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USA Today named IU Bloomington one of the top 10 places for campus culture.
Watch Little 500 bicyclers race helmet-to-helmet and be a part of the event that inspired the 1979 film Breaking Away.
“Bloomington has the soul of a big city, but the heart of a much smaller town.”
—Travel & Leisure magazine
Bloomington is a small city of about 70,000 with cultural resources and opportunities that rival cities many times its size.
You will find coffeehouses, live music, festivals, bookstores, open-air markets, historic architecture, cafés, eclectic restaurants, boutiques, lakes, parks, museums, theatres, an excellent county school system, and top private schools. Essentially, Bloomington offers all the activities and conveniences of a major metropolitan area—including excellent public transportation—with the affordable housing and safety of a small town.
Bloomington’s rolling hills, limestone heritage, and picturesque scenery are a fitting backdrop for a city that is home to the state’s oldest and largest winery, one of the country’s oldest Tibetan cultural centers and two Tibetan Buddhist monasteries: Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling and Gaden Khachoe Shing, the legendary Little 500 bicycle race, and the annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival.
Indiana Law’s many students from overseas and the East and West Coasts lend a cosmopolitan and international flavor to the Bloomington community. Our 2007 class included more than 200 students from 114 different undergraduate institutions from countries including Iraq, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Africa, Latin America, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and our partner schools in China, Thailand, Korea, and Taiwan.
Bloomington is just one hour’s drive from Indianapolis and the Indianapolis International Airport, two hours from Louisville, three from Cincinnati, and four from Chicago and St. Louis.
Bloomington is an arts and culture mecca in the Midwest. It hosts world-class concerts, Broadway musicals, and community-wide events such as a mini marathon, a weekly farmer’s market, and more than 30 festivals (including Taste of Bloomington and the Lotus World Music Festival). World-famous speakers frequently visit our campus, from Indiana Law alumnus Michael Uslan (producer of the Batman films franchise) to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (also an IU alumnus). The IU Jacobs School of Music offers world-class opera, ballet, and musical performances throughout the year, plus amazing precollege programs for kids. Read more about our community and culture.
Unlike the high cost of living on the East and West Coasts, or even Chicago or Cleveland, Bloomington is an inexpensive place to live while earning your law degree. In addition to on-campus university housing, you can live off-campus in an apartment or house. Most law students find housing within blocks of the Law School. IU’s Graduate and Professional Student Organization maintains a list of Web sites that can help you find rental housing or potential roommates.
If you have kids, Bloomington is an excellent place to raise them. Not only is our community made richer by the cultural amenities offered through IU, the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) is known statewide for providing students with an exceptional, culturally diverse education. Learn more about housing and schools.
If you or your spouse is interested in working while you’re in law school, Bloomington offers many on- and off-campus job opportunities. Beyond Indiana University, the area’s largest local employer, Bloomington is home to many locally owned business, as well as several large employers such as Bloomington Hospital, Monroe County Schools, Cook Inc., the Herald-Times, and the City of Bloomington. Some of our top students work as research assistants for Indiana Law professors. Find out more about local job opportunities.
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