Jenn Oliva, Professor of Law and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow, has been elected to the American Law Institute, the organization announced yesterday (Oct. 4).
She becomes the 18th member of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty to earn the prestigious recognition.
“This is a tremendous honor for Professor Oliva and we are proud to have her on our faculty,” said Indiana Law Dean Christiana Ochoa, who holds an ex officio role with the ALI. “Since Jenn joined us in 2023 she’s quickly become an invaluable member of the Maurer community and we’re thrilled to see her recognized.”
Founded in 1923, the ALI is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The organization drafts, discusses, revises, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law that are enormously influential in the courts and legislatures, as well as in legal scholarship and education.
“As ALI welcomes this class of newly elected members, we recognize the important role they will play in shaping the future of the Institute,” said ALI President David F. Levi. “Their election is not just a reflection of their leadership and accomplishments, but also of their commitment to contributing their wisdom to the collaborative work ahead. ALI thrives when each member actively participates in our work to secure the rule of law. I am sure that each of these new members will bring a unique perspective that will contribute meaningfully to that mission.”
As an ALI member, Oliva will have the opportunity to influence the development of the law in both existing and emerging areas, to work with other eminent lawyers, judges, and academics, and to give back to the legal profession.
Oliva, a U.S. Army veteran, focuses her research and teaching interests on health law and policy, privacy law, evidence, torts, and complex litigation.
She has earned numerous awards for her scholarship, teaching, and service. She was selected as a 2019 Wiet Life Science Law Scholar by the Loyola University Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy and a 2020 Health Law Scholar by the Saint Louis University Center for Health Law Studies and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Oliva was the recipient of the 2021 Health Law Community Service Award from the AALS Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care and the Harry S. Truman Foundation honored her with the 2019 Truman Scholarship Foundation Ike Skelton Award for her commitment to public service.
In her first full year in Bloomington, Oliva earned the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Trustees Teaching Award and the school’s Black Law Students Association Outstanding Interactive Professor Award.
Other Indiana Law ALI members include:
- Fred Aman
- John Applegate
- Hannah Buxbaum
- Fred Cate
- Yvonne Cripps
- Ken Dau-Schmidt
- Rob Fischman
- Charlie Geyh
- Sarah Jane Hughes
- Mark Janis
- Jay Krishnan
- Leandra Lederman
- Jody Madeira
- Donna Nagy
- Christy Ochoa (ex officio)
- Aviva Orenstein
- Bill Popkin
- Lauren Robel