Indiana Law Annotated for March 21 2016
- This Week in the Law School
- Monday, March 21
- Tuesday, March 22
- Wednesday, March 23
- Thursday, March 24
- Friday, March 25
- Saturday, March 26
- Announcements
- Faculty News
This Week in the Law School
We hope you had a wonderful, relaxing spring break. Ours was spent assembling this 3500-word issue of ILA, a new record. We're down to the final weeks of the spring semester; lots to knock out before everyone departs for their summer adventures. The weather is warmer, the days are longer, the sun is out, the Baier Hall floors are waxed and polished. What better way to celebrate than by attending some wonderful indoor academic activities?
This week we're excited to welcome I. Glenn Cohen on Wednesday for the George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professorship-Chair Lecture. This is one of the premier lectures of the academic year, and Mr. Cohen is a world-renowned — not to mention engaging — expert on bioethics and the law. Your attendance is much appreciated.
You can attend a panel on Justice Scalia's legacy, hear from immigration attorneys, interact with an IP practitioner-in-residence, learn from one of the most influential women in sports, go to the annual PAD fashion show — look for sneak preview of Vera Wang's new Supreme Court robes — or participate in one of the 417 events Bloomberg Law is putting on this week. And on Friday, enjoy the classical stylings of guitarist Steve Brew in our latest Baier Hall Presents concert series.
Finally, a quick word about the U.S. News rankings. Yes, we're incredibly proud to be back in the top-25. But it's the people — our great students, our tremendous faculty, our dedicated alumni and staff — that make this place special, not a number. That said, (party emoji).
Monday, March 21
1L Refresher: Breakfast with Bloomberg Law
Enjoy coffee, bagels, and pastries from Panera Bread as you learn how to research and write your final LRW assignment with Bloomberg Law. Specifically, we will focus on dispositive motions and drafting briefs in support thereof, with an emphasis on motions for summary judgment. All registered attendees will receive their choice of a Bloomberg Law travel charger kit or mini power strip, and a $15 Amazon.com gift card will be given away at the end of this training. All students must sign up in advance by going to bloomberglaw.com and registering under Training & Events. Space is limited, so register today. A Tuesday session (same time, same place) will also be held. Room 335, 9:45 a.m.
The Life of a Practicing Immigration Attorney
Indiana Legal Service attorneys Aimee Heitz, '91, and Christen Christan will be joining us to discuss their careers in immigration law as well as their duties as ILS attorneys. Indiana Legal Services, Inc. is a nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to eligible low-income people throughout the state of Indiana. ILS helps clients who are faced with legal problems that harm their ability to have such basics as food, shelter, income, medical care or personal safety. Food will be provided during the event. Room 121, noon.
Let's Talk: Intersections in Life and the Law
Please join the Feminist Law Forum for our third consciousness-raising event in a series, a discussion forum entitled "Let's Talk: Intersections in Life and the Law." This event is being co-hosted by student organizations including the Federalist Society, ACS, LSRJ, Advocates for Life, BLSA, LLSA, APALSA, and many others. Come voice your opinion and hear others as we discuss some of today's hot topics and issues. Hope to see you there. Moot Court Room, noon.
Faculty Speaker Series: Prof. Ken Dau-Schmidt
Join SBA for our last Faculty Speaker Series of the year with Prof. Ken Dau-Schmidt. Come learn about his life outside of the classroom, teaching in China, how the persona of "President" Dau-Schmidt was created, life as a labor and employment attorney, and so much more. Light snacks will be provided. Room 124, noon.
LexisNexis Training for 1Ls
Room 120, noon.
Christian Legal Society Weekly Bible Study
All students interested in learning more about the Christian Legal Society or interested in engaging in Bible study are welcome. Room 214, 12:05 p.m.
1L Refresher: Lunch-and-Learn with Bloomberg Law
Enjoy sandwiches from Jimmy John's as you learn how to research and write your final LRW assignment with Bloomberg Law. Specifically, we will focus on dispositive motions and drafting briefs in support thereof, with an emphasis on motions for summary judgment. All registered attendees will receive their choice of a Bloomberg Law travel charger kit or mini power strip, and a $15 Amazon.com gift card will be given away at the end of this training. All students MUST sign up in advance by going to bloomberglaw.com and registering under Training & Events. Space is limited, so register today. Room 213, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22
1L Refresher: Breakfast with Bloomberg Law
Room 335, 9:45 a.m.
Remembering Antonin Scalia: What is His Legacy? Where Will the Court Go From Here?
The Federalist Society honors one of its champions and the most consequential justice of his generation and perhaps a century, Justice Antonin Scalia. The event will feature a panel discussion of professors about Justice Scalia's more than three decades in the judicial and executive branches and how he changed the way we look at the Constitution, reinterpreted whole areas of the law, and also where the court will go after his sudden loss. This event will be co-sponsored with the Indiana Law chapter of the American Constitution Society, and an Italian lunch will be served. One hour of Indiana CLE has been approved. Moot Court Room, noon.
IP Practitioner-in-Residence: Thomas J. Treutler, '01
Thomas J. Treutler, '01, partner and managing director of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices, Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants Limited, will be on campus today as part of the Center for IP Research's IP Practitioner-in-Residence series. In addition, he will attend various IP classes throughout the day and be available for informal conversation in the Faculty Study (Room 340) from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and again from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided for the noon talk. Room 120, noon.
Business & Law Society Course Planning Session
Prof. Brian Broughman, along with several other business law professors, will provide an outline for business law course offerings for Fall 2016. This will help you plan which courses to sign up for and will give you a chance to meet some of the professors for those courses. The BLS board will also provide advice to 1Ls on general course planning tips and what to expect for 2L year. Food will be provided. Room 121, noon.
Advocacy Board Call Out Meeting
The Advocacy Board will have a callout meeting for all rising 3Ls interested in becoming an executive or competition member of the board. Students with a passion for trial, appellate, and other legal advocacy are encouraged to apply. Duties of the board include: coordinating the Law School's internal advocacy competitions; writing the 2016 Sherman Minton Moot Court problem; organizing alumni judges from across the nation; and helping prepare the Law School's external moot court and trial teams for competition. Email lawmoot@indiana.edu with any questions. A non-pizza lunch will be served. Room 124, noon.
Westlaw Additional Training for 1Ls
Room 216, noon.
1L Refresher: Snack-and-Learn with Bloomberg Law
Enjoy milk and cookies from Baked! of Bloomington as you learn how to research and write your final LRW assignment with Bloomberg Law. Specifically, we will focus on dispositive motions and drafting briefs in support thereof, with an emphasis on motions for summary judgment. All registered attendees will receive their choice of a Bloomberg Law travel charger kit or mini power strip, and a $15 Amazon.com gift card will be given away at the end of this training. All students MUST sign up in advance by going to bloomberglaw.com and registering under Training & Events. Space is limited, so register today. Room 121, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 23
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Transactional Drafting
Clerking? Externing? Graduating? Make the most of your unlimited access to Bloomberg Law now, this summer and for six months after you graduate. Discover how Bloomberg Law's unique practice and drafting tools can help you create the strongest work product, wherever you work. Three different topics will be addressed: Transactional drafting, litigation and dockets, and nonprofit/public interest/government. Each session will be repeated on a different day. Food will be provided to all students who register for the sessions. Room 335, 11 a.m.
George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professorship-Chair Lecture
Harvard Law's I. Glenn Cohen, one of the world's leading experts on the intersection of bioethics (sometimes also called "medical ethics") and the law, as well as health law, will present "The Globalization of Health Care, Global Justice, and Global Law" for the 2016 George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professorship-Chair Lecture. In this talk Prof. Cohen will examine three trends in the globalization of healthcare involving the travel of patients and physicians and the legal and ethical issues they raise: medical tourism — the travel of patients from one country to another in order to receive health care; medical migration — when physicians trained in one country are retained to practice medicine in another; and medical repatriation — when a patient (usually an undocumented alien) falls ill in one country and the hospital providing care seeks to re-nationalize the patient to the patient's country of citizenship without the patient's consent. Lunch will be provided. Moot Court Room, noon.
American Constitution Society Elections
ACS is holding elections this week. Available positions include president, vice president, programming director, public relations director, secretary, treasurer, and class representative (for each class). Most ACS positions involve between 0-2 hours of work per week and provide an excellent opportunity to gain student leadership experience and experience planning events and leading teams of fellow students. Even more appealing are the opportunities provided to ACS chapter leaders to attend student and national conventions free of charge and to gain access to the ACS jobs database and valuable contacts, networking events, and resume roundtables. In addition, ACS student leaders have the opportunity to work closely with a number of Law School professors, whose mentorship frequently proves invaluable, and with outside academics and practitioners, with whom relationships are also extraordinarily beneficial for personal and professional development. Room 120, 4:30 p.m.
Women Negotiating in the Workplace
Have you ever wondered how to successfully ask for a raise or handle disagreements in the workplace with tact? Join the Women's Law Caucus for a special presentation by Professor Samuel Ardery, '83, on negotiating in the workplace, particularly geared toward women. He will discuss some stereotypes and data regarding how women generally tend to negotiate. Knowledge of these trends will be beneficial for anyone who hopes to excel at work! Room 124, noon.
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Litigation and Dockets
See 11 a.m. entry for full details. Room 213, 1 p.m.
Loan Repayment Counseling
Join Paul Leopold for this loan repayment counseling session for May graduates. Topics for discussion include the repayment timeline, payment plan options, consolidation options, deferment and forbearance, loan forgiveness, and income-driven repayment plans. Room 121, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Transactional Drafting
See Wednesday's entries for full details. Room 214, 11 a.m.
Sport and Entertainment Law Society Presents: Donna Lopiano
Please join the Sport and Entertainment Law Society as we welcome Donna Lopiano to campus. Ms. Lopiano is the president and founder of Sports Management Resources, a consulting firm that focuses on bringing the knowledge of experienced, expert former athletics directors to assist scholastic and collegiate athletics departments in solving growth and development challenges. She has been an expert witness in Title IX cases, was recently named one of "The 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports" by Fox Sports, and has also been listed as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Sports" by The Sporting News. Please join us to learn how to find a career in sports and how you can make a difference in the sports arena through activism, litigation, or legislation in the sports arena. This will be a small round-table discussion at noon, with lunch (not pizza!) provided. Rom 216, noon.
Career Choices: Family Law
Join panelists Rebecca Billick, '10, of Billick Mediation & Family Law, Valparaiso, and Esperanza Rivera Alonzo of Esperanza Alonzo Law Office, P.C., Indianapolis, for a discussion on careers in family law. Lunch will be provided to those students who RSVP at least 24 hours in advance. RSVP on CareerNet/Events/Workshops. Room 125, noon.
Obergefell and the Constitutional Canon
Jane Schacter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Stanford, will join us for a lecture on "Obergefell and the Constitutional Canon." The Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges seems destined for the constitutional canon, though its opponents would surely place it in the anti-canon. Prof. Schacter will look at the decision in relation to other 14th Amendment landmarks, including Brown, Loving, and Roe, and in relation to the other major decisions in the court's jurisprudence on sexual orientation. Prof. Schacter will focus on what Obergefell suggests to us about the current state of constitutional law and politics. Room 122, noon.
Yoga with Ellie
Join us for a great yoga session that is the perfect combination of relaxing and fun. Don't forget to bring your mat. Room 215, noon.
CACR Security Seminar Series: LeAnn Miller
Dr. Miller, of Sandia National Laboratories, will share the lab's philosophy about and approach to cybersecurity. She will focus in particular on the many facets we consider when thinking about cybersecurity, which range from hardware to software to the developers and users. Room 335, noon.
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Litigation and Dockets
See Wednesday's entries for full details. Room 213, 12:15 p.m.
1L Training on LexisNexis for LRW
Room 122, 1:15 p.m.
Tax Policy Colloquium: Emily Cauble
Our Tax Policy Colloquium class with Prof. Leandra Lederman will host speaker Emily Cauble from DePaul Law School. Cauble will present "Reforming the Non-disavowal Doctrine." Room 214, 1:15 p.m.
Law & Society Colloquium: Nancy Welsh
Faculty Conference Room, 4 p.m.
Phi Alpha Delta Fashion Show Fundraiser
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) will host its 10th annual Maurer Law Fashion Show Fundraiser at Dunnkirk. All proceeds will benefit the Protective Order Project ("POP") and New Hope Family Shelter. This event is a must-go, with a fashion show, plenty of food, and a live auction. The event will end just in time to see the Law School band take center stage! We hope to see you there. 430 E. Kirkwood Avenue, 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 25
Baier Hall Presents... Guitarist Steve Brew
Enjoy the sounds of classical guitarist Steve Brew as he performs in the Main Lobby over the lunch hour. With a vast array of performances that include a tour of Spain with the Fredonia Guitar Quartet, a mini-recital in conjunction with the Great Lakes Guitar Society, and an appearance as a national semifinalist in the prestigious Schadt String Competition in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Brew has effectively established himself as a performer of incredible talent and ability.
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Nonprofit/Public Interest/Government
See Wednesday's entries for full details. Room 124, 11 a.m.
Bloomberg Law Prepare to Practice: Transactional Drafting
See Wednesday's entries for full details. Room 124, noon.
Career Choices: International Business and Trade
Join panelists Gene Theroux, senior counsel, partner emeritus of Baker & McKenzie, Washington, D.C. for a discussion on international business and trade. Lunch will be provided to those students who RSVP at least 24 hours in advance. RSVP on CareerNet/Events/Workshops. Room 125, noon.
1L Training on LexisNexis
Room 120, noon.
GPSG Health and Wellness Meeting
The Health and Wellness Committee of the Graduate and Professional Student Government will be meeting to discuss ongoing student initiatives and legislation. Law students are welcome to attend regardless of their previous involvement (or lack thereof) with GPSG. Room 214, 3:30 p.m.
Law & Drama Society Presents Woody Allen's God
The Law & Drama Society presents Woody Allen's one-act comedy God this Friday and Saturday, March 25-26. Tickets will be sold at lunch throughout this week for $3 and at the door for $5. This side-splitting metaphysical affair chronicles two ancient Greeks as they prepare a play for the Athenian Drama Festival. Will their hastily-edited play flop, or will God swoop in and help the Greeks win first prize? This play contains mature themes; viewer discretion is advised. Moot Court Room, doors at 7 p.m., curtain at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26
Indiana Law Arbitration Competition Finals
The second annual Maurer Arbitration Competition final round will take place today. This year's problem involves an international business transaction that raises an intriguing conflicts-of-law issue. Room 216, 3 p.m.
Law & Drama Society Presents Woody Allen's God
See Friday's entry for full details. Moot Court Room, doors at 7 p.m., curtain at 7:30 p.m.
Announcements
March Against Hunger
Join SBA and BLSA as we March Against Hunger. We will be in the lobby at lunch for the month of March collecting monetary donations for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Like Talk Turkey to Me, each $1 you donate will get you a "shoe" to decorate and hang on the bulletin board outside of the SBA and BLSA offices. For all you competitive spirits out there (and let's be honest it's all of you), there is an Indiana state-wide competition among law schools for who can raise the most donations for each school's food bank. Indiana Law is officially a top-25 law school, but let's be number one in philanthropy.
Maurer vs. McKinney Softball Tournament Sign-ups
Sign-ups for the 3rd Annual Maurer v. McKinney Softball tournament will begin today at noon. We will be fielding 3 teams: 1L team, 2L team, and a 3L team (same as the past two years) and there are 15 spots on each team. Sign-ups for the 1L and 2L teams are first come first serve. There are nine spots reserved on the 3L for those students who played the past two years. If these students do not sign up on the 21st then they will lose their priority spot. There will be a wait list for each team. Sign-ups will continue throughout the week during the noon hour until all of the spots are filled. Players must purchase a shirt — the design is awesome. Purchasing a shirt for $15 will also get you a spot on the team, and a meal ticket. The $15 (cash/check/card) is due the moment you sign up. Shirts are available to spectators for $15 and will include a meal ticket. All shirt orders are due by Friday at 1 p.m. Questions? Contact maurerlawsba@gmail.com.
Student Positions for 2016-17 Open
Several administrative offices in the law school are taking applications for positions for 2016-17. The following positions will be posted on CareerNet: admissions fellows, career services fellow, international peer group assistants, practice group advisors, student affairs fellows, and teaching assistantships in the Graduate Legal Studies Program. Please note there are different deadlines for the positions with most of the deadlines falling during this week. You are welcome to apply for more than one position, but you must indicate your preference when you apply. See CareerNet for the individual position descriptions and for more information.
Congratulations to Our Family Law Moot Court Team
Congratulations to Andrea Herschberger, Helen Wang, Becky Spangler, and Alysa Feld on their achievements in the Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court competition, held in Albany, NY earlier this month. This is the first time Indiana Law has sent teams to this competition, and we're thrilled to announce that both of our teams advanced to the quarterfinals. Great work!
Faculty News
Prof. Rob Fischman recently participated in two conferences in Colorado. First, he spoke at a meeting of the Western Governors' Association Species Conservation and ESA Initiative on the role of states in imperiled species conservation (Mar. 10). Next, he delivered a talk at the University of Colorado Law School Martz Symposium in honor of Charles Wilkinson, entitled "Wringing Wonder from the Arid Landscape of Law" (Mar. 11).
On March 11, Prof. Gabrielle Goodwin gave an invited talk on "The War on Cultural Heritage" at Oberlin College, OH. On March 18, she presented at the 2016 Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference hosted by the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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