Law School's Alumnae Network Presents 2006 Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award Susan W. Brooks, '85, received the 2006 Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award at the annual Alumnae Network luncheon. Ken Feinberg, Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, spoke at the law school on February 21.
Columbia Law School's Sage was the 2006 recipient of the McDonald Merrill Ketcham Award. Rosen Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. Ken Feinberg, special master of the Federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund spoke at the law school on February 21.
FACULTY SUMMER
On December 9, 2005, Cynthia Adams presented at the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers at Boston University, “Crossing Over From the Dark Side: Get Grading Out of the Front End of a Graded Course and Make It a Better Learning Experience . .” Professor Adams was appointed to the Bylaws Committee of the AALS Legal Writing Section, and recently wrote revisions and updates for a fall publication by James W. Other speaking engagements include after-dinner remarks at the reunion for the IU School of Law Class of 1956, a class that Chancellor Bepko had spoken to in 1981 at their 25th reunion, delivering remarks at the annual Bepko Honors Convocation in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI on April 21. Kenneth Chestek presented a program, “Tell Me a Story: The Practical Applications of Storytelling in Persuasive Writing,” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in March.
He took office in June at the biennial LWI conference in Atlanta and will serve a four-year term. Article entitled "Modern Human Trafficking and the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Exploring the Analogy". Papers entitled "Toward Establishing 'Best Practices' for Cost-Benefit Analysis" and "The Right to Pollute in Economic Theory and Legal History" and work on a teacher's guide for a casebook on natural resources.
Articles entitled “I Can't to Kant: The Transition to Maturity and the Meaning of Adolescent 'Consent' in the Workplace” and “Sexually Harassed Minors: A Comparison of British and American Legal and Social Responses”. Work on three book projects entitled 'Left, Right and Center', 'The Meaning of Individualism' and 'The Seven Political Traditions'. Rob Katz, associate professor of law; Dean's Fellow article entitled “Giving and Receiving: Public Assistance and.
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
Her recent article, “Developing Capacity”: Adolescent “Consent” at the Workplace, at Law, and in the Sciences of the Mind,” appears at 10 U.C. The training was conducted at the National Procurators College in Beijing, China, and was sponsored by the China Trial Advocacy Institute – a joint project of Renmin University of China School of Law and Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. Robert Lancaster, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Chinese Law Summer Program, and Ding Xiangshun, Associate Professor of Law at Renmin University of China School of Law, spoke at the Global Alliance for Justice Education International Conference at Fordham Law School in New York City. York City in May.
Also in February, she served as moderator for a symposium on Pay for Performance presented by the Indiana Health Law Review at the law school. Also in March, Professor Magliocca received the Black Cane Award for Most Outstanding Professor, voted on by students in the law faculty. In March, Professor Roisman moderated a panel at the conference, Gautreaux at Twenty, held at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.
During the 2005-2006 academic year, Professor Roisman chaired the law school's faculty appointments committee. At the LSAC annual meeting, he served on a panel on an out-of-the-box approach to legal education. He chaired a panel discussion on “The Dangers of Predatory Lending” at the Norman Amaker Public Interest Law and Social Justice Retreat in February.
2006 Trustees Teaching Award
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In September 2005, Heather McCabe, '03, director of the law school's public health program, received the MCH Early Career Leadership Recognition Award from the Riley Child Development Center at Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Children's Hospital, for demonstrated leadership in providing service to children and their families. She also participated in the Mid-America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute Fellowship Program, a CDC-funded initiative. Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Gun Violence and Suicide at the December 2005 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Several law school administrative offices have reorganized within the past year and personnel changes have occurred. This office handles development, media relations, publications, continuing legal education programs, special events, and alumni relations, and is led by the Assistant Dean for Institutional Advancement, Jonna Kane MacDougall, '86. In addition, Heather McCabe, '03, has returned to the law school full-time in the position of Director, Public Health Program and Assistant Director for Grant Development.
Susan Agnew, who served the school as recorder for 11 years, has been promoted to assistant director of student services. In the Office of Professional Development, Chasity Thompson Adewopo, '02, has been named director of professional development and pro bono programs. She was succeeded by Shannon Williams, who left law school after six years as a director to become head of new attorney recruiting at Baker & Daniels.
2006 Faculty Leadership Awards
She was appointed by Governor Daniels to chair the Indiana Home Health and Hospice Service Council for the Indiana State Department of Health. Additionally, her recent publication, "Suicide Characteristics from 1998-2001 in a Metropolitan Area," Xun Shen, M.D., MPH, Jodi Hackworth, MPH, Heather McCabe, J.D., MSW, Lori Lovett, MSEd, John Aumage , B.S. O'Neil, M.D., Marilyn Bull, M.D., appears in DEATH. The development and external affairs offices have been combined into one area called the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Shaun Ingram is the external affairs and special events coordinator, and Lisa Schrage is the development coordinator. She will divide her time between the Hall Center for Law and Health and the Office of Institutional Advancement. In that capacity, she is responsible for all aspects of student record keeping, including registration, grades, class ranks, graduation, state bar and other duties related to student affairs.
2006-2007 Dean’s Fellowship Awards
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An alumnus or friend of the law school who gives $1,000 or more annually to the school
All of the above—and we especially appreciate “C”
N O B LUEBOOK R EQUIRED
David Temple, '94, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Indiana State Bar. Robert (Bob) Borns, '96, was elected president of the West Hawaii Bar Association. He is a member of the company's business groups, creditors' rights and bankruptcy, litigation and real estate and environment groups, and focuses his practice on construction law and creditors.
Following him in the position of ACLU-Indiana executive director is Claudia Porretti, a 2006 law school graduate. Witte is a former secretary and vice president of public affairs for the Indianapolis Bar Association. She has served as a presenter at the Product Liability Workshop for the Indiana Litigation Institute.
He is a member of the Business and Real Estate Practice Groups and practices out of the firm's downtown Indianapolis office. Sanford Kelsey, '03, has been named to the editorial board of The State and Local Tax Lawyer published by the American Bar Association. Raines is a past member of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Board of Directors and a 2006 recipient of the "Up and Coming Lawyer" award from Indiana Lawyer.
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Curtis Greene, ‘05, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as an
The Black & Latino Policy Institute has also commissioned her to write several policy briefs and assist with constituent correspondence. Landoll Sorrell, '03, has accepted a position as a public defender in the Anderson City Court in Anderson, Indiana. Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Hatchet served as Corporate Counsel at US Healthcare Holdings LLC.
The Commission is the state regulatory and enforcement agency that governs casino operations and charitable gaming in Indiana. Rosa Neal, '04, recently accepted a position as recruiting coordinator at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia. Emily Benfer, '05, a fellow at the Washington Homeless Legal Clinic, helped secure increased funding for D.C.
Bradley Bingham, '05, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as an associate in the firm's Indianapolis office. His professional experience includes work as a law clerk at Epstein & Frisch, an internship at the Indiana Counter Terrorism and Security Council, and an internship at the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities. Susan Derwin, '05, has moved to Miami, Florida as director of the PATH Project (Providing Access for Adolescent Health), part of the ACLU of Florida.
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As the first recipient of the law school's Outstanding Alumna of the Year award in 2000, she was a true pioneer for women in the legal profession. She served for many years on the law school's board of visitors and was also a member of the Alumnae Network Steering Committee. She graduated first in her class from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, where she was elected Indianapolis Editor of the Indiana Law Journal.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed her the first U.S. woman to serve a full four-year term as U.S. At the time of her death, she was a partner in the firm of Landman and Beatty. In 1996, Virginia received the Indiana State Women's Bar Association's first Achievement in Law Award.
In 1992, she received the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award from the Women and Law Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and in 1979, she received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University.
IN MEMORIAM
The law school will offer a special workshop as part of this three-day program. Sanibel Harbor Resort and Spa will serve as our college campus for this very special winter weekend. The Office of Professional Development at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis is dedicated to serving the recruiting needs of the legal community in Indiana and across the country.
Robert Wittman, Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Martin Radecki, Chief Conservator, Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA).
