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Julia C. Lamber

Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Professor of Law

Office: 320
Phone: 812-856-5536
E-mail: lamber@indiana.edu

BA 1969, DePauw University; JD 1972, Indiana University. Note Editor, Indiana Law Journal. Attorney, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972-75. Faculty and Assistant Dean, University of Nebraska College of Law, 1977-79. Member, Order of the Coif.

The former IU dean for women's affairs and a leading scholar in employment discrimination law, Professor Lamber brings a wealth of administrative experience and scholarship to the classroom. She has taught Administrative Law, Civil Rights Statutes, Employment Discrimination, Family Law, Women and the Law, and the Federal Courts Clinic.

Professor Lamber has served the university in a variety of administrative positions, including co-director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society (1990-93), IU dean for women's affairs (1993-98), and interim director of the Office of Affirmative Action for the university system (1996-98).

She is an expert on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Her current research project, "Political Culture, Equality Talk, and Educational Policymaking," a multidisciplinary undertaking with IU professors Jean Robinson (political science) and Pamela Walters (sociology), is funded by the Spencer Foundation. Professor Lamber currently teaches courses in civil rights and employment discrimination in addition to supervising the Law School's judicial externship program. She is an elected member of the university's Athletics Committee.

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Fall 2008 - 2009