From the Director
We are thrilled to present our latest newsletter filled with exciting highlights from the Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession.</
Wishing you all the very best,
Jayanth Krishnan
Milt and Judi Stewart Professor of Law
Director, Milt and Judi Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession
Introducing new center coordinator María Lucero Guillén Puón
María Lucero Guillén Puón became the Stewart Center Coordinator in January 2024. Lucero brings a wealth of international experience and a commitment to fostering collaboration. Lucero holds a master’s degree in international affairs from IU. She is from Mexico City where she completed her undergraduate studies in administration at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Lucero has participated in two exchange programs, one at California State University Northridge and the other at EAFIT University in Colombia. She also worked at the IU Mexico Gateway and has strong connections to Latin America. We welcome Lucero, and we are so glad she has joined us!
The Stewart Center Fellows Class of 2024
The Center is excited to be sending 18 Stewart Fellows this upcoming summer to work in nine different countries, ranging from Argentina to Vietnam. This year’s class will mark over 250 students who have served as Stewart Fellows since the program was established 15 years ago. We wish our students the very best and express our immense gratitude to our primary benefactors, Milt and Judi Stewart as well as to the rest of our supportive donors and internship employers.
A Fragile Framework: How Global Food Systems Intersect with the International Legal Order, the Environment, and the World’s Populations.
The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, which is under the auspices of the Stewart Center, held a powerful symposium this past January on the intersection of global food systems, legal frameworks, environmental sustainability, and societal welfare. Bringing together experts from various disciplines from across the country, the symposium addressed, in particular, the pressing issue of food insecurity in the midst of climate change. The IJGLS will be publishing the papers from this conference later this summer – so stay tuned!
Research from the Center
Three significant publications from the Center have recently been released. These include one entitled The 14th Circuit (forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review), which examines creating a new federal circuit court of appeals dedicated to immigration petitions. A second focuses on the rights of migrant workers in India and the difficulties they face in gaining legal recognition; this paper was recently published in the Wisconsin International Law Journal. And a third has just come out in the University of Illinois Law Review on the role that Big Law lawyers play in assisting immigrants who file federal circuit petitions. A shorter version of this paper was also re-published by Harvard Law School’s magazine entitled The Practice.
Spotlight on Success: Paul Grewal visits Maurer
In February, the Stewart Center welcomed Mr. Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer for Coinbase Global Inc. Mr. Grewal gave two lectures during his visit: one on the intersection of cryptocurrency and traditional property law and the other on his prominent and incredibly interesting legal career, which has included clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, working as a Big Law partner, serving as a U.S. magistrate judge, and then subsequently moving to Facebook’s in-house counsel office, before taking on his current position at Coinbase.
Stewart Center Grants
We have recently received two very supportive grants. The first comes from the IU Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, which will allow the Center to hold a symposium at the IU Mexico Gateway in June on law and alternative energy sources in the Global South. The other comes from the Institute for Advanced Study to facilitate a conference in New Delhi in the fall on the state of access to justice in the Indian lower courts.
Work with the American Bar Association
The Center was called upon by the American Bar Association for two different purposes. First, Professor Krishnan participated in the ABA’s Commission on Immigration’s meeting in Louisville in February, which addressed the state of immigrant rights and access to counsel for detained noncitizens. Second, Professor Krishnan was asked by the ABA to provide comments for a proposal to expand Rule 5.5 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which would allow for greater multi-jurisdictional practice of lawyers seeking to assist immigrants in need of legal representation.
Our Additional Work in Asia
In March, Professor Krishnan traveled to India where he delivered four separate talks on topics ranging from comparative legal education, immigrant rights, access to justice for the needy, and the state of the global legal profession. In May, he will be representing the Center and the Law School at a conference at Hong Kong University, where he will be presenting a paper on Global South lawyering in emerging markets.
We hope you have a great and productive summer,
Jayanth Krishnan & Lucero Guillen