News for alumni and friends of Indiana Law
January 2022
In this issue:
- From the Dean
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar to deliver Harris Lecture
- Three Maurer faculty awarded titled positions
- New book from India Thusi explores conflicts between sex work and policing in Johannesburg
- One More Cold Call podcast
- Class notes
- Faculty news
From the Dean
The spring semester is well under way here in Bloomington, and faculty, staff, and students are doing great things. Despite the continued presence of Covid-19, our students, faculty, and staff have all come together. The Law School community has a wide-range of family and personal health circumstances—some in our community have young children at home or family members who, for health reasons, are unable to be vaccinated, or are in at-risk categories. As a result, while we are committed to an in-person experience, faculty, staff, and students have been courteous and caring: wearing masks, social distancing when possible, staying at home if feeling sick, taking advantage of IU’s asymptomatic and symptomatic testing, and getting boosters when eligible. The ability to easily get a test on the Bloomington campus combined with Indiana University’s high vaccination rate—more than 95% of those across the Bloomington campus are partially or fully vaccinated—have helped our classrooms remain some of the safest places in our community. A special thank you to the Student Bar Association and the Maurer Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild who, working with our Office of Student Affairs, provided KN95 masks to all law students needing one.
Despite Omicron and Covid-19, our students, faculty and staff continue to do extraordinary work. In this electronic edition of Ergo, you’ll read about new chair and faculty fellow appointments, as well as Professor India Thusi’s new and highly praised book. In just a few weeks, on Feb. 4, we will welcome Sen. Amy Klobuchar to the school virtually. Senator Klobuchar's husband, John Bessler, '91, is an alum and we’re pleased that they’ll be joining us. I hope you'll join us too—Indiana CLE is available. Please also be sure to take note of the many faculty and student news items. Congratulations to 3L Amanda Marino, who just this last week was recognized as best oralist at the 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. Congratulations, too, to students Richa Patel, Matthew Spegele, and John Grasty, who have been invited to participate in the 19th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot this March as part of the team sponsored by our Center for Intellectual Property Law Research. We haven’t seen the finalist roster yet, but the last time we were the only U.S. law school who made it to the oral rounds of this prestigious international competition.
Our plans are to begin returning to the road sooner rather than later and to connect with our alumni across the country. Please look for events in your area throughout the year. We also hope to hold two Admitted Student Days in person on February 26 and March 26, showcasing the school and beautiful campus to prospective members of the Class of 2025. To stay connected, I encourage you to listen to our new alumni Podcast. We had 10 interviews of inspiring alumni last fall, and our second season begins in February with interviews of Colleen Cotter, '90, Tony Prather, '83, and Gina Brickley Beredo, '99 and Cip Beredo, '99. Each interview lasts about 30 minutes and is worth a listen. The link to the podcast is below.
Austen Parrish
Dean and James H. Rudy Professor of Law
Sen. Amy Klobuchar to deliver Harris Lecture
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) will deliver the Addison C. Harris Lecture on Friday, February 4. The virtual event is free and open to the public, though advanced registration is required.
Sen. Klobuchar’s presentation is titled “Antitrust: An Opportunity for Progress in the Face of Polarization,” and will begin at noon. Though the lecture will be delivered virtually, it will also be broadcast live in the Law School’s Kathleen and Ann DeLaney Moot Court Room, where limited seating will be available. One-half (0.5) of an Indiana CLE credit is available for attending.
Three Maurer faculty awarded titled positions
Three Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty members have been awarded titled positions. Jessica Eaglin, David Gamage, and Aviva Orenstein will each take on new titles with the start of the spring 2022 semester. The Law School’s Faculty Policy Committee unanimously supported the appointments by Dean Austen Parrish.
“We have a remarkably accomplished faculty,” Dean Parrish said. “These three appointments recognize the chosen professors’ outstanding academic accomplishments and are intended to support future scholarly growth. I am proud to appoint Aviva, Jessica, and David to these titled positions.”
Eaglin will become the Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Gamage has been named the Whistler Faculty Fellow, and Orenstein the newly established Karen Lake Buttrey and Donald W. Buttrey Chair. Read more about the awards.
New book from India Thusi explores conflicts between sex work and policing in Johannesburg
India Thusi was clerking for the Constitutional Court of South Africa when she first visited the Hillbrow community in Johannesburg, South Africa. She’d heard various warnings and cautionary tales about the neighborhood, its seedy reputation keeping many away. But she quickly discovered a bustling, vibrant community that was both welcoming and exciting. And that first visit led to visit led to a nearly four-year project that culminated in the publication—by Stanford University Press—of Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in Johannesburg on Dec. 21. Read more about the book.
One More Cold Call podcast
Listen to the inspiring stories of 10 alumni who were interviewed by Dean Parrish last fall. Episodes can be streamed online or downloaded from Spotify or Apple. The second season of the podcast will launch next month.
Class notes
Keep up with your classmates and submit your own news at our class notes page.
Faculty and student news
Read In the media for faculty quotes and op-eds in state and national media.
3L Amanda Marino was awarded Best Oralist honors in the 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. She received the award after arguing before Justice McMillan of the Georgia Supreme Court, Judge Restrepo of the 3rd Circuit, and Judge Wardlaw of the 9th Circuit.
The IP Oxford Moot Court Team has been invited to participate in Oral Proceedings this March. Students Richa Patel, Matthew Spegele, and John Grasty are part of the team sponsored by our Center for Intellectual Property Law Research.
The Black Law Students Association hosted a distinguished MLK Day panel discussing how Black attorneys can continue the fight for liberation.
The Federalist Society hosted Judge Chad A. Readler of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge Thomas L. Kirsch II of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at Baier Hall to discuss their experiences working in the Department of Justice.
The Law School hosted The Challenges and Repercussions of Cybersecurity Legislation Conference, in collaboration with the Judicial & Legal Studies Institute (Kingdom of Bahrain). The conference was organized by Noora Al Shamlan, SJD'12, and Graduate Legal Studies Director Gabrielle Goodwin. Dean Austen Parrish provided opening remarks, and a number of faculty and alumni presented at the conference.
IU's Cybersecurity Clinic, with help from Prof. Asaf Lubin and SJD candidate Simon (Chieh-Jan) Sun, helped advise the Kosovo government on cybersecurity legislation.
Prof. Kevin D. Brown spoke at IU's 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Conference.
The eighth edition of Federal Public Land and Resources Law, co-authored by Prof. Rob Fischman, was published.
Prof. David Gamage and IU Kelley School of Business Prof. Goldburn P. Maynard, Jr.'s "Wage Enslavement: How the Tax System Holds Back Historically Disadvantaged Groups of Americans" was posted to SSRN and is forthcoming in the Kentucky Law Journal.
Profs. David Gamage and Leandra Lederman joined more than 200 legal and economic scholars from across the country in support of the Billionaires Income Tax, a proposal from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).
ImmigrationProf Blog highlighted Prof. Jayanth Krishnan's latest work "Overstepping: US Immigration Judges and the Power to Develop the Record" (forthcoming, Wisconsin Law Review) as its "Immigration Article of the Day."
Prof. Leandra Lederman has produced several episodes of her popular video series Break Into Tax.
Prof. Asaf Lubin's new essay, "The Prohibition on Extraterritorial Enforcement Jurisdiction in the Datasphere," was posted to SSRN. It will be published in Dean Parrish and Cedric Ryngart's forthcoming Research Handbook on Extraterritoriality and International Law.
Prof. India Thusi appeared on the "Getting Common" podcast, discussing sexual freedom, law, and the future of feminism.
Profs. Kevin D. Brown and Ken Dau-Schmidt spoke at the 2022 AALS conference on a panel discussing the Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, while Prof. Aviva Orenstein presented about prior conviction impeachment and Prof. India Thusi participated in a session on Hidden Harmss in the Leegal Regulation of Sex and Reproduction.