Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will kick off a 15-day visit to East Asia with meetings Monday with South Korean higher education leaders and a reception for new students in Seoul, South Korea.

Ben Edmonds, Rasul Mowatt and Carwina Weng are the newest IU Bloomington members of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), an interdisciplinary organization composed of more than 500 of Indiana University's best teachers.

Eleven students who are studying at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law have been named Milton Stewart Fellows and will participate as summer interns in Brazil, India, Japan and South Korea through the law school's Center on the Global Legal Profession.

Three Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members and one adjunct professor were honored this month with prestigious teaching awards from the law school.

Four Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni will be inducted today, April 19, into the school's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Induction into the academy is the highest honor the law school can bestow on its graduates.

The difficult relationship between gender equality, the development of democracies, and constitutional design is the subject of Indiana University Bloomington's 2013 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture, "Solomon's Daughters: Women as Law-Makers in Customary Systems." Susan Williams, the Walter W. Foskett Professor in the Maurer School of Law, will present the lecture on April 25.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Mills College President Alecia DeCoudreaux will be speakers at Indiana University Bloomington commencement ceremonies next month.

William D. Henderson of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has been named by National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on two cases that seek to overturn bans on gay marriage. Indiana University experts on law, sociology and public affairs are available to comment.

U.S. News and World Report again gave high marks to Indiana University programs in education, business, law and medicine in its annual Best Graduate Schools rankings. The School of Library and Information Sciences at IU Bloomington was rated eighth-best in the country, and the College of Arts and Sciences' humanities and social-science programs were among the nation's best.

A panel of distinguished jurists will visit the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on March 1 to hear final arguments in a case involving judicial recusal and eminent domain.

A search committee has been formed to identify finalists for the position of executive director of Indiana University's Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. Following the deaths of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom in June 2012, the committee is conducting a national search for the Workshop's next leader.

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order designed to improve the nation's cybersecurity by enabling the government to share more information with private industry partners and developing a new framework to reduce risks. Indiana University experts Fred H. Cate and David P. Fidler offer their comments.

Seminars sponsored this week at Indiana University will take audiences behind the headlines to gain a better understanding of forces affecting U.S. policy and global relations: the use of unmanned drone aircraft for intellligence and counterterrorism purposes, the crisis in Syria and the promise and perils of counterinsurgency warfare.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the IU Kelley School of Business are providing free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled and limited-English-speaking residents over the next month.

Nearly two dozen Indiana University Bloomington faculty and graduate students have received grants in the first round of funding made possible by the Mellon Innovating International Research and Teaching program.

Instagram, one of the world's most popular photo applications and sharing services, announced Dec. 17 that it would change its terms of service and privacy policy early this year, giving the company and its owner, Facebook, the right to use uploaded images in advertisements and other places without a user's consent.

Instagram, one of the world's most popular photo applications and sharing services, announced on Monday, Dec. 17, that it would change its terms of service and privacy policy early next year, giving the company and its owner, Facebook, the right to use uploaded images in advertisements and other places without a user's consent.

Indiana University and Trinity College Dublin have established an agreement calling for student and faculty exchanges and other cooperative efforts to promote learning and scholarship. The IU Maurer School of Law and the Trinity College Dublin School of Law will be the first of the universities' schools to implement the partnership.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument today (Nov. 26) in a case involving alleged racial harassment at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. According to Deborah Widiss, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert on employment discrimination, the court's holding has implications far beyond Indiana.

Researchers from Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute will serve as collaborating partners on a major grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address vulnerabilities arising during the process of software development.

Stephen Bright, a nationally prominent opponent of the death penalty and advocate for poor people accused of crimes, will speak at Indiana University Bloomington as part of the College of Arts and Sciences' Themester 2012 "Good Behavior, Bad Behavior: Molecules to Morality." Bright will speak at noon Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Moot Court Room of the IU Maurer School of Law

Indiana University researchers in public health, law, informatics/computing, sociology and other fields are participating in the American Public Health Association meeting in San Francisco. This release discusses findings involving access to fresh foods; sex and in-vitro fertilization; Hoosiers' support of workplace smoking bans; childhood obesity and schools; a student-developed mobile health app; and an assessment of parks in Indianapolis.

The Center for Intellectual Property Research at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre at the University of Oxford are presenting an international conference titled "The Future of Design Protection Law" on Nov. 2 and 3 at Oxford.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.297 million grant to Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, which, along with four other organizations, will improve the practice of cybersecurity for National Science Foundation scientific cyberinfrastructure with the establishment of the Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure.

The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the heated topic of affirmative action in higher education when it hears oral arguments Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Fisher v. the University of Texas. Indiana University legal experts are available to comment on the case and its implications for education.

October 2012 marks the ninth annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is recognized with the goal of promoting awareness and increasing the resiliency of the nation in the event of a cyberattack. Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research offers practical tips for the general public to improve their online security.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research has announced that Stewart Baker, former assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2012 CACR Cybersecurity Summit.

In recent years, the Supreme Court has dramatically curtailed the involvement of U.S. courts in deciding claims arising from activities outside its borders. According to IU Maurer School of Law professor Hannah L. Buxbaum, an appeal currently before the court calls for a different result.

Elliott S. Milstein, a nationally known professor and leader in clinical education will deliver the Ralph F. Fuchs Lecture at the IU Maurer School of Law on Monday, Oct. 8.

Reva Siegel, a distinguished constitutional law scholar, will deliver the Harris Lecture at the IU Maurer School of Law on Thursday, Sept. 27.

Albert Velasquez, an administrative law judge in the Indianapolis Office of Disability Adjudication and Review and one of the first Hispanic graduates of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, is the 2012 recipient of the IU Latino Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Indiana University Bloomington will celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17 with a campus-wide watch party for a National Endowment for the Humanities Emancipation Day event and panel discussions of such topics as voting rights and education for immigrants.

The United States Department of Energy has awarded Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research a three-year grant to further research and enhance how scientific collaborations across the country handle identity management.

A search and screen committee has been formed to identify finalists for the position of dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel has announced.

Indiana University politics and elections experts discuss the 2012 Republican National Convention, which gets under way Monday in Tampa, Fla.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research has announced that Christopher Soghoian, a fellow at the center, has been recognized by MIT's Technology Review as a 2012 TR35 Honoree. The designation recognizes the world's top young innovators under the age of 35, spanning biotechnology, computer and electronics hardware and software, energy, the Internet and nanotechnology, among other fields.

The growing scandal over the manipulation of Libor by British banks creates complex legal issues for U.S. financial regulation, according to IU Maurer School of Law professor Hannah L. Buxbaum.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on compulsory union dues has implications far beyond the language of the holding, according to Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt.

Four Indiana University Bloomington faculty members have been selected to take part in the Academic Leadership Program, an intensive experience that develops the leadership and managerial skills of faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability and academic promise. The program is sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, made up of the 12 Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago.

Before she officially lands in her new role as Indiana University Bloomington provost, Lauren Robel will seek to further the university's international engagement efforts while on a trip to China and Australia.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has announced that following a search, Lauren K. Robel has been appointed executive vice president and provost of the IU Bloomington campus effective July 1.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care law that Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed into law in late 2010. Indiana University experts in the area of constitutional law, health economics, public health, health administration and business ethics are available to comment on various aspects of the case.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has presented the President's Medal for Excellence to recently retired Vice President and General Counsel Dorothy Frapwell in recognition of her more than 35 years of service to IU as a member of the university's legal staff.

Indiana University has approved a new program of study that enables law students to build a foundation in education policy. Beginning in the fall 2012 semester, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will offer an education policy minor as part of its regular J.D. program.

Today's New York Times adapted a portion of David Sanger's forthcoming "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," which reveals that the United States has secretly conducted cyberattacks against Iran for several years. Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Fellow and Maurer School of Law Professor David P. Fidler said the article raises important questions.

On Tuesday, Wisconsin voters will decide whether to retain Gov. Scott Walker in a rare recall election. According to Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, the election reflects the current polarized climate surrounding labor relations.

Facebook's founders and investors made billions of dollars as the company proceeded with an initial public offering (IPO). But one Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor noted that behind the astronomic financial projections lies an overlooked fact: Facebook is getting rich off its users.

Facebook's founders and investors stand to make billions of dollars as the company proceeds with an expected initial public offering (IPO) on Friday. But one Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor noted that behind the astronomic financial projections lies an overlooked fact: Facebook is going to get rich off of its users.

Seven initiatives developed by faculty members at Indiana University Bloomington have been awarded funding from the Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund, administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.

Fourteen students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law have been selected to participate as summer interns in Brazil, India and South Korea through the law school's Center on the Global Legal Profession.

The National Security Agency has renewed Indiana University's designation as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for 2012-17. The re-designation means CACR will continue as a formal partner in national efforts to enhance the safety and security of networks and computers over the next five years.

Legendary soul musician Booker T Jones and David L. Carden, the United States' first resident ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will be commencement speakers at IU Bloomington commencement ceremonies next month. Both Jones and Carden are IU alumni.

Four Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members and one adjunct professor were honored April 9 with prestigious teaching awards from the law school.

A research paper co-authored by Von Welch, Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research deputy director, has been named one of the top 20 papers in the past 20 years of publications from the International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing.

A research paper co-authored by Von Welch, Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research deputy director, has been named one of the top 20 papers in the past 20 years of publications from the International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Karyn Temple Claggett, a senior-level attorney for the United States Copyright Office, will deliver a talk at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, at the IU Maurer School of Law in Bloomington.

The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies will commemorate its 20th year with a symposium at the IU Maurer School of Law on April 5 and 6.

Four Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni will be inducted today, March 23, into the school's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Induction into the academy is the highest honor the law school can bestow on its graduates. This year's fellows are Stephen F. Burns, JD'68; Dorothy J. Frapwell, JD'73; Stephen H. Paul, JD'72; and Richard S. Rhodes, LLB'53.

During three days next week, March 26 to 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear long-awaited oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. According to professor Daniel O. Conkle, the proceedings could result in landmark rulings.

The inaugural symposium for the IU Maurer School of Law's newest journal, the Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality, will take place at the law school, 211 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 30.

One of the four current commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission will present a public lecture this week at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Commissioner Julie Brill will speak on "The FTC and its Commitment to Consumer Privacy" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Room 213 of the law school.

According to Indiana University law professor Jeannine Bell, the conviction of a former Rutgers University student on hate crime charges is particularly noteworthy in several ways.

Rachel Moran, dean of the UCLA School of Law, will deliver the Jerome Hall Lecture at the IU Maurer School of Law on Wednesday, March 21.

Graduate programs in public and environmental affairs, fine arts, business, education, law, medicine and other health disciplines were again ranked among the top programs in the nation in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today, March 13. The IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs ranked No. 2, ahead of Harvard, Princeton and other top programs.

The Obama administration's call on Feb. 23 for a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" is a noble effort, but one that will likely fail because it puts the power of consent into the hands of a public that, for the most part, doesn't know what to do with it and cannot use it effectively to protect privacy, according to Indiana University information security expert Fred H. Cate. At the core of the legislative proposal is what the Obama administration calls the "Consumer Control Principle," which would give consumers the right to exercise control over what personal data is collected and how it is used. That is typically achieved through voluntary consent.

The Obama administration's call on Thursday, Feb. 23, for a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" is a noble effort, but one that will likely fail because it puts the power of consent into the hands of a public that, for the most part, doesn't know what to do with it and cannot use it effectively to protect privacy, according to Indiana University information security expert Fred H. Cate.

Gene Shreve, Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law, has donated to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law a sculptural ensemble depicting a criminal trial under customary law of the Baule people.

A panel of Indiana University constitutional law experts on Monday will discuss the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to hear Fisher v. Texas, a case challenging the University of Texas' affirmative action program.

The Center for Intellectual Property Research at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law announced today, Feb. 23, that it will hold an international conference on the future of design protection law.

Indiana University and the University of Oxford are accepting applications for entrance into a unique joint degree program focusing on information law and policy. The one-year program will award successful candidates with an LL.M. from IU's Maurer School of Law and a Certificate in Information Law and Policy from the Oxford Internet Institute. Those combined recognitions will identify the graduate as having completed the world's only specialized graduate law degree in information law and policy.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law and India's Jindal Global Law School announced today, Feb. 20, a new initiative in which students can earn a law degree from both schools.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law will host its annual Minority Law Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the law school, 211 S. Indiana Ave. in Bloomington.

Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 8, 2012.

Law schools are in transition, but not in crisis, said Prof. Alfred C. Aman, Jr. at a recent seminar at Harvard Law School.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business will be providing free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled and limited-English-speaking residents over the next month.

According to Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, a labor law expert at the IU Maurer School of Law, right-to-work legislation pending before the Indiana General Assembly is ill-advised and may backfire on the legislature because it isn't clear that the new law will create jobs.

The U.S. Senate voted 93-2 late Monday to begin debate on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act , also known as the STOCK Act. According to Donna M. Nagy, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor who testified last month in both houses of Congress, the STOCK Act would eliminate what many regard as an uncharted gray area in existing law.

As an estimated 24 million Zappos.com received notifications that some of their personal data had been compromised in a massive cyberattack, IU Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate warned those affected to be on the lookout for targeted fraud attempts.

With the Super Bowl coming up in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, Indiana University has several faculty experts who can provide insights on various aspects of the event, including psychology, health, business and economic experts.

According to David Williams and Susan Williams, co-directors of The Center for Constitutional Democracy who have long advised numerous Burmese reform groups, the recent cease-fire is only the beginning of meaningful reform.

As an estimated 24 million Zappos.com customers begin receiving notifications that some of their personal data have been compromised in a massive cyberattack, an Indiana University cybersecurity expert is warning those affected to be on the lookout for targeted fraud attempts. Sunday's announcement by Zappos that customer accounts had been compromised by an unknown attacker poses serious risks for consumers, according to Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate.

Findings from a national study released today by the Law School Survey of Student Engagement indicate that J.D. students who transfer midway through their legal education report thriving academically at their new law schools. However, they report less success in integrating into their new environment.

The Board of Trustees of Indiana University has appointed Hannah L. Buxbaum as interim dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, effective Feb. 1.

A case set for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 7, presents the court with the challenge of deciding whether medical diagnostic processes should be eligible to be considered for patent protection. According to Mark D. Janis of the IU Maurer School of Law, the case may have important implications for many areas of technology.

Indiana University announced today, Dec. 6, that Lauren Robel, dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, has been named interim provost for its Bloomington campus. She succeeds Karen Hanson, who will leave the university Jan. 31 to accept a role as senior vice president and provost at the University of Minnesota.

According to Professor Donna M. Nagy, existing laws already prohibit Congress from insider trading, despite a Nov. 13 segment on 60 Minutes that additional laws are needed.

The recently completed London Conference on Cyberspace -- a major event attended by participants from more than 60 countries and hosted by the U.K. government -- sought to advance an agenda to guide creation of a global, secure, resilient and open cyberspace. But the meeting revealed deep differences that make effective international cooperation increasingly difficult.

George P. Smith II, a visiting fellow at Indiana University's Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information, will deliver the center's first public lecture in tribute to his late friend, former IU President Myles N. Brand. The lecture is titled "Managing End-of-Life Care: Medico-Legal, Social, Ethical, and Philosophical Challenges," and will be presented on Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend, inside the Maurer School of Law's Moot Court Room.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has signed an agreement with the Oxford Internet Institute, a department of the University of Oxford, creating a new program that will allow students to earn a certification in information law and policy from the prestigious British university and an LL.M. from IU.

Vaughn R. Walker, a former federal judge who struck down Proposition 8, the California voter initiative banning same-sex marriage, will deliver a lecture titled "On the Bench and in the Game" at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Nov. 3.

The Obama administration's consideration and rejection of cyberattacks as part of the military action against Libya constitute another significant revelation about the fast-moving realm of cybersecurity, according to Indiana University Maurer School of Law cybersecurity expert David P. Fidler.

The IU Maurer School of Law is holding a mini-symposium on the constitutionality of federal health-care legislation in honor of Patrick L. Baude, Ralph F. Fuchs Professor of Law Emeritus, who died in January. The symposium will be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the law school's Moot Court Room.

According to an expert in international copyright at the IU Maurer School of Law, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to uphold the constitutionality of the law restoring copyright protection under international treaties.

According to an expert in international copyright at the IU Maurer School of Law, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to uphold the constitutionality of the law restoring copyright protection under international treaties.

The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hear oral argument in Key v. Hamilton today (Oct. 5) at noon at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington.

Two Indiana University research centers will share a $100,000 grant from the United States Department of State for the study of human rights violations in Libya.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) and the University of Oxford's Internet Institute (OII) are co-hosting global leaders in the field of information innovation and management as part of the inaugural Oxford Digital Data Dialogue beginning today (Sept. 21).

Researchers at Indiana University and two other institutions have been awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study the impact of climate change on water resources and the ability of governance systems to adapt to the resulting challenges.

A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Indiana University researchers better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place. The grant has been awarded to School of Informatics and Computing Associate Professor Kay Connelly and Principal Research Scientist Kelly Caine, co-directors of the Pervasive Health Information Technology (PHIT) lab and core members of the Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information.

A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Indiana University researchers better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place. The grant has been awarded to School of Informatics and Computing Associate Professor Kay Connelly and Principal Research Scientist Kelly Caine, co-directors of the Pervasive Health Information Technology (PHIT) lab and core members of the Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research begins its annual Security Seminar Series today (Sept. 1) at noon. "Running for more than five years, our annual speaker series includes distinguished scholars, established practitioners, and other leading voices in the field of cybersecurity," said CACR Deputy Director Von Welch. "Our speakers come to us from around the country and cover a diverse range of issues, with topical and engaging presentations."

Media reports of a suspected North Korean cyber attack against a South Korean bank raise fresh concerns about threats to cybersecurity. However, according to Indiana University Maurer School of Law cybersecurity expert David Fidler, reporting on this event reveals confusion and controversy that heighten the growing dangers in this area.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel is visiting several leading Indian law schools as part of an IU effort to explore educational partnerships among the university, Indiana and India.

Five distinguished scholars from around the globe will visit the IU Maurer School of Law this fall to share their recent work during the Center for Intellectual Property Research IP Colloquium.

Former U.S. Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, will speak at the IU Maurer School of Law as part of the school's Constitution Day program.

As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, Indiana University experts discuss the impact the attacks had on American society and the economy.

AT&T, one of the nation's largest cellular telephone service providers, announced today (Aug. 5) that it will begin automatically enabling the voicemail password protection system on phones of every new subscriber or line added to an account. "This is a win for consumers," said IU Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research graduate fellow Chris Soghoian, who called for enhanced voicemail privacy settings in an op-ed for The Hill last month. "Consumers should have hacker-free voicemail by default."

The Regenstrief Foundation Inc. has awarded Indiana University's Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information a $425,000 grant that will help the center fulfill its mission of addressing critical ethical and legal challenges surrounding health information.

The United States' recognition of the rebel leadership in Libya as the country's legitimate government is a major step in establishing a new order in the war-torn country, according to Timothy Waters, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert on the subject.

The U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday (July 14) unveiled declassified portions of its long-awaited strategy for handling cyberattacks, declaring publicly for the first time that it would treat cyberspace -- just as land, sea, and air -- as an "operational domain." Three experts from Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research comment on the strategy.

The National Labor Relations Board's procedures for conducting union elections are broken and need to be overhauled, IU Maurer School of Law professor and labor economics expert Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt told a House committee on July 7.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down a California law restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors presents an unusual alignment of conservative and liberal justices, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert on the First Amendment.

President Obama announced yesterday his decision to withdraw 33,000 American troops from Afghanistan by the summer of 2012, declaring that the "surge" of U.S. military personnel ordered in 2009 is meeting its goals. But, according to a Maurer School of Law counterinsurgency expert who briefed military and civilian personnel being deployed to Afghanistan in 2009-10, the speech marks a turning point, not only for the future of Afghanistan but also for the future projection of U.S. power and influence.

Professor Fred H. Cate is one of four founding members named to the policy council of the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). IFFOR is an independent nonprofit body created by ICM Registry, the organization responsible for the new .xxx top level domain (TLD), which opens to trademark owners under a sunrise launch period in September 2011.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law's Center for Intellectual Property Research and Cook Medical Technologies LLC have formed an externship program for intellectual property students.

A U.S. district judge this week awarded Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research $300,000 as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement over Google Buzz, the company's social media service.

The Indiana University Center for Law, Ethics and Applied Research in Health Information announced today (June 2) the appointment of George P. Smith II as its first visiting fellow. Smith, a professor at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, is an internationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of law and health care, specifically bioethics and health law.

Recent news reports that Pentagon policy will view certain cyber-attacks as acts of war to which the U.S. may respond with conventional military force is unsurprising, but avoids hard policy and legal questions, according to Indiana University cybersecurity experts.

Timothy Waters, a professor in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and an expert on legal aspects of the conflict in the Balkans, is available this morning (May 27) to speak with news media about the arrest of Bosnian war crimes subject Ratko Mladic. The former chief of staff of the Bosnian Serb army was arrested Thursday in a village in northern Serbia where he had been living under an assumed name.

The Indiana Supreme Court's recent holding in Barnes v. State that there is no right to resist unlawful entry by police officers is a sound decision, according to Maurer School of Law Fourth Amendment expert Craig Bradley.

The Obama Administration outlined what it called sweeping cybersecurity legislation Thursday (May 12), but the proposed new law still provides few incentives, and even fewer legal requirements, for the private sector to provide appropriate security for sensitive personal information, according to an Indiana University cybersecurity expert.

Donald E. Knebel has been named Adjunct Professor and Senior Advisor to the Law School's new Center for Intellectual Property Research.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched the Center for Intellectual Property Research (CIPR), according to Mark D. Janis, JD'89, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law and the Center's Director.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law helped local low-income residents and foreign students file 63 tax returns this spring, resulting in thousands of dollars of refunds.

A massive data breach following the hacking of Sony's PlayStation network is affecting an estimated 77 million people, crippling the popular gaming pipeline and leaving victims at serious risk for identity theft and other frauds. Fred H. Cate, director of Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, said that the attack presents a "massive security threat," with the potential to affect millions of people, including children.

Monday's decision by the 800-lawyer King & Spalding firm to drop its defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) suggests that major U.S. law firms are risk-averse and care more about revenue than upholding the traditional norms of the legal profession, according to Visiting Professor John Steele, an expert on legal ethics.

Two students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law have been named the 2011 Milton Stewart Brazil Fellows in the school's Center on the Global Legal Profession.

Three Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members and one adjunct professor were honored April 18 with prestigious teaching awards from the law school.

In a groundbreaking new book, Habeas for the 21st Century:Uses, Abuses, and the Future of the Great Writ (University of Chicago Press), Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Joseph L. Hoffmann and co-author Nancy J. King of Vanderbilt University Law School argue that habeas corpus in the United States is being seriously misused and needs to be reformed. Their arguments are summarized in an op-ed in the April 17 New York Times titled " Justice, Too Much and Too Expensive."

Four nationally known experts on judicial selection will convene at the IU Maurer School of Law on Thursday, April 21, from 4-6 p.m. in the school's Moot Court Room for an interactive dialogue on the topic.

Hannah L. Buxbaum, executive associate dean for academic affairs and John E. Schiller Chair of Legal Ethics at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, will inaugurate the creation of the Schiller Chair with a lecture on Wednesday, April 20 at 4 p.m. in the law school's Moot Court Room.

Nine students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law have been selected to participate as summer interns in India through the Law School's Center on the Global Legal Profession. Inaugurated in 2010, this unique program offers students experiences in a variety of settings, including highly reputed law firms and rights-based, non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

An internationally renowned intellectual property scholar has been named the George P. Smith, II Distinguished Visiting Professor - Chair at the IU Maurer School of Law and will deliver a lecture here on April 6, 2010.

Five Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni have been inducted into the Law School's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Induction into the academy is the highest honor the Law School can bestow on its graduates.

International scholars representing various academic disciplines will convene in Bloomington on April 7-8 to consider the relationships between globalization and migration.

An internationally renowned intellectual property scholar has been named the George P. Smith II Distinguished Visiting Professor-Chair at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and will deliver a lecture at the school on April 6. Graeme Dinwoodie, professor of intellectual property and information technology law at the University of Oxford, will speak at noon in the law school's Moot Court Room.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research is strongly encouraging Internet users to update their web browsers following the compromise of a Certificate Authority -- discovered Wednesday (March 23) -- that leaves potentially valuable data at risk of being intercepted and stolen. Though you may not have heard of Certificate Authorities (CA), they play an instrumental role in securing the Internet, according to CACR Deputy Director Von Welch.

A leading civil rights lawyer and a panel of legal and academic experts will convene at the IU Maurer School of Law on Thursday, April 7, at 3 p.m. for a symposium on recent developments on same-sex marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act.

A professor at the IU Maurer School of Law has been included in a National Jurist article listing "23 law profs to take before you die."

In testimony today before the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert on marriage equality spoke against the adoption of a joint resolution that would amend the Indiana Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

The Transportation Security Administration's adoption of whole-body imaging as part of airport screenings has proven ineffective and potentially counterproductive, an IU Maurer School of Law expert said in testimony before a House subcommittee.

Indiana University graduate programs in business, education, law, medicine and nursing were again ranked among the top programs in the nation in the 2012 edition of U.S. News and World Report magazine's Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today (March 15).

Two research centers at Indiana University Bloomington have organized a delegation of IU scholars, state business executives and journalists, who will leave for southeast China on Friday (March 11) for an eight-day visit.

The release of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on health information technology is just the latest in a series of calls for sweeping changes to the nation's most extensive federal health privacy law, according to two directors of Indiana University's Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information. Issued late last year, the PCAST report -- drafted by health care professionals, IT experts and privacy groups -- provides detailed suggestions that would allow more efficient use of information technology to improve health care quality and reduce health care costs.

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz will deliver a lecture at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Thursday, March 3, at 12:15 p.m. in the Moot Court Room. The lecture is titled "Public Sector Lawyering: A Conversation with FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz," and is one of a series sponsored by the law school's Center for Intellectual Property Research.

A panel of distinguished jurists, including a judge from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the chief judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals, will visit the Indiana University Maurer School of Law today (Feb. 25) at 7 p.m. to hear arguments on a timely topic: the balance of constitutional rights versus law enforcement needs in the struggle to regulate medical marijuana and control cross-border violence.

Research findings by the IU Maurer School of Law's Center on the Global Legal Profession are featured in a cover story in the March 2011 issue of the ABA Journal.

Efforts under way in several state legislatures to prohibit collective bargaining for public employees could damage employer-employee relations for years to come, according to an IU Maurer School of Law expert on labor and employment law.

Distinguished scholars from Indiana University, the Australian National University and other institutions will meet next month to address challenges to constitutional democracy in Asia from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. The symposium, "Difference and Constitutionalism in Asia," will take place March 4-5 in the Moot Court Room of the IU Maurer School of Law.

The Egyptian military's plan to submit a revised constitution to a referendum within two months is a step in the right direction, but considerable risks remain and reformers should proceed slowly, according to David Williams, director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

The release of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on health information technology is just the latest in a series of calls for sweeping changes to the nation's most extensive federal health privacy law, according to two directors of Indiana University's Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information.

A proposed resolution that would amend the Indiana Constitution to ban same-sex marriage is a bad idea with far-reaching implications, according to Associate Professor of Law Deborah Widiss.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business will be providing free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled and limited English-speaking residents over the next month.

Michael A. Olivas will deliver the annual Jerome Hall Lecture at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Monday, Feb. 7, at noon in the law school's Moot Court Room.

This month's referendum on South Sudan's independence brings renewed attention to the importance of self-determination in ensuring global peace, according to Timothy William Waters, associate professor in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Indiana University Bloomington has been selected for 2010 Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The classification recognizes the campus's commitment to engagement through economic development assistance for the state of Indiana, arts and cultural programming, service-learning and community volunteerism, international studies and partnerships, research in areas such as health and education, and other activities.

Lauren K. Robel, dean and Val Nolan Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, was elected president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) at the annual meeting of its House of Representatives on Friday (Jan. 7). She will serve a one-year term as AALS president beginning in January 2012.

Both houses of the Illinois legislature have voted to abolish the death penalty, sending the bill to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn. Given the politics of the death penalty, this result was probably inevitable, according to Professor Joseph L. Hoffmann, a death penalty expert at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

The job outlook for newly minted lawyers is grim, but not according to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The most recent U.S. News report shows that 93 percent of graduates were employed nine months after graduation -- but under American Bar Association definitions, that includes working as a waiter or at Home Depot. In an article in the Jan. 9 New York Times, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor William Henderson calls the survey data "Enron-like" and says that it's time for law schools to step up and tell the truth about themselves.

Judge Ezra "Zeke" Friedlander has spent more than a decade combing through auction lists searching for memorabilia from the United States Supreme Court. After years of pursuing his collecting passion, Friedlander has donated his sizable collection to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, which is displaying most of the items in its nationally recognized Law Library. The framed collection includes signatures of U.S. Supreme Court justices, a pleading by Justice John Marshall dating from 1785, and a letter written by Justice William O. Douglas to an official at Indiana State University.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has appointed four faculty members to chaired professorships. They are: Kevin Brown, Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law; Hannah Buxbaum, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics; Mark Janis, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law; and Dawn Johnsen, Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law.

"These distinguished faculty members exemplify the highest standards of research and teaching in their areas of expertise," said Lauren Robel, Dean and Val Nolan Professor of Law. "Their appointment to chaired positions will provide them with additional resources to enhance their scholarship and teaching."

Forty years ago this week, A. James Barnes was a first-hand witness to history: the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He was a special assistant to William Ruckelshaus, the first EPA administrator, and later his chief of staff. Barnes, a professor in the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and in the IU Maurer School of Law, said Ruckelshaus set a tone of fair and unbiased enforcement of environmental laws that served the agency well.

This week, as millions of Americans pass through security lines at the nation's airports, many will find themselves victims of overaggressive, theatrical safety precautions that do almost nothing to protect travelers, and waste valuable resources that could better be used attempting to identify likely terrorists.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Dawn Johnsen will on Friday (Nov. 19) deliver her first public lecture in Bloomington since being named to President Barack Obama's transition team in late 2008 and her subsequent nomination to the Department of Justice.

The Center on Intellectual Property at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched a unique peer-reviewed journal on topics of interest to scholars and practitioners in patent, trademark, and copyright law. Titled IP Theory, the online journal is unique because it combines the academic rigor of a law review with the immediacy of a legal blog, according to Mark D. Janis, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law and director of the center.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today (Nov. 1) the formation of a collaboration with O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), a private university in Haryana, India, just outside New Delhi. The collaboration will establish, maintain, and enhance interaction between JGU and three of IU's professional schools: the Maurer School of Law, the Kelley School of Business and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, along with the IU Center on Philanthropy.

Now that you've safely made your way through the vampires and zombies of Halloween, Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) wants to remind everyone that you are much more likely to be haunted by cyber-criminals than by ghosts or ghouls. CACR has teamed up with public radio station WFIU to produce "Security Matters," a series of radio spots alerting listeners to cyber threats and directing them to practical information about how they can protect themselves. Each radio spot also has a corresponding three to five minute video segment on the Security Matters website, demonstrating simple steps that listeners can take to protect against cyber threats.

Three alumni from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law were honored Friday (Oct. 8) with prestigious Distinguished Service Awards. The awards were established in 1997 to recognize Indiana Law graduates who have distinguished themselves in service to their communities and the IU Maurer School of Law in ways that exceed expectations in the course of their business, professional or civic duties.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow William Henderson told US News & World Report in a recent interview that the traditional law firm business model needs to change -- but change will be difficult. "We're entering an area where law firms are going to have to do something they haven't done in 60 years: compete for market share," he said.

Henderson is director of the Law School's Center on the Global Legal Profession and has conducted extensive research on trends in the profession. His interview in US News was part of the magazine's new rankings of top US law firms in its October 2010 issue. Read the complete interview, in which Henderson describes a new model for law firm success.

With Halloween approaching, you may be on the lookout for vampires and zombies. But the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) wants to remind everyone that they are much more likely to be haunted by cyber-criminals than by ghosts or ghouls. To help the public fend off these very real dangers, CACR has teamed up with public radio station WFIU to produce "Security Matters," a series of radio spots alerting listeners to cyber threats and directing them to practical information about how they can protect themselves.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the university $4 million to support creation of the Center for Law, Ethics and Applied Research in Health Information, which will address ethical, legal and social issues involved in the growing use of health information to facilitate treatment and research, improve health outcomes for patients and heighten accountability.

In testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this morning (Sept. 23), Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate called for revisions to the Stored Communications Act, a piece of legislation that regulates how and when authorities can obtain electronically stored communications.

Many of the country's top intellectual property scholars and practitioners are expected to convene at the IU Maurer School of Law on Sept. 23-24 for a major conference on patent law. The conference coincides with the 20th anniversary of the publication of "On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope," a seminal work in the field of patent law by Robert P. Merges and Richard R. Nelson.

A Senate committee that is presiding over the impeachment trial of U.S. District Judge Thomas G. Porteous called Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Charles G. Geyh to testify as a witness on Sept. 15.

The international community will be making a mistake if it focuses on encouraging Burma's military government to hold "free and fair" elections in November, says an Indiana University law professor who has advised the Asian nation's ethnic opposition groups. David Williams, of the IU Maurer School of Law, said Burma's 2008 constitution guarantees that the secretive and authoritarian military government will retain power, regardless of the elections.

On September 13, 2010, the Indiana Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in the case of The Supreme Court's five justices will hear arguments in the case of Pfenning v. Lineman, a Grant County case. Cassie Pfenning was struck by a golf ball while driving a beverage cart on a golf course, she filed a complaint for negligence against her grandfather who invited her to the golf event, the golfer who hit the ball that struck her, the Elks County Club where the event was held, and Whitey's 31 Club Inc., which sponsored the event.

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Monday, Sept. 13, at noon in the Moot Court Room. The arguments are open to both the public and the media, though seating is expected to be limited. Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard described it as an opportunity for law students to see first-hand how the Supreme Court operates. "Holding an oral argument at one of our state's law schools offers the law students an up-close look at Indiana's appellate system. It is a good exercise for the students to consider the real world case and think about how they would argue or decide it."

Indiana University's Maurer School of Law today (Sept. 8) honored two current students and a recent alumnus for their commitment and dedication to pro bono work. Alex Haugh, JD'10, third-year student Gina Venturelli, and second-year student Rachael Steller were all presented with the Access to Justice Program's Pro Bono Award during a ceremony at the law school. The award is presented to the student from each class who performed the most pro bono work during the course of the year.

Ambassador Feisal Istrabadi, visiting professor of law and former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, is an expert on the processes of building legal and political institutions in countries in transition from dictatorship to democracy. He was interviewed on Iraq's attempts to form a government on PBS's News Hour.

Yvonne Cripps, Harry T. Ice professor of law, was interviewed on the BBC's The Forum: A World of Ideas on the patentability of unmodified genes. Click here to listen to a broadcast of the interview.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law announced today (Aug. 19) that Jayanth Krishnan will serve as project director for an intensive study on the lower judiciary in India. Krishnan is professor of law, Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow and head of the India Initiative at the Maurer School's Center on the Global Legal Profession.

A day after a California judge threw out the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional, an Indiana University law professor said it's difficult to argue with the judge's reasoning. Deborah Widiss said U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's contention that the ban violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment is well-grounded in legal precedent.

A federal judge in California overturned the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday (Aug. 4). Deborah Widiss, associate professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, has extensively researched the legal theories and litigation strategies that define how courts should think about the right to marry and is available to comment to news media on the ruling.

David Henry Jacobs Jr., an entrepreneur with close ties to the Maurer School of Law, has made a $1.5 million gift to the school to establish the John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics. Schiller is a business litigation lawyer with the Cleveland firm of Walter & Haverfield LLP.

The opinion issued Thursday (July 22) by the United Nation's highest court on the legality of Kosovo's independence won't thaw the frozen conflict between Albanians and Serbs, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor, but it will encourage disaffected minority groups around the world to view secession as a legal option.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) announced the addition of Georgetown Law Center's Carole Silver to both organizations. Silver became a professor of law effective Thursday (July 1) and will begin directing LSSSE later this summer.

Hannah L. Buxbaum, executive associate dean and professor of law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank on Friday (June 24).

An article by Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor John Applegate has been selected as one of the top five environmental law articles of 2009. "Synthesizing TSCA and REACH: Practical Principles for Chemical Regulation Reform" will appear in Volume 41 of Thomson-West's Land Use and Environmental Law Review. Articles that appear in this annual publication are selected through a peer review process that considers all major land use and environmental law articles that appeared in the previous year.

The Honorable David F. Hamilton, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, today announced plans to relocate his chambers to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington. This arrangement, one of only a few of its kind in the United States, will give students at the law school first-hand exposure to the workings of the judicial system.

One of the most common problems journalists say they face in the post-9/11 world is the lack of access to government documents and other information that has traditionally been made public. A new DVD created by the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will help train professional journalists, students and the public on problems of accessibility to public documents and officials. Access Denied: Navigating the Legal Challenges to Newsgathering, is a round-table forum featuring scholars, journalists and attorneys.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law helped local low-income residents file 54 tax returns this spring, resulting in thousands of dollars of refunds. The students, participating in the law school's inaugural Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, volunteered a total of 125 hours during the tax season.

President Obama today (May 10) nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Law professors at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington and the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis are available to comment.

Government action, specifically on the part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, must play a critical role in the development and implementation of global privacy regulations, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor. Speaking at a Department of Commerce symposium on privacy and innovation on May 7, Fred H. Cate said current events make this an opportune time to act.

Six Indiana University alumni have been named as recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, the university's highest honor reserved solely for IU alumni.

Four Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members and one adjunct professor were honored April 16 with prestigious teaching awards from the Law School. Professors Fred Cate and Bob Heidt, and Lecturer in Commercial Law Dennis Long were each awarded Trustees Teaching Awards, Professor Ajay Mehrotra was honored with the Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award, and Sam Ardery was named the recipient of the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award.

Six Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni will be inducted today (April 16) into the Law School's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Induction into the academy is the highest honor the Law School can bestow on its graduates. The academy consists of an elite group that includes U.S. senators, federal judges, and managing partners of national law firms. Each brings honor to the legal profession and enhances the Maurer School of Law's national and global reputation.

In new rankings released April 15 by U.S. News and World Report magazine, several Indiana University graduate schools in education, business, law, medicine and the sciences were again included among the nation's best.

The Indiana University Commission on Multicultural Understanding will honor six individuals and one program on April 6 in the Federal Room at the Indiana Memorial Union. This event is open to the public, with a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by the award presentations at 5 p.m. The COMU awards, created in 1986, are given in recognition of those actively supporting, participating in or encouraging the exploration of cultural diversity in and around the Indiana University Bloomington campus.

Six students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law have been selected for summer internships in India as Milton Stewart Fellows in the law school's Center on the Global Legal Profession. This unique program offers students experiences in a variety of settings, including highly reputed law firms; rights-based, non-governmental organizations; and the Indian Solicitor General's Office.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate testified yesterday (March 29) that a Pennsylvania school district's alleged monitoring of students via school-issued laptop webcams is only the most recent in a series of incidents demonstrating the clear need to overhaul and modernize American federal privacy laws.

A team from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law won top honors at a new competition that combines the detailed analysis of drafting legal documents with the intense strategies of business negotiations. The Law School's team swept the competition, winning Best Seller-Side Draft and Best Overall Team, in the First Annual Transactional Lawyering Meet, held at the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University from March 4-5, 2010.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today the creation of a new office to lead an initiative to develop and implement a distinct collective mission for IU's regional campuses which highlights their critical role within the university and the state's higher education system.

John S. Applegate, the Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Indiana University vice president for planning and policy, has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board by Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, Chairman of the National Research Council. The NRSB is a unit of the National Academy of Sciences that organizes and oversees studies on safety, security, technical efficacy, and other policy and societal issues arising from the application of radiation-based technologies.

Indiana University's Venture Capital Investment Competition team won second place at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Final at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. IU's team was comprised of third-year law students Casey Plant and Marshall Magaro, fourth-year JD/MBA Brian Villa, and second-year MBA students Emily Geiger and Perry Griffith. This same team won IU's internal VCIC contest last fall. At Tepper, the team beat out competitors from Maryland, Rochester, Virginia and Vanderbilt, taking second to a strong team from Georgetown.

A panel of distinguished jurists, including the Chief Justice of Indiana and one of the state's four appointees to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago, will visit the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Friday (Feb. 26) at 7 p.m. to hear arguments on an issue at the forefront of debate over technology, privacy rights, and law enforcement: the constitutionality of collecting and storing DNA evidence from those arrested on certain federal charges.

It has been four years since the longest and most prominent war crimes trial of the modern era was brought to an abrupt halt by the death of the defendant: Slobodan Milosevic. A conference today (Feb. 19) through Sunday at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law revisits the trial, which left the court, the people of the former Yugoslavia, and the world community without a definitive legal resolution.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law's Center on the Global Legal Profession has launched a new Web site, providing up-to-the-minute news and commentary on developments in the legal profession. The new Web site features blogs from the center's director, Professor William Henderson, and news on the center's activities; and it instantly allows visitors to translate the site's content into their native language.

Court-ordered mediation in family law -- divorce, child custody, child support -- has been a regular practice for many years. But research now shows that mediators often overlook the role of intimate partner violence and abuse in family law cases, according to Amy G. Applegate, a clinical professor of law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business will be providing free tax assistance to low-income, elderly, disabled, and limited English-speaking residents over the next month. The students will be participating in the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteers in Tax Assistance (VITA) program beginning Wednesday (Feb. 10) at the law school, 211 S. Indiana Ave. in room 122. The walk-in clinic will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays through March 12. All program volunteers are trained and certified by the IRS.

Besting last year's record-setting turnout, the Women's Law Caucus Auction raised more than $11,000 Friday (Feb. 5) for Bloomington's Middle Way House and Protective Order Project. The annual event features packages donated by Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty and staff. Students from the Law School form small teams to bid on the items, which can include anything from a Trivial Pursuit competition to attending an afternoon of golf with members of the faculty and staff.

Congressional testimony this week by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair that cyberattacks could threaten the United States' strategic military advantage highlights a long-standing danger, according to Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

A new three-part series of seminars will help inform Indiana University Bloomington's diversity mission. The Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund -- overseen by the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs -- has awarded funding in suppor of the series, titled "Attention, Reflection, Connection: Steps Toward an Inclusive Campus."

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel announced the launch of the school's new Center on the Global Legal Profession. Based at IU Bloomington, the center will focus on the unprecedented challenges lawyers are facing around the world and develop research and training materials to assist current and future attorneys in their understanding of international legal systems.

Jon Rinehart and Chris Stoker are participating in a multi-disciplinary team that will develop a comprehensive design and development program for an actual large-scale site. The team is responsible for delivering drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data. The other team members consist of graduate students in architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Kansas.

As sweeping health care legislation moves through Congress, new laws would provide data exclusivity to innovator companies that introduce new biologic drugs and an expedited regulatory approval process for follow-on (generic) biologic drugs. In view of the importance of the topic, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law's Intellectual Property Program has organized a conference, "Intellectual Property Rights and Health Care: Perspectives on Follow-on Biologic Drugs," to be held Jan. 21.

The Hoosier Environmental Council announced today that Brian J. Soden, a noted geophysicist and climate change expert, will present "The Reality of Global Warming: Cold Facts on a Hot Topic," on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. As part of his presentation, Soden will discuss the science of global warming and the struggle to educate the general public on an often confusing and polarizing topic.

Beginning in early July, the IU Maurer School of Law will welcome law students currently enrolled in law programs outside the United States to a five-week program that allows them to earn up to eight course credits, most of which can be transferred to the Maurer School should they matriculate into its Master of Laws degree program. Participants who successfully complete their coursework will earn a Certificate in American and Comparative Law.

A new book by a wide range of Indiana University Bloomington scholars explains how universities and colleges can improve environmental literacy among their graduates. Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum includes chapters by 27 Bloomington scientists, artists, and historians, as well as experts in law, politics, economics, and language, among others.

Recent attempts to bring down airliners through the use of incendiary devices has once again heightened security at airports across the world, but the efforts will do little to thwart future terror attacks, according to Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred Cate. Following the arrest of a Nigerian man accused of attempting to detonate an explosive on a flight into Detroit on Christmas day, federal authorities have put security screeners, airline officials, and investigators on high alert.

A Congressional task force on judicial impeachment called on Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Charles G. Geyh today (Dec. 15) to testify as a witness in its hearing to consider the possible impeachment of U.S. District Judge Thomas G. Porteous. Geyh, the John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, was one of three national experts to appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, delivering his opinion on what he called "ethical concerns of the most extreme sort" by Judge Porteous.

Judicial ethics expert Charles G. Geyh testified Thursday (Dec. 10) that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey serves as a "wake-up call" to state and federal courts to begin taking judicial disqualifications more seriously. Geyh, the John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts and Competition.

On Monday, Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). It has been described by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh as "the most important separation-of-powers case regarding the president's appointment and removal powers to reach the courts in the last 20 years."

Two of the nation's preeminent scholars on international security and nuclear weapons will meet Wednesday (Nov. 18) for a debate on the long-term security implications of nuclear weapons in South Asia. It will be moderated by David Fidler, the James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and director of the IU Center on American and Global Security.

Three Indiana University Maurer School of Law students were part of the winning IU Internal Venture Capital Investment Competition last month, earning a coveted spot in the national competition this spring. The Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at the IU Maurer School of Law sponsored the 2nd Annual IU Internal Venture Capital Competition on Oct. 31, 2009, at the Law School. In its second year, the competition attracted 40 students from the Law School and the IU Kelley School of Business MBA program, combining into eight teams of five participants.

Two of the nation's preeminent scholars on international security and nuclear weapons will meet Wednesday (Nov. 18) for a debate on the long-term security implications of nuclear weapons in South Asia.

Top scholars on Afghanistan and Iraq will meet on the Indiana University Bloomington campus Friday and Saturday (Nov. 13-14) for one of the first collaborative conferences on state-building in both nations. "State-Building in the Contemporary Islamic World: U.S. Intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan" is being presented by the Indiana Democracy Consortium. The two-day event is being held in the Indiana Memorial Union's State Room East and is open to both the public and the media.

Sir David Williams, the first Indiana University Maurer School of Law George P. Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor-Chair and frequent contributor to the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, died last month in Cambridge, England. He was 78.

Sandra "Sandy" Froman, a former two-term president of the National Rifle Association, will visit the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Tuesday (Nov. 3) to discuss the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review McDonald v. Chicago, a case that could have a widespread effect on state and local gun laws.

David Fidler, a professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington and a leading expert on global health and international law, is answering questions online at 11:45 a.m. today (Oct. 27) for the Washington Post about the shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine.

As congressional leaders continue the debate over health care reform, a workshop hosted by the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) on Oct. 26-27 will bring together national leaders to discuss two critical components of the American health care system: privacy and security.

The Center on American and Global Security and the India Studies Program at Indiana University have invited a distinguished panel of experts to present a symposium on "The Future of Nuclear Weapons." The symposium will take place on Oct. 29 at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington and is free and open to the public.

The denial of a marriage license to an interracial couple by a Louisiana justice of the peace was unconstitutional, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor. According to news reports, the justice of the peace denied the couple's marriage license application earlier this month due to concerns for their future children.

Students considering a career in law can learn first-hand who and what law schools are looking for at the Indiana University Law School Fair, Tuesday (Oct. 20), from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall in Bloomington.

Is Google the world's biggest pirate of copyrighted works, or is it performing a valuable public service by making out-of-print books easily accessible to millions of people? In 2004, Google embarked on a herculean project: scanning and digitizing entire libraries of books. While the Google Book Search project grew to an estimated seven million volumes by 2008, class-action lawsuits filed on behalf of publishers and authors in the United States, France and Germany challenged the Internet search giant's legal right to do so.

The U.S. Supreme Court has begun its 2009-10 term and is hearing arguments in two cases this week. Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Dan Conkle is available to comment on both. Arguments in United States v. Stevens will be heard today (Oct. 6). The case tests the government's ability to ban depictions of animal cruelty, including dogfighting, as a way to prohibit animal torture. Salazar v. Buono, to be heard on Wednesday (Oct. 7), involves the erection of a cross on federal land in the Mojave National Preserve in California.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $538,595 to the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research to support a two-year project titled "Protecting Privacy in Health Research." The IU-led project assembles a blue-ribbon panel of experts in medical research, privacy, security, law, ethics, and patient advocacy from eleven national and international partner organizations.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest academic honor society, announced Friday (Oct. 2) the election of Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate as its new president.

The official naming ceremony for the Indiana University Michael Maurer School of Law will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. The Law School will celebrate a $35 million gift from Michael and Janie Maurer, which is devoted entirely to student scholarships. Opportunities for media interviews will precede the ceremony, and a reception will follow.

Hundreds of university leaders, students, and alumni are expected to be on hand Friday (Sept. 25) for the official naming of the Indiana University Michael Maurer School of Law. The ceremony will coincide with the Law School's second annual Alumni Summit and celebrate a $35 million gift from Michael and Janie Maurer the Law School received last December.

Two leading junior scholars conducting innovative research in the areas of law and society have been named the inaugural recipients of the Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Megan Francis and Alexei Trochev will spend the current academic year at Indiana University, working on projects relating to law and society.

Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, will face a special trial for judicial misconduct in the capital punishment case of Michael Wayne Richard. Charles Geyh, the John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, comments on the case.

Building on the foundation of a successful academic program and Conservation Law Center, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has appointed Carolyn Waldron as director of its Environmental Law Program. Waldron, a 20-year veteran of environmental advocacy, will lead a new program to strengthen partnerships and bridge the academic resources of IU to better serve today's emerging environmental challenges.

With political and economic power in international politics shifting towards Asia, especially with the United States and Europe in the midst of economic crises, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor and alumnus argue that the power and ideas of Asian countries may be altering the nature of world affairs.

An Indiana University law professor and cybersecurity expert said the recent wave of cyber attacks that shut down Web sites in the United States and South Korea over the July 4th weekend offer important lessons for policymakers. "These attacks demonstrate how vulnerable key computer systems remain," said Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor of Law and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.

Abbey Stemler, a second-year law student at the IU Maurer School of Law, has been appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels as the new student member of the Indiana University Board of Trustees.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today (June 29) in favor of white firefighters who filed a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the city of New Haven, Conn. In Ricci v. DeStefano, the firefighters claimed the city improperly threw out results of promotional exams because minorities did not meet testing standards for promotion.

The U.S. Supreme Court today (June 29) issued a 5-4 ruling on Cuomo v. the Clearing House Association confirming that states have the power to enforce state laws against national banks, including laws that prohibit discriminatory lending practices. Sarah Jane Hughes, university scholar and fellow in commercial law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, is available to comment on the ruling.

Craig Bradley, Robert A. Lucas Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, says the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of an eighth-grade student who was strip searched appears to be a reasonable compromise between letting schools control illlegal drug use and protecting student privacy.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Gene Shreve will embark on a two-week trek to Liberia to teach a course in constitutional law. It will be the first trip to the African nation for Shreve, who will partner with Jallah A. Barbu, a research fellow at the Center for Constitutional Democracy, to teach "Comparative Liberian and American Constitutional Law" at the University of Liberia's Lewis Arthur Grimes School of Law in Monrovia. The class will run from June 22 through July 3.

Indiana Law alumna Kellye Testy will become the first female dean in the University of Washington School of Law's 110-year history on Sept. 1, after she was approved by the university's Board of Regents on May 14. She also will be named the James W. Mifflin University Professor.

In a historic announcement, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) has announced the election of Indiana Law alumnus Scott N. Flanders as its chief executive officer and member of its board of directors. Flanders, JD'82, will become the first non-Hefner to serve as CEO in the company's 56-year history when his new roles begin on July 1.

For more than a week, the state of Indiana and Chrysler Corp. have been locked in a fast-moving legal struggle over Chrysler's plan to immediately sell virtually all of its profitable assets to "New Chrysler," a corporation owned by the United Auto Workers, Fiat and the federal government. "The stakes for Indiana are high regardless of the outcome," said Dennis Long, a professor in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington.

Laura E. Rogers and Elizabeth R. Sanders were honored May 8 with the Terry & Judy Albright Pro Bono & Public Interest Award for their dedication and extraordinary commitment to public interest service. Both recipients received their awards during the Law School's annual student honors ceremony the night before Commencement.

Leaders from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Sungkyunkwan University's Graduate School of Business announced today (June 5) the creation of a joint J.D./M.B.A. program believed to be the first of its kind between an American law school and an international M.B.A. program.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will travel to South Korea this week, where he will participate in the first IU international alumni reunion in Asia in a decade, meet with current and prospective students from the region and add to the university's growing list of partnerships with the region's leading academic and research institutions.

President Barack Obama's announcement today (May 29) that he will create a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House with responsibility for information security is a step in the right direction, but more has to be done to protect America's network infrastructure from attacks, according to an Indiana University cybersecurity expert.

Two Indiana University Maurer School of Law professors are available to speak on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Speaking to the inaugural graduating class of the school that now bears his name, Michael Maurer encouraged law students to honor the profession, and to find ways to give back to those places and people who made them who they are. The IU Maurer School of Law honored the class of 2009 Saturday, conferring 194 JDs, 23 LLMs, and 16 SJDs to students at the IU Auditorium.

Under a joint research and book project undertaken by the IU Center on American and Global Security and the India Studies Program, two professors at IU Bloomington have addressed a gap in literature on counterinsurgency. Professors Sumit Ganguly and David P. Fidler have addressed this gap by co-editing and contributing chapters to a new book, India and Counterinsurgency: Lessons Learned.

A judge in Minnesota has ruled that a family must get medical treatment for their 13-year-old son's cancer because it is highly treatable. Based on the family's religious convictions, the family had chosen alternative treatments for their son's Hodgkin's lymphoma, which has a 90-percent cure rate with chemotherapy. According to Jody Madeira, a professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg correctly found that the parents of Daniel Hauser have medically neglected their son by refusing chemotherapy.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law will partner with the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic this Friday (May 15) for an in-depth discussion on the human rights and political challenges facing the people of Burma.

A recent threat by hackers to disclose personal information on millions of Virginia residents if a $10 million ransom demand is not met is only the most recent in an escalating series of attacks on sensitive data and critical computer networks. According to Fred H. Cate, director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research and distinguished professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, it is also evidence of how ill-prepared much of the country is for potentially devastating cyber-attacks.

David P. Fidler, the James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, said the developing debate about the responses to Influenza A (H1N1) is important but people should be wary of simplistic hype about the "panic" that public health responses to the outbreak have ostensibly caused.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law recognized some of its finest teachers on April 20, during the School's annual Teaching Awards ceremony. David Williams, the John S. Hastings Professor of Law, was honored with the Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award, the Law School's top teaching prize, which he also won in 1996.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter will retire after the current term recesses in June. He was appointed to the court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. Indiana University Maurer School of Law professors are available to comment on his retirement and what it means for President Barack Obama, who will have his first opportunity to name a justice to the highest court.

Five Indiana University alumni have been named as recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, the university's highest honor reserved solely for IU alumni.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Luis Fuentes-Rohwer said Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder ("Namudno") raises some of the most important constitutional and institutional questions of the last 25 years.

The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of swine influenza A a "public health emergency of international concern," and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared a national public health emergency because of the outbreak. David P. Fidler, the James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, said that these declarations reflect the emergence of a new influenza virus that might have the potential to trigger a pandemic.

Bolstered by a $25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will welcome six new faculty members in the fall 2009 semester. The school will also welcome returning Professor Fred Aman Jr., who had served as Dean at Suffolk University Law School since 2007.

The law firm of the future will have an increased focus on workplace culture and a target client base of small- and mid-sized businesses, according to the winning team at FutureFirm 1.0. The two-day competition, which concluded Sunday at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, charged participants with creating a business model for a fictional law firm that would not only survive the current economic downturn, but thrive 20 years into the future.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Safford United School District No. 1 v. Redding, the case of an eighth-grade female honors student who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain reliever. Craig Bradley, Robert A. Lucas Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, says the court may rule that the search was reasonable.

More than 25 tax scholars from law schools around the world convened earlier this month at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law for the 2009 Critical Tax Conference. Joshua Odintz, tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, delivered the conference's keynote address. His speech, "Infinite Jest: Tax Stimulus Bills," drew a large audience of faculty and students.

Five alumni from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law were inducted Friday (April 17) into the School's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Two other alumni were awarded President's Medals from the IU Foundation. Induction into the ALAF is the highest honor the Law School bestows upon its graduates, in recognition of personal achievements and dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today (April 17) that it intends to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Faculty experts at Indiana University express different reactions but agree that the decision could and should put pressure on Congress to take action on greenhouse gases.

This weekend (April 18-19), the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will host FutureFirm 1.0, a strategic exercise in which participants are asked to create a new law firm business model that is likely to survive and thrive at least 20 years into the future.

In just eight years, Scott Tittle has gone from graduating from the IU Maurer School of Law to advising Gov. Mitch Daniels on last-minute clemency requests and researching controversial state policies like the adoption of daylight saving time.

Proving that lawyers really do have a sense of humor, students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will bring back the Ambulance Chase 5k on Saturday, April 18. Runners will wind through the Bloomington campus on the 3.1-mile course. Race organizers said that an actual ambulance may be used to lead the participants through the course.

Indiana University announced that Huang Ping, consul general for the People's Republic of China in Chicago, will visit Indianapolis to participate in an IU-organized conference on U.S.-China business cooperation.

Recent reports that foreign spies have hacked into the U.S. electrical power grid come as no surprise, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law cybersecurity expert. Media outlets reported this week that the Chinese and Russian hackers installed software that could have caused significant damage to America's power or water supply systems if activated.

Yale Law Professor Judith Resnik, delivering the 2009 Harris Lecture at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on March 31, argued that today's opulent federal courthouses are not designed to efficiently carry out justice, but rather to serve as elegant reminders of how powerful the American federal court system is.

Richard G. Fentiman, a University of Cambridge legal scholar, will deliver the 2009 Snyder Lecture at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Fentiman will present "Trading Debts -- A European Solution?: Addressing the Fallout from the U.S. Mortgage Crisis," on Tuesday, April 7, at noon in the Moot Court Room. His talk is free and open to the public.

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan said he usually takes three different approaches into consideration when deciding the outcome of a pending case. He tries to address constitutional issues only when necessary; he considers how he believes lawmakers would want legislation interpreted; and finally, in common law issues, Sullivan looks for neutral principles that bear on the issue.

A new book by Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professors David Fidler and Sarah Jane Hughes aims to help attorneys navigate the complex process of receiving, reviewing, and responding to national security letters. The American Bar Association is publishing Responding to National Security Letters: A Practical Guide for Legal Counsel this week.

Joining other top law schools across the nation, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has adopted a Public Service Program, part of which will establish an aspirational level of pro bono work to be done by students. Beginning in fall 2009, students will be encouraged to fulfill 60 hours of pro bono work during their three years of schooling.

A distinguished panel that includes two federal appeals court judges will preside over the Indiana University Maurer School of Law's 2008-09 Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition finals on Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. This year's panel also includes a state appellate court judge, the Indiana solicitor general and an attorney in private practice.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Robert Fischman comments on the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that a coalition of environmental groups lack standing to challenge Forest Service comment regulations in Summers v. Earth Island Institute.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor and judicial expert Charles Geyh is available to comment on Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., which was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court today (March 3).

Alternative legal careers were explored in an IU Maurer School of Law panel discussion by IU Dean of Women's Affairs Yvette Alex-Assensoh, IU Foundation Vice President and General Counsel Philippa Guthrie, IU Assistant Dean of Students Suzanne Phillips, IU Maurer School of Law Director of Student Services Catherine Matthews and Kelley School of Business Professor Jane Mallor.

The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has voted unanimously to rename the school's annual Barrister's Ball after alumnus Rapheal Prevot Jr., who died last June at the age of 49.

Indiana University's Venture Capital Investment Competition team won first place at Friday's Mid-Atlantic Regional Final at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Charles Geyh comments on a case in which two Pennsylvania judges have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for accepting more than $2.6 million from the owners of private youth detention centers.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the nomination of Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Dawn Johnsen to the post of associate attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

As a law student, Brian Williams did not know he would find his professional calling overseeing fundraising efforts for non-profit organizations. But after several job changes, Williams, vice president of development for The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, knows all too well the benefit of keeping job options open, especially in a tough economy.

The Women's Law Caucus at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law raised more than $9,000 at its annual charity auction last weekend for two local domestic violence programs . Both Middle Way House of Bloomington, Ind., and the school's Protective Order Project will use the proceeds to continue providing services to local victims of domestic abuse.

Whenever attorney Marc Kadish hears a joke about the legal profession, he reminds himself of all the good work lawyers do for others, often free of charge. Kadish, director of pro bono activities at Mayer Brown in Chicago, joined panelists discussing the virtues of pro bono work at "Pro Bono Stories: Building Careers, Changing Lives" Feb. 4 at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Six Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni will be inducted this April into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, the highest honor the law school bestows upon its graduates. The awards go to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers through personal achievements and dedication to the highest standards of the profession. Previous honorees include U.S. senators, federal judges and managing partners of national law firms.

Facing an uncertain job market, law students are seeking more than the traditional options to put their degrees to work. Indiana University Maurer School of Law spotlights several of these options in its Alternative Legal Careers panel discussion series. All events are free and open to the public.

Loane Skene, a renowned Australian expert in medical law and genetics, will deliver the George P. Smith II Lecture at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Feb. 12. Skene's presentation, "Recent Developments in Stem Cell Research: Social, Ethical and Legal Issues for the Future," begins at noon in the Moot Court Room and is free and open to the public.

Jeannine Bell, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law -- Bloomington professor, has been awarded a prestigious Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) Fellowship from Princeton University. Bell, the Charles Whistler Faculty Fellow, was one of six LAPA Fellows selected for the 2009-10 academic year. "I was absolutely thrilled," Bell said.

Nearly three years after several members of the Duke lacrosse team were falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer, a new book examines the legal implications of where the case went wrong; it also looks at how future sexual assault cases can be pursued without jeopardizing the rights of both the victims and the accused.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Wednesday not to review a ruling striking down the Child Online Pornography Act (COPA) has brought to an end a more than 10-year effort by Congress to protect children from exposure to online pornography.

Two years after joining Legal Aid of Nebraska, Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Bloomington alumnus Dave Pantos has been named the executive director for the organization.

Cyber attacks pose one of the greatest threats to the United States, lagging behind only nuclear warfare and weapons of mass destruction in terms of their potential devastation, FBI experts said earlier this month.

Business partnerships among life sciences companies will be the focus of the third seminar in the 2008-09 Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Series at the Eli Lilly and Co. Corporate Center in Indianapolis on Feb. 13.

Tax law experts from across the country will visit the Indiana University Maurer School of Law--Bloomington during the spring 2009 semester as part of the Law School's inaugural Tax Policy Colloquium.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law -- Bloomington Professor Dawn Johnsen will be nominated to the post of assistant U.S. attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), President-elect Barack Obama announced today (Jan. 5). Johnsen was one of four Justice Department appointments named by the incoming Obama administration.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie Dec. 4 announced the naming of the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington in honor of Indianapolis business and community leader Michael S. "Mickey" Maurer, J.D. '67. The school will be renamed the Michael Maurer School of Law in recognition of Maurer's longtime support for the school and his $35 million gift for law student scholarships. The scholarships will be known as the Michael and Janie Maurer Scholarships.

Recognizing the key role played by volunteer leaders in service and philanthropy, the Indiana University Foundation has honored seven individuals as outstanding "Partners in Philanthropy" for Indiana University.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie and Dean Lauren Robel will make a public announcement Thursday (Dec. 4) regarding a historic gift to the IU School of Law-Bloomington.

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a visiting professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington and a visiting professor of political sociology at IU Bloomington, will join former President Jimmy Carter and other human rights advocates this week at an international conference in Atlanta.

A $2 million gift from Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington alumnus Bill Hunt and his wife Nancy will be used to provide scholarship funds for students working toward a law degree at Indiana Law.

Indiana University professors of law and sociology discuss the current debate in America about same-sex marriage.

Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington professor Dawn Johnsen has been selected to be part of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.

Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington professor Dawn Johnsen has been selected to be part of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.

Johnsen will serve as part of the Department of Justice Review Team, the Obama campaign announced Monday, November 17.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the university $15 million over five years to establish the Pervasive Technology Institute, which will lead IU to a new level of achievement in developing advanced information technology and informatics innovations and delivering their benefits to researchers, educators, students and society.

With the predicted retirements of Judges John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg looming within the next four years, President-elect Barack Obama could have the rare opportunity to appoint two new judges to the U.S. Supreme Court during his first term in office. Curt Levey, director of the Committee for Justice, will discuss Obama's potential federal court appointees on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a visiting professor in the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington and a visiting professor of political sociology, has been awarded the Danish Pundik Freedom Prize for his advocacy for human rights in his native country of Egypt.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, in which a group called the Summum church wants to be able to erect a religious monument in a Utah city park. Daniel O. Conkle, the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, says the Court's decision could turn on whether it rules that erecting the monument is private speech in a public forum (the park) or government speech subject to the control of city officials.

Two second-year Indiana Law students have been named the recipients of Baker & Daniels' second annual $10,000 diversity scholarships. Omar Badawi and Gillian Crowl were selected by the Baker & Daniels diversity executive committee to receive the scholarships, which also include a place in the firm's summer associate program.

Kevin Brown, professor and Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow at the Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, was honored Saturday (Nov. 8) with the Hudson & Holland Scholars Program Director Emeritus Award.

In a twist on typical business competitions, students participating in this week's IU Internal Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) will sit as venture capitalists, reviewing pitches for capital from actual entrepreneurs, all while real venture capitalists judge their teamwork and communication skills.

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals leaves room for foreign plaintiffs to continue filing "foreign-cubed" securities fraud claims in American courts.

At a workshop co-sponsored by Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, government and business leaders will convene in Brussels on Wednesday (Oct. 22) to discuss the interaction between European Union data protection laws and American e-discovery rules.

Protecting investments in intellectual property developed at life sciences companies will be the focus of the second seminar in the 2008-09 Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Series at Cook Medical world headquarters in Bloomington on Friday, Nov. 14.

Jordan's Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein spoke candidly Monday night about the prospects for peace around the world Monday night, calling the United States proof that different groups of people can live together under the same flag.

Information on Canadian citizens should be safe from the reaches of the USA PATRIOT Act, but the Canadian government's response to the Act may pose a greater threat to data privacy, a leading Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington cybersecurity expert testified today (Sept. 25) in Washington, D.C.

What's black and white and has the power to unite a diverse group of people? A soccer ball. Fútbol -- or soccer, as it's known here in the United States -- is consistently ranked as the world's most popular sport. Now going on its sixth year, the JD/LLM Socctoberfest will bring together students from the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington on Friday (Oct. 10).

A new report from the National Academy of Sciences, part of which was co-authored by Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington Professor Fred H. Cate, casts doubt on the effectiveness, lawfulness and appropriateness of using data-based tools such as data-mining and biometrics to fight terrorism.

Two Indiana University professors -- Joseph L. Hoffmann, the Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, and Steven J. Sherman, Chancellor's Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at IU Bloomington -- have won the Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence, a prestigious award recognizing the 50 best articles published in business and management journals around the world.

Amy Applegate, clinical professor and director of the Family and Children Mediation Clinic at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, will be honored today (Oct. 2) with the 2008 Women in the Law Recognition Award.

Indiana University Bloomington law professor Jody Madeira is available to discuss with news media the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to deny a rehearing on Kennedy v. Louisiana, the case in which the Court struck down the death penalty for child rape. The Court voted 7-2 on Tuesday not to reconsider the decision it reached last June.

The Viola J. Taliaferro Family and Children Mediation Clinic of the Indiana University Law School--Bloomington will be dedicated at 4:15 p.m. in the Moot Court Room. The dedication will be part of Indiana Law's inaugural Alumni Summit, and both the public and the media are invited to attend. The dedication honors Taliaferro, a former Monroe Circuit Court judge and magistrate and a tireless advocate for children.

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Thursday (Oct. 16) in a case relevant to many college students who rent their homes or apartments. Arguments will begin at noon in the Moot Court Room at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

Joseph L. Hoffmann, the Harry Pratter Professor of Law and Director of International Programs at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, is the recipient of the 2008 Judicial Excellence in Education Award for Outstanding Non-Judicial Faculty, presented by the Texas Center for the Judiciary.

Before a standing-room-only crowd inside the Moot Court Room, former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh went deep into his memory, and convinced audience members that they can make a difference in the world. While Bayh's main lecture focused on separation of church and state issues, he stayed well beyond his allotted time to address a variety of questions from the crowd.

Information on Canadian citizens should be safe from the reaches of the USA PATRIOT Act, but the Canadian government's response to the Act may pose a greater threat to data privacy, a leading Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington cybersecurity expert testified today (Sept. 25) in Washington, D.C.

Former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh will return to his alma mater on Thursday, Sept. 25, to present a lecture on the importance of church and state separation. Bayh, JD'60, will give a public talk from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, the Jordanian Ambassador to the United States, will talk about the role of the incoming U.S. administration in the future of the Middle East on Monday (Oct. 13) in Indiana University Bloomington's Whittenberger Auditorium. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Three alumni from the Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington have been named finalists for the 2008 Indy's Best and Brightest Award in the Law category. Matthew Conrad, JD'02, Jennifer L. Rhodes, JD'99, and Rafael Sanchez, JD'02, were named three of the 10 finalists for the award, which is presented by Junior Achievement.

The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Mishler v. State on Monday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. in Moot Court Room 123 at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington. A panel -- Chief Judge John G. Baker, Judge Edward W. Najam and Judge Paul D. Mathias -- will hear the case on appeal from Elkhart Superior Court.

For more than a decade, Sarah Michael Singleton, JD'74, has devoted herself to making sure every citizen of New Mexico has access to legal aid, no matter how much - or little - money they may have. For her efforts, she was awarded a 2008 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award on Aug. 11 in New York City.

The Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington's class of 2011 began their studies this week as the highest credentialed class in Indiana Law history. The 205-member class boasts a median LSAT score of 164 and a median GPA of 3.71. Based on last year's national statistics, the statistics for the class of 2011 would be ranked in the top 10 public law schools in terms of their median LSAT scores, and among the top four public law schools from their median GPA.

Alumni from Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington's seven advisory boards will convene in early October for the School's inaugural Alumni Summit. The Alumni Summit is a re-structuring of Indiana Law's traditional Alumni Weekend, and will allow for greater opportunities for networking and allow current students to interact with alumni.

Rising global temperatures are already affecting sensitive ecosystems in the United States, but improved management strategies can make those areas more resilient to climate change, according to a report co-authored by a Robert L. Fischman, an environmental law expert and professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

Bloomington has set new records in fundraising. Both its capital campaign (Matching the Promise) and its annual fund (Fund for Excellence) have surpassed their targets and, with tremendous support from alumni and friends, are still growing.

Indiana University experts talk about jaded Olympics fans as well as 8-8-08 -- the opening day of the Olympics, but also the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Burma and the beginning of a nationwide pro-democracy movement.

Friday, Aug. 8, marks the 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 protests that were the beginning of a nationwide pro-democracy movement in Burma. Ngun Cung "Andrew" Lian, a Burmese exile since 1988 and now a research associate at the Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, and law professor David C. Williams, founder and director of the CCDPS, are available to discuss the anniversary.

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security recently named Indiana University a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research for the years 2008-2013.

Rapheal M. Prevot Jr., JD'84, a devoted Indiana Law supporter and 2004 recipient of the School's Distinguished Service Award, died at his home June 25, 2008, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was 49 years old.

For the majority of his astounding 75-year legal career, Sylvan W. Tackitt could be found in a small office in downtown Bloomington, poring over cases next to the Monroe County Courthouse. Even at the age of 99, Tackitt would regularly put in time in the office, doing what he loved most. His death on July 17 brought to close one of the longest legal careers in U.S. history.

Clayton Slaughter, a doctoral student in the Indiana University School of Education who also holds a degree from the IU School of Law, has been named to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, starting a two-year term that will expire on June 30, 2010. A student nominating committee recommended Slaughter for the appointment.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (July 14) announced that he has appointed John S. Applegate to the newly created position of vice president for planning and policy. The appointment, which is subject to approval by the IU Board of Trustees, was effective as of July 1.

Professor Craig Bradley of the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington is available to discuss whether the U.S. Supreme Court may reconsider a recent case in which it ruled 5-4 that child rapists cannot be executed and that capital punishment is reserved for murderers.

A recent United Nations report makes significant progress toward more effectively addressing human rights abuses by corporations and business entities, says Christiana Ochoa, an Indiana University law professor whose research focuses on global governance and human rights.

Indiana University-Bloomington law professors are available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 5-4 ruling that child rapists who do not murder their victims cannot be executed.

Responding to a Physicians for Human Rights report on the torture of terrorism suspects detained by the U.S., Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington Professor Jeannine Bell notes there is little evidence that torture is effective.

Indiana University and its fundraising partner, the IU Foundation, announced today (June 11) that IU Bloomington's "Matching the Promise" campaign has raised more than $60 million for graduate fellowships.

The Bush Administration's excessive reliance on "secret law" threatens the effective functioning of American democracy, Indiana University Law Professor Dawn E. Johnsen said this week in testimony to a Senate subcommittee.

U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, May 3, for the Graduation Recognition Ceremony of the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington. The ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. at the IU Auditorium.

Craig Bradley and Jody Madeira, professors at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, discuss a current Supreme Court case that concerns whether someone convicted of raping a child should face capital punishment.

The National Security Letters Reform Act being considered by Congress is an "important first step" in protecting Americans against excessive data-mining, but more needs to be done, Indiana University law professor Fred Cate said in testimony to a congressional subcommittee. Cate is distinguished professor at the IU School of Law--Bloomington and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.

Jody Madeira, professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, explains that there is little consensus and no guidance from the courts on whether lengthy sentences for young offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Christopher Pittman, a South Carolina youth sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for the murder of his grandparents when he was 12 years old.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman elected as president of Liberia and any African country, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Indiana University on Saturday (May 3 ), in recognition of her efforts to promote peace, justice and democracy, and of the close relations between her country and IU.

The documentary film Mario's Story tells about the decade-long struggle for justice of Mario Rocha, who was arrested for murder when he was 16. Attorney Bob Long, an IU graduate and Rocha's lead counsel, will introduce and show the film April 9 at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

U.S. News and World Report magazine has chosen three programs at Indiana University -- including its School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) -- as top 10 among their peers. Three others, including its School of Education and Kelley School of Business, are among the magazine's top 20.

A panel of experts will discuss how issues of race affect the implementation of the death penalty on Tuesday, April 1, at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington. The program, titled "Intersection of Race and Jury Composition with the Death Penalty," will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the law school's Moot Court Room.

The Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington has been ranked No. 14 in the nation and fourth among public institutions in a new listing of the top 25 law schools. The rankings are by Vault, an online service that provides career information for students, graduates and employers, including law firms.

An interdisciplinary panel of experts will examine the legal and ethical implications of stem cell research at the 2008 Symposium of Indiana University's Center on Law, Society & Culture. Titled, "Can and Should We Control Technology? The Future of Stem Cell Research Policy," it will take place March 27 in the Moot Court Room of the IU School of Law-Bloomington.

A new report released by the Center on American and Global Security at Indiana University identifies key issues in U.S.-Pakistan relations and makes recommendations for next steps in U.S. policy.

Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and its recognition by a number of influential states has not solved the Balkans' 'last crisis,' but instead pushed it into a new and unpredictable phase, says Timothy Waters, a professor and international law expert at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington.

The Serbian province of Kosovo is poised to declare independence, perhaps within days. The U.S. and most European states are strongly in favor, but Russia and Serbia are firmly opposed. Timothy Waters, a professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, discusses the implications of the crisis in terms of regional stability and international law.

Indiana University experts will share their insights about the treatment of race and gender in the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign in a panel discussion Monday, Feb. 4, at the IU School of Law-Bloomington. The panel discussion will take place from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in room 124 of the Law School, 211 S. Indiana Ave.

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie announced today (Dec. 12) that Lilly Endowment is giving the IU Foundation two major gifts, totaling $69 million, to secure the international standing of the IU Jacobs School of Music, provide its world-class music faculty and students with a state-of-the-art studio facility and propel the IU School of Law-Bloomington to the upper echelon of public university law schools.

Indiana University School of Law professors comment on Wednesday's (Dec. 5) Supreme Court hearing regarding whether federal judges have jurisdiction to hear cases brought by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Indiana University and Zhejiang University, one of China's leading universities, held their first-ever joint symposium focusing on university research commercialization and technology transfer and involving senior leaders of both institutions. In addition to the symposium, IU and Zhejiang formally strengthened their partnership by signing a new agreement that renews for five more years an agreement first signed in 1982.

Leading researchers and scholars from social science and legal fields will be at Indiana University Bloomington this week for a conference aimed at learning about and developing better interventions for families in conflict. The conference, "For the Sake of the Children: Advances in Family Dispute Resolution," is co-sponsored by the IU School of Law-Bloomington and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at IUB.

A federal appeals court decision this week on prayer at the Indiana Statehouse rests on a procedural issue and doesn't settle the question of whether opening sessions of the Legislature with sectarian prayer is constitutional, says Daniel O. Conkle, the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law at the IU School of Law-Bloomington.

In recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen said it is essential for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel to provide the U.S. President with accurate and honest legal advice -- regardless of whether he wants it. "In short, OLC has to be prepared to tell the President 'no,'" she said.

Computerworld magazine has named Fred H. Cate, an Indiana University law professor and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at IU, one of the "best privacy advisers in 2007." Cate, distinguished professor at the IU School of Law-Bloomington, is the only academic on the 25-person list of top individual privacy experts in the United States and Europe.

A military appeals court hearing and talks by IU alumni who have achieved highly successful careers as military attorneys will highlight Military Justice Week Oct. 22-26 at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington. IU Law graduates Neal Puckett, J.D.'84, and Major Nicholas Lancaster, J.D.'99, will serve as practitioners-in-residence during the week, providing advice and information for students who are pursuing or interested in legal careers in the military.

Professor Fred H. Cate and former head of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel and Professor Dawn Johnsen are available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear rendition case of Khaled el-Masri, a German man who claims the CIA kidnapped and tortured him. Both are faculty members at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

Recent news about the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Burma (Myanmar) scratches the surface of the complex problems facing the Southeast Asian country, according to officials with the Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies at the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington. IU Law faculty members and research associates at the center have advised Burmese pro-democracy forces for six years, working both in the U.S. and Burma.

The Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at Indiana University will be dedicated Friday, Oct. 5. The dedication will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the clinic, located on the third floor of the Lewis Building, 116 S. Indiana Ave. in Bloomington. The clinic was renamed in recognition of a $3 million gift from IU alumni David Elmore and D.G. Elmore.

Six years after the 9/11 attacks, David Cole argues that the U.S. has become less secure against terrorist attacks -- despite the sacrifice of civil liberties in the war on terror. Cole, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and a professor of law at Georgetown University, will speak Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to review Indiana's voter ID law "raises the possibility of another self-inflicted wound, like the Court's decision to resolve the 2000 election in favor of George Bush," say Patrick Baude, the Ralph F. Fuchs Professor of Law and Public Servic at the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington. Baude said whatever the Court decides will favor either Democrats or Republicans, a partisan result that could weaken its moral authority.

Firestone Natural Rubber Company has provided $50,000 to the Indiana University School of Law to support its project to help rebuild the University of Liberia's School of Law in Monrovia. The grant will provide scholarships and help with living expenses for students from Liberia to study at Indiana Law.

Constitutionalists from around the world will gather Oct. 25-27 at Indiana University Bloomington to consider the dynamic processes of constitutional narrative during "Paths to Democracy: An International Conversation about Constitutional Stories," an interdisciplinary conference.

Indiana University School of Law Professor Dawn Johnsen is available to discuss President George W. Bush's recent nomination of former federal judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general. "After unsuccessfully floating several names of controversial insiders, the president has settled on someone who might have the potential to address the crisis in the government," Johnsen said.

Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen offers her take on President Bush's use of executive privilege to limit testimony from former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and former White House political director Sara Taylor.

June 12 marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Loving v. Virginia U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which overturned a ban in Virginia that had prohibited whites from marrying non-whites. The ruling invalidated similar bans in more than a dozen other states. Four Indiana University scholars with expertise in the family, history and law, discuss the continuing impact of the ruling on American society.

Two Indiana University alumni are infusing their entrepreneurial successes into a two-year-old J.D./M.B.A. clinical program at IU and have made a $3 million gift to the IU School of Law-Bloomington to fund scholarships for Entrepreneurship Law Clinic students, joint J.D./M.B.A. candidates and students demonstrating a strong interest in business law.

The principal drafter of Iraq's interim constitution, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, will lend his expertise to the Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington for the 2007-2008 academic year. A 1988 alumnus of Indiana Law, Istrabadi will teach courses on transitional justice in Iraq and on the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

In the last edition of Lecture Notes for the semester, take part in National Cover the Uninsured Week, explore the photographs of Tijani Sitou and celebrate the 2007 Indiana Law class.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, celebrate the study of Alzheimer's, explore the artwork of Kalidou Sy and find out if you are fit to breed.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases emitted from automobiles. The court has ordered the federal government to re-examine regulating tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases. The professors quoted in this advisory are available to comment.

A Senate committee has approved subpoenas to White House adviser Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers, and deputy White House counsel William Kelley to explain their roles in the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. The issue raises key questions on the doctrine of executive privilege in protecting private conversations with the president's key staff. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington Professor Dawn Johnsen, a former acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bill Clinton, is available to speak about issues of executive privilege as it relates to this situation.

Indiana University experts offer tips on finding the right words when communicating about and with people with disabilities, needs of siblings of children with disabilities and easing the transition to adulthood for students with disabilities. Law students tackle issues of discrimination at the new Disability Law Clinic.

Indiana Law Professor Joesph Hoffmann is available to comment on a new report that concludes that the state of Indiana should declare an immediate moratorium on executions.

Findings from a national survey released today (Jan. 5) by Indiana University researchers in Bloomington show that the frequency of interaction between students in law school and their professors is strongly related to numerous desirable outcomes of a legal education. The findings also indicate that students who participate in clinical and field experiences, or who do pro bono work, report that they gain more than peers who do not participate in such activities in several proficiencies, including speaking and writing, thinking critically and analytically, and solving complex real-world problems. The 2006 report from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) is based on information from more than 24,000 law students at 64 law schools in the United States.

This edition of "Lecture Notes" features information about lectures and speakers on the Indiana University Bloomington campus from Nov. 6-20, including "Lunch with a Curator," a former chief of the CIA European Division and interesting discoveries from the Stone Age Institute.

Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert today announced the appointment of Bloomington law professor and associate dean John S. Applegate as the first IU Presidential Fellow.

This issue of Lecture Notes features talks at IU Bloomington from Sept. 25 through Oct. 10. Lectures include a special evening with journalist Christopher Hitchens, and a lecture about Herman B. Wells.

Indiana University Bloomington faculty will observe Constitution Day on Monday (Sept. 18) with two events. The day's commemoration of the U.S. Constitution will begin in the Moot Court Room at the IU School of Law-Bloomington, which will host a free and fair exchange of ideas on several major issues in constitutional law. The second event, sponsored by the IU School of Education, will be a town hall meeting during which participants which will address the topic, "Domestic Spying: What are the Checks on Presidential Power?" Both events are free and open to the public.

IU law professors Dawn Johnsen and Craig Bradley discuss the recent Supreme Court decision to limit the power of the Bush administration to conduct military tribunals for suspected terrorists imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Luis Fuentes-Rohwer is an associate professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington who researches voting rights, judicial independence and accountability, and democratic theory. He is available to reporters to discuss the high court's ruling. He is available to discuss the Supreme Court ruling on the controversial Texas redistricting plan that critics argue has failed to protect minority voting rights.

Luis Fuentes-Rohwer is an associate professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington who researches voting rights, judicial independence and accountability, and democratic theory. He is available to reporters to discuss the debate in Congress over reauthorizing sections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 that are set to expire in 2007 and whether the act can withstand future legal challenges.

Living Well for June discusses the role of art in wellness, bed bugs, and benefits gained by mediation in congenial as well as dragged-out divorces.

Recent reports of information security breaches at major institutions, such as the loss of personal electronic data on up to 26.5 million veterans, are troubling and new threats may yet emerge, but the danger of identity theft is being overblown by the press and politicians, according to Indiana University law professor Fred H. Cate.

Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh offers a critique of a congressional proposal to create an Inspector General, who would police the federal judiciary, and a solution for those who believe the judiciary has done an inadequate job of regulating itself.

Despite regular confrontations with the courts throughout American history, Congress has rarely used its powers to control the federal judiciary. But that tradition may be changing, according to an Indiana University Bloomington law professor.

Nearly a decade after a federal law called for bold changes in protecting and managing national wildlife refuges, many refuges still lack adequate monetary and scientific support to gain basic information about the resources they protect. Conservation scientists from Indiana University and five other institutions have assessed progress and proposed solutions to the challenge of managing the refuge system as a cutting-edge source of both conservation and recreation.

Stephanie Kane, an associate professor in Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Criminal Justice, is conducting research on port cities around the world. IU Bloomington Law Professor David Fidler teaches a course titled "National and Homeland Security Law." Their insights relate to the controversy involving plans by a Dubai-based company to operate major U.S. ports.

A new entrepreneurship legal clinic, housed in IU's Kelley School of Business, is one result of a unique partnership between the Kelley School and the IU School of Law-Bloomington. This fall, IU will become only the second university nationally (after Northwestern) to offer an accelerated, three-year joint program for those seeking both law and MBA degrees.

Five legal experts at Indiana University Bloomington offer their perspectives on the legality of the National Security Agency's anti-terrorism electronic surveillance program approved by President George W. Bush.

Some conservatives might feel the Rehnquist "legacy" is one of a failure to lead his fellow Republicans, but such a belief "misunderstands the nature of the Supreme Court in general, and of the current court in particular," writes Indiana University Bloomington law professor Craig Bradley in the introduction to The Rehnquist Legacy. The newly-released book from Cambridge University Press is the first legal biography about a Supreme Court justice.

Findings from a national survey released today by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research show that the first two years of law school are more demanding compared with the final year.

Judge Samuel Alito was nominated today (Oct. 31) by President George W. Bush to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Several Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington faculty members with notable expertise on the Supreme Court and the American legal system weighed in on the nomination.

Craig Bradley, the James L. Calamaras Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, is available to comment on the criminal charges currently being weighed by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case.

Harriet Miers was nominated today (Oct. 3) by President George W. Bush to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Several Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington faculty members with notable expertise on the Supreme Court and the American legal system weighed in on her nomination.

Several Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington faculty members with notable expertise on the Supreme Court and the American legal system weighed in on the confirmation today (Sept. 29) of John Roberts as the 17th chief justice of the United States.

The Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington and the American Constitution Society are hosting a conference to examine presidential power in conventional armed conflicts as well as in the "war on terror." The conference, "War, Terrorism, and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century," will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, in the law school's Moot Court Room. The keynote speaker for the conference is Harold Hongju Koh, dean of Yale Law School and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law.

On Oct. 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people watched the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. For many Americans the trial served as an introduction to the American judicial system. Three nationally recognized criminal law professors from the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington are available to offer their perspectives on the lasting impact of the Simpson trial on public perception of the American judicial system. Contact information for each professor is listed below.

Indiana University Bloomington will mark the first Constitution Day with two events that will highlight the free and fair exchange of ideas promoted by that document and the role it plays in the lives of people worldwide.

The first conference to explore the relationship between Western nations and their growing Muslim minority populations will be held Sept. 22-24 at Indiana University Bloomington. A group of 14 scholars from both sides of the Atlantic will participate in the "Muslims in Western Politics" conference. Their challenge: to produce policy recommendations to improve the civil rights and treatment of Muslims while addressing salient security concerns.

On Tuesday (Sept. 6) the Senate is expected to begin confirmation hearings on the nomination of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Indiana University Bloomington law professor Charles Geyh can offer a legal, historical and political perspective on Roberts' nomination and how it might impact the future of the American judicial system.

Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor of Law at Indiana University Bloomington, has been appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to be a founding member of its Committee on Information for Terrorism Prevention: Balancing Privacy and National Security.

Democracy reform leaders from Burma, Liberia and Azerbaijan will gather Aug. 2-12 at a working conference, "Constitutional Reform: Burma, Liberia and Azerbaijan," at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington. The justice minister of Liberia, democratic co-chairs of the Federal Constitution Drafting Committee of the Union of Burma and a leading constitutional scholar from Azerbaijan will be among those in attendance at the inaugural event of the newly created IU Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies, which seeks to study and promote constitutional democracy in countries marked by ethnic, religious, linguistic and other divisions.

Two professors at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington who clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist are available to offer insights on Rehnquist's legacy.

The recent Supreme Court decision on Kelo v. City of New London basically affirmed current laws pertaining to eminent domain, said Jeffrey Stake, a professor at the IU School of Law-Bloomington.

A team of researchers from Indiana University Bloomington has been awarded a grant of more than $600,000 to study the public and political debates surrounding three of the most significant educational reform movements undertaken after Brown v. Board of Education -- Title IX, school funding equalization and school vouchers -- and how those debates often have undermined equalizing efforts.

The U.S. Supreme Court today (May 16) rejected limits on wine-shipping, overturning laws in Michigan and New York that restricted out-of-state winemakers from shipping directly to customers. J. Alexander Tanford, a professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, served as counsel of record in Granholm v. Heald, one of two direct shipment cases decided by the court. The 5-4 decision could have implications for the other 24 states, including Indiana, that impose similar restrictions on interstate wine shipment.

Professors at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington are available to comment about the fight in Congress over President Bush's appointments to the federal judiciary.

Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research is seeking ways to combat information security challenges. As part of its efforts to improve cybersecurity in higher education, the center will host the Indiana University Higher Education Cybersecurity Summit on Thursday and Friday (April 28-29) on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

A panel of distinguished law school deans and legal scholars will gather on Friday (April 15) at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington for a symposium in the Moot Court Room on "The Next Generation of Law School Rankings."

Four of this year's Guggenheim Fellows are professors at Indiana University Bloomington. The election of IUB biologists Lynda Delph and Jeffrey Palmer, composer Don Freund and historian Michael Grossberg brings IU's total of Guggenheim Fellows to 117.

Members of the Indiana University Bloomington community will have an opportunity to learn more about a recently proposed plan to reform the United Nations during a town hall meeting on Tuesday (April 5) at Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. The event is part of a national series of town hall meetings on U.N. reform sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy and the Stanley Foundation.

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton will participate in a series of events, including public lectures, April 4-8 at Indiana University Bloomington.

Leading authorities in constitutional law and criminal procedure, including six former Supreme Court clerks, will assess Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's place in the history of constitutional law during a conference April 1-2 at the IU School of Law-Bloomington. Three of the presenters scheduled to attend the conference on "The Rehnquist Legacy" are former Rehnquist clerks; another three have clerked for other Supreme Court justices.

Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington alumnus Feisal Istrabadi, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, will discuss the current situation in Iraq on Monday (Feb. 28) at noon in the Moot Court Room of the Law School. Istrabadi was the principle drafter of Iraq's interim constitution.

The following Indiana University Bloomington faculty members are available to comment on initiatives that President Bush is expected to discuss in Wednesday's State of the Union Address.

Three-fourths of all law students report that their institution emphasizes to a considerable degree the ethical practice of law, according to the first Law School Survey of Student Engagement, which was conducted by Indiana University researchers. The national survey also found, however, that part-time students are less engaged in instructive educational experiences, such as internships, law journal, moot court and student organizations.

In May 1970, police arrested Gregory Hess during an anti-war protest on the IU Bloomington campus after a sheriff overheard Hess utter an obscenity-laced statement exhorting a crowd of demonstrators to action. Police charged Hess with disorderly conduct, but his conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. It would turn out to be an innocent use of the f-word, defying the conventional wisdom that free speech is one of wartime's casualties. Hess and key jurists involved will discuss the Supreme Court case on Friday (Nov. 19) at the IU School of Law-Bloomington.

A conference titled "Toward a Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report" will be hosted Sept. 10-11 by the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington. The conference is expected to serve as a "next step" toward developing a national model for capital punishment, according to Joseph L. Hoffmann, the Harry Pratter Professor of Law at IU Bloomington and co-chair of the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Capital Punishment.

Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities at Indiana University Bloomington, has been elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the country. Malti-Douglas is only the fourth IU faculty member to receive this honor.

State constitutions may offer a more likely route to the establishment of same-sex marriage, although the road is fraught with legal and religious complexities, according to Daniel Conkle, a law professor at Indiana University Bloomington. Conkle and other IUB faculty experts are available to offer insights into various aspects of gay marriage and the current debate surrounding the issue. These insights are based on their research and interests in consititutional law, religion, gay and lesbian political history, and family structure and sociology.

Indiana University graduate programs in public and environmental affairs, education, clinical psychology, audiology, business, law and medicine received high rankings in the 2005 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools."

Religious, cultural and legal experts from Indiana University Bloomington and Indianapolis will discuss religious faith, politics and the 2004 presidential election during a panel discussion at Indiana University Bloomington on April 1.

As Americans commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, the gains in educational, employment and other opportunities available to African Americans are undeniable, but so is the backslide -- what Indiana University Assistant Professor Suzanne Eckes describes as a process of resegregation.

Legal experts, civil rights advocates, educators, historians and sociologists are among those who will visit Indiana University Bloomington this spring to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case. The case, which will turn 50 on May 17, was a turning point in the push for equality among all races.

Former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh will participate in a panel discussion at Indiana University Bloomington on the impact of Title IX. The event will be held on Friday (Feb. 6) at 4 p.m. in the Moot Court Room of the School of Law.

Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, will give the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington's annual Harris Lecture on Friday (Nov. 14).

Lawyers and activists seeking a permanent stay of convicted murderer Darnell Williams' execution are asking the Indiana legal system to do what the Fundamental Justice Amendment in Illinois will achieve, says an IU Bloomington law professor who authored the historic death penalty legislation.

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 23 announced its decisions in two lawsuits involving the University of Michigan and its collegiate admission policies. Below is information about Indiana University faculty, staff and students who are available to offer perspectives, based on their expertise in law, political science and education.

The Federal Communications Law Journal at Indiana University has published "The Vast Wasteland Revisited." The issue re-examines former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow's famous 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, in which Minow called television a "vast wasteland."

IU graduate programs in nursing, education, fine arts, business, law and medicine received high rankings in the 2004 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools."

Insights from faculty at Indiana University Bloomington