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| {{Infobox Law School
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| |image = [[Image:Iu law.jpg|350px]]
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| |name = Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington
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| |established = [[1842]]
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| |type = [[Public school|Public]]
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| |dean = Lauren Robel
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| |city = [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], [[Indiana]]
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| |country = [[United States|USA]]
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| |students = 774
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| |faculty = 55 (full time)
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| |campus = [[suburban area|Suburban]]
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| |website= [http://www.law.indiana.edu/ www.law.indiana.edu]
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| The '''Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington''' is a [[law school]] located in [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], [[Indiana]]. It is one of two law schools of its parent institution, [[Indiana University]] and is a part of the [[Indiana University System]].
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| ==History and Background==
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| Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington was founded in [[1842]], making it one of the oldest law schools in the nation. The school is located at the edge of Indiana University, which puts it in the center of Bloomington. Many of the law school's alumni work in the Midwest, with the next largest numbers living and working in Washington, DC and New York.<ref>http://www.law.indiana.edu/careers/where/wherearethey.shtml</ref> Since its founding, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington has produced many notable alumni, including numerous state supreme court justices and federal appellate and district court judges, as well as one U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The school has the 20th largest academic law library in United States with more than 750,000 volumes. This library was named "Best Law Library in the Country" by National Jurist Magazine (Fall 2004). The Indiana Law chapter of the [[American Constitution Society]] was also recently distinguished, as the top chapter in the nation in [[2006]]. The school engages in collaborative and study abroad programs with schools of law in [[China]], [[South Korea]], [[New Zealand]], [[England]], [[Ireland]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Spain]], and [[Poland]]. <!-- that's all i've got, please add more -->
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| ==Academics==
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| ====Admissions====
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| The acceptance rate for full-time applicants in Fall [[2005]] was 38.1%.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03054_brief.php</ref> The entering class in [[2006]] had a median [[LSAT]] score of 163 and a median undergraduate [[GPA]] of 3.57.<ref>[http://www.law.indiana.edu/prospective/etc/factsheet_2007.pdf School's "Fast Facts" (.pdf)</ref>
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| ====Degrees offered====
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| Degrees offered by the school include: the [[juris doctor]] degree and combined degrees of JD/[[MBA]], JD/[[Master of Professional Accountancy|MPA]] in accountancy, JD/[[MS]] in environmental science, JD/[[Master of Public Affairs|MPA]], JD/[[Master of Arts (postgraduArts|MA]] in journalism, JD/[[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] or JD/[[Master of Science|MS]] in telecommunications, and JD/[[Master of Science|MS]] in library and information science. The school offers a masters degrees in law ([[LL.M]] and MCL), as well as a doctorate degree ([[SJD]]).
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| ====Clinics====
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| *Community Legal Clinic
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| *Conservation Law Clinic
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| *Disability Law Clinic
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| *Elder Law Clinic
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| *Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
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| *Family and Children Mediation Clinic
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| *Federal Courts Clinic
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| ====Academic reputation====
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| In its [[2008]] publication, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked the school 36th among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools".<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php</ref>
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| ==Publications==
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/ilj Indiana Law Journal] - Principal law review of the Indiana University System.
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/fclj Federal Communications Law Journal] - Official law review of the [[Federal Communications Bar Association]]
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| *[http://ijgls.indiana.edu Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies]
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| ==Centers==
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| [http://ccdps.indiana.edu/ The Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies]
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| The Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies (CCDPS) at Indiana University 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 CCDPS will focuses its work in Burma, Liberia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan, 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 CCDPS 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.<ref>http://ccdps.indiana.edu/</ref>
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| [http://law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/centers/lawsociety/ The Center for Law, Society, and Culture]
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| The fundamental mission of the Center for Law, Society, and 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.<ref>http://law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/centers/lawsociety/</ref>
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| [http://law.indiana.edu/front/special/20070420_cybersecurityaward.shtml The Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research]
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| The center draws on Indiana University's wide range of scholarly expertise in computer science, informatics, accounting and information systems, criminal justice, law, organizational behavior, public policy, and related disciplines.<ref>http://law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/centers/</ref> Recently, the [[National Security Agency]] designated the center a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
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| ==Notable alumni==
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| *[[Hoagy Carmichael]] ([[1926]]), American composer
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| *[[William E. Jenner]] ([[1930]]), [[U.S. Senator]]
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| *[[Lee Hamilton]] ([[1956]]), [[U.S. Congressman]] and Chairman of the [[9/11 Commission]] and the [[Iraq Study Group]]
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| *[[Sherman Minton]] ([[1915]]), [[U.S. Supreme Court Justice]] and U.S. Senator
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| *[[Wendell Willkie]], Presidential Candidate
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| *[[Frank O'Bannon]] ([[1957]]), Governor of Indiana
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| *[[William Ruckelshaus]], first administrator of the [[EPA]]
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| *[[Birch Bayh]] ([[1960]]), [[U.S. Senator]]
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| *[http://newsinfo.iu.edu/asset/page/normal/695.html Feisal Istrabadi] ([[1988]]), Iraqi UN [[Ambassador]]
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| *[[S. Hugh Dillin]] ([[1938]]), [[U.S. District Court]] Judge
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| *[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2392 John D. Tinder] ([[1975]]), U.S. District Court Judge
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| *[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1432 Rodolfo Lozano], U.S. District Court Judge
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| *[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1774 James E. Noland] ([[1948]]), U.S. District Court Judge
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| *[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1225 Michael S. Kanne] ([[1968]]), Judge, [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]]
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| *[[Jesse E. Eschbach]], Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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| *[http://www.indiana.edu/~libarch/Personal/119pers.html John S. Hastings], Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/treanor.html Walter Emanual Treanor], Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/Judges/bio_LJM.htm Larry J. McKinney], Chief Judge, U.S. District Court
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| *[[Shirley Abrahamson]] ([[1956]]), Chief Justice, [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]]
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| *[http://www.innsofcourt.org/Content/Default.aspx?Id=137 Franklin Cleckley] ([[1965]]), First African-American Justice of the [[West Virginia Supreme Court]]
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| *[[William Stewart]] ([[1959]]), Chief Counsel to the [[National Labor Relations Board]]
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| *[http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/08/harbour.shtm Pamela Jones Harbour] ([[1984]]), Commissioner of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]
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| *[[Michael Uslan]] ([[1976]]), Executive Producer of [[Batman Begins]], [[Batman & Robin]], [[Batman Forever]], and [[Batman Returns]]
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/bios/sullivan.html Frank Sullivan, Jr.] ([[1982]]), Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Indiana]]
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/prentice.html Dixon Prentice] ([[1942]]), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/givan.html Richard Givan] ([[1951]]), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/debruler.html Roger O. Debruler] ([[1960]]), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/rakestraw.html Frederick E. Rakestraw] ([[1947]]), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/landis.html Frederick Landis, Jr.] ([[1934]]), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/henley.html George Washington Henley], Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/achor.html Harold E. Achor] ([[1931]]) Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/jasper.html Paul G. Jasper], Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/justice-bios/shake.html Curtis G. Shake], Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana
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| *[[Mike Pence]], [[U.S. Congressman]]
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| *[[George N. Craig]], [[Governor]] of Indiana
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| *[[Vance Hartke]], [[U.S. Senator]]
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| *[[Willis Gorman]], U.S. Congressman
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| *[[Frank McCloskey]], U.S. Congressman
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| *[[Charles A. Halleck]]. U.S. Congressman
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| *[http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/2006/pr-mannobit-011007.html J. Keith Mann], Stanford Law Professor
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| *[http://www.ibp.org.ph/index.php?p=171&sec=14&aid=174&lf=43 Flerida Ruth P. Romero], (LLM 1955), Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
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| *[http://www.law.indiana.edu/alumni/profiles/miyakawa_masuji.shtml Masuji Miyakawa], ([[1905]]), The first Japanese American admitted to the bar in the U.S.
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| *[http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn/USAttorney/index.html Jospeh Van Bokkelen], ([[1969]]), [[U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana]]
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| ==Notable faculty==
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| *[http://www.law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/centers/lawsociety/jerome.shtml Jerome Hall] ([[1939]]-[[1970]]), Distinguished scholar in the field of jurisprudence and criminal law<ref>http://www.law.indiana.edu/ilj/volumes/v81/no2/1_Baier.pdf</ref>
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/dworkin.asp Roger Dworkin]
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| *[[Leon Wallace]]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/baude.asp Patrick Baude]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/bradleyc.asp Craig Bradley]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/shwillia.asp Susan Williams]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/dacwilli.asp David Williams]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/oliverw.asp William Oliver]
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/directory/shreve.asp Gene Shreve]
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| ==See also==
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| [[Indiana University]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.law.indiana.edu/ www.law.indiana.edu] Official site
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| *[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03054_brief.php usnews.com] USNWR profile
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| *[http://www.princetonreview.com/law/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1035798<ID=5 review.com] Princeton Review profile
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/ilj/] Indiana Law Journal Homepage
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| *[http://law.indiana.edu/fclj/] Federal Communications Law Journal Homepage
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| *[http://ijgls.indiana.edu/] Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Homepage
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| [[Category:Bloomington, Indiana]]
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| [[Category:Law schools in Indiana]]
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| [[Category:Indiana University]]
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| [[Category:Educational institutions founded in 1842]]
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