Environmental champions and conservationists will mark the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act later this month. That is the law requiring federal agencies to use all methods necessary to prevent extinctions and ensure that federal actions not jeopardize the continued existence of species on the brink of disappearing from the face of the Earth…. Read more »
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Research on renewable energy project opposition selected for Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Award
A publication co-authored by Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Christiana Ochoa and 2021 Law School alumna Kacey Cook has been selected to appear in the 17th edition of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review. The Review, a joint publication of the Environmental Law Reporter and Vanderbilt University School of Law, compiles some… Read more »
Maurer and McKinney Law Schools to host symposium convened on Sackett v. EPA
The Indiana University Maurer and McKinney Schools of Law jointly will convene leading scholars and practitioners to discuss the implications of the 2023 United States Supreme Court case of Sackett v. EPA. The event, “Sackett v. EPA: What the Supreme Court’s Decision Means for Regulation and Wetlands Conservation,” will take place November 10 in the… Read more »
Four alumni honored with Distinguished Service Awards
An organ donor whose gift of life inspired a career in national transplant operations and beyond. A Fort Wayne native who rose to the C-Suite of some of the country’s top medical device and health technology companies. A leading business leader who has used her legal skills to help large, complex companies mitigate risks at… Read more »
Four pathbreaking women judges to participate in IU conference and public discussion Monday, Sept. 25
Four distinguished women judges from the Middle East and North Africa—including the first female judge in Jordanian history—will visit the Indiana University Bloomington campus Sept. 25-26 for a conference titled “Women Judges in Dialogue,” where they will discuss their own experience as women in the judiciary as well as issues surrounding constitutional adjudication in the… Read more »
New FirstGen student organization uniting path-breaking students
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 »
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 »