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International Jurist Visits Indianapolis
THE HONORABLE PATRICk LIPTON
ROBINSON, President of the united
Nations International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague,
was honored at a reception on May 14 at
the law school.
President Robinson, originally from
Jamaica, has had a long and distinguished
career in international law on the bench
and in government service. He currently
is principal advisor to the united Nations
Commission on Trade and Development
(uNCTAD) and has served on the
International Bioethics Committee, World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
and several world and regional bodies
including the Commission of Truth and
Justice—Haiti.
“We are honored to host President
Robinson, whose international law
career has inspired law students around
the globe,” said Professor George E.
Edwards, the Carl M. Gray Professor of
Law and founding director of the law
school’s Program in International Human
Rights Law (PIHRL). “Our law school
has sent numerous law interns to work
in The Hague, The Netherlands at the
ICTY— an institution now headed by
Judge Robinson.”
Law School’s LARC Program Ranks 5th
Nationally
Iu SCHOOL OF LAW – INDIANAPOLIS’
LEGAL WRITING PROGRAM, known as Legal
Analysis, Research and Communications
(LARC), was ranked 5th in the nation by U.S.
News & World Report in 2010.
“The increase in the ranking of our
legal writing program to fifth in the nation
is a tribute to the excellent quality of our
legal writing faculty and their dedication to
preparing our students to be superb lawyers
from the day they graduate,” said Gary R.
Roberts, the Gerald L. Bepko Professor of
Law and dean of the law school.
The school’s LARC program has a
core of required courses focusing on
research and predictive analysis and
communication, persuasive writing, oral
argumentation, and drafting. Many of the
full-time law professors teaching in the
legal writing program are actively involved
in the legal community, both nationally
and internationally. In 2008, the Iu School
of Law – Indianapolis hosted the 13th
national biennial conference of the Legal
Writing Institute, bringing more than 600
legal writing faculty members from 13
countries to Inlow Hall.
News Briefs
Hon. Jane Magnus-Stinson ’83
Unanimously Confirmed as Federal Judge
ON JuNE 7, 2010 THE u.S. SENATE
vOTED uNANIMOuSLY to confirm Jane
Magnus-Stinson, ‘83 as a Federal Judge
for the District Court of the Southern
District of Indiana. She is only the third
woman to be named to the Federal bench in
Indiana. She became u.S. Magistrate Judge
in 2007, after having served for twelve
years on the Marion County Superior Court.
Before moving to the bench, she served as
chief legal counsel for Evan Bayh who was
then Governor of Indiana.
“Having worked with her in a variety of
capacities, especially in her role as a leader
and ambassador for our law school during the
time she headed up our Board of visitors, I
know her to have that rare combination of
qualities that makes for an exceptional judge
—great intelligence, balance, temperament,
and empathy,” said Dean Gary R. Roberts.
“I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have on
the bench dispensing justice than Judge
Magnus-Stinson.”
Judge Magnus-Stinson has served on
the law school’s Board of visitors since
1992 and served as President of that
body in 2009.
I U S C H O O L O F L AW S U M M E R A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E