Lauren Robel
Dean and Val Nolan Professor of Law
Office: 240Phone: 812-855-8885
E-mail: lrobel@indiana.edu
B.A., 1978, Auburn University; J.D., 1983, Indiana University. Indiana Law Journal. Clerk, Hon. Jesse Eschbach, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1983-85. Member, Order of the Coif.
Dean Robel's research has focused on the federal courts. Her articles have appeared in numerous leading law journals. She is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from procedural reform to sovereign immunity and co-author of FEDERAL COURTS: Cases and Materials on Judicial Federalism and the Lawyering Process (LEXISNEXIS 2005), a casebook on federal jurisdiction written with Arthur Hellman.
Robel has also served as a visiting faculty member at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), where she published a book, Les états des Noirs, Fédéralisme et question raciale aux États-Unis,(Presses Universitaires de France, 2000), with Professor Elisabeth Zoller, a frequent visitor to the Law School.
She also serves as a member of the Rules Advisory Committee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Current curriculum vitae
Teaching and Research Interests
Courses
- Constitutional Litigation (B606)
- Federal Jurisdiction (B733)
- Civil Procedure (B533)
- The Legal Profession (B614)
Current Teaching
Fall 2008 - 2009
- Federal Jurisdiction (B733)