June 2009

In this issue...

Dean's Message

Noteworthy

Upcoming Events

Class Notes

Faculty Update

Your Support

Dean's Message

Dear Alumni and Friends: The law school has completed another action-packed Spring semester.  We were privileged to have John S. Pistole, '81, Deputy Director of the FBI as our commencement speaker, and he also stayed for the IUAA's Evening of Celebration event where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award and helped us to welcome the 2009 graduates into the alumni family!   I am now on the verge of leaving for several weeks of international travel to reconnect with alumni in Asia at the IUAA's meeting in Seoul, Korea and then on to China to meet with many of our LL.M. graduates and Chinese legal education partners at Renmin University.  I will then be visiting our LL.M. program in Cairo, Egypt to participate in our first commencement ceremony in the Middle East. I wish each of you a wonderful and safe summer and hope to see you at an alumni event in the Fall at the law school, if I do not see you in Asia! Sincerely, Gary R. Roberts Dean and Gerald L. Bepko Professor of Law

Noteworthy

IU Law - Indianapolis has Two Top 10 Programs: U.S. News and World Report ranked the law school's Hall Center for Law and Health 10th and the legal writing program 8th in the nation in 2009. Additionally, the school was also in the Top 10 of public law schools offering a part-time program, ranking 7th.  [full story...] Presentations from the Nanotechnology Conference now available online: On April 15, 2009 the Hall Center for Law and Health co-convened a very well-attended symposium on the emerging field of nanotechnology. Presentations from the conference are now available..  [full story...] Pistole '81 and Rivera Morales '04 Received Awards at Evening of Celebration : John S. Pistole, '81 and Ruth M. Rivera Morales, '04 were the 2009 alumni award recipients at the annual Evening of Celebration on May 8, 2009 at Inlow Hall. All alumni were invited to attend the festivities, which included two one hour CLE presentations, a cocktail reception and champagne toast to welcome the graduating class into the alumni family, presentations of the alumni awards, and reunion dinners for the classes of 1959, 1974, 1984, 1994, and 2004.  [full story...] Case Argued by Appellate Clinic Law Student Reversed by Indiana Supreme Court: On April 8, 2009, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a conviction for resisting law enforcement in Jeffrey Graham v. State, a case argued before the court in December of last year by Jonathan Bont (3L), overseen by the Appellate Clinic's founding Professor, Joel Schumm, '98.  [full story...] Jimmie "Tic Tac" McMillian '02 Receives Up & Coming Award from CLD:  McMillian received the award as part of the Center for Leadership Development's 2009 Minority Achievers Recognition Awards.   [full story...]   Heather A. McCabe '03 co-authors issue brief on the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment:  Heather McCabe,'03, Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health, collaborated with the Center for Health Policy to produce an Issue Brief entitled New ADA Amendment Benefits People with Disabilities and Businesses . This brief outlines the original ADA, discusses some of the important court decisions interpreting it, and then discusses the anticipated impact of the ADAA on both individuals and businesses.  [full story...] Hall Center for Law and Health Collaborates on Public Health:  The Hall Center for Law and Health, as part of its work on Health Reform, collaborated with the Center for Health Policy to release an Issue Brief entitled Public Health Programs Key to Healthy Population, Lower Healthcare Costs. Indiana ranks 34th in the nation in Public Health Indicators and 50th in per capita Public Health expenditures.  [full story...] Indiana Senate Honored John Okeson '89 on April 7: Friends and colleagues gathered for a resolution in memory of H. John Okeson, '89 on April 7, 2009 in the Senate Chambers. [ full story...]   IU Law-Indianapolis Defenders Prove Chadian Women's Rights Violations to UN Experts: During Spring Break (March 16-20, 2009), shadow reporting students gave an oral intervention and a one-hour private briefing to the UN Human Rights Committee in New York about child marriages, female genital mutilation, violence against women, and women's political marginalization occurring in Chad.  [full story...] Baker & Daniels' Public Interest Fellows Draw attention to Mortgage Foreclosures and Wrongful Convictions: Law students Laura Kight and Melinda Mains are the first two recipients of the Baker & Daniels' Public Interest Fellowships which are designed to promote advocacy on behalf of the public interest.  [full story...]

Upcoming Events

June 5-7, 2009 IUAA Event Indiana University International Alumni Conference and Reunion Location: Seoul, Korea Contact: Eric De Haan, Edehann@indiana.edu, 812-855-1670 Please join the IU Alumni Association and the Korea Chapter of the IU Alumni Association for the IU International Alumni Conference and Reunion in Seoul, Korea. [Full Details...]   June 12, 2009   7th Annual Conference on Health, Disability, and the Law Autism and Vaccines Paul Offit, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and other experts 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wynne Courtroom, Inlow Hall, 530 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN Patricia Hanneman at pahannem@iupui.edu View Brochure | Online Registration Up to 6.25 of hours Continuing Education Credits can be earned for licensed social workers, licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed mental health counselors. The conference has been approved for up to 5.4 hours of CLE credit and up to 4.0 CRUs by the State of Indiana Department of Education. June 17, 2009   IUAA Event IU School of Law - Indianapolis Cocktail Reception Hosted by Danish Ambassador The Honorable Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador to the United States will host Dean Gary R. Roberts and alumni of the law school 5:00-6:30 pm Royal Danish Embassy, 3200 Whitehaven St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Michael Halliburton, (317)274-5060, mchallib@iupui.edu  IUAA Website: www.alumni.iupui.edu

Your Support

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Class Notes

Faculty Update

Professor Emmert Speaks on Antitrust Issues in Emerging Markets at ABA Meeting in Washington, D.C. : At the Spring Antitrust Meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) in Washington, D.C., Professor Emmert spoke on "Reflections on How To and How Not To Establish Antitrust Oversight in Emerging Markets and Transitional Economies." [full story...] Professor George E. Edwards Receives PEAR Award from IUPUI: Professor Edwards received a Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR) after receiving the National Bar Association's Ronald Harmon Brown Award of International Distinction. Prior recipients of the Brown Award include Judge Navi Pillay, currently the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former Judge, International Criminal Court & Judge, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.  [full story...] Professor Orentlicher Speaks on Ethical Considerations and Stem Cells at Ballenger Lecture Series : On March 25, Professor David Orentlicher spoke in Flint, Michigan at the Ballenger Eminent Persons Lecture Series entitled "Stem Cell Research: It's Political Ramifications Ethics and Risks, Alternative Options & More." [full story...] Professor Edwards Spearheads NBA's Efforts to Encourage U.S. Participation in Combatting Global Racism:  As Chair of the Public International Law Section of the National Bar Association (NBA), Professor Edwards was cosignatory on a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging U.S. participation in the April 2009 Durban Review Conference in Geneva. [ full story...] Professor Florence Roisman Speaks at Human Rights Event at Columbia Law School: Professor Florence Wagman Roisman participated in a panel discussion at CLE training conference held by the Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute. Her panel explored reasons why social justice lawyers should consider using human rights standards to advocate for economic and social rights in state law. [full story...] Professor Bravo Presents Money Laundering and Human Trafficking Research at the 103rd ASIL Annual Meeting:  Professor Bravo presented a poster of her research entitled "Follow the Money? Does the International Fight Against Money Laundering Provide a Model for International Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts?" at the conference in Washington, D.C. March 25-28. [full story...] Professor Kinney Speaks at Saint Louis University on the Implications of Health Reform:  Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney was a distinguished speaker at the Saint Louis University School of Law's Center for Health Law Studies where she spoke on "A Fresh and Needed Look at the Content of Health Benefits and Coverage: Implications for Health Reform." [full story...] Professor Kinney Visits Taiwan to Promote 'Human Right to Health' :  Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney gave a lecture on "The Realization of the Human Right to Health in an Economically Integrated World" at the Institute of Health and Welfare Policy of the National Yang Ming University in Taipei and visited  the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy at the law school at the National University of Taiwan.  One of her hosts was Chen-ming Yang, '96, Director General for International Health for the Ministry of Health in Taiwan.  [full story...] Professor Orentlicher Presents at Conference on Organ Donation Issues: Professor David Orentlicher, an expert in bioethics issues, participated in a roundtable discussion at the conference on "Organ Allocation: Donation, Sales, and Illegal Trafficking" at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.  [full story...] Hall Center for Law and Health Bids Farewell to Faculty Fellow from Turkey: Professor Halit Yilmaz from the law faculty at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey recently completed his stay at the law school where he researched and wrote on issues surrounding pharmaceutical regulation and the international human right to health.  [ full story...] See more faculty news.

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