Strategic planning

Strategic Plan and Annual Report

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law seeks to elevate its role as a premier law school that prioritizes students and educates them to be ethical lawyers and civic leaders. We are committed to inclusive teaching and mentorship, trailblazing research, and the pursuit of justice—locally, nationally, and globally.

Adopted by the Law School faculty and administration
May 9, 2024

Table of contents

  1. Committing to superlative student support and success
  2. Blazing trails in research and discovery
  3. Promoting justice through public interest and public service
  4. Maintaining a caring, respectful, and inclusive community
  5. Engaging alumni as enthusiastic advocates and financial partners in the school's success
  6. Elevating our national and global presence by engaging the wider community and serving the state, nation, and world

Committing to superlative student support and success

We will prepare students to be leaders through unmatched support for their professional growth and through a curriculum that anticipates and meets needs.

Provide an outstanding legal education that evolves with the legal profession and excites passion for the law.

Build the existing curriculum while expanding accessibility to our broader communities.

Increase support for students’ academic, bar exam, and career success.

Blazing trails in research and discovery

We will attract and retain a world-class faculty with broad research interests and excellent teaching skills whose scholarship fosters discussion on today’s crucial legal issues.

Increase individual and collaborative scholarly contributions, funding, visibility, and impact.

Seek resources to establish research-focused programs that deepen IU Maurer’s capacity to address emerging societal needs.

Promoting justice through public interest and public service

We will educate, equip, and empower students with the knowledge, skills, and passion to serve their communities, further the public interest, and promote justice.

Establish a center or program for public service to act as a vibrant hub for the law school’s public-interest and public-service scholarly and student communities.

Position IU Maurer as the top public-interest law school in the Midwest.

Maintaining a caring, respectful, and inclusive community

We will celebrate and perpetuate a welcoming culture in which the Law School is a vibrant space for rigorous intellectual experimentation and growth and a home for all members of our community.

Diligently maintain our supportive, healthy, and vibrant community.

Create and perpetuate a culture that encourages and nurtures personal and professional growth for students, faculty, and staff.

Engaging alumni as enthusiastic advocates and financial partners in the school's success

We will inspire and build enduring relationships with alumni through our words and deeds.

Actively engage our alumni throughout the world in the life of the school so they remain enthusiastic advocates for IU Maurer.

Elevating our national and global presence by engaging the wider community and serving the state, nation, and world

We will inspire and serve the state, country, and the world while advancing the school's tradition of academic excellence, its commitment to service, and its network of outstanding alumni.

Strengthen strategic connections to broaden the school’s reach into underserved and rural communities.

Through strategic leadership and partnerships, elevate the global profile of the Law School.

Act as leaders in our region and throughout the country in the public and private sectors to serve our communities and to ensure our students and faculty are always supported and at the forefront of innovation.