The Skadden Fellowship Foundation announced this week that 3L Jayden Boudreau is one of only 34 law students from across the country—and the only one from an Indiana law school— that has been selected as a 2026 Skadden Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors in public interest law. The award will support Boudreau’s innovative… Read more »

Professor Aviva A. Orenstein, the Karen Lake Buttrey and Donald W. Buttrey Chair at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, has been named the recipient of the 2026 John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement. The John Henry Wigmore Award, presented by the Evidence Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), honors… Read more »

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Yvette Butler has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Minority Groups announced late Friday (Dec. 12). The award recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to legal education, the legal profession,… Read more »

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) Friday (Dec. 5) approved new recommendations urging public companies to provide clearer, more consistent information about how they use artificial intelligence. The recommendations passed with strong support: 14 votes in favor, two abstentions, and two against. The proposal, drafted by Indiana University Maurer School of Law… Read more »

Over a remarkable 51-year career, Lowell Baier moved with uncommon ease between professions—attorney, entrepreneur, advocate, historian, and author—yet every path he pursued seemed to guide him inevitably toward a life defined by service, scholarship, and conservation. Baier, who passed away on November 21, leaves behind a legacy as vast, varied, and vital as the landscapes… Read more »

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on information privacy and security law, has been appointed as an inaugural member to the newly formed Privacy Advisory Board of the 23andMe Research Institute, a leading nonprofit medical research organization focused on advancing genetic and health discoveries…. Read more »

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law celebrated its 2025 Pro Bono Award winners this week, honoring students, faculty, and community members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to serving others through legal advocacy and volunteer work. The student awards recognized the individuals in each class who logged the highest number of pro bono hours during… Read more »

Ashley Ahlbrand, Associate Director for Public Services and Adjunct Lecturer in Law at the Jerome Hall Law Library, has been elected Secretary of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the organization announced this week. Her three-year term will run from July 2026 through July 2029. Ahlbrand’s election by AALL’s more than 3000 members follows… Read more »

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Cindy Williams is representing the school this week at the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils (GFC) Annual Meeting in Dubai. As a member of the GFC on Climate Change and Nature Loss, Professor Williams is contributing to discussions that frame environmental challenges as key financial risks and… Read more »

America’s safety net is failing to protect its most vulnerable citizens from the growing pressures of climate change, according to new research from an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Andrew Hammond. In a new article forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review, Hammond argues that while policymakers, the press, and the public tend to… Read more »