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Faculty Profile

Patrick L. Baude

Ralph F. Fuchs Professor Emeritus of Law and Public Service
Contact Information
baude [at] indiana [dot] edu  
(812) 855-5927  
Law Building 348
 
Education
A.B. at University of Kansas, 1964
J.D. at University of Kansas, 1966
LL.M. at Harvard University, 1968
Courses
Criminal Law (B511)
Constitutional Law (B513)
The Legal Profession (B614)
Federal Jurisdiction (B733)
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Background
  • Editor in chief of the Kansas Law Review at the University of Kansas; elected to the Order of the Coif
  • Associate, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Special Counsel to the Office of the Governor of Indiana
  • Indiana Board of Law Examiners, Member and Past President
Biography

Professor Baude's teaching goes beyond the fundamentals of his subject, blending history, philosophy, popular culture, and current events to stretch the students to examine established institutions in light of new ideas. He has won both university-wide and Law School teaching awards. His courses include Constitutional Law, Federal Jurisdiction, and The Legal Profession.

Active in the legal community, he has been a special counsel to the Office of the Governor of Indiana, and is a member and past president of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners. From time to time he handles test cases in the state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is currently working with the Indiana Attorney General as a Special Deputy Attorney General.

A noted scholar, Professor Baude is currently researching the opposite poles of federalism, state constitutions and federal judicial power under article III.

Patrick Baude
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