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"Capturing Impact: Telling The Story Of Your Scholarship Beyond The Citation Count", Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Ashley Ahlbrand's contribution to this volume is "Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count."

When we conduct research, what is our end goal? Who is our audience? Since the mid-20th century, with the development, first, of journal citation indexes, then journal impact factors, then journal citation metrics for individuals, academia has seen increased pressure to publish and be cited in journals within one 's discipline. These citation metrics are used to compare schools and to evaluate scholars for promotion and tenure, for grant consideration, and for bestowing other awards and honors. Discipline-specific journal citations tend …

"Should Supreme Court Justices Fear Access To Their Papers? An Empirical Study Of The Use Of Three Archival Collections", Susan Demaine, Benjamin J. Keele

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Susan deMaine's contribution to this volume is "Should Supreme Court Justices Fear Access to Their Papers? An Empirical Study of the Use of Three Archival Collections." Co-authored by Benjamin J. Keele.

US. Supreme Court justices typically donate their working papers to archives upon their retirement, often with lengthy embargoes. 1 Researchers have debated whether the justices should be required to retain and disclose their papers as government · records, but there has been little study of how the papers are used in scholarly and journalistic discussions of the Court.· This empirical study examines how the papers of Justices William Brennan, …

"Exploring Citation Count Methods Of Measuring Faculty Scholarly Impact", Margaret Kiel-Morse

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Margaret Kiel-Morse's contribution to this volume is "Exploring Citation Count Methods of Measuring Faculty Scholarly Impact."

After US News & World Report's announcement in 2019 that they will provide a separate ranking of law schools based on faculty scholarly impact, scrutinizing the various methods of assessing scholarly impact has been a hot topic. The various methods include reputation surveys, citation counts, and publication counts. This paper focuses on citation counts. Several methods of conducting citation counts have been circulated since the 1990s, notably Brian Leiter 's studies using Westlaw 's Law Reviews and Journals database; the Leiter study updates conducted …

Working With Non-Law School Patrons, Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Ashley Ahlbrand's contribution to the open access textbook, Introduction to Law Librarianship, is chapter 17, "Working with Non-law School Patrons."

Working in an academic law library, the primary patrons are the law school’s faculty and students. However, these may not be the exclusive patronage of the law library. Particularly in the case of a public law school library, the law librarian is likely to serve patrons outside of the law school as well. These patrons come from a diversity of backgrounds, with a range of legal research needs. Working with non-law school patrons can present a number of challenges …

Accessibility, Susan David Demaine

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Susan deMaine's contribution to the open access textbook, Introduction to Law Librarianship, is chapter 3, "Accessibility."

Abstract: Equitable access, which includes access for people with disabilities, is included in the first principle of the ethical codes of both the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Library Association. Accessibility in law libraries that are open to the public is an especially keen concern because it implicates access to justice and government information, both of which are key to a successful democracy. This chapter will introduce concepts that help us think productively about accessibility and explore accessibility issues in …

Bicentennial Alumni Research Project, Indiana University Maurer School Of Law

Historic Documents

In summer 2020, eighteen incoming law students (0Ls) were chosen as IU Maurer School of Law Bicentennial Research Scholars to work with Dean Austen Parrish and Libby Steinbach (Executive Assistant in the Dean's Office) over a two-month period in June and July 2020. The scholars were asked to interview a range of alumni who volunteered to be interviewed and who have played an important role in the life of law school. Scholars were tasked with writing an alumni profile for each alumnus interviewed. This report is the result of those efforts and a compilation of the alumni profiles.

Reds Among The Cream And Crimson, Kelly Kish

Historic Documents

What happened when three IU law professors were accused of harboring Communist sympathies in 1946.

Originally published in the publication 200 The Bicentennial Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2019.

Inferior To None: The First 175 Years Of Indiana Law (Timeline), Indiana University Maurer School Of Law

Historic Documents

A timeline of key events in the life of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1835-2016.

Originally published in the publication Ergo, v.175, Spring 2017, pp.4-13

Lowell E. Baier

Benefactors

Lowell E. Baier, President, Baier Properties Inc., JD 1964

A native of Jasper County, Indiana, Lowell Baier received his B.A. in economics and political science from Valparaiso University in 1961 and his law degree from Indiana University in 1964. While practicing law in Washington, D.C., in 1967, he formed Baier Properties Inc., a Bethesda, Md., based developer of warehouses, residential properties and award-winning office buildings and shopping centers.

In addition to his work as a lawyer and businessman, Baier has been a tireless advocate for natural resources and wildlife conservation. In the early 1970s, he was one of 14 founders …

Memorial Book (Mv Sewol Ferry Accident), Indiana University Maurer School Of Law

Historic Documents

On April 16, 2014, the MV Sewol, a South Korean registered passenger ferry, sunk off the southern coast of South Korea killing approximately 300 passengers. Many of the victims were secondary school students from Ansan, near the city of Incheon. The ferry made three round-trips every week from Incheon to Jeju.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law, led by S.J.D. students Moon Sook Park, Kwangsup Kim, and Yonghwan Choung, erected a memorial to those killed in the tragedy. The memorial was placed in the lobby of the law school for the month of May. Part of the memorial …

Legal Ethics In The Digital Age, Susan David Demaine, Andrew R. Falk, Catherine A. Lemmer, Cheryl L. Niemeier

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Ms. deMaine's contribution to the seminar is: "Legal Ethics in the Digital Age"

Michael S. Maurer

Benefactors

Michael S. Maurer, Chairman, IBJ Media Corp., JD 1967.

An Indianapolis native, Maurer graduated from North Central High School and received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from University of Colorado. He returned home for law school, earning a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University, where he was a writer and an editor of the Law Journal. He is admitted to both the New York and the Indiana Bars, and has also successfully completed the CPA examination. Maurer serves as Chairman of the Board of IBJ Corporation. IBJ owns and publishes The Indianapolis Business Journal, Court and Commercial Record …

Lilly Endowment Inc.

Benefactors

Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by three members of the Lilly family -- J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons J.K. Jr. and Eli -- through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company.

On December 12, 2007, the Lilly Endowment awarded the law school a $25 million grant enabling the school to attract and retain exceptional teachers and scholars and to establish the School as one of the very best public universities in the country. “[The gift] will help us position our School of Law at the forefront of legal education …

Women In The Law: Milestones And Information, Colleen Kristl Pauwels

Historic Documents

Colleen Pauwels was the Director of the Jerome Hall Law for more than 30 years and wrote and researched about the history of the Maurer School of Law. This document details names and dates of major milestones of women in the law from 1892-1988.

As I Was Saying....A Selection Of Lectures And Informal Talks On Law And Universities And The Communities That Usually Tolerate And Sometimes Support Them, William Burnett Harvey

Historic Documents

A 349 page collection of talks and recollections compiled by former Indiana University School of Law Dean, William Burnett Harvey. The collection is broken down into four parts: Reflections on the Rule of Law, The African Experience, Reflections on Education, Universities and Law, and Miscellaneous Musings.

Two appendixes are included. The first is a bibliography, and the second is two narrative accounts of Harvey's time in Ghana and his final years at Indiana University during the turbulent 1960s.

Honor Code, Indiana University Maurer School Of Law

Historic Documents

A student code of honor, created by the student body of the Indiana University School of Law, circa 1957.

Also attached are two copies of Dean Leon H. Wallace's memo titled, "Notice of Faculty Consideration of the Proposed Honor Code," dated December 16, 1957. One is a carbon copy of the memo, the other a mimeograph copy, but not a copy of the first.

Indiana University School Of Law: Notes And Material Gathered For The Preparation Of A History Of The Law School Of Indiana University, Robert G. Miller

Historic Documents

Typed manuscript (photocopy of original) of an unpublished, and never completed, history of the Indiana University School of Law, written by Robert G. Miller (LL.B, 1893). The history takes the form of a brief narrative, along with profiles of individuals who were influential to the school's early history. The history runs from the school’s founding to approximately the turn of the twentieth century.

Includes photocopies of photographs and newspaper articles related to the Law School. Also included are letters from relatives and friends of some of the people profiled, providing the author with details about those individuals

Indiana Law Club: Meeting Minutes, 9/26/1934-10/15/1940, Indiana Law Club, Indiana University School Of Law

Historic Documents

Meeting minutes of the Indiana Law Club (affiliate of the Indiana State Bar Association) from September 26, 1934 to October 15, 1940. Handwritten notes of meetings, with some typed notes pasted in chronologically. A small number of loose pages appear, out-of-order, following page 82.

Property note on inside cover reads: Property of the Indiana Law Club, affiliate of Indiana State Bar Assn., Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana

1930 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Junior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• Class Officers
• Law-Medic game photographs
• Order of the Coif
• Phi Delta Phi
• Indiana law Jounal

1929 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Junior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A picture and biography of Dean Paul V. McNutt
• Law-Medic game photographs
• A list of members of Order of the Coif

1928 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• An introduction to the law school by Dean Paul V. McNutt
• Law-Medic game
• A list of members of Order of the Coif
• A list of members of Gamma Eta Gamma
• A list of members of Phi Delta Phi
• Law Class Officers

1927 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Junior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A picture of Professor A.S. Hershey
• A composite of publications including the Indiana Law Journal
• A picture of Indiana Law Journal editor Professor Paul Sayre
• The law class officers from the senior, junior, sophomore and freshman classes
• A list of members of Order of the Coif
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)

1926 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Junior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A brief history of the Law School
• A section tilted "Representative Indianians" which recognizes eight seniors who best represent Indiana University. Included are President of Phi Delta Phi, Glenn Miller, and undergraduate, Leon Wallace, who would earn is J.D. in 1933 and become the eighth Dean of the Law School in 1952.
• A list of members of Order of the Coif
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)

1925 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A brief history of the law school
• Photographs of the Class of 1925
• A photograph of Freshman Law Students
• Photographs of the Law-Medic Football Classic
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)

1924 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Junior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A composite photograph of the Class of 1924
• Photographs of the Law-Medic Gridiron Contest
• Photographs of Tacky and Resurrection Day
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)
• A photograph of the Demurrer Club

1923 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A brief description of the Law School
• Photographs of the Law Officers of 1923
• Composite photographs of the Class of 1923
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A collage from a Law School event
• A photograph of the Law Football Team

1922 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A brief history of the Law School
• Photographs of the Senior Class Officers
• Photographs of the Class of 1922
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma
• Photographs of the Demurrer Club
• Photographs of the Law School Football Team
• Photographs of the Annual Diamond Classic (Baseball Game between the Law School and Medical School)

1921 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A collage of Maxwell Hall and the Law School Faculty
• Photographs of the Class Officers
• A brief history of the Law School
• A section about The Demurrer Club
• Photographs of the Class of 1921
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)

1920 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A Brief History of the Law School
• Photographs of the Senior Class Officers
• Photographs of the Class of 1920
• A humor piece titled "Law Goats"
• A photograph and brief history of The Demurrer Club
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A photograph and poem in tribute to Law Librarian and Alumnus, Samuel Dargan

1919 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• Photographs of the Class of 1919
• A composite photograph of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Fraternity)
• A composite photograph of Gamma Eta Gamma (Legal Fraternity)