Christiana Ochoa, executive associate dean at Indiana University Bloomington’s Maurer School of Law, has been named interim dean starting July 1. Ochoa is the Class of 1950 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor at the Maurer School of Law and serves as the founding academic director for the IU Mexico Gateway, IU’s office in Latin America…. Read more »
Month: April 2022
2L Brian Hills honored with IAPP Annual Westin Scholar Award
Brian Hills, a 2L at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, has been named the winner of a 2021-22 IAPP Westin Scholar Award. With the growing need for well-qualified privacy and data protection professionals, the annual Westin Scholar Awards were created by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to support students who are… Read more »
Maurer continues streak of exceptional faculty hires
For some law schools, COVID-19 put a pause on hiring and other plans, but the Maurer School of Law has bolstered its faculty ranks since the start of the pandemic. The University of Chicago Law School’s Aneil Kovvali was announced last week (April 15) as Indiana Law’s most recent faculty hire, bringing to eight the… Read more »
Fonseca honored with the Latino Faculty and Staff Council Award
Laura Fonseca, director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Maurer School of Law, has been selected to receive the Latino Faculty and Staff Council (LFSC) Distinguished Staff Award later this month at a ceremony in the Indiana Memorial Union. The award recognizes important contributions by Indiana University undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff… Read more »
Aneil Kovvali to join Indiana Law this fall
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law will add to its faculty ranks this fall with the arrival of corporate law and governance Professor Aneil Kovvali. Kovvali, currently a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, will bolster a nationally recognized business and corporate law program… Read more »
Dean Austen Parrish to step down from Maurer School of Law
After more than eight years at the helm, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s Austen Parrish announced today (April 7) that he is stepping down from the deanship to take on the same position with the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He will take on his new role beginning August 3. Parrish,… Read more »
Nagy to testify before Congressional committee on stock trading reforms
Maurer School of Law Professor Donna Nagy will testify before the U.S. Congress Committee on House Administration tomorrow, April 7, in Washington, D.C. The hearing, “Examining Stock Trading Reforms for Congress,” begins at 9:10 a.m. in the Longworth House Office Building and will be simultaneously livestreamed here. Nagy, the C. Ben Dutton Professor of Business… Read more »
The Hon. Jed Rakoff to serve as 2022 Commencement speaker
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maurer School of Law will resume its traditional, in-person graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 7, at noon in the Indiana University Auditorium. The Hon. Jed Rakoff, senior U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will deliver… Read more »