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Join us on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 for this insightful presentation from Kellye Y. Testy

Lecture: 5:00-6:15 p.m.
Reception: 6:00-7:00 p.m.
 

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Topic:
Professor James White was a leader in legal education for half a century, including serving for over 25 years as the Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association. In that role, he was the principal architect of many of the features that continue to define legal education. In this lecture honoring his legacy, Dean Testy will offer an overview of the current challenges to legal education and offer reflections on how Professor White's approach in an earlier era might offer wisdom for today.  Some of the topics covered include challenges to the ABA's accrediting authority; federal curtailment of student financial aid; state and federal legislation and other actions that are aimed at reducing the shared governance traditions and autonomy of universities; calls for greater "practice readiness" of new lawyers; and the widening access to justice gap experienced by many individuals who need legal assistance for critical matters. 

Read more about the life and legacy of Professor Emeritus James P. White. 

About the Speaker:

Kellye Y. Testy is the executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), which serves as the institutional membership organization for its 175 member law schools and as the learned society for the legal academy.

Prior to joining the AALS, Testy served as the president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council, where she led the organization in its committed efforts to advance law and justice by encouraging talented individuals to study law and by supporting their enrollment and learning journeys from prelaw through practice.

Testy served as dean and professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University. As a professor, Testy was an award-winning teacher and an insightful scholar who brought an equity lens to her focus on business and corporate law. Her areas of expertise include leadership, business and corporate law, gender and the law, and legal education. Testy earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, and her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington.
In addition to her role at AALS, she serves on the boards of the Washington Law Institute and LSSSE and teaches law and leadership at a number of law schools across the country.

Tributes in Memory of James P. White

Hon. Randall T. Shepard
Former Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Current Court of Appeals Senior Judge

Randall T. Shepard of Evansville was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Robert D. Orr in 1985 at the age of 38. He became Chief Justice of Indiana in March 1987 and retired from the court in March 2012, at which point he was the longest-serving Chief Justice in Indiana history and the senior Chief Justice in the country’s state supreme courts.

A seventh-generation Hoosier, Shepard graduated from Princeton University cum laude and from the Yale Law School. He earned a Master of Laws degree in the judicial process from the University of Virginia.
Shepard was Judge of the Vanderburgh Superior Court from 1980 until his appointment. He earlier served as executive assistant to Mayor Russell Lloyd of Evansville and as special assistant to the Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Chief Justice Shepard has served as chair of the ABA Appellate Judges Conference and of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and as President of the National Conference of Chief Justices. Chief Justice John Roberts recently appointed him to the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. He is a trustee emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and a former chair of Indiana Landmarks, Inc.

He teaches periodically at the law schools of Indiana, NYU, and Yale.

Kathleen Grove, J.D. ‘77
Former Director of the Office of Women, IU Indianapolis

A teacher and author, Kathleen Grove has worked in consulting, advising, and counseling in a professional capacity throughout her career, which has encompassed the fields of law, business, mental health counseling, and higher education. For over two decades, she served as Director of the Office for Women at Indiana University’s Indianapolis campus, focusing on women’s leadership development and mentoring and helping the university recognize, utilize, and advance women’s talent. These efforts culminated in IUI being named to the Forbes magazine list of Best Employers for Women in 2021, notably as the top employer for women in Indiana

Her academic interests have included the advancement of women, women in leadership roles, gender equity, feminist jurisprudence, work and life integration, mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and global gender empowerment. She taught Gender and Leadership, Gender and Law, and Women’s Rights around the World at IU Indianapolis.

Grove also worked with Professor Emeritus James P. White as Assistant Consultant on Legal Education for the ABA Section on Legal Education.

Grove has been recognized for her work on multiple occasions, including the Outstanding Practice with Local Impact (International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership Group); Joseph T. Taylor Award for Excellence in Diversity (IUPUI); Multicultural Impact Staff Award (IUPUI Staff Council), Outstanding Achievement Award (National Women’s Studies Association), Women’s Centers Committee “I’m Every Woman” Award (IUPUI Student African American Sisterhood); Indiana Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, Award of Merit; Joseph Taylor Excellence in Diversity Award (IUPUI, Multicultural Teaching Community of Practice, Co-Chair).

She has authored and edited multiple publications including Elder Women’s Wisdom: A Reclaimed Paradigm of Leadership (Emerald Publishing Limited, September 2025).  She also contributed to the book, Women at Indiana University (2022). Some of her other publications include “Thriving vs surviving: benefits of formal mentoring program on faculty well-being,” International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education (co-authored with Stuckey, S.M., Collins, B.T., Patrick, S., and Ward, E.);  “Collaborative Theory-Building on Women’s Leadership: An Exercise towards Responsible Leadership,” Advancing Women and Leadership: Moving the Needle through Applied Theory Building, Volume 4, Women and Leadership Book Series, International Leadership Association (ILA) & Information Age Publishing, Inc. (IAP)2016 (co-authored with Stead, Valerie; Elliott, Carole; Blevins-Knave, Belinda; Chan, Emily; Grove, Kathleen S.; Hanold, Maylon; Smith, Amy); “Faculty Perceptions of Multicultural Teaching in a Large Urban University,” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 12, Number 2, 2012 (co-authored with Bigatti, Silvia M; Khaja, Khadija; Thorington Springer, Jennifer; Gibau, Gina (Sanchez); Grove, Kathleen Surina; Ashburn-Nardo, Leslie). 

Parking

Visitor parking is available in fully automated parking garages a few blocks from Inlow Hall:
Gateway Garage @525 Blackford St
(Entrance is located at the corner of California & North Street).

Sports Complex Garage @875 W New York St
(Connected to the IU Natatorium. Enter Sports Garage Visitor Section).

Riverwalk Garage @245 University Blvd
(Garage entrance faces NIFS & is just south of the IU Natatorium).

Special Accommodations:

Individuals who need special assistance should call (317) 274-0846 no later than one week prior to the event. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.