Avalanche of lawsuits flows from Conour fraud
State and federal suits take aim at a cavalcade of local attorneys, including some who used to work with the once-prominent, personal-injury lawyer.
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Applications to Indiana law schools wither
Applications to three of the four law schools in the state are in free fall as prospective students think twice about taking on mountains of debt at a time job prospects are dim.
Klein named dean of IU McKinney School of Law
Andrew R. Klein will replace retiring dean, Gary Roberts, at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis in July.
Indiana Tech law school plan receives go-ahead
Indiana Tech officials expect the law school to have 100 students when it opens in the fall of 2013 and grow to about 360 students when it's in full operation. It will be the fifth one in the state.
Another veteran justice leaving Indiana Supreme Court
Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. announced Monday that he will be leaving the court after 19 years to join the faculty at Indiana University's law school in Indianapolis. Sullivan says he will remain on the court until near the start of the law school's fall semester.
Law firms inch back toward hiring mode
Improved economy boosts prospects, modestly, for new grads.
Dean of I.U.’s Maurer School of Law named to head national group
Lauren K. Robel was elected the next president of the American Association of Law Schools on Jan. 7.
Federal appeals judge moving chambers to Indiana
A judge on the federal appeals court in Chicago is relocating his chambers to Indiana University's Bloomington campus.
Dean of IU’s Indianapolis law school hopes to end campus confusion
Just about everyone thinks the Indianapolis law school is a branch of the one in Bloomington. It isn't, and Gary Roberts
says
confusion reigns as a result.
Roberts: Inability to compromise stops consensus
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts’ remarks came Wednesday during a talk at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
Chief justice returns to Indiana for law school lecture
Chief Justice John Roberts will be the third member of the U.S. Supreme Court to give the James P. White Lecture on Legal
Education at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
Despite what you might think, lawyers are compartatively scarce in Indiana
Only North and South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin have smaller proportions of lawyers within their working populations.
Experts point to the state’s shrinking base of corporate HQs, the exodus of law school graduates, and a less litigious climate
overall.
KELLER: The party’s over for IU Law grads as stapped firms trim opportunities
Fledgling attorneys face a legal industry in defensive mode, resulting in drooping employment figures.
Maurer gift is IU’s fourth largest
IBJ co-owner Michael Maurer’s $35 million gift to the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington is the fourth largest
from an individual in the history of the university.
Entrepreneur sees niche for for-profit law school
But Mark Montefiori wants to create a law school to train perhaps hundreds more lawyers each year. He plans to share
with potential investors his vision for The Abraham Clark School of Law, named after one of the lesser-known signers of the
Declaration of Independence, May 10 at the Indianapolis Marriott North.