This week in the Law School
Welcome! This is our weekly newsletter for the Law School community. ILA calls your attention to Wednesday's signature Addison Harris Lecture, many names in Faculty and Staff News, and two opportunities to develop advocacy skills in Announcements.
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Classes do not meet, Law School offices will be closed, but the Jerome Hall Law Library will be open with regular weekday hours. The City of Bloomington has a list of service opportunities available for those interested in volunteering in honor of Dr. King.
Wednesday
Addison Harris Lecture: Danielle Citron
Noon - 1 p.m. in the DeLaney Moot Court Room and on Zoom
Professor Citron, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law and Caddell and Chapman Professor of Law and the University of Virginia, will present "The Fight for Intimate Privacy in a Post-Dobbs Age."
The lecture is approved for one hour of Indiana CLE. You may attend in person or may register to attend on Zoom.
POP return volunteer training
5 - 6 p.m. in the DeLaney Moot Court Room
All returning Protective Order Project volunteers are required to attend this mandatory training. Snacks will be provided.
Thursday
CLS lunch
Noon - 1 p.m. in 203
Join the Christian Legal Society for the first lunch of the semester. 1Ls are welcome to bring questions about their new classes. Bring your own lunch. See you there!
Friday
Tax Policy Colloquium: Sarah Lawsky
9:50 - 11:50 a.m. on Zoom
Lawsky, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, will present "Reasoning with Formalized Statutes: The Case of Capital Gains and Losses."
Faculty and Staff News
The start of the spring semester also means a number of new faces. Welcome to our new Graduate Legal Studies students! On the faculty side, Prof. CJ Ryan has joined us from Louisville. We’re fortunate to have Miguel Marmolejo, a Fulbright Scholar from Mexico, with us as well. Both are on the second floor. On the staff front, Gabriel Escobedo, our new assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, has started and is in the GLS suite. Margaret Seitz has joined us in the Office of Admissions, Yi Jiang is our new librarian for metadata and discovery services, Barbara Lambert has moved from the Library to the Business Office to fill Sandy Ault’s position, and Connie Griffin is our new student services coordinator. Lucero Guillen begins this week as the next coordinator for the Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession.
Finally, the Law School is losing one of its cornerstones later this week when we bid adieu to Kim Bunge in our Career Services Office. Kim has been a pillar of the Maurer community for more than four decades, assisting countless students, faculty, staff, and alumni over that timespan. We are beyond grateful for your service, Kim, and wish you the best in your new endeavor! Please stop by and say farewell to her if you get the chance. We’ll miss her dearly.
Professor Sarah Jane Hughes has been appointed to chair the Nominating Committee for the Grant Gilmore Award.
Given by the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, the award recognizes the top paper in the past calendar year related to finance contractsor bankruptcy.
The award is named in honor of Professor Grant Gilmore, the principal author of UCC Article 9, and a long-time faculty member at Yale. Professor Hughes was elected as a Fellow of the College in 2019 and has served as a member of the Nominating Committee for several years.
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Announcements
Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition
Registration for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition is open now until January 18. Alternative dispute resolution is a growing field of advocacy; this competition provides the opportunity to learn the basic features and skills of arbitration. No previous experience with ADR is required! Professor Raymond will host a training session on January 19 to provide all of the information needed to compete.
The ADR Competition is open to all students. Competitors will compete in teams of two, and you may register individually or in pairs. If you register individually, you will be paired into teams by the Advocacy Board. If you are registering as a pair, both teammates must register individually and designate each other as a partner.
Email lawmoot@indiana.edu to register. Include your name; year in school; partner’s name if you are registering with one; email address; phone number; and ADR Competition in the subject line.
The problem will be released on January 19, and the competition will take place February 2 and 3. For an example of a round of the ADR Competition, watch the competition from four years ago.
Novice Internal Trial Competition
The Sherman Minton Advocacy Board is proud to announce that registration for the Novice Internal Trial Competition is open now until January 18. Develop oral advocacy skills by examining witnesses, giving opening/closing arguments, and admitting evidence. This competition is for 1Ls only. This is a partnered event and you are free to select your teammate. If you cannot find a partner, please let lawmoot@indiana.edu know and we will do our best to find you one. You are responsible for providing your own witnesses.
The problem will be released January 19, and a training session will be held in early February. The preliminary rounds of the competition will take place February 16-17. Semi-finals and finals will be held February 23-24.
To register, email lawmoot@indiana.edu with your name, phone number, and if applicable, your teammate’s name. Both teammates must send an email. Please specify your intention to participate in the Novice Internal Trial Competition.
About ILA
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