Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis [1] is part of Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Enrollment is approximately 850 students, making it the largest law school in the state of Indiana. In the summer of 2001 the school opened in its new building, the Lawrence W. Inlow Hall. In its 2008 publication, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Law School 85th in its list of top 100 law schools as well as 8th in the nation in the health law programs.
History
The earliest records of the law school date prior to the 1890s, when it was the law school of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. At DePauw, it seems to have existed from a time that preceded, probably, the American Civil War. It was a successful part of DePauw University. However, about 1890, for reasons that remain unclear, it was closed. The faculty moved that law school from DePauw to Indianapolis in 1893. They formed a private corporation and reopened the school as "Indiana Law School" and took its first class in the 1894-95 school year.
The Indiana Law School worked very closely with Benjamin Harrison Law School, named for former President Benjamin Harrison, almost as if they were two divisions of the same school. The Indiana Law School was a full-time day school and the Benjamin Harrison Law School was a part-time evening division. In 1936, the two formally merged and thereafter operated as the Indiana Law School.
During World War II, its student enrollment dropped to very few. The Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, the first law school established in association with the Indiana University System, did not have more students enrolled in 1944 than Indiana Law School, but it did have state support during bad economic times. Indiana University stepped in to buy the school. In 1944 Indiana University acquired the Indiana Law School for about five cents on the dollar, bringing it into the Indiana University system. Sometime thereafter the school's name officially became "Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis." From 1945 until 1968 it functioned as the evening division of a single law school of which the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington was the day division. From 1968 until the present it has been an autonomous law school with both a full-time and part-time division.
Law reviews
Indiana Law Review
The Indiana Law Review is the school's flagship law review edited and managed by students. Each year, the Law Review publishes one volume, which consists of four issues. Generally, the first three issues contain two to four lead articles and three to five student Notes. The fourth issue is the final and longest issue of each year. The Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law contains fifteen to twenty articles written by professors and Indiana practitioners summarizing the significant changes and developments in Indiana law during the prior year (October to October).
Indiana Health Law Review
The Indiana Health Law Review addresses issues related to bioethics, malpractice liability, managed care, anti-trust, health care organizations, medical-legal research, legal medicine, food and drug, and other current health-related topics. The Law Review was first published in the 2004-2005 academic year.
Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
The Indiana International & Comparative Law Review (II&CLR) is published semi-annually and has been published continuously since 1991. The II&CLR is devoted to the study and analysis of current international legal issues and problems.
European Journal of Law Reform
The European Journal of Law Reform was launched in 1998 to provide a forum for interdisciplinary debate on proposals for law reform and the development of private and public international law in Europe. The Journal is jointly edited by faculty of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London University), and the University of Basel School of Law in Switzerland, with the assistance of a team of student editors in Indianapolis.
Centers
William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health
The Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis includes the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health. The Center for Law and Health was established in 1987 to conduct legal and empirical research on health law issues in Indiana and the nation. The Center houses the Indiana Health Law Review, a new law review established to focus specifically on health care law and policy.
U.S. News & World Report has consistently included the Law School in its list of top ten health law programs. Located in downtown Indianapolis, the Center is near several major pharmaceutical firms, many of the state's leading medical centers, health insurers, and health law firms, and the health agencies of state government. The Center's proximity to these institutions has enabled it to become a major contributor to state and national health law and policy development. The Center is also located on the same campus as the Indiana University Medical Center and the Indiana University Bioethics Center, allowing for significant interdisciplinary research on health law and policy issues.
Center for International and Comparative Law
The Center for International and Comparative Law is the nucleus for all of the law school's international law programs, including two international related law reviews and an active LL.M. program. The Indiana International & Comparative Law Review was launched in 1991, devoted to the study and analysis of current international legal issues and problems. The European Journal of Law Reform was launched in 1998 to provide a forum for interdisciplinary debate on proposals for law reform and the development of private and public international law in Europe. That journal is jointly edited by faculty of the IU School of Law - Indianapolis, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London University), and the University of Basel School of Law in Switzerland, with the assistance of a team of student editors in Indianapolis.
Notable faculty
- Gerald Bepko
- Lawrence Jegen
- Florence Roisman
- Eleanor Kinney
- David Orentlicher
- William F. Harvey
- Henry Karlson
- Antony Page
- Karen Bravo
The Ruth Lilly Law Library
The Ruth Lilly Law Library is one of the largest legal research libraries in the United States, housing a collection of over 475,000 volumes (in hard copy, microform, cassettes, and other non-book media). The Ruth Lilly Law Library is one of the early United States government publications depositories. It is also a full depository of the United Nations, both for regular documentation and for U.N. mimeographed documents. Additionally, it includes a 20,000-volume Commonwealth collection.
Alumni
The law school has over 8,000 alumni located in every state in the nation and several foreign countries. Former Vice President Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, are among the school's list of famous alumni. Others are United States Senators - Frederick VanNuys, Arthur R. Robinson, Samuel D. Jackson, and Dan Coats, - as well as Indiana governors Harry G. Leslie and Edgar Whitcomb and numerous Congressmen.
