We in the Graduate Programs and Global Engagement Office want to welcome you, the incoming students in the LL.M., S.J.D., MLS, Ph.D., Certificate, and Exchange programs, to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. We are looking forward to working with you and getting to know you while you are a student here.
We have many resources available to you, from your first query to our office through your matriculation and graduation, and we also want to introduce ourselves to you so that you have a better understanding of whom to contact when you have questions.
Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs and Global Engagement, Gabrielle Goodwin, has been working with international students for over 20 years, teaching both in the United States and at universities around the world. Her research interests include the intersection of law and language and cultural heritage law. Professor Goodwin oversees all academic issues within the Graduate Legal Studies Program, including course counseling, class schedules, transfers between degree programs, and preparing for and taking a U.S. bar exam. In addition, Professor Goodwin teaches Introduction to U.S. Law, Academic Legal Writing: Dissertation Fundamentals, Criminal Procedure: LLM, and Legal Discourse and Writing.
Associate Director of Admissions Kylie Smith has several years of experience at IU working with international and graduate admissions. She oversees all aspects of the admissions process for the law graduate programs and can answer any admissions-related questions.
María Lucero Guillén Puón is the coordinator for the Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession at the Law School. In her role at the Center, she manages grants, develops Center programs and coordinates Center events. Through the Center’s close relationship with the Office of Graduate and Legal Studies, she works with students in the graduate and exchange programs in the area of professional development and manages the Stewart Fellows Global Externship Program for JD students.
Student ambassadors are JD students who correspond with and meet with small groups of international graduate students to help them adjust to life in the law school, Bloomington and the United States as smoothly as possible. Among other things, Student ambassadors plan social activities for their groups and help the members of their group meet other students and learn the culture of the law school. If you have questions about life in Bloomington, or the logistics of getting here and settling in, you Student ambassador can help.
Teaching assistants (TAs) are JD students who provide academic help to students enrolled in Legal Writing and Research Methods or Academic Legal Writing. They work closely with Professor Lisa Farnsworth. Students meet with a TA to review their work on writing assignments or to get additional explanations of information discussed in class.