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IU law students helping university’s athletes with NIL deals

September 28, 2022

Students at Indiana University Maurer School of Law are now working with IU Bloomington athletes to make sure they aren’t at risk when they sign off on an agreement.

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The Freedom Forum podcast: Karen Bravo, dean of the IU McKinney School of Law.

March 30, 2022

Host Angela Freeman talks with the dean about voting rights, human trafficking and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Nonprofit law firms could help address Indiana’s lawyer shortage

October 9, 2025 | Maura Johnson, Indiana Lawyer

Students and faculty at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business are testing a nonprofit law firm model that could help serve clients of modest means.

IU Maurer School of Law to offer master’s program for non-lawyers

December 19, 2024 | Alexa Shrake, Indiana Lawyer

The master of legal studies will give students the opportunity to take law classes specialized to their already chosen career field.

Interim IUPUI chancellor Klein leaving for Wake Forest law post

May 25, 2023 | IBJ Staff

Andrew Klein has been serving as interim chancellor of IUPUI since February 2022 after the retirement of Nasser Paydar.

Christiana Ochoa selected as new dean of IU Maurer law school

October 13, 2022 | Jordan Morey, Indiana Lawyer

IU Maurer announced longtime faculty member Christiana Ochoa as the 17th dean in the law school’s history on Thursday. She is the first person of color and the second woman to be named dean in IU Maurer’s history.

Ochoa named interim dean of IU Maurer School of Law

April 27, 2022 | Indiana Lawyer Staff

Christiana Ochoa, who is currently the executive associate dean of the law school, will start her tenure as interim dean July 1.

IU Maurer School of Law dean Parrish leaving to lead California school

April 7, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl / The Indiana Lawyer

Austen Parrish, dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and one of the 25 longest-serving law school deans in the country, will be stepping down from the Bloomington institution to start a new job in August.

IU to pay McRobbie additional $582,000 for consulting services

October 8, 2021 | Greg Weaver and Jordan Morey, Indiana Lawyer

Documents obtained from IU by a law professor indicate trustees initially approached then-IU President Michael McRobbie about extending his contract six months in case a search for a new president lasted beyond his retirement date.

From Congress to the classroom, Susan Brooks joins IU McKinney

June 23, 2021 | Indiana Lawyer Staff

The former congresswoman will be returning to her alma mater, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, as a distinguished scholar and ambassador at large, the school announced Wednesday.

Pass rate for Indiana bar exam in February was just 49%, second lowest since at least 2002

May 12, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl / The Indiana Lawyer

Indiana’s passage rate has been falling in recent years. The 2015 February exam posted a pass rate of 67%, but the percentage of successful applicants sank to 55% with the February 2016 exam.

Indianapolis law professor picked by Biden as EPA deputy

January 15, 2021 | Associated Press and IBJ Staff

A veteran of the Obama administration, Janet McCabe is a professor of practice at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and director of the IU Environmental Resilience Institute.

Alumnus Tuchman and husband make $4M gift to further diversity at IU McKinney

October 2, 2020

In honor of their contribution, the atrium in Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, the law school building, will be name the Steve Tuchman and Reed Bobrick Atrium.

First person of color tapped to lead IU’s McKinney law school

March 1, 2020 | Associated Press and Indiana Lawyer Staff

Karen E. Bravo has been named dean of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, pending formal approval by the IU Board of Trustees at its April meeting.

Two Indiana law schools slip, one climbs in latest U.S. News rankings

March 12, 2019

The magazine’s report also found that at least 65 percent of graduates at Indiana’s top three law schools leave with debt, and that the average debt is greater than $90,000.

Regulators reject Valparaiso law school’s move to Tennessee

October 16, 2018

Valparaiso University and Middle Tennessee State University had approved transferring the struggling law school to the Volunteer State, but higher-education officials objected.

Valparaiso Law School in talks to leave state for Tennessee

June 25, 2018

In November 2017, the school announced it was suspending admissions and exploring alternatives to remain open. In 2016, it was censured for admitting students who didn’t appear capable of completing law school or passing the bar exam.

Indiana Bar passage rate hits record low, despite improvement from first-timers

April 12, 2018

Would-be lawyers continue to have a troubled relationship with the Indiana Bar Exam. Only 47 percent passed the exam in February, the lowest rate on record, according to preliminary figures.

IU McKinney, Purdue team up to launch agriculture law program

October 10, 2017

Amy Cornell, a 2006 graduate of IU McKinney and also graduate of Purdue University, has been hired as a consultant to assemble a steering committee to build the program.

Fletcher Place distillery grows beyond original expectations

June 14, 2017

Four law school grads and a businessman took a flyer on founding Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery in 2014. Its spirits now are sold in five states and soon will be in U.S. Navy commissaries throughout the country.

Supreme Court turns away GM appeal over ignition switches

April 24, 2017

General Motors Co. was seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims.

Indiana Tech Law School to close, citing low enrollment

October 31, 2016

Of its inaugural class of 2016, just three of 13 people who took the bar exam in Indiana and another state passed.

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