The McKinney Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Lawyer Winter 2021 Issue Karen Bravo Named Dean of IU McKinney Law I The Klein Years: A Retrospective Bicentennial Campaign Finishes With Record-Breaking Flourish Coping During a Pandemic I Indiana University Bicentennial Medal Presentations Dear Alumni and Friends, As we approach the end of 2020, I am grateful for this opportunity to reflect upon the first six months of my deanship. I am struck by the number of challenges we faced in 2020, and am grateful for and in awe of the ways in which our community—our faculty, staff, students, and alumni, met those challenges. In these pages, you will read about the outstanding faculty efforts in the realm of online learn- ing. We are lucky that we had a strong online program prior to the pandemic, and experienced faculty members who helped one another as, with short notice, we transformed all of our courses into an all-online format last Spring and Summer. Their expertise and commitment also created benefits for our Fall semester’s hybrid teaching format, which featured online courses, along with a full menu of in-person (and properly socially-distanced) course offerings. The contributions of all of our staff members have been essential as we transitioned to all-online, then a hybrid format. Permit me to recognize, in particular, the roles of our extraordinary IT staff in providing support for online and in-person courses, online exams, and dozens of virtual online events and programs. You will see that they have been honored for their extraordinary efforts. We must also commend our students for their resilience during this trying time. They con- tinued their pro bono activities and student organizations offered programs for their mem- bers, all in a virtual environment. You will also read about our school’s response to the racial tensions throughout our nation. Alumni and members of the local legal community (with the assistance of the IU McKinney Office of Diversity & Inclusion), gathered on Juneteenth for an event seeking an end to racial inequities and violence, as well as advocating for inclusivity and acceptance. IU McKinney students added their voices to the message, and many faculty, staff and students attended the event. As you may know, Indiana University celebrated its bicentennial in 2020 and, while much of the celebration had to be cut short because of the pandemic, we are happy to report that we exceeded our fund-raising goal during the Bicentennial Campaign. We have included in this issue an account of that extraordinary effort. We are so very grateful to all who made contri- butions in support of our school. Because of you, we will be able to continue our mission of providing an exceptional legal education for upcoming generations of students. I began my deanship under the strictures of the pandemic and have not yet had the opportunity to meet as many of you in person as I had hoped. Please know that I plan to rectify that situation as soon as it is safe to do so. I was able to “meet” many of you virtu- ally, through several events, and we are planning more of those virtual gatherings in the upcoming Spring semester. Watch our website for more details. Finally, I want to wish you all the best for a peaceful, happy, and most especially—a healthy 2021. I look forward to meeting you and sharing with you our plans to build upon the strong foun- dations of our school, and to make the next decade at IU McKinney even better than the last one! Very truly yours, Karen E. Bravo Dean and Professor of Law Contents IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law 2 News Briefs Alumni Magazine 4 Karen Bravo Named Dean of IU McKinney Law DEAN Karen Bravo/[email protected] 8 The Klein Years: A Retrospective VICE DEAN Cynthia M. Adams/[email protected] 12 $4 Million Gift Focuses on VICE DEAN Michael. J. Pitts/[email protected] Diversity and Inclusion DIRECTOR OF RUTH LILLY LAW LIBRARY Miriam A. Murphy/[email protected] 14 Bicentennial Campaign Finishes With Record-Breaking Flourish ASSISTANT DEAN FOR DEVELOPMENT Nan C. Edgerton/[email protected] 18 Coping During a Pandemic ASSISTANT DEAN FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Patricia K. Kinney, ‘02/[email protected] 24 Office of Diversity & Inclusion ASSISTANT DEAN OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Julie Smith/[email protected] 25 Legal Community Gathers for ASSISTANT DEAN FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & ALUMNI RELATIONS 8 Racial Justice on Juneteenth Jonna Kane MacDougall, ‘86/[email protected] 26 Indiana University Bicentennial ASSISTANT DEAN OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Virginia D. Marschand, ‘04/[email protected] Medal Presentations ASSISTANT DEAN OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS Miki Pike Hamstra/[email protected] 28 Graduate Recognition for the Class of 2020 INTERIM ASSISTANT DEAN FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS 30 2020 Birch Bayh Lecture and Sonja Rice, ‘07/[email protected] Constitution Day Program ASSISTANT DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS Chasity Q. Thompson, ‘02/[email protected] 32 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment ASSISTANT DEAN OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Teresa J. Cuellar/[email protected] DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC AND BAR SUCCESS Michele Cooley/[email protected] 32 Law School Hosts Special Program on Voting Rights DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & CREATIVE SERVICES Elizabeth A. Allington/[email protected] 33 Fair Season DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Lisa Schrage/[email protected] 34 PLSG Annual Fellowship SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Symposium Stefan Davis/[email protected] 35 Professor Hagan Named Mentor of the Year The McKinney Lawyer is published 36 Hall Center News by the IU Robert H. McKinney School 40 IP Center News of Law and the IU McKinney School 12 of Law Alumni Association. 44 Environmental Law Program News 47 International Law News EDITOR/Jonna Kane MacDougall 50 Graduate Studies Program News ASSOCIATE EDITORS/Elizabeth Allington, Rebecca Trimpe, Alicia Dean Carlson, Beth Young 53 Faculty News WRITERS/Elizabeth Allington, Alicia Dean Carlson, Jonna Kane MacDougall, Rebecca Trimpe, Beth Young 60 Class Notes PHOTOGRAPHY/Dave Jaynes, IU Studios/Liz Kaye, John Gentry, 66 In Memoriam Rebecca Trimpe and Elizabeth Allington Additional photos courtesy of: Elizabeth Allington, Courtney Anderson, ON THE COVER/Karen E. Bravo began Katherine Bayh, Emily Benfer, Derek Black, Brattain Minnix Garcia, Warren Cangany, her duties as dean of the IU Robert H. D. Myles Cullen/Official White House Photo, Aleksandar Djuricic, Mona Gupta, McKinney School of Law on July 1, 2020. Hillary Hoffman, Max Huffman, Ice Miller, Indiana Bar Foundation, She is the 13th dean of the law school Indiana University Foundation, Derek Lavender, Johanna Leblanc, Jonna MacDougall, 59 Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Riley Parr, Doneisha Posey, Joyce Rogers, since its affiliation with IU in 1944. Todd Rokita/Official Portrait, 112th Congress, Richard Rothstein, Evelyn Safder, Sam Scott, Mark Shaw, Hannah Smith, Pervin Taleyarkhan, Tiffany Studios, ON THE WEB/mckinneylaw.iu.edu Simran Trana, Fran Watson, Jesse Wegman, The Honorable Leanna Weissmann, Amy Whitlock, Beth Young DESIGN/DesignMark/Susie Cooper PRINTING/Printing Partners 18 News Briefs Professor Edwards Receives Julie Roe Lach, ‘04, Johanna Leblanc, ‘16, Sankofa Award Named Commissioner Named to UN List of 100 Professor George Edwards received the of the Horizon League Most Influential People Sankofa Award from the National Bar As- Julie Roe Lach, ‘04, has been named the Johanna Leblanc, ‘16, was recognized in sociation on July 29, during its national next commissioner of the Indianapolis- October as one of the 100 Most Influen- convention, which took place in a virtual based Horizon League. She has served as tial People of African Descent in Govern- format. deputy commissioner since 2014, and be- ment and Politics Under 40, during this Award presenters highlighted Professor gins her new role in January 2021. year’s United Nations’ General Assembly. Edwards’ significant contributions over Prior to joining the Horizon League, In support of the “International De- the years, including marshaling the Na- Roe Lach spent more than 15 years at the cade for People of African Descent,” pro- tional Bar's petition to the United Nations NCAA, most recently serving as vice presi- claimed by the United Nations’ General Human Rights Council for the unprec- dent of enforcement. She also founded JRL Assembly, the “Most Influential People of edented UN urgent debate on racially mo- Consulting, where she focused on compli- African Descent” identifies high achiev- tivated human rights violations in the U.S. ance education and advising for institu- ers in the public and private sectors from prompted by the killing of George Floyd. tions and head coaches, and leadership de- around the world. The council issued a resolution following velopment for female administrators. JRL Leblanc is the Senior Advisor to Haiti's the debate, authorizing the UN to take in- Consulting merged with Church Church Ambassador to the United States and vestigatory steps. Hittle + Antrim to create CCH+A Colle- Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Washington, The Sankofa Award was established by giate Consulting. She continues to serve as D.C., where she promotes Haiti’s interests the National Bar Association in 2005 and managing principal and of counsel with the before Congress, the White House, and fi- is presented to an individual whose efforts firm's sports law practice. nancial institutions. She also serves as a have made quality education accessible to Roe Lach is a former basketball player national security and foreign affairs legal all. The award is presented on behalf of the at Millikin University, where she was a First analyst. She appears on television across National Bar president and the chairperson Team All-American and GTE Academic All- Africa and the Middle East regularly for of the awards committee.