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Ochoa, Big Ten Law Deans Pledge Support For Diversity Ahead Of Scotus Affirmative Action Ruling, The Indiana Lawyer

Christiana Ochoa (7/22-10/22 Acting; 11/2022-)

s the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hand down a decision that could fundamentally alter affirmative action, a group of law school deans — including Dean Christiana Ochoa of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law — has issued a statement affirming the deans’ commitment to diversity.

The group of 15 deans represent Big Ten law schools, including IU Maurer. In their statement — which IU Maurer posted to its official Facebook page — the deans say they are “joining together to affirm our commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through legally permissible means, regardless of the outcome of …

‘Radical Turn Away’ From Admissions Tests? Deans Say Claims Of Increased Diversity May Be Unfounded, Tyler Fenwick

Christiana Ochoa (7/22-10/22 Acting; 11/2022-)

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Christiana Ochoa said those who want to do away with requiring law school admission tests for diversity’s sake have it backward.

The idea that law school diversity would increase if tests like the LSAT and Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, became an optional part of the admissions process is unfounded, Ochoa said.

Instead, she said she’s worried the opposite is true — that the move would actually hurt diversity.

And she is not alone.

Ochoa was one of 60 deans to sign a letter last September pushing back against the proposed change to …

Devotion ̶T̶O̶ And The Rule Of Law: Acknowledging The Role Of Religious Values In Judicial Decision-Making, Priya Purohit

Indiana Law Journal

This Comment advocates for the acknowledgment of religious values in judicial decision-making in three parts. Part I explores the role of religion in American politics, and more specifically, the role of religion in federal judicial confirmation hearings and state-level judicial elections. Membership to an institutionalized religion often performs an essential gatekeeping function when it comes to assessing the background or personal values of a candidate for political or judicial office. The initially positive role of religion in judicial selection processes suggests that the practice of refusing to acknowledge the role that religion likely already plays in judicial decision-making is wholly …

Dean's Desk: A Troubling Focus By The Aba On The Bar Exam, Austen Parrish

Austen Parrish (2014-2022)

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Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions Affected By Fcc Regulation: An Economic Approach, John C. Quale, Brian D. Weimer

Federal Communications Law Journal

In 1996, a subcommittee of the Federal Communications Bar Association published a report on legal opinion practice in corporate transactions involving FCC licensees (the FCBA Report). The FCBA Report, although inspired by the American Bar Association’s Legal Opinion Accord and Guidelines (the Accord), deviated from the Accord in many important respects. The FCBA Report likewise is at variance with the recent report of the TriBar Opinion Committee (the TriBar Report), which presents a comprehensive treatment of customary legal opinion practice. Given recent developments in case law expanding the liability of lawyers to third parties for their …

A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry

IUSTITIA

Unequal Justice is a social history of the legal profession from the emergence of The American Bar Association in the 1870's until the 1970's. Auerbach is a professional historian and not a member of the legal profession who writes history, nor is he a sociologist. But before his graduate work in history, the author entered and quickly left law school. The honesty with which he relates the experience and the competent research and analysis manifest in his work demonstrate that he writes this book from a perspective of understanding rather than of bitterness or indifference. In fact Auerbach's unique frame …

The Foreign Law School Dilemma, Douglass G. Boshkoff

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Organized Bar: Self-Serving Or Serving The Public?, Thomas Ehrlich

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Under this provocative title the Senate Subcommittee on Representation of Citizen Interests conducted a hearing at the American Bar Association midyear meeting in Houston on Februarv 3, 1974. John V. Tunnev, Democrat of California, presided, along with Charles McC. Mathias, Republican of Maryland. Appearing as witnesses were:

Chesterfield Smith, president of the American Bar Association:

Stuart L. Kadison of Los Angeles, chairman of the Association's Committee on Delivery of Legal Services;

Christopher Edley of New York City, chairman of the Association's Consortium on Legal Services;

John F. Sutton, professor of law at the University of Texas, reporter for the committee …

A Pilgrimage: Reflections On A Career In Administrative Law, Louis L. Jaffee

Indiana Law Journal

Adapted from a speech delivered at the annual banquet of the INDIANA LAW JOURNAL, April 25, 1969.

Indiana's Need For Legislative Surgery: A Jurisdictional Transplant, Gregory A. Hartzler

Indiana Law Journal

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Dean Leon H. Wallace, Tom C. Clark, John S. Hastings, Paul N. Rowe

Indiana Law Journal

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The Medical Witness (Film Review), William J. Curran

Indiana Law Journal

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Codification Of The Criminal Law, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Bar And The War, George Maurice Morris

Indiana Law Journal

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The Legal Profession In Wartime, Albert H. Cole

Indiana Law Journal

An address delivered at the Mid-winter meeting of the Association.

The American Bar And The War, Edmund Ruffin Beckwith

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

More Effective Bar Organization, Charles A. Beardsley

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Notes On Integrated Bar

Indiana Law Journal

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Bar Integration In The State Of Michigan, George E. Brand

Indiana Law Journal

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Rules For Civil Procedure In The United States District Courts: Pre-Trial Procedure, Albert H. Cole

Indiana Law Journal

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Objectives Of The American Bar Association For The Year 1938-1939, Frank J. Hogan

Indiana Law Journal

Address of Hon. Frank J. Hogan, President of the American Bar Association, at the Annual Meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association, September 17, 1938.

American Bar Association-Lawyers And Bar Associations, Frederick H. Stinchfiled

Indiana Law Journal

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The Coordination Movement Of The American Bar Association, Will Shafroth

Indiana Law Journal

Address of Honorable Will Shafroth, Director of the National Bar Program of the American Bar Association, delivered at the Mid-winter Meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association, February 1, 1936.

Recommendations Of The Committee On The Inherent Power Of Courts To License And Regulate The Practice Of Law

Indiana Law Journal

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American Bar Association Notes, Will Shaffroth

Indiana Law Journal

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The Bar's Duty To The Public, Honorable Williams L. Ransom

Indiana Law Journal

Address of Hon. William L. Ransom, President of the American Bar Association, at the annual meeting of the Indiana Bar Association on September 6, 1935.

American Bar Association Notes, Will Shafroth

Indiana Law Journal

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American Bar

Indiana Law Journal

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The National Bar Program

Indiana Law Journal

This digest of news concerning the National Bar Program is furnished by Will Shafroth, special assistant to the President of the American Bar Association.

The National Bar Program, Earl W. Evans

Indiana Law Journal

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