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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Facing the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor David C. Williams on Wednesday (Sept. 30) urged the federal government not to relax sanctions on the Burmese military regime until demonstrable progress can be shown in constitutional development and human rights.

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.

Cuban American journalist Achy Obejas will speak at IU Bloomington Sept. 30 during National Hispanic Heritage Month. Her lecture, titled "Navigating Multiple Identities," will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center (730 E. Third St.) and will address the issue of the interwoven facets of identity -- race, culture, sexual orientation, gender and religion -- that make us who we are.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After a whirlwind tour across Indiana this summer, the bronze sculpture depicting Bloomington's famous jazz composer and songwriter Hoagy Carmichael came home to rest in a permanent location on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. The Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Sculpture was dedicated with a public ceremony in September in the grand foyer of the IU Auditorium.

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.

Foster International Living Learning Center, the second such center at IU and one of seven at Indiana University, will kick off its 25th anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. Friday (Sept. 19) at Foster-Shea (1000 N. Fee Lane). The event will commence with comments from John Galuska, director of Foster International; Bruce Jacobs, IU's vice chancellor for auxiliary services and programs; Patrick Connor, executive director of IU's Residential Programs and Services, and Diana Jacobs, director of academic initiatives and services at IU.

After a whirlwind tour across Indiana this summer, the bronze sculpture depicting Bloomington's famous jazz composer and songwriter Hoagy Carmichael will come home to rest in a permanent location on Indiana University's campus. The Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Sculpture will be dedicated with a public ceremony at 5 p.m., Sept. 18, in the grand foyer of the IU Auditorium. The dedication coincides with a meeting of the Trustees of Indiana University and is hosted by IU President Michael McRobbie and IU Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson. The 700- to 800-pound sculpture of the Bloomington native, who died in 1981, will rest outside the northeast side of the IU Auditorium, along Jordan Avenue.

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.

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.

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.

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.