Indiana University Maurer School of Law Bloomington

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1 RANK 29 Indiana University Maurer School of Law Bloomington MAILING ADDRESS 1, South Indiana Avenue Bloomington, Indiana MAIN PHONE WEBSITE REGISTRAR S PHONE ADMISSIONS PHONE CAREER SERVICES PHONE Overview 3 Indiana Law opened in 1842 as the first state university law school in the Midwest. Upon founding the Law School, university trustees stated their intention was to create a school that would be inferior to none west of the mountains and would prepare students to combine superior scholarship with ethics. On Dec. 5, 1842, Professor David McDonald gave his first lecture to the class of the new Law Department of Indiana University. Through the early years, the Law Department flourished under the direction of McDonald and other distinguished jurists. Enrollment soared after the Civil War, with 32 students graduating in 1871, more than half of the total graduates of the university. Today, Indiana Law continues to flourish and produce some of the best lawyers in the Midwest and country as a whole. Student-Faculty Ratio :1 Admission Criteria 5 LSAT GPA 25th 75th Percentile Median* The above LSAT and GPA data pertain to the 2013 entering class. *Medians have been calculated by averaging the 25th- and 75th-percentile values released by the law schools and have been rounded up to the nearest whole number for LSAT scores and to the nearest one-hundredth for GPAs. 1

2 Admission Statistics 6 Approximate number of applications 1851 Number accepted 974 Percentage accepted 52.6% The above admission details are based on 2013 data. Class Ranking and Grades 7 Student performance is graded and credited according to the following scale: Grade A, A+ 4.0 A- 3.7 B+ 3.3 B 3.0 B- 2.7 C+ 2.3 C 2.0 Grade Points Per Hour of Credit C- 1.7 (No credit grade; course must be repeated if required) F 0.0 (No credit grade; course must be repeated if required) Where appropriate, the following marks are used: W - (Withdraw al) I - (Incomplete) S - (Satisfactory) P - (Pass) Grade Normalization (Curve) 8 MINIMUM GRADE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN (Based on May 2013 graduation class) Minimum GPA required to fall within the top 10% of the class Minimum GPA required to fall within the top 25% of the class Minimum GPA required to fall within the top 33% of the class Minimum GPA required to fall within the top 50% of the class Minimum GPA required to fall within the top 75% of the class Median GPA Minimum GPA required for graduation

3 Honors 9 Honor Order of the Coif Order of Barristers summa cum laude magna cum laude cum laude Percentage of Class Receiving Top 10% of graduating class Ten graduating students who excelled in trial advocacy Top 1% (1st percentile) Top 10% (2nd-10th percentile) Top 30% (11th-30th percentile) Awards 10 Name of Award Scribes awards CALI Excellence for the Future West Publisher s Award JUMP Scholars Moot Court Awards John Edwards University Fellowship Chancellor s Scholarships Awarded for/to Top 1L s in Legal Writing Sections Top grade in each class Top GPA in each class Academic Achievement Oral advocacy Top University Students Top Merit Journals 11 The Indiana Law Journal publishes original articles by a distinguished and diverse selection of authors that have included U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and U.S. Solicitor General Seth Waxman. Select students are invited to join the staff of the Indiana Law Journal during the summer following their first year of law school. Invitations are extended based on academic performance and a writing competition. The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies publishes articles about globalization and international law. Each issue generally contains articles by authors from many different countries. Select students are invited to join the staff during the summer following their first year of law school. Invitations are extended based on academic performance and a writing competition. Students edit and proofread articles, and verify the accuracy and form of cited sources. The journal also publishes several studentwritten articles. IP Theory is a peer-edited online intellectual property law publication hosted by the Law School s Center for Intellectual Property Research. It is neither law journal nor blog; it is a different sort of publication designed to occupy a niche between the two. IP Theory serves as a forum for essays or opinion pieces that are more concise (and more lightly footnoted) than typical law review articles, book reviews, and reviews of literature. Faculty peers solicit and select content. Student editors are selected by their peers and the faculty advisor. 3

4 The Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality is an online journal established in May The purpose of the Journal is to serve as an interdisciplinary academic forum for scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, and students to contribute to society s understanding of legal and policy issues concerning race, religion, gender, and class. Membership consists of second- and third-year students who have exhibited a demonstrated commitment to social equality through relevant discipline, employment, or volunteer work and who have had exemplary performance in their first-year studies. Moot Court 12 The Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition is a student-run program in written and oral appellate advocacy. The majority of the second-year class participates in this annual competition, which is also open to third-year students who have not previously competed owing to study abroad or jointdegree programs. Clinical Programs 13 The schools clinics are primarily one semester, 3 credit hour courses. Students receive intensive instruction from faculty members, both one-on-one and in a classroom setting, but spend the bulk of their time on client matters or field work. Clinics include: Community Legal Clinic Conservation Law Clinic Disability Law Clinic Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic Non-Profit Legal Clinic Viola J. Taliaferro Family and Children Mediation Clinic Placement Facts 14 Starting Salaries (2012 Graduates Employed Full-Time) Private sector (25th-75th percentile) $85,000 - $110,000 Private sector - Median $100,000 Public service - Median $43,350 Employment Details Graduates known to be employed at graduation 40.7% Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation (including 25% of those with unknown status) Areas of Legal Practice Graduates Employed In Percentage Law Firms 44.6% Business and Industry 19.6% Government 15.5% Judicial Clerkships 9.5% Public Interest Organizations 6% 64.7% 4

5 Academia 4.8% Unknown 0% Externships/Internships 15 Externships Externships are supervised by practicing lawyers in an off-site setting and by a faculty member at the law school. Students receive from one to eight hours of academic credit depending on the externship program and the number of hours worked by the student. Externships include: Criminal Law Externship Independent Clinical Projects Indiana Legal Services Externship Intellectual Property Externship Program Judicial Field Placements Public Interest Externship Program Private Practice Externship Program Semester Public Interest Program Student Legal Services Externship Student Organizations 16 Advocates for Life American Bar Association (ABA) Law Student Division American Constitution Society (ACS) Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Business and Law Society (BLS) Christian Legal Society (CLS) Environmental Law Society (ELS) Family Law Society Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Feminist Law Forum Health Law Society Indianapolis Bar Association Intellectual Property Association International Law Society (ILS) J. Reuben Clark Law Society (JRCLS) Jewish Law Students Association Labor and Employment Law Society Latino Law Student Association Law and Drama Society Law Students for Reproductive Justice Middle Eastern Law Students Association Older and Wiser Law Students (OWLS) Outlaw Outreach for Legal Literacy Phi Alpha Delta 5

6 Phi Delta Phi Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Society for Law and the Arts Sports and Entertainment Law Society Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Bar Association (SBA) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program Women s Law Caucus References admissions 6. admissions 7. (page 7, 8) (page 2, 20) career-prospects