Thriving in Indianapolis, the state capitol and Indiana's major commercial center, is a unique merger of its two major public university systems, Indiana University and Purdue University, whose main campuses are located in Bloomington and West Lafayette, respectively.

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[By Barbara Chalsma]
Thriving in Indianapolis, the state capitol and Indiana’s major commercial center, is a unique merger of its two major public
university systems, Indiana University and Purdue University (referred to as IUPUI), whose main campuses are located in
Bloomington and West Lafayette, respectively. Originally, in the 19th century, both universities had separate Indianapolis
campuses and administrations, but they ultimately decided to combine forces administratively, preserving their individual
programs and degrees. Managed by Indiana University, IUPUI offers programs and degrees from both universities, including
degrees from the Indiana University School of Law.
Although one of the main goals of the IU throughout the world to speak with students A new law school dean will take the helm in
School of Law is to support the State of as well as meet with the state judiciary. July. Gary R. Roberts is presently at Tulane
Indiana in all its sectors, it has extended University serving as a professor of law and
The stand-alone J.D. is awarded by the law
its reach over time. More than 25% of its director of the sports law program; he is an
school, as are six J.D./master’s joint degrees,
students now come from other states, and appropriate choice for a school in sports-
including degrees in business administration,
it offers a number of programs with more obsessed Indiana. (Local events and teams
public affairs, health administration, public
global foci. These programs include several include the Indianapolis 500, Hoosiers,
health, philosophy, and library science.
summer-abroad programs: Chinese Law at Boilermakers, Fighting Irish, Pacers, and
Renmin University of China School of Law in Colts, who won Super Bowl XLI this past
In addition to the J.D., LL.M.s are offered in
Beijing, focusing on the Chinese legal system; month.)
health law, policy, and bioethics; intellectual
European Law at Robert Schuman University
property law; international and comparative
in Strasbourg, focusing on EU law and a Indianapolis, the nation’s 12th-largest city, is
law; international human rights law; and
comparison of different Western European a typical Midwestern crossroads of 780,000
American law for foreign lawyers.
legal systems; Central and Eastern European residents, with families who have lived
Law at the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik, Perhaps reflecting the importance of its there for generations. Its cost of living is
focusing on EU law and enlargement; and required three-semester legal writing below the national average. People living
Latin American Law at the Universidad program and its advanced research and on either coast may be shocked by its low
Nacional de La Plata in La Paz, focusing on writing requirement, the law school housing prices: the average home price is
Latin American legal systems and free trade. publishes not one but four journals: Indiana $136,800, and average rent for a two-bedroom
apartment is $656. It is often ranked as
Law Review, Indiana Health Law Review,
Among the law school’s other special one of the best U.S. cities in which to live
European Journal of Law Reform, and Indiana
programs and centers are the Program on according to Eli Lilly and Company, the giant
International and Comparative Law Review-
Law and State Government, the Program on hometown pharmaceutical company and
the last two under the auspices of the Center
International Human Rights Law, the Hall maker of, among other drugs, Prozac.
for International and Comparative Law.
Center for Law and Health, and the Center
for International and Comparative Law. Five years ago, a $36 million law school ON THE NET
The latter has been awarded a grant by the facility was completed, which includes the
European Union to develop the Jean Monnet latest technology and a “spectacular” atrium. Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
Module of Courses on Comparative EU and The building also houses the law school’s indylaw.indiana.edu
U.S. Law, Public Policy, and Ethics in the clinic and the Wynne Moot Courtroom and
Regulation of Research and Development in Auditorium. Significantly, in keeping with its Indianapolis
the Life Sciences. mission of maintaining strong ties with all www.indy.org
sectors of the State of Indiana, the IUPUI Law
IUPUI has distinguished-visitor and judge- School is located only two blocks from the Indianapolis Colts
in-residence programs, which also expand Indiana Government Center and Capitol. The www.colts.com
institutional and student horizons. In Ruth Lilly Law Library is one of the largest
particular, the school’s judge-in-residence legal research libraries in the U.S., with a
program brings prominent jurists from collection of nearly 500,000 volumes.
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