The Indiana University Maurer School of Law is located on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

. The school is named after Michael S. "Mickey" Maurer, an Indianapolis businessman and 1967 alumnus who donated $35 million in 2008. From its founding in 1842 until Maurer's donation, the school was known as the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington. The law school is one of two law schools operated by

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universi ...

, the other being the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (IU McKinney) in Indianapolis. Although both law schools are part of Indiana University, each law school is wholly independent of the other.

History and background

Founded in 1842, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is one of the oldest law schools in the United States. The school is located on the southwest corner of the

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest c ...

campus, which puts it in the center of Bloomington. The school maintains significant alumni bases in Indianapolis, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York. Since its founding, the law school has produced many notable alumni, including an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the current Chief Justice of Indiana, numerous state supreme court justices, and federal appellate and district court judges. The school's library, named for the American legal scholar and Indiana University law professor

Jerome Hall Jerome Hall (February 4, 1901 – March 2, 1992) was an American legal scholar and academic. He is best known for his pioneering work in interdisciplinary legal analysis. Through his work with the United States Department of State, he offered adv ...

, is one of the largest academic law libraries in the United States with more than 450,000 volumes. The library is primarily for the use of law school faculty and students, but members of the public who need to use the collection are also welcome. Recent enhancements to the library include increased seating and study space, improved "green" lighting systems, and an online institutional repository.

Employment

According to the school's ABA-required disclosures, 83.5% of the Class of 2019 had obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment 10 months after graduation.

Costs

The total cost of attendance (including tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the Maurer School of Law for the 2020-2021 academic year is $50,331 for an in-state resident, and $71,006 for a non-Indiana resident. Most students receive some form of financial aid.

Academics

Academic reputation

In its 2022 rankings report released in March 2022, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the IU Maurer School of Law 43rd among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools". The school's programs in tax, intellectual property, business and commercial law, and international law, ranked 17th, 20th, 21st, and 28th, respectively, according to ''U.S. News''.

Admissions

More than 1,500 people applied to join the 2020 fall entering class, with 178 matriculating. The median LSAT and GPA for the entering class were 164 and 3.78. Sixty percent of the incoming class was from outside Indiana, 46% were women, and 20% were minorities. The school has no part-time or evening program; all students are full-time.

Degrees offered

The

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice l ...

(JD) degree is offered, along with 11 joint and dual degrees, including a JD/MBA with the Kelley School of Business and a JD/MPA with the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. A master's in cybersecurity law and policy is also available in partnership with the Kelley School and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. The school also partners with various schools around the world to offer exchange programs. Graduate degrees are also offered: LLM with or without thesis, SJD, MCL, and a PhD in law and democracy. The LLM course of study provides six areas of specialization.

Experiential education

The Maurer School of Law offers a wide range of experiential education opportunities, including five clinics (community law, conservation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and mediation); externships both in the US and abroad, and noncredit pro bono advocacy projects in areas such as immigration, protective orders, inmate assistance, will preparation, and LGBT matters. Students are asked to commit 60 hours of pro bono service during their three years of law school.

Competitions and student organizations

Students compete in several competitions, including Sherman Minton

Moot Court Moot court is a co-curricular activity at many law schools. Participants take part in simulated court or arbitration proceedings, usually involving drafting memorials or memoranda and participating in oral argument. In most countries, the phrase " ...

Competition, Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Trial Practice Competition, and Negotiations Competition. IU Maurer has more than 30 student organizations, including Intellectual Property Association, International Law Society, and Public Interest Law Foundation. Local chapters of national organizations include the American Constitution Society, Federalist Society for Law and Public Studies, and American Bar Association Law Student Division.

Publications

* ''Indiana Law Journal'' * ''Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design'' * ''Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies'' * ''Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality'' * ''IP Theory''

Centers

Center for Constitutional Democracy (CCD) seeks to study and promote constitutional democracy in countries marked by ethnic, religious, linguistic, and other divisions. Founded and directed by John S. Hastings Professor of Law David Williams, the CCD focuses its work in Burma, Liberia, South Sudan, and Libya, training the reform leaders of these countries in constitutionalism, parliamentary process, and legal ordering. The Center focuses its efforts on the constitutional aspects of democratic reform, enabling plural societies to peaceably provide meaningful self-governance to all their citizens. The CCD is the only educational institution in the United States that offers students the chance to work directly and regularly with foreign reform leaders to support constitutional democracy. Center for Intellectual Property Research supports study in all aspects of intellectual property law and allied fields including patent, trademark, unfair competition, copyright and information policy. Center for Law, Society, and Culture The fundamental mission of the Center for Law, Society & Culture is to promote and disseminate a multidisciplinary understanding of law through scholarship, teaching, and discussion. The Center produces, presents, and coordinates research conducted by exceptional scholars in schools and departments across Indiana University on the subject of law and legal problems. The Center supports research related to the law in a broad sense, including cultural aspects of law expressed through political theory and the humanities, and scientific aspects of law expressed through technological advance in biotechnology, environmental science, and information technology. Milt and Judi Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession Forces of globalization, politics and the economy create enormous challenges and opportunities for lawyers, clients, policymakers, law schools and the public. The Center on the Global Legal Profession focuses on the role of lawyers in society, the business of lawyering, and the organizational context housing legal practice. The Center's faculty and fellows examine these issues through the lens of empirical research, using original and existing data and utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methodology. The Milton Stewart Fellows are selected in a competitive process each year for internships in India, South Korea, and Brazil under the direction of the Center.

Faculty

Maurer School of Law faculty include former Supreme Court clerks, practicing attorneys from some of the nation's top firms, former U.S. government administrators and legal consultants, former members of international organizations and courts, and visiting professors from around the world. Drawing on their varied experiences and in close collaboration with one another, faculty members consistently produce legal academic work that has a tangible impact on the legal profession. Current tenured and tenured-track faculty include, among others: Nicholas Almendares, Jeannine Bell, Kevin Brown, Hannah L. Buxbaum, Fred Cate, Daniel Cole, Kenneth Dau-Schmidt, Jessica M. Eaglin, Robert L. Fischman, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, David Gamage, Charles Gardner Geyh, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Mark Janis, Aneil Kovvali, Leandra Lederman, Asaf Lubin, Jody Madeira, Donna M. Nagy, Christina Ochoa, Aviva Orenstein, Steve Sanders, Jeffrey Stake, Shana Wallace, Deborah Widiss, and

Susan Hoffman Williams Susan Hoffman Williams (born July 12, 1960) is an American legal academic. She completed a bachelor's degree at Harvard University and earned a J. D. from Harvard Law School. Williams then taught at Cornell Law School Cornell Law School is t ...

. In addition to the current faculty, the law school's faculty has been honored by the teaching and scholarship of distinguished professors throughout its history. Some of them are: * Morris S. Arnold, senior-status judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; served briefly as dean in the 1980s * Bernard Gavit, dean of the law school in the 1930s and '40s who guided the school's rise to preeminence *

Julius Getman Julius Gerson Getman (born 1931) is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law, and a noted labor and employment law scholar and labor historian. Education Getman received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York i ...

, nationally known scholar in labor and employment law * James Hughes, law professor in the 1850s; judge, U.S. Court of Claims * Paul McNutt, youngest dean in the law school's history; governor of Indiana during the Great Depression; High Commissioner to the Philippines * Richard M. Milburn, served as

Indiana Attorney General The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-fourth and Attorney General is Todd Ro ...

after teaching law for twelve years at IU * S. Jay Plager, dean from 1977–84; secured funding for faculty growth and building expansion; currently Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Notable alumni

IU Maurer counts among its alumni many distinguished leaders in politics, public service, and the judiciary: *

Shirley Abrahamson Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson (December 17, 1933December 19, 2020) was the 25th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. An American lawyer and jurist, she was appointed to the court in 1976 by Governor Patrick Lucey, becoming the first fema ...

(1956), Chief Justice,

Wisconsin Supreme Court The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin. Location The Wi ...

Harold Achor Harold Edward Achor (November 16, 1907 – February 5, 1967) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 3, 1955 to December 12, 1966.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and ...

(1931) Justice of the

Indiana Supreme Court The Indiana Supreme Court, established by Article 7 of the Indiana Constitution, is the highest judicial authority in the state of Indiana. Located in Indianapolis, the Court's chambers are in the north wing of the Indiana Statehouse. In Decem ...

Norman Arterburn Norman Frank Arterburn (May 13, 1902 – February 10, 1979) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from May 23, 1955 to May 13, 1977.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kl ...

(1923), Justice of the

* Birch Bayh (1960),

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and power ...

* David L. Carden (1976), U.S. Ambassador to

ASEAN ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, milita ...

* Hoagy Carmichael (1926), American composer * Franklin Cleckley (1965), First African-American Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court *

George N. Craig George North Craig (August 6, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1953 until 1957. A lawyer and veteran of World War II who was promoted to s ...

(1932),

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of Indiana *

Gonzalo P. Curiel Gonzalo Paul Curiel (born September 7, 1953) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Early life and education Curiel was born in East Chicago, Indiana, the youngest of fou ...

(1979), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California *

Roger O. DeBruler Roger Owen DeBruler (August 5, 1934 – February 13, 2017) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from September 30, 1968 to August 8, 1996.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and B ...

(1960), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court *

S. Hugh Dillin Samuel Hugh Dillin (June 9, 1914 – March 13, 2006), often referred to as S. Hugh Dillin, was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Education and career Born in Petersburg, ...

(1938), U.S. District Court Judge * Jesse E. Eschbach (1949), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit *

Scott Flanders Scott N. Flanders (born December 26, 1956) is an American corporate executive in the media, entertainment and technology industries. He is currently chief executive officer and long-term member of the board of directors at eHealth, Inc., a role ...

(1982), CEO of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. * Fred Gause (1900), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Brad Gerstner (1996), Founder of Altimeter Capital * Frank Gilkison (1901), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Richard Givan (1951), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Christopher Goff (1996), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Willis Gorman (1835), U.S. Congressman *

Charles A. Halleck Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana. Early life and education Halleck was born ne ...

(1924), U.S. Congressman * Lee H. Hamilton (1956), U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the

9/11 Commission The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks", includin ...

and the

Iraq Study Group The Iraq Study Group (ISG) also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission was a ten-person bipartisan panel appointed on March 15, 2006, by the United States Congress, that was charged with assessing the situation in Iraq and the US-led Iraq War a ...

* Pamela Jones Harbour (1984), Commissioner of the

Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction o ...

* Vance Hartke (1948),

* John S. Hastings (1924), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * George Washington Henley (1914), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Feisal al-Istrabadi (1988), Iraqi UN

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or s ...

* Omer Stokes Jackson, (1905) 28th

* Paul G. Jasper (1932), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court *

William E. Jenner William Ezra Jenner (July 21, 1908 – March 9, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Jenner was an Indiana state senator from 1934 to 1942, and a U.S. Senator from 1944 to 1945 and again from ...

(1930),

* Michael S. Kanne (1968), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * Earl Kintner (1938), chair of Federal Trade Commission in the Eisenhower era * Frederick Landis, Jr. (1934), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Rodolfo Lozano (1966), U.S. District Court Judge * Arthur C. Mellette (1866), first Governor of South Dakota and last territorial Governor of the

Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of N ...

. *

Frank McCloskey Francis Xavier McCloskey (June 12, 1939 – November 2, 2003) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995. Early life and education He ...

(1971), U.S. Congressman * Larry J. McKinney (1969), Chief Judge, U.S. District Court * J. Emmett McManamon (1934), 33rd

* Sherman Minton (1915), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court;

* James E. Noland (1948), U.S. District Court Judge *

Frank O'Bannon Frank Lewis O'Bannon (January 30, 1930 – September 13, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. As of October 2022, he remains the most recent United States Governor to ha ...

(1957), Governor of Indiana *

Dixon Prentice Dixon W. Prentice (June 3, 1919 – July 20, 2014) was an American judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from 1971 to 1986. Born in Sellersburg, Indiana, Prentice attended Indiana University, and received an LL. ...

(1942), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court *

Frederick Rakestraw Frederick Eugene Rakestraw (August 29, 1923 – August 18, 2004) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 7, 1966 to January 2, 1967.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and B ...

(1947), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court *

Jeanette Reibman Jeanette F. Reibman (August 18, 1915 – March 11, 2006) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district from 1969 to 1994. She also served in the Pennsylvani ...

(1940), Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator * Lauren Robel (1983), Val Nolan Professor of Law, Provost and Executive Vice President at Indiana University. * Flerida Ruth P. Romero, (LLM 1955), Justice of the

Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court ( fil, Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the ''Korte Suprema'' lso used in formal writing is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on J ...

* Loretta H. Rush (1983), Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Curtis G. Shake (1910), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Geoffrey G. Slaughter (1989), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * George P. Smith II (1964), Law Professor, Lecturer, Scholar *

Shap Smith Shapleigh "Shap" Smith, Jr. (born December 16, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 92nd Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. In August 2015 Smith announced his candidacy for the 2016 Democratic nomination for Governor ...

(1991),

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

of the Vermont House of Representatives * William Stewart (1959), Chief Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board * Jean Stoffregen, lawyer who worked against racial injustice * Juanita Kidd Stout, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, first black woman to serve as a state supreme court justice * Frank Sullivan, Jr. (1982), Associate Justice of the

(retired) * John V. Sullivan (1977), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives * John D. Tinder (1975), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * Walter Emanuel Treanor (1922), Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Joseph Van Bokkelen (1969), U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, U.S. District Court JudgeJoseph Van Bokkelen bio
. * Michael Uslan (1976), originator of ''Batman'' movie series * Richard B. Wathen (1942), Indiana State Representative, journalist and author * Wendell Willkie (1916), Presidential Candidate

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Indiana University Maurer School Of Law - Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Law schools in Indiana Indiana University Educational institutions established in 1842 Education in Monroe County, Indiana