Profile

Joanne Orr

Clinical Professor of Law Emerita

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, Room 111H
530 W. New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225

E-Mail: jorr1@iu.edu

Education

B.S., 1977, Indiana State University
J.D., 1986, California Western School of Law

Courses

Disability clinic, interviewing and counseling, lawyering practice

Bio

Prior to joining the law school faculty in 1990, Joanne Orr was a staff attorney and later a managing attorney at Indiana Legal Services, Inc. (ILS). While at ILS, she practiced general poverty law with an emphasis in public entitlements, landlord-tenant, and elder law.

Professor Orr is active in the Indiana State Bar Association, serving on a number of standing committees relating to access to justice issues. 

Professor Orr is the Co-Director of the law school's Graduate Certificate in Advocacy Skills. She has received the Trustees' Teaching Award multiple times. Her teaching and research interests include clinical methodology, skills training, and technology in the legal practice.