Barbara Bernal Monnroy arrived in the United States from her native Venezuela at the age of 16, with no practical English language knowledge or skills. “Generation Zero,” as she puts it. Though she was a year behind because of the language barrier, Monnroy worked tirelessly to succeed, eventually graduating from a Florida high school with… Read more »
Month: August 2023
Maurer Federalist Society chapter honored with national award
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s Federalist Society chapter has received the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Award for Spring Breakout Chapter. The award was accepted last month by the chapter’s co-presidents, Nick Clifford and Claudia Eder, at the Federalist Society’s National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The Benjamin Franklin Award for Spring Breakout Chapter is… Read more »
Louisville’s CJ Ryan to join Indiana Law in January
Adding to an already impressive list of new faculty, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is pleased to announce CJ Ryan, of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, will join the Law School for the start of the spring 2024 semester. In addition to his role on the Brandeis faculty, Ryan is… Read more »
Former Colombian constitutional judge and UT-Austin professor join CCD board
On Friday, August 11, and following the recent appointment of Brady Harman and Greg Zoeller, the Center for Constitutional Democracy added two new members to its Advisory Board: Professor Richard Albert (University of Texas at Austin) and Justice Manuel Cepeda (former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia). Albert is Professor of World Constitutions and… Read more »
Meet our new faculty: Jenn Oliva
Professor Jenn Oliva joined Indiana Law earlier this summer as a professor of law and as Val Nolan Faculty Fellow. Prior to joining the IU Maurer Law faculty, Professor Oliva served as Professor of Law and Co-Director of the UCSF/UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy at the University of California College of… Read more »
Meet our new faculty: Yvette Butler
Associate Professor Yvette T. Butler joined the Indiana Law faculty this summer. She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris, and her law degree from The George Washington University Law School. The most obvious one (to me, anyway!): What was the draw for you in terms of leaving Mississippi for Indiana? IU… Read more »
Meet our new faculty: Valena Beety
You’ve read about some of the amazing students we have starting with us next week. Now we’ll introduce you to some of the new faculty who have joined us over the summer. First up is Valena Beety, the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law. Prof. Beety was most recently Professor of Law and Deputy Director… Read more »