Monday
Inside the Department of Justice
Noon - 1 p.m. in the Moot Court Room
The Federalist Society will explore the civil and criminal dimensions of the U.S. Department of Justice. The event will feature two distinguished alumni from the Department of Justice who now serve as federal court of appeals judges: Honorable Chad A. Readler, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Honorable Thomas L. Kirsch II, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Tuesday
Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in Baier Hall
JLAP will be in Baier Hall meeting with students. Please make an appointment in advance by calling 317-833-0370. Tell them you’re calling to set an appointment with a counselor at the Maurer School of Law. You will be provided a date, time, and room number.
Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed? Caregiving or grieving? Maybe you are concerned for someone else. Don’t wait; help and support are available now. When lawyers don’t care for their mental well-being, we can’t do our best for our clients, and we can’t be the person we want to be for our community and family.
All contact with JLAP is confidential under Admission and Discipline Rule 31 §9 and Rules of Professional Conduct 8.3 (c).
APALSA 1L job search/interview tips and advice
Noon - 1 p.m. in 124
Get job search and interview tips from Asian Pacific American Law Student Association executive board members and from other 2L/3L members.
Appellate moot court competitions information session
Noon - 1 p.m. in the Moot Court Room
Each year, the Maurer School of Law competes nationally and internationally against other law schools in appellate moot court competitions. Professor McFadden will briefly describe some of the competitions and how to apply for a team that will compete during the 2022-2023 school year. Learn about this exciting and rewarding opportunity and have your questions answered.
Applications will be due shortly after spring break.
To ensure safe social distancing, this event is capped at 69.
CLS weekly Bible study
Noon - 1 p.m. in 122
The Christian Legal Society will meet for community, fellowship, and to study the Word each week.
Wednesday
IPA member and call-out meeting
Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom
Interested in the Intellectual Property Association this semester? Join IPA members to welcome those interested and discuss the upcoming semester’s activities!
RSVP to ipa@iu.edu for Zoom information.
Police Search and Seizure Law and Policy in Europe (Prof. János Fazekas)
Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom
Professor János Fazekas, of the ELTE Faculty of Law in Hungary, will present an informal talk on "Police Stops and Searches in Europe." This is a Bradley Fellows event, but all interested law students are welcome to attend.
Please email Francesca Tang at frantang@iu.edu for Zoom information.
Career Expo
5 - 7 p.m. on Zoom
CSO invites you to join firms and organizations from around the region for virtual table talks. Meet practicing attorneys across practice areas and explore fields while gaining quality and timely information. Students are also encouraged to sign up for mock interviews with attorneys.
Register on CareerNet.
Thursday
CCD Speaker Series: János Fazekas, ELTE
Noon - 1:30 p.m. on Zoom
Prof. János Fazekas, of the ELTE Faculty of Law, Department of Administrative Law, will present "The Constitutional Status of the Government in Hungary: Real-Socialist Roots and Recent Developments."
CACR Speaker Series (Prof. Jonathan Mayer, Princeton)
Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom
The Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research speaker Jonathan Mayer, JD/Ph.D., will present "The Platform Data Crisis and How to Solve It." Excerpt from Prof. Mayer's abstract:
"Technology platforms are central to modern life—and pose unprecedented challenges for society. Independent study and oversight are essential for understanding platform harms, including intrusive privacy practices, proliferating misinformation, and barriers to competition. But there is a platform data crisis: researchers, journalists, and regulators lack the tools needed to hold platforms accountable. In the first part of this seminar, I will describe the platform data crisis and discuss recent industry and government proposals to address it. These proposals would make meaningful progress, but also have significant limitations in the types of research and researchers they would enable. In the second part of the seminar, I will present Rally and WebScience, a new platform and toolkit for conducting real-world platform accountability research..."
Read more about the speaker series.
Crafternoon!
Noon - 1 p.m. in the Jerome Hall Law Library lobby
Join fellow crafty students for any or all of this semester’s “Crafternoon” sessions in the Jerome Hall Law Library lobby. Bring your own project to work on, or come to learn. We’ll have plenty of yarn and knitting/crochet needles.
See other dates in Announcements.
Friday
Professional development: Creating a U.S.-style legal résumé
Noon - 1 p.m. in 213
Graduate and exchange students are invited to an interactive presentation on résumé writing. You may need a U.S.-style résumé when you apply to other graduate programs; fellowships or scholarships; or part-time, summer, or post-grad internships and jobs. You will learn how to represent yourself in a résumé that follows the conventions and expectations of U.S.-based employers. You will leave this session ready to update and revise your own résumé, and meet with a Career Services Office counselor to review your document.
Register on CareerNet.
European Encounters – Political Question Doctrine: an American Phenomenon in Hungarian and European Public Law (János Fazekas, ELTE)
Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom
Join Indiana University faculty and colleagues in Europe, organized by the IU Europe Gateway.
Timothy Hellwig from the IU Department of Political Science meets with Prof. János Fazekas from the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Faculty of Law and Political Sciences to discuss how political question doctrine found its path from the practice of the Supreme Court of the USA to European and especially Hungarian legal thinking and practice.
Announcements
Join the Class of 2022 Graduation Committee
The Office of Student Affairs is seeking students from the Class of 2022 to join the Graduation Committee and help plan this year's graduation celebrations. Members of the committee will work with Director Beck to coordinate voting for specific awards and recognitions, select the student and faculty speakers, coordinate auditions for the student singer, and help ensure that graduation-related activities and events are meaningful and well-communicated to their classmates. Most work will take place in March and April. To express your interest, please email Director Beck (katbeck@iu.edu) with a brief statement of why you would like to serve on the committee. Applications received by Monday, January 31 will be considered.
Join the Maurer School of Law Bar Preview Program
This free, non-credit bearing opportunity is designed to help students get a head start on bar exam preparation. Participants will learn about the different components of the bar exam, consider helpful study strategies, and gain meaningful exposure to the elements of the Uniform Bar Exam. The program is designed for 3L students intending to take a bar exam during summer 2022. Interested 2Ls, 1Ls, and non-JD students are also welcome to participate.
Information related to these sessions, as well as additional resources, will be shared through a Canvas page. To join, please self-enroll in the "Bar Preview Program 2022" Canvas page.
Composite photograph for 2022 graduates
If you are set to graduate in 2022 (January – December) but have not yet had your composite photograph taken, please sign up for the make-up session, which will be on Tuesday, February 22. A photographer will be in Baier Hall between 10 am - 4:00 pm.
Attire is business professional.
Spring semester Crafternoons
Mark your calendar for spring 2022 Crafternoons:Thursday, January 27, noon - 1 p.m.
- Thursday, February 17, noon - 1 p.m.
- Thursday, March 10, noon - 1 p.m.
- Thursday, April 7, 1 - 2 p.m.
Basic mediation and restorative justice training (40 hours) on Zoom: Winter 2022 dates
Training February 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, and March 3 and 5.
The Community Justice and Mediation Center (CJAM) offers a 40-hour training program for those interested in learning about conflict resolution, mediation, and restorative justice. Participants will enhance their interpersonal skills in communication and listening, problem solving, and negotiation; and they will increase their understanding of restorative justice philosophy and methods, sources of conflict, and processes leading to constructive conflict resolution. The training should benefit anyone concerned with managing conflict and its resolution. The training also provides the background and skills necessary to work as a community mediator and restorative justice practitioner and qualifies participants to volunteer in CJAM’s programs. The training will be led by senior mediators and restorative justice practitioners.
This winter, the training will take place on Zoom Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., over five weeks beginning February 3 and continuing through March 5. Tuition is $300.
Learn more about the training and register. You may also apply for a scholarship. For questions or more information, email training@cjamcenter.org.
Faculty and Staff News
Professor Kevin Brown, an original participant of the CRT workshop in Madison, Wisconsin in 1989, will kick-off the College Office of Diversity and Inclusion's spring virtual series, "An Equity-Centered Faculty Lifecycle" with a talk titled, "An Equity Legacy for Future Generations." Drawing on his 35 years of knowledge and experiences on the faculty of the Maurer School of Law, Brown will reflect on the practices and policies that govern the faculty lifecycle and which either stand as barriers to or that promote equity.
January 27, 3:30 - 5 p.m. on Zoom.
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