Two Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members are among the most-cited in the fields of legal ethics and the legal profession/professional responsibility, according to data analyzed by Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports. Charlie Geyh and William Henderson appear tied at number seven on the list, which uses Sisk data compiled between 2016 and… Read more »
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Lubin earns prestigious Baxter Prize
The Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict has named Maurer School of Law Associate Professor Asaf Lubin the winner of the 2022 Richard R. Baxter Military Writing Prize. The annual award is presented by the Lieber Society, an interest group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Lubin’s winning work, “The Reasonable… Read more »
Bell appointed to national civil rights commission
Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Jeannine Bell has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Indiana Advisory Committee, a national body charged with developing national civil rights policy and enhancing enforcement of federal civil rights laws. The bipartisan, independent commission has jurisdiction over voting rights as well as discrimination based on… Read more »
Three Maurer faculty awarded titled positions
Three Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members have been awarded titled positions. Jessica Eaglin, David Gamage, and Aviva Orenstein will each take on new titles with the start of the spring 2022 semester. The Law School’s Faculty Policy Committee unanimously supported the appointments by Dean Austen Parrish. “We have a remarkably accomplished faculty,”… Read more »
Dau-Schmidt: SCOTUS vaccine ruling raises as many questions as it resolves
Yesterday (January 13), the United States Supreme Court blocked a mandate for employees of large, private businesses to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or test regularly. But the court also left in place a mandate for most U.S. healthcare workers to receive the vaccination. According to Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Ken Dau-Schmidt,… Read more »
Gamage, Lederman sign letter of support for Billionaires Income Tax
Two Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members have joined more than 200 legal and economic scholars from across the country in support of the Billionaires Income Tax, a proposal from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). Professor David Gamage co-drafted and Professor Leandra Lederman co-signed the letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and… Read more »
Indiana Law’s Lubin, Sun help advise Kosovo government on country’s Cybersecurity Act
There’s no doubt that cybercrime is on the rise across the world, affecting millions of people and costing trillions of dollars globally as organizations, businesses, and whole nations try to fend off increasingly sophisticated threats. Recently, Indiana University students helped the Balkan state of Kosovo fortify itself against cyberharms by advising the Parliament on the… Read more »
New book from India Thusi explores conflicts between sex work and policing in Johannesburg
India Thusi was clerking for the Constitutional Court of South Africa when she first visited the Hillbrow community in Johannesburg, South Africa. She’d heard various warnings and cautionary tales about the neighborhood, its seedy reputation keeping many away. But she quickly discovered a bustling, vibrant community that was both welcoming and exciting. And that first… Read more »
Conservation Law Center receives grants for internships
The Conservation Law Center, which provides legal counsel without charge to conservation organizations throughout the world, has secured a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to establish paid internships for up to two Law School students next year. In addition, the CLC has hired Megan Freveletti, ’22, as a graduate fellow attorney after she graduates…. Read more »