
Indiana Law faculty are renowned for their passion for teaching and for being caringrole models and supportive mentors. In fact, many of them have received IndianaUniversity’s highest teaching honors. Their classroom discussions are rigorous andthorough, and they have a gift for challenging your old ways of thinking as never before.As part of our community, you will be invited — and expected — to join our esteemedprofessors in fostering the Law School’s vibrant intellectual life.Our teachers are scholars, too. They are graduates of the nation’s finest law schools —including this one — and their research informs and shapes contemporary legal discourse,from cybersecurity and constitutional reform to patent law and conservation. They include an award-winning documentary filmmaker, acclaimed authors, Fulbright Scholars,a Carnegie Fellow, a US Supreme Court clerk, Wall Street lawyers, accomplished litigators, and members of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Law Institute, andthe American Society of International Law. Our faculty’s research makes them some ofthe most sought-after experts and influential legal thinkers in the world, which is why weranked ninth among all US law schools for downloads of faculty research on the SocialScience Research Network website in 2017-18.passionate teachers,influential scholarsIn addition, the Law School attracts impressive adjunct faculty and leading scholars toserve as guest lecturers. Every year we host numerous scholarly conferences that enrichthe intellectual life of the Law School.As an upper-division student, you will be able to work alongside our faculty as anassistant, whether in one of the research centers they direct, or aiding them with their independent scholarship. Either way, you will gain additional skills and knowledge from ourtalented community of teacher-scholars.2726(PhD, LLM, or SJD)published by school's most prolific% of faculty with advanced degreesRank of number of papersfaculty member (David Gamage)(SSRN, 2020-21)7.0/1Student/faculty ratio19Number of faculty diversity hiresPROF. MARK D. JANIS DIRECTS THE SCHOOL'S RENOWNEDin past 10 yearsCENTER FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESEARCH.HE ALSO TEACHES CIVIL PROCEDURE, A STAPLE OF THE1L CIRRICULUM.89
HIGHLY CREDENTIALED FACULTYFROM AROUND THE WORLDNicholas Almendares, JD, PhD, New York UniversityLeandra Lederman, JD, LLM, NYUAlfred C. Aman, Jr., JD, ChicagoAsaf Lubin, LLB, Hebrew University of Jerusalem /Amy G. Applegate, JD, HarvardTHE JEROME HALL LAW LIBRARY IS THE ACADEMIC HUB OF THE LAW SCHOOL.SURROUNDED BY THE BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE OF DUNN’S WOODS, IT IS ONEOF THE NATION’S TOP-RANKED LAW LIBRARIES, WITH AN EXTENSIVE DIGITALREPOSITORY AND LIBRARIANS WITH LAW DEGREES.LLM, JSD, YaleJohn S. Applegate, JD, HarvardJody L. Madeira, JD, PhD, PennJeannine Bell, JD, PhD, MichiganJoão Marinotti, JD, HarvardKevin D. Brown, JD, YaleLane McFadden, JD, NYUHannah L. Buxbaum, JD, Cornell / LLM, UniversityEthan Michelson, PhD, ChicagoMichael Mattioli, JD, Pennof HeidelbergFred H. Cate, JD, StanfordDonna M. Nagy, JD, NYUDaniel Cole, JD, Lewis & Clark / JSD, StanfordMark E. Need, JD, MBA, Indiana (Maurer)Daniel O. Conkle, JD, Ohio StateChristiana Ochoa, JD, HarvardStephen A. Conrad, JD, Yale / PhD, HarvardAviva A. Orenstein, JD, CornellPaul P. Craig, BCL, OxfordAusten L. Parrish, JD, ColumbiaYvonne M. Cripps, LLB, LLM, Victoria U. of Wellington,William D. Popkin, LLB, HarvardVictor D. Quintanilla, JD, GeorgetownNew Zealand / PhD, CambridgeLaura B. Daghe, JD, IllinoisCynthia Reichard, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, JD, PhD, MichiganLauren K. Robel, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Susan deMaine, JD, University of KentuckySteve Sanders, JD, MichiganRobert Downey, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Ryan W. Scott, JD, MinnesotaJessica M. Eaglin, JD, DukeEarl R.C. Singleton, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Lisa A. Farnsworth, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Jeffrey E. Stake, JD, GeorgetownRobert L. Fischman, JD, MichiganJ. Alexander Tanford, JD, LLM, DukeLuis Fuentes-Rohwer, JD, PhD, Michigan /India Thusi, JD, Fordham /LLM, GeorgetownPhD, University of WitwatersrandDavid Gamage, JD, YaleInge Van der Cruysse, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Charles G. Geyh, JD, WisconsinShana Wallace, JD, ChicagoDonald H. Gjerdingen, JD, William Mitchell / LLM, YaleTimothy William Waters, JD, HarvardSophia C. Goodman, JD, Case WesternW. William Weeks III, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Gabrielle L. Goodwin, JD, Chicago KentCarwina Weng, JD, NYUNorman J. Hedges, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Deborah Widiss, JD, YaleWilliam D. Henderson, JD, ChicagoSusan H. Williams, JD, HarvardJoseph L. Hoffmann, JD, U. of WashingtonDavid C. Williams, JD, HarvardSarah Jane Hughes, JD, U. of WashingtonFeisal A. al-Istrabadi, JD, Indiana (Maurer) /LLM, SJD, NorthwesternMark D. Janis, JD, Indiana (Maurer)Dawn E. Johnsen, JD, YaleJayanth K. Krishnan, JD, Ohio State / PhD, WisconsinSeth M. Lahn, JD, YaleMarshall A. Leaffer, JD, Texas / LLM, NYU1011
a different approachto your first yearLegal and Research WritingDean's Writing Fellows“Writing — the art of communicating thoughts to the mind,The school’s Dean’s Writing Fellows bring an added di-through the eye — is the great invention of the world.”mension to the LRW program. Each fellow is selected fromAbraham Lincoln acknowledged the importance of writingin the legal profession when he spoke these words in 1859.the second- and third-year classes to work closely with alegal writing professor and one section of the LRW course.And they’re more true than ever today. That’s why youFellows meet with students during office hours and leadshould look closely at law schools’ legal writing programsgroup discussions and group exercises related to the legalwhen weighing your options.writing curriculum. They enhance your experience byAt Indiana Law, our distinguished faculty bring a quarter-century of trial, appellate, corporate, and clerkshipexperience to help you develop the writing skills that yourcareer requires. During your first year, you will take LegalResearch and Writing I and II (LRW), where you will putinto practice the doctrine and theory that you’ll be learning in your other classes.helping you refine your writing and burnish your oral advocacy skills while you become accustomed to the rigorsof research and legal reasoning.Practice Group AdvisorsAs a 1L, you will be paired with a practice group advisor, anupper-division student who will work closely with you andOur LRW program continues into your second and thirda small group of your classmates as you navigate the firstyears to include advanced research, clinics, and extern-year of law school. PGAs will help you prepare for classes,ships that put your newly acquired skills to work. In ad-get ready for exams, and assess your interests and abilitiesdition, our internal and external transactional, trial, andas you define your professional goals and aspirations.appellate competitions and our five law journals provideadditional outlets for improving your writing ability.THE IU SAMPLE GATES1213
AS AN INDIANA LAW STUDENT, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF COURSESIN ALL THE AREAS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A TOP-TIER LAW SCHOOL. THE UPPERDIVISION COURSES BELOW ARE GROUPED BY OUR 17 AREAS OF FOCUS, BUT YOU CANSELECT THE COMBINATION BEST SUITED TO YOUR INTERESTS AND CAREER GOALS AFTERYOU COMPLETE THE REQUIRED FIRST-YEAR COURSES.First-year coursesFall semester:Seminar in Administrative Law:Seminar in Corporate Law:Lawyering in the ModernFinancial RegulationAdministrative StateCivil ProcedureContractsThe Legal Profession ILegal Research and WritingTortsPractice in the Intelligence AgeBusiness andcommercial lawAccounting for LawyersAntitrust LawSpring semester:Constitutional LawCriminal LawThe Legal Profession IICURRICULUMBanking LawSeminar in Law and EconomicsTransactional DraftingTransactional Drafting: The Anatomyof a DealCivil rightsand equalityBankruptcyBusiness PlanningBusiness ReorganizationAmerican Legal HistoryCorporate Finance LawChildren and the LawCorporationsCivil Rights StatutesDeliberative LeadershipConstitutional LitigationEntertainment LawEmployment DiscriminationEntrepreneurship Law ClinicFeminist JurisprudenceAdministrativelaw and governmentregulationFinancial InstitutionsGender and the LawInternational Business NegotiationsHuman RightsInternational Business TransactionsHuman Trafficking: Child ExploitationInternational Securities RegulationImmigration LawAdministrative LawLaw and SportsLaw and Education: AdvancedAmerican Legal HistoryThe Lawyer as Business ExecutiveAntitrust LawLegal Issues in Mergers andLegal Research and WritingPropertyUpper-divisionareas of focusBanking LawSchool Law†Law and Education: Higher EducationLaw and Education: Leadership inAcquisitionsEmployment DiscriminationLegal OperationsEmployment LawMergers and Acquisitions*European Union LawNegotiable InstrumentsImmigration LawNon-Profit Law ClinicIntroduction to Environmental LawNon-Profit OrganizationsLand Use ControlsPrinciples of Law and EconomicsLawyering in the Public InterestLawyering in the Public InterestSalesNative American lawLegislationSecured TransactionsPoverty LawPublic Natural ResourcesSecurities RegulationRace, American Society, and the LawRepresenting the StateSeminar in Corporate LawSeminar in Children and the LawSpecial Education†Securities RegulationLaw and Education: Legal Perspectiveson Education†Law and Education: Workshop onProblems in Education Leadership†Seminar in Comparative Inequality1L STUDENTS TAKE AN OATH OFPROFESSIONALISM DURING ORIENTATION.14Seminar in Corporate Law and15
Seminar in Critical Race TheorySeminar in Law and Society:Criminal lawand procedureLand Use ControlsLegislationHuman TraffickingSeminar in Voting RightsOther related courses:Core courses:Information,communications,and privacy lawPatent ProsecutionSeminar in Law and DevelopmentPatent Trial PracticeSeminar in Law and Society:Seminar: Introduction toBiotechnological InnovationAppellate Practice and Procedure:Immigration LawSeminar in Transnational LawFamily lawConstitutional Law IIChildren and the LawCybersecurityCriminal Law ExternshipCommunity Legal ClinicCybersecurity ClinicCriminal Procedure: CapstoneDomestic Relations MediationEntertainment LawConstitutional Law IICriminal Procedure: InvestigationEstate PlanningHealth LawHuman RightsCriminal Procedure: TrialFamily LawHealth Privacy LawClinics and practicum:Employment LawSeminar in Constitutional DesignFederal Criminal Law and White-Family and Children Mediation ClinicInformation Privacy Law IEntrepreneurship Law ClinicLabor and Employment ArbitrationFeminist JurisprudenceInformation Privacy Law IIIndependent Legal Clinic:Labor LawFederal Habeas LitigationGender and the LawInformation Security LawSeminar in Criminal Law:MediationPatent LawIntellectual Property ExternshipNegotiationsSeminar in Introduction toIntellectual Property Law ClinicConstitutional designConstitutional Design in MultiethnicSocietiesSeminar in Constitutional Design: Rights,Gender, and States of EmergencySeminar in Constitutional Law:Constitutional Interpretationand DemocracyCriminal Appeal from Transcriptto ArgumentCollar CrimeCurrent IssuesSeminar in Criminal Law:Federal SentencingConstitutional lawAdministrative LawAdvanced Constitutional LawAdvanced Constitutional Law:The Press and the Constitution‡Seminar in Criminal Law: Punishmentin Theory and PracticeSeminar in Law and Psychology ofCrime, Culpability, and PunishmentOther related courses:Public Interest Internship ProgramStrategies in Critical Reading andWriting: Family LawCopyright LawBiotechnological InnovationSeminar in Intellectual Property:Seminar in Law and MedicineSeminar in Children and the Law:Seminar in Law and Society:Law and Social PsychologyFederal JurisdictionBankruptcyCriminal Procedure: InvestigationTrial AdvocacyCorporationsIntellectual propertyCriminal Procedure — TrialCore courses:Criminal Procedure — InvestigationCopyright LawEvidencePatent LawFamily LawSurvey of Intellectual PropertyIndependent Clinical ProjectTrademark and Unfair Competition LawSeminar in Constitutional Law:Introduction to Environmental LawPublic Natural Resources LawAdvanced courses:Introduction to Income TaxSeminar in Constitutional Law:Climate Law and PolicyLegal OperationsThe Second AmendmentEnrichment courses:MediationConservation Law ClinicNegotiationsSeminar in Environmental Law:Non-Profit Law ClinicLaw and DemocracySeminar in Constitutional Law:Sexuality, Reproduction, andthe ConstitutionCurrent Issues in Law and Policy§Project ManagementSeminar in JurisprudenceWater LawSecured TransactionsSeminar on Judicial ConductWildlife LawTrial AdvocacyWills and TrustsState Constitutional Law16Comparative Law: War and Peace inIslamic TraditionsConstitutional Design in MultiethnicImmigration LawLegislationMediationNegotiationsAdvanced Appellate AdvocacyAdvanced Legal WritingSocietiesConstitutionalism in the Middle EastAdvanced Trial PracticeEuropean Union LawAdvocacy — InterscholasticMoot CourtsHuman RightsImmigration LawAdvocacy: Patent Drafting CompetitionAdvanced courses:International Business NegotiationsAlternative Dispute ResolutionAdvanced Patent LawInternational Business Transactions:Appellate AdvocacyIn-House Legal DepartmentInternational LawCorporationsLitigation andalternative disputeresolutionCriminal Procedure: TrialThe First AmendmentInternational andcomparative lawAntitrust LawAsylum LawAdvanced Legal ResearchAdministrative LawEntertainment LawAdministrative LawTrademarks and Unfair CompetitionConstitutional LitigationSeminar in Constitutional Law:Intellectual Property Practicum:Related courses:Advanced courses:Constitutional Law IICore courses:Film Production PracticumSurvey of Intellectual PropertyAdministrative LawSeminar in Constitutional LawEmployment DiscriminationWorkplace Safety and Employment LawEvidenceAnalysis and Development§Core courses:International Business TransactionsAdvanced Trial PracticeEnvironmental lawPropertyPsychology for Law PracticeConstitutional History ColloquiumLaw and Political Theory: InstitutionalSeminar in Inernational IntellectualLabor andemployment lawTrial AdvocacyAmerican Legal HistoryFederal JurisdictionData Law and PolicyInternational LawSeminar in Law and Society:General practiceSeminar in Intellectual Property:Data Law and PolicySeminar in Children and the LawReproduction and ChildhoodSeminar in Intellectual PropertyAdvocacy: Patent Drafting CompetitionDoing Business in ChinaAppellate Practice and ProcedureAppellate Practice and Procedure —Entertainment LawInternational Criminal LawFederal Circuit AdvocacyInternational Environmental LawCriminal Appeal: From TranscriptIntellectual Property AntitrustInternational Intellectual Propertyto ArgumentIntellectual Property ColloquiumInternational Securities RegulationCivil Procedure IIIntellectual Property TransactionsSeminar in Comparative InequalityCommercial ArbitrationInternational Intellectual PropertySeminar in International Law:Constitutional LitigationLaw and Biomedical AdvanceComplex LitigationThe Great WarSeminar in International Law: Secession17Conflict of Laws
Domestic Relations MediationCommunity Legal ClinicEstate PlanningEvidenceConservation Law ClinicInternational Business TransactionsFederal Circuit AdvocacyCriminal Law ExternshipLaw and PhilanthropyFederal Habeas LitigationDeliberative LeadershipLegislationFederal JurisdictionDomestic Relations MediationMergers and Acquisitions*Judicial Field PlacementsEntrepreneurship Law ClinicLitigation DraftingEstate PlanningMediationFederal Circuit AdvocacyNegotiationsFamily and Children Mediation ClinicPatent Trial PracticeIntellectual Property ExternshipPre-trial LitigationIntellectual Property PracticumPre-trial Litigation: Courtroom ProcedureJudicial Field PlacementsPre-trial Litigation: Criminal PracticeLawyering in the Public InterestPre-trial Litigation: DepositionsLegal OperationsProducts LiabilityMediationProtective Order LitigationModern Law Practice IRemedies and EquityModern Law Practice IIRepresenting the StateModern Law Practice:Seminar on Judicial ConductField Placement ProgramSeminar in Litigation: RemediesModern Small Firm PracticeTrial AdvocacyNegotiationsPatent ProsecutionPropertyEstate PlanningLand Use ControlsLaw and PhilanthropyLaw and Political Theory: InstitutionalAnalysis and Development§Real Estate FinanceSeminar in Property Law:Rethinking ThinghoodPatent Trial PracticePrivate Practice ExternshipPERSONAL ATTENTIONProject ManagementPublic Interest InternshipWITH OUR 7.0/1 STUDENT/FACULTY RATIOSemester Public Interest ProgramAND SMALL CLASS SIZES, YOU WILL HAVETrial AdvocacyUNPARALLELED ACCESS TO FACULTY, BOTHIN AND OUT OF CLASS.TaxCore courses:Transaction Drafting: Real EstateIntroduction to Income TaxTrusts and EstatesAdvanced courses:Typical first-year class section sizeCorporate TaxSkill developmentAdvanced Appellate AdvocacyAdvanced Legal ResearchAdvanced Trial PracticeAdvocacy — InterscholasticMoot CourtsPartnership TaxSeminar in Tax PolicyState and Local TaxStrategic Business and Tax Planning*Average upper-division class sizeTax Policy ColloquiumTransactional Drafting: TaxAlternative Dispute ResolutionAllied Law School courses:Appellate AdvocacyAccounting for LawyersCommercial ArbitrationCorporate Finance18* OFFERED THROUGH THE IU KELLEY SCHOOLOF BUSINESS† OFFERED THROUGH THE IU SCHOOL OF EDUCATION‡ OFFERED THROUGH THE IU MEDIA SCHOOL§OFFERED THROUGH THE IU O'NEILL SCHOOL OFPUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS% of upper-division classes with 15or fewer students19691783
RESEARCH CENTERS ANDACADEMIC PROGRAMSADVISING FAMILIES WITHCOMPLEX NEEDSThe Law School has four internationally acclaimed research centers and several academic programs.Indiana law's family office program provides training for students interested in working for familyThe research centers explore today's most timely and important issues in law and society and provideoffices and firms with family-office service practices. The law school is the first in the united statesopportunities for students to work as research assistants to center faculty. Academic programs bringwith a program focused specifically on this growing phenomenon.together courses, experiential learning, research, and inter- and intra-disciplinary collaboration inessential areas of the law.Family offices are estimated to hold assets exceeding 4 trillion, and a significant number of the mostprestigious law firms have established family office practices. By capitalizing on this trend, the lawschool is helping meet the growing demand for lawyers by offering a wide range of courses, placements,and mentoring experiences.Research centersFamily offices are capable of conducting sophisticated transactions that were traditionally theThe Center for Constitutional Democracy helps people in post-conflict societies build legal institutionsthat will allow them to live together in peace, justice, and democracy. It is one of the only centers in theworld to do active constitutional design consulting.province of big companies or private-equity firms. They also provide a complete range of traditionalestate-planning, real estate, tax planning, and wealth-advising services. The law school plans to enrollabout five highly credentialed students in this program every year. Students who are selected toparticipate in the program will have been admitted to the law school with a significant scholarship andThe Milt and Judi Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession is focused on the unprecedentedwill have had experience in the business or investment field or an interest in earning a jd/mba. They willchallenges lawyers are facing around the world and developing research and training materials to assistalso receive a mentor from the program’s advisory council, a second-year research assistantship withcurrent and future attorneys in their understanding of international legal systems.the school’s business or tax law faculty, and a third-year clinical position in one of the school’s business-The Center for Intellectual Property Research trains students who are passionate about innovationrelated clinics.and creativity and who seek an intensive experience in IP law — patent, trademark and unfair competi-The program also offers summer employment with family offices, law firms, and other organizationstion, copyright, design, and information policy.with family-office service practices. Students who are selected for the program will benefit from manyThe Center for Law, Society & Culture promotes and disseminates a multidisciplinary understandingof law through scholarship, teaching, and discussion. The Center produces, presents, and coordinatesother opportunities, including taking courses at the kelley school of business and participating in theschool’s business law society, tax law society, and transaction drafting competitions.research conducted by exceptional scholars in schools and departments across Indiana University onlaw and legal problems.2021
Academic programsBusiness and commercial law brings together a broad range of business-related courses, plusINTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESjoint degrees with the Kelley School of Business, a clinic, and extracurricular negotiating andIndiana Law offers a unique global fellowship pro-Dublin, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Leiden, Milan, New Delhi,gram that gives you the opportunity to work directlyParis, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Shenzhen, Taipei,Criminal law and procedure features the Bradley Fellows Program, which includes curricular, extra-with some of the nation’s leading legal scholars onand Warsaw. Summer study is available in Hamburg,curricular, and experiential learning opportunities designed to prepare Indiana Law students forissues affecting countries around the globe. EachLondon, and Paris, among others.a successful and rewarding career in criminal justice. Student activities include the Inmate Legalof these programs features a semester abroad andAssistance Project and the Protective Order Project.a Stewart Fellowship: a summer externship with adrafting competitions.Cybersecurity and information privacy recognizes the demand for professionals who understandthe technical, legal, and policy aspects of cybersecurity risk management and information policy.The Law School is one of three partners in an innovative program focusing on the intersectionof technology, business, and law. Degree options include a JD/MS in cybersecurity risk management,including coursework at the Kelley School of Business and the Luddy School of Informatics,Even if you spend all three years in Bloomington, youwill have many international opportunities. We haveprestigious law firm, non-governmental organization,one of the world’s oldest LLM programs, hosting grad-or multinational company. When you return to cam-uate students from 20 countries each year. You willpus, you will serve as a paid research assistant forattend classes with LLM students and share globala faculty member conducting research on timelyperspectives. We also offer a JD/LLM if you choose totopics relevant to your country of interest. Stewartextend your studies on the international stage.Fellowships are offered in Argentina, Cambodia,Computing, and Engineering.China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Thailand,Environmental law offers access to the nation's #1 O'Neill School of Public and Environmentaland Vietnam.Affairs graduate program through course offerings or a joint degree; close ties with the conservationcommunity and alumni practitioners, providing learning opportunities in an environmentally engagedcommunity; and faculty expertise across the spectrum of environmental law courses. Students canparticipate in the Conservation Law Clinic through the Conservation Law Center, Inc.If a traditional semester or summer abroad better suitsyour goals, we offer semester exchange programs withpartner universities in Auckland, Barcelona, Beijing,Law and technology brings together a wide range of expertise from throughout the Maurer School ofLaw to create an integrated platform for research, academic collaborations, and student experiences.In addition, the program seeks to build a community of like-minded scholars around this emerging fieldby sponsoring events that advance the important nexus between law and technology in its many facets.The top-rated tax program comprehensively covers income tax issues applicable to individuals,corporations, and partnerships; transfer taxation and charitable giving; tax policy; and tax procedure.Many of these classes appeal to graduate students in the Kelley School of Business, as well as to lawstudents. The program sponsors a popular tax policy colloquium that features scholars from aroundthe world who lecture on timely topics.NEW DELHI2223
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offices and firms with family-office service practices. The law school is the first in the united states . with a program focused specifically on this growing phenomenon. Family offices are estimated to hold assets exceeding 4 trillion, and a significant number of the most . prestigious law firms have established family office practices.
