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Friday, December 02, 2011
Ind. Law - More on: IU McKinney School of Law announcment
One question about the great announcement yesterday -- does this gift fix IU Indy Law rigidly on the traditional USNews "top 30" law school path, or is there still opportunity to develop a law school for the 21st century, with a more pragmatic education model, better suited for a school that not only produces so many Indiana leaders, but also fills the ranks of civil practitioners, judges, prosecutors and defenders.
[More] Here is Bill McCleery's story today in the Indianapolis Star - some quotes:
More than half of Indiana's lawyers and judges are alumni of the Indianapolis law school, noted Gary Roberts, the school's dean.Former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle is among the well-known graduates of the school. Its predecessor, the Indiana Law School, opened in 1894 and became a division of IU 50 years later.
"This law school is vitally important to this community and the state of Indiana," Roberts said. * * *
McKinney said he views the Indianapolis school that now bears his name as a very good law school that, with the right combination of leadership, strategy and financial resources, could become a great law school.
"I want to see them be among the top 30 law schools in the country," McKinney said. "There are more than 200 law schools in the country, and with all the great schools there are, that's a tough requirement, but I'm confident they can do it."
The school already has earned national accolades. This year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school's legal-writing program among the top 10 nationally for the third year in a row, and National Jurist Magazine named it among the top 60 "best value" law schools.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 2, 2011 07:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Law