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Chinese Environmental Law Scholar in Residence at IU Law-Indianapolis: IU School of Law-Indianapolis' Environmental Law Forum hosted visiting Chinese Lawyer, Wang Xiaohui, this summer while she conducted comparative research on U.S. environmental law. [more...]

Cover image of Professor Adams' and Professor McGregor's new bookProfessors Adams and McGregor Publish Book on U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication for International Lawyers: The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning and communication into context. [more...]

photo of Professor ChestekProf. Ken Chestek Becomes President-Elect of LWI: At the recent Legal Writing Institute Conference held at the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, Professor Chestek was seleced to serve as President-Elect of the Legal Writing Institue for a two year term. [more...]

photo of Professor Florence RoismanProfessor Roisman Testifies on Fair Housing: On July 15, Professor Florence Wagman Roisman will testify in Chicago at the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Hearings. [more...]

Angela EspadaAssociate Dean Angela Espada Award Recipient and ACE Fellow: Angela M. Espada was selected by her alma mater, the University of Indianapolis, as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. She has also been selected as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for 2008-2009. [more...]

Prof. Roisman Publishes Law Review Article and Article in Harvard's Law an Policy Review Online:  Professor Florence Wagman Roisman recently published an article in the North Carolina Law Review and another article in the Harvard Law & Policy Review Online. [more...]

School of Law – Indianapolis’ LARC Program Ranked One of the Best: U.S. News and World Report recently ranked the IU School of Law - Indianapolis' legal writing program 11th in the nation. [more...]

Prof. Edwards Featured in Kuwait's Al Jarida Newspaper: An article featuring Professor George Edwards appeared in a Kuwaiti newspaper where he discussed a range of international human rights and other legal issues. [more...]

Prof. James Dimitri Publishes a Lead Article and Gives a Presentation at a the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference: His article on writing appellate advocacy problems appeared on the cover of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing. His presentation at the University of Utah was entitled "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students.” [more...]

Prof. Martin's Essay Appears on Cover of Legal Writing Institue Bulletin: Teaching to Different Learning Styles: Love Triangles, Role Playing & Videotapes appeared on the cover of the Spring 2008 edition of The Second Draft – Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute. [more...]

Prof. Roisman Gives Keynote Address on Abolitionist Advocacy for the 21st Century:  Professor Florence Wagman Roisman has been invited to give the keynote speech at the North Carolina Legal Services Statewide Conference in Durham, NC, on April 1. [more...]

Professor Bravo to speak at St. Louis University School of Law and the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law: Professor Bravo will participate in the symposium entitled "The Changing Tide of Trade: The social, political and environmental implications of regional trade agreements." She will discuss her work on labor liberalization in the context of regional trade agreements. [more...]

Professor Dannenmaier to speak at Yale/UN Conference on International Environmental Governance and Democracy: Professor Dannenmaier’s work examines the idea of citizenship and sovereignty in international law and argues that international institutions can and should become more democratic. [more...]

Prof. Gerard Magliocca Receives Fulbright Award: In the fall of 2008, Magliocca will hold the Fulbright-Dow Distinguished Chair at the the Roosevelt Center for American Studies in the Netherlands. [more...]

Prof. Fran Watson Asks Public for Help in Cold Cases in Lake County:  The Law Clinic at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis announced an upcoming post-conviction proceeding on behalf of a Lake County man asserting he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1993. Law Clinic attorneys representing the man are seeking the public's help in exonerating their client. [more...]

Shakespeare in the CourtroomProfessors Katz, Mitchell and Wright Speak at Shakespeare in the Courtroom Event: The three spoke on the intersection between law, religion and literature following the performance of parts of The Merchant of Venice by the American Shakespeare Center. Read the article in The Indiana Lawyer. [more...]

Professor Henry Karlson, an expert on criminal law and child abuse issues, was recently consulted by the media covering a capital murder case involving a young child in Connecticut. His comments appear in the Journal Inquirer. [more...]


Recent publications, presentations, and other professional activities

Cynthia M. Adams, Clinical Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Latin American Law Program
  • "Challenges in Negotiating and Drafting International Dispute Resolution Provisions in Commercial Contracts," Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2008.
  • "Beyond a Discussion of Cabbages and Kings: Designing a Relevant U.S. Contracts Course for International Students," Emory Law Conference on Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills, May 31, 2008.
  • "International Arbitration and Mediation: Negotiating and Drafting Terms for Resolving Disputes," Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico, Global Legal Skills Conference, February 2008.

Shawn Boyne, Associate Professor of Law
  • The Criminalization of Speech in the Age of Terror, 2nd Global Conference: Evil, Law and the State-Issues in State Power and Violence. March 7th-9th, Salzburg, Austria.

Karen E. Bravo, Associate Professor of Law; John S. Grimes Fellow; Dean's Fellow
  • International Economic Law in U.S. Law Schools: Evaluating Its Pedagogy and Identifying Future Challenges in International Economic Law - The State & Future of the Discipline” (Colin Picker, Douglas Arner & Isabella Bunn, editors) (Hart Publishing 2008)
  • Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?, __ St. Louis Pub. L. Rev. __ (2008)
  • Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association 2008 Joint Meeting, May 29-June 1, 2008, Montreal, Canada Panel: International Trade Regimes: Deconstructing Their Effects on Domestic Policy, Topic: Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?
  • The Changing Tide of Trade: The Social, Political and Environmental Implications of Regional Trade Agreements, St. Louis University School of Law Public Review Symposium, St. Louis Missouri, April 4, 2008: “Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?”
  • American Society of International Law 102nd Annual Meeting, April 9-12, 2008, Washington, D.C. Panel: New Voices: The Role of International Legal Institutions in Norm Development, Topic: Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to Modern Trafficking in Humans
  • Junior Faculty Regional Workshop, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law – St. Louis, Missouri, February 26, 2008: "Free Labor!? Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to the Modern Traffic in Humans"
  • Junior Faculty Exchange, Case Western Reserve School of Law – Cleveland, Ohio, February 8, 2008 Presentation: Toward a Labor Liberalization Solution to the Modern Traffic in Humans

Kenneth D Chestek, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
  • "Geek 101: Using Technology Effectively (Without Having to Learn the Difference Between Star Wars and Star Trek)" (with Prof. Jan M. Levine, Duquesne and Prof. John Mollenkamp, Cornell), Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Indianapolis, IN, July 2008.
  • President-Elect, The Legal Writing Institute (2008-present)

Daniel H. Cole, R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law
  • *La complexité du choix d’un régime d’appropriation en matière de protection environnementale, in Max Falque, ed., LES RESSOURCES FONCIÈRS: DROITS DE PROPRIÉTE, ÉCONOMIE ET ENVIRONNEMENT 75-88 (Bruxelles: Bruylant 2008).
  • "Climate Change and Collective Action," Law Faculty, University of Oxford, May 12, 2008.

Eric R. Dannenmaier, Associate Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow
  • "Transboundary Governance Networks," in Burns & Heinen, eds., HANDBOOK ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (Forthcoming)(World Scientific, 2008)
  • Beyond Indigenous Property Rights: The Distinctive Connection of the Dispossessed, 86 WASH. U. L. REV. --- (2008) (forthcoming fall)
  • Executive Exclusion and the Cloistering of the Cheney Energy Task Force 16 N.Y.U. ENVTL. L.J. 329 (2008)
  • Democratic Models for International Environmental Institutions: Challenges, Taxonomies, and Citizen Advisory Groups, UNITAR Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
  • "Democratic Models in International Environmental Institutions: Citizen Advisory Commissions," UNITAR / Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, New Haven, CT, May 2008

James D. Dimitri, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
  • James D. Dimitri, Stepping Up to the Podium with Confidence: A Primer for Law Students on Preparing and Delivering an Appellate Oral Argument, 38 Stetson L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1089830.
  • James D. Dimitri, Writing Engaging, Realistic, and Balanced Appellate Advocacy Problems, 16 Persps. 93 (2008).
  • Panelist, Moot Court Advisors Roundtable, at the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 2008.
  • "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students,” presented to the faculty of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Kentucky, April 2008.
  • "Speaking to Millennials: Giving Feedback to the Latest Generation of Law Students,” presented at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2008.

George E. Edwards, Carl M. Gray Professor of Law; Faculty Advisor to the LL.M. track in International Human Rights Law; Director, Program in International Human Rights Law; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • International Prosecution of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide. Presented at Indiana Supreme Court Legal History Lecture Series (supported by Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education). Presented alongside Judge Nancy Vaidik, Indiana Court of Appeals. (Indiana Supreme Court Chambers)
  • “International Law, Torture, and Rights: Ticking Bombs”. University of Kuwait Faculty of Law presenttion in the International Criminal Law class of Dr. Mohammed Buzubar, 28 March 2008. (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
  • “International Law, Military Commissions, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Guantanamo Bay Through Speckled Lenses”. Video-linked presentation between Indiana and the University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran) 26 February 2008.

Robert A. Katz, Professor of Law; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • “`PAGING DR. SHYLOCK...': Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-investment of Jewish Philanthropy," a chapter in David Smith, ed., Giving: For the Love of God (Indiana University Press, 2009).
  • Robert Katz, "Continuing Their Mission, Jewish Hospitals Reinvest in Philanthropy", The Jewish Daily Forward online (June 18, 2008).
  • "A Critique of the Charitable Trust as a Model for Genomic Biobanks." 2008 Health Law Professors Conference. American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Drexel University College of Law, Philadelphia, PA. June 6-7, 2008 (for panel on "Cutting Edge Issues in Biomedical Research").
  • “`PAGING DR. SHYLOCK...':Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-investment of Jewish Philanthropy." Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis. April 1, 2008.
  • "The play’s the thing: Shakespeare at law school sparks conversation," Indiana Lawyer, March 5-18, 2008.
  • "`I Only Have Eyes for You': Exclusive Agreements for Referring Tissue Donors to a Tissue Bank." IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law & Bioethics, Indianapolis, Indiana. March 28, 2008.

María Pabón López, Professor of Law; Co-Director, Latin American Law Summer Program; Dean's Fellow
  • “A Tale of Two Systems: Analyzing the Treatment of Non-Citizens Families: in State Family Law Systems and Under the Immigration Law System,”11 HARVARD LATINO L. REV. 229 (2008).
  • Crisis Meets Reality: Review of OPENING THE FLOODGATES: WHY AMERICA NEEDS TO RETHINK ITS BORDERS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS, by Kevin R. Johnson, 61 S.M.U. L. REV. 191 (2008) (with Karen E. Bravo)

Gerard N. Magliocca, Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • *George W. Bush in Political Time: The Janus Presidency, -- Law and Social Inquiry --- (forthcoming 2009)
  • Huey P. Long and the Guarantee Clause, 83 Tulane L. Rev. --- (forthcoming 2009).
  • Symposium, The Chief Justice on Capitol Hill: Extending the Humphrey-Hawkins Model, 41 Ind. L. Rev. 299 (2008).

James P. Nehf, Cleon H. Foust Fellow; Professor of Law; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • Financing Manufactured Homes, in SECURED TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (J. B. McDonnell, ed., 2008)(in press)
  • THE FUTURE OF CONSUMER CREDIT REGULATION: CREATIVE APPROACHES TO EMERGING PROBLEMS (M. Kelly-Louw, J. Nehf, P. Rott, eds., 2008) (in press)
  • Principles of Consumer Protection in the North American Free Trade Agreement, in REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (T. Bourgoignie, ed., 2008) (in press)
  • Direct Marketing, Mobile Phones and Consumer Privacy, 60 Fed. Comm. L. J.F. 53 (2008)
  • "Unintended Consequences: How the Weakening of U.S. Consumer Laws Rocked World Financial Markets," International Law Association, Rio de Janeiro, August 2008
  • “A Consumer Critique of Laws Related to Data Privacy Breaches,” ABA Section of Business Law, Spring Meeting, Dallas, April 2008

Antony Page, Associate Professor of Law; Dean's Fellow
  • Has Corporate Law Failed?, __U. MICH. L. REV.__(forthcoming 2009) (book review)

Michael J. Pitts, Associate Professor of Law; Dean's Fellow; John S. Grimes Fellow
  • The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, 59 Ala. L. Rev. __ (2008)

Florence Wagman Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law
  • "The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation," Speaker, Indiana Law Reveiw Symposium, April 4, 2008.
  • "Abolitionist Advocacy for the 21st Century," North Carolina Legal Services Statewide Conference, Duram, NC, April 1-2, 2008

Lloyd T. Wilson, Jr., Professor of Law; Co-director, Chinese Law Summer Program
  • All Things Considered: The Contribution of the National Mortgage Licensing System to the Battle Against Predatory Lending, 21 Georgia State University Law Review 415 (2008).
  • "The Interplay of Contract Law Regimes in the United States," Renmin University of China School of Law, June 2, 2008.
  • Chair-Elect, American Association of Law Schools, Section on Real Estate Transactions


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