Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Introduction

Founded in 1894 as the Indiana Law School, the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law has emerged as a premier educational institution, located in the dynamic heart of Indiana on the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University—Purdue University. This campus is also home to the IU Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, and Social Work. The law school building, Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, is a state-of-the-art facility, enabling the faculty to employ the latest technology and teaching methods. The building houses modern classrooms, private study areas, and an unparalleled law library. The school is just steps away from the state's courts, the legislature, and major law firms, giving students opportunities to observe the legal process in action and to participate in that process as law clerks, judicial externs, and legislative staff assistants. The school is the largest in the state of Indiana and one of the few Big Ten law schools to offer the cultural, recreational, and professional advantages of an urban educational environment.

Clinical Experiences

The law school offers several clinical programs. The Civil Practice Clinic allows students the opportunity to represent clients in a variety of cases, including housing, divorce, child support, consumer, and administrative matters. In the Disability Clinic, students represent school-age children with special needs, as well as persons who are afflicted with HIV, Alzheimer's disease, and AIDS. In the Criminal Defense Clinic, students represent clients in criminal cases involving a variety of misdemeanor or class D felony charges. Additional clinical opportunities include the Immigration Law Clinic, the Appellate Practice Clinic, the Health and Human Rights Clinic, and the Wrongful Conviction Clinic, which involves claims of innocence in postconviction proceedings.

Externships and Special Programs

The school's research centers and programs make significant contributions to the profession, both locally and nationally. The William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health is considered one of the top health law programs in the nation. The center serves as a preeminent information resource on health law issues for the bar, government, and health care community. Through the center, students may pursue a concentration in law and health and participate in the Indiana Health Law Review.

The Program on Law and State Government enriches the dialogue between the academic legal community and state government policymakers. The program offers externships with more than 40 government offices and also sponsors a mediation course that qualifies students to become registered civil mediators. Additionally, the program sponsors a fellowship that allows students to host an academic event and write a publishable academic paper on critical legal or regulatory issues pertinent to state government.

The Program in Environmental and Natural Resources Law offers training in this dynamic area of law that addresses issues such as resource development and conservation, pollution control, energy and transportation policy, and environmental justice and equity.

The Global Crisis Leadership Forum is a joint initiative of the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law and IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs that organizes workshops, forum discussions, and training programs in the field of global crisis management. The forum also performs a biennial counter-terrorism simulation exercise in which students work with experts in the field to respond to a series of simulated crises.

The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation provides experience for students in the fast-growing area of intellectual property.

The Court Externship Program provides externships with federal, state, and local courts. Externs work closely with judges and law clerks, learning about the legal process by experiencing it firsthand.

International Law Program

Because the school recognizes that international considerations touch all areas of the law from human rights to economic issues, it established the Center for International and Comparative Law. A wide variety of international courses, combined with opportunities for overseas experiences, demonstrate our commitment to a legal education with a world view.

Our Program in International Human Rights Law has placed students in internships with human rights organizations in locations from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

The law school sponsors a summer program in China. Established in 1987, the Chinese Law Summer Program is hosted by Renmin (People's) University of China School of Law and introduces students to the Chinese legal and lawyering systems, its dispute resolution mechanisms, and Chinese constitutional law.

In addition to offering several courses and seminars in the area of international law, the school sponsors the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review and a student organization, the International Law Society. It is also home to the editorial offices of the European Journal of Law Reform.

Joint-Degree Programs

The school offers eight joint-degree options in cooperation with IU's School of Medicine, School of Business, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Library and information Science, School of Liberal Arts, and the School of Social Work. Available degrees are the Doctor of Jurisprudence and Doctor of Medicine (JD/MD), Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA), Master of Health Administration (JD/MHA), Master of Public Affairs (JD/MPA), Master of Public Health (JD/MPH), Master of Library Science (JD/MLS), Master of Arts in Philosophy (JD/MPhil), and Master of Social Work (JD/MSW).

Special Summer Program

Summer admission is offered to a select group of applicants who can benefit from a rigorous, individualized summer course. Applicants who have either an LSAT score or a GPA that is outside of the median range of accepted students, persons who are returning to school after several years outside of the classroom, and students for whom English is a second language may be considered for the summer program. Summer admittees earn two credits toward their JD degrees. Continuation in the fall is not contingent upon performance in the summer program. There is no special application procedure. Applicants who are not presumptively admitted and whose files are completed by February 1, may be considered for this program.

ICLEO

Additionally, the school strongly supports the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity program, which provides those who are currently underrepresented in the legal profession or underrepresented in practice areas with assistance in preparing for law school through a six-week summer institute.

Admission

The LSAT and LSAC's Credential Assembly Service are required.

The law school seeks to attain a culturally rich and diverse student body. To this end, admission decisions are based on a variety of factors in addition to the LSAT score and undergraduate GPA.

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law offers an early decision program. Early decision candidates must have their applications completed, with their Credential Assembly Service Law School Report, by November 15, and will be notified of the admission committee's decision by late December.

Academic Support Programs

The Student Affairs Office designs, manages, and implements academic support services, strategies, and outreach programs for students. Academic support programs currently offered include workshops on study skills, time management, exam preparation, bar exam advising, bar exam preparation, and sessions on academic advising topics and resources.

Students are offered assistance through the Dean's Tutorial Society. Supervised by a tenured faculty member, the tutorial society is staffed by academically distinguished students who offer individual tutoring as well as assistance in case briefing and exam preparation.

Student Activities

Students can participate in any of 30 different interest groups and organizations, ranging from Amnesty International to the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. The school also offers an extensive moot court program, a client counseling program, and three law reviews. The law reviews are Indiana Law Review, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, and Indiana Health Law Review.

Office of Professional Development

The Office of Professional Development provides career counseling and job-search assistance to students and alumni. Services include an on-campus interview program, a résumé review service, a mock interview program, and a variety of workshops and seminars.

Applicant Profile

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

This grid includes only applicants who earned 120–180 LSAT scores under standard administrations.

	GPA
LSAT Score	3.75+ Apps	3.75+ Adm	3.50– 3.74 Apps	3.50– 3.74 Adm	3.25– 3.49 Apps	3.25– 3.49 Adm	3.00– 3.24 Apps	3.00– 3.24 Adm	2.75– 2.99 Apps	2.75– 2.99 Adm	2.50– 2.74 Apps	2.50– 2.74 Adm	2.25– 2.49 Apps	2.25– 2.49 Adm	2.00– 2.24 Apps	2.00– 2.24 Adm	Below 2.00 Apps	Below 2.00 Adm	No GPA Apps	No GPA Adm	Total Apps	Total Adm
LSAT score 170–180	5	5	4	4	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
LSAT score 165–169	12	12	14	14	8	8	7	7	6	6	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	56	53
LSAT score 160–164	29	29	35	35	35	34	35	34	18	15	11	6	2	2	5	2	0	0	2	2	172	159
LSAT score 155–159	56	52	84	76	106	81	68	49	55	38	20	9	6	2	3	1	0	0	12	10	410	318
LSAT score 150–154	48	46	86	70	112	40	106	26	68	14	24	2	15	0	8	0	0	0	18	5	485	203
LSAT score 145–149	24	12	48	14	77	19	60	3	40	3	27	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	14	2	315	53
LSAT score 140–144	4	2	18	4	22	2	23	4	20	0	16	1	12	0	8	0	2	0	6	0	131	13
LSAT score Below 140	0	0	3	0	6	0	10	0	13	0	17	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	7	0	65	0
Total	178	158	292	217	366	184	315	129	220	76	118	19	58	7	38	4	4	0	60	20	1649	814

Apps = Number of Applicants
Adm = Number Admitted
Reflects 99% of the total applicant pool; highest LSAT data reported.