Commencement Ceremony

Takes Place in Cairo

New Master of Laws graduates celebrate at the end of the July ceremony in Cairo, Egypt.

THE LAW SCHOOL WELCOMED TWENTY NEW STUDENTS TO THE LL.M. PROGRAM IN AUGUST, 17 OF WHOM ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. With 10 students admitted to the program last January, total enrollment for 2011 climbed to 30 new students. Students enroll in one of four masters tracks: American Law for Foreign Lawyers; Health Law, Policy and Bioethics; International and Comparative Law;

or Intellectual Property Law. The school’s new LL.M. students will benefit from the teaching of three prominent state officials who have recently agreed to teach in the program: Indiana Supreme Court Justices Steven David and Robert Rucker teaching Contracts and Torts, respectively, and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, teaching Constitutional Law.

In October, Professor Frank Emmert, John S. Grimes Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law, and Azalea Assaf, LL.M candidate, visited Costa Rica to promote collaboration among universities, faculty exchanges, student exchanges and recruitment, and joint research.

Professor Emmert delivered a three-day international business law seminar at El Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica, the national bar association, covering topics including international commercial transactions, basics of international contract law, the United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG), as well as dispute settlement in foreign courts and via arbitration. Approximately 300 law students and attorneys attended the seminar.

U.S. Ambassador Anne Slaughter Andrew, ‘83, delivered the seminar’s keynote address, and graciously hosted a breakfast reception at her residence, attended by Costa Rican and U.S. government officials, prominent attorneys, and the deans of the law schools of Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Universidad Autonoma de Centroamerica (UACA) and Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ULACIT). The breakfast provided an opportunity for discussion of potential partnerships with the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

The Costa Rican Minister of Justice, Hernando París, invited Professor Emmert and Assaf to discuss Costa Rican priorities for ratification of international trade treaties after the country’s recent implementation of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Code on International Commercial Arbitration and the ratification of a free trade agreement with China. Assaf was a guest on “Pasion por la Justicia,” a nationally syndicated radio program, where she discussed international alternative dispute resolution.

The trip concluded at ULACIT, where Professor Emmert lectured on World Trade Organization Law to students and discussed the potential for future collaboration with administrators. ULACIT teaches part of its LL.B.

Program in English and there was significant interest among third and fourth year students in the IU McKinney School of Law LL.M. Program.

Update on Law School LL.M. Program

Egypt LL.M.

Commencement Ceremony

Takes Place in Cairo

Top left: US Ambassador Anne Slaughter Andrew,‘83, delivered the keynote speech at the International Business Law Seminar. From left to right: Ambassador Andrew, Professor Frank Emmert, Azalea Assaf, LL.M Candidate 2011, and Lic. Miguel Arias Maduro, Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica. Top right: In the center of San José, stands the Casa Amarilla, or Yellow House, which was built in 1912. Originally known as the Palace of Peace of Central America, it is currently the headquarters for the Costa Rican Ministry (previously Secretariat) of Foreign Affairs. Bottom right: Approximately 300 law students and lawyers attended the International Business Law Seminar, held at the Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica (Costa Rican Bar Association).

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. McKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW WAS THE SITE FOR THIS YEAR’S LAW SCHOOL FOR JOURNALISTS, co-hosted by the Indiana Supreme Court and the law school, on July 20, 2011. About 60 people attended the all-day program, which was designed to help working media better understand the legal system.

The luncheon keynote speaker was Jerrianne Hayslett, former Los Angeles Superior Court Media Liaison and author of Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from ‘ The People v. O.J. Simpson.’ Hayslett discussed her experiences in coordinating media logistics for numerous high-profile trials, including O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Heidi Fleiss, and the Menendez brothers.

Participants were greeted by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, who also offered opening remarks.

Sessions through the day included: “Problem-solving Courts—A New Approach to Justice,” presented by Mary Kay Hudson, Indiana Judicial Center Director of Court Services; Madison Superior Judge Dennis Carroll; and Vanderburgh Superior Judge Wayne Trockman;“Structure of Indiana Trial Courts,” presented by Hamilton Superior Judge Gail Bardach; and Senior Judge Barbara Harcourt, Court Personnel/Program Attorney at the

Indiana Judicial Center; “Cost of Courts,” presented by Indiana Court of Appeals Judge John Baker; Professor John Krauss, director of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute; Jeff Wiese and Tom Carusillo, staff attorneys at the Division of State Court Administration; and Tracy Warner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, and “20 Years With 6 Suspended and Credit For Time Served,” presented by Marion Superior Judge Robert Altice; Floyd Superior Judge Maria Granger; and Professor Joel Schumm of the law school.

Other presentations were “When Children Are in Court,” presented by Lake Superior Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura; and Scott Circuit Judge Roger Duvall and

“Least Understood Area of The Law,” presented by Monica Foster; Greta Scodro, assistant administrator, Supreme Court Administration; Kyle Gillaspie, staff attorney, Indiana Court of Appeals; and Professor Shawn Boyne of the law school.

Additionally, a presentation entitled “Online, On the Phone and In Person—Getting Court Information,” was presented by Kelly Lucas of the Indiana Lawyer; Kathryn Dolan, Indiana Supreme Court Public Information Officer; Harold Adams of the Louisville Courier-Journal; and Susan Brown of The Times of Northwest Indiana.

Law School for Journalists Takes Place at Law School

By Rebecca Collier Trimpe

1– Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard talked with members of the working press during this year’s

“Law School for Journalists.”

2– Jerrianne Hayslett, former Los Angeles Superior Court Media Liaison, offered her perspective on working with the media.

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