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 »
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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 »
Maurer School of Law, IU Northwest partner on law scholars program
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law, working in collaboration with Indiana University Northwest, has established a new program to act as a pipeline into law school, the schools announced today (June 27). The Indiana University Northwest Law Scholars Program will substantially reduce tuition for up to four IU Northwest graduates interested in pursuing a… Read more »
Center for Constitutional Democracy welcomes two new board members
Beginning on July 1, the Center for Constitutional Democracy will be welcoming two new members to its Advisory Board: former Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller ’82 and former CCD Senior Managing Affiliate Brady Harman ’15. Zoeller is currently chairman of the World Trade Center Indianapolis. He served as Indiana’s attorney general from 2009-17 alongside Governors… Read more »
Big Ten Law Schools Affirm Their Commitment to Diversity
Deans’ Statement We are deans of Big Ten law schools, joining together to affirm our commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through legally permissible means, regardless of the outcome of the cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. These are core values of our law schools and the universities of which we are part. … Read more »
Four Maurer School of Law students selected as 2023 Stevens Fellows
Four Indiana Law students have been selected as Stevens Fellows, the John Paul Stevens Foundation announced today (June 20). Selection as a Stevens Fellow allows students to receive critical financial support while participating in unpaid summer legal internships serving the public interest. Named after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the John Paul Stevens Foundation… Read more »
Remembering the Hon. Viola J. Taliaferro
Judge Viola J. Taliaferro, a pathbreaking jurist in Monroe County and renowned advocate for its children, passed away Monday, June 12 in Bloomington. A 1977 graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Taliaferro entered the legal profession later in life, but wasted no time making an immediate—and lasting—impact on her local community. By… Read more »