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Navigating the Future of Child Advocacy and Health Law
September 25, 2025 - The Hall Center for Law and Health and the Indiana Health Law Review at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will hold their annual symposium focusing on the cri....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney's Hall Center Tops for Health Law Once Again Gets Top Marks
September 23, 2025 - The William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney School of Law was once again named a top school for health law for the 2025-20....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Alumna Britt Sutton Named CEO of Conquer Paralysis Now
June 12, 2025 - Britt Sutton, J.D. '16, has been named chief executive officer of Conquer Paralysis Now. The non-profit, based in Las Vegas, is a leading authority on spinal cord injury r....... Read more of the story

Meet IU McKinney Alumnus Jacob D. Butz
May 28, 2025 - Jacob D. Butz, J.D. '20, knew he wanted a career in health care but wasn't certain what form that would take until he began consid....... Read more of the story

Indiana Health Law Review Announces Student Notes for Volume 23
April 14, 2025 - Student notes for the Indiana Health Law Review have been selected. The following notes will be published in Volume 23: Karisa Candreva won the honor for Best Student Note: P....... Read more of the story

Professor Landers to Speak at Pioneer Public Interest Law Center
February 17, 2025 - Visiting McKinney Family Chair in Health Law Renee Landers will participate in the third annual “Reasonable Minds Can Differ: Experts Break Down What's at S....... Read more of the story

Visiting Professor Landers Discusses Governors Executive Order with Indiana
CitizenJanuary 29, 2025 - Governor Mike Braun issued an executive order requiring the Indiana Department of Health to publicly release the reports filed after an abortion is performe....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Welcomes Two New Visiting Professors to Hall Center
September 16, 2024 - Renée M. Landers joined IU McKinney in fall 2024 as the visiting McKinney Family Chair in Health Law. She is professor of law at Suffolk University Law School and is the fac....... Read more of the story

preLaw Again Names IU McKinney's Hall Center Tops for Health Law
September 11, 2024 - The William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney School of Law was once again named a top school for health law in 2024-2025. PreLa....... Read more of the story

Notes Selected for Volume XXII of the Indiana Health Law Review
April 22, 2024 - The Indiana Health Law Review has announced student notes and their authors selected for publication in Volume XXII. They are: Sarah Brown, who also was honored for Best Stud....... Read more of the story

IHLR Announces Boards for 2024-25
February 20, 2024 - The Indiana Health Law Review announces the following members have been selected for the Volume XXII executive and editorial boards for the 2024-2025 academic year. These students ....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Speaks on Latest Opioid Crisis Research
January 17, 2024 - Professor Nicolas P. Terry, Hall Render Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney spoke on a panel titled “Policy and Regul....... Read more of the story

News Story Highlights Professor Terry's Work on Opioid Crisis Response
December 21, 2023 - IU McKinney Professor Nicolas Terry is one of the public health law experts creating a new, transformational model for U.S. drug policy. A ....... Read more of the story

Another A Rating for IU McKinney's Hall Center for Law and Health
November 20, 2023 - The William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney School of Law was once again named a top school for health law in 2022-2023. ....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney and Temple Law Schools Present Policy Reform Recommendations for
U.S. Response to Opioid EpidemicNovember 09, 2023 - As the nation moves into three decades of the overdose epidemic with renewed federal emergency declarations entering their sixth year and overdose deaths now exceeding 100,000 ....... Read more of the story

Health, Housing and Environmental Leaders to Gather for Symposium October 27
October 05, 2023 - The IU McKinney School of Law's Indiana Health Law Review and the Hall Center for Law and Health will present a symposium, “Health, Housing and the Environment,” at Inl....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Comments on New Law Allowing Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
July 06, 2023 - In a recent Indiana Business Journal article, “Drugmakers war....... Read more of the story

Hall Center Recognizes Outstanding Student Kasey Barnes, '23
May 30, 2023 - The Hall Center for Law and Health awarded Kasey Barnes, '23, the Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman Outstanding Health Law Student Award. The award is presented....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Featured in ABA Panel on Privacy After Dobbs Decision
May 15, 2023 - IU McKinney Law Professor Nicolas Terry is a panelist for an American Bar Association webinar, "Zero Privacy Post-Dobbs? How the Threat Landscape Has Changed," on May....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Comments on Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision for Newsweek
May 03, 2023 - In an interview for Newsweek, IU McKinney Law Professor Nicolas Terry com....... Read more of the story

Notes Selected for Volume XXI of the Indiana Health Law Review
April 25, 2023 - The Indiana Health Law Review has announced student notes and their authors selected for publication in Volume XXI: Incentivizing Drug Affordability: Wildcard Exclusivity Vou....... Read more of the story

Indiana Health Law Review Announces Executive Board for Volume XXI
March 27, 2023 - The Indiana Health Law Review has announced the names of the students who will serve on the executive board for Volume XXI. These students will serve during the 2023-2024 academic ....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney 3L Lizzie Ford Offers Personal Story of Determination and
EncouragementFebruary 17, 2023 - IU McKinney 3L Lizzie Ford wants people with disabilities to know that there are professionals in the legal field who will take a chance on them. Her story—and advocacy&md....... Read more of the story

Hall Center Welcomes Legal Scholar Ruqaiijah Yearby to Annual MMK Award Lecture
January 25, 2023 - The IU McKinney School of Law's Hall Center for Law and Health will present legal scholar Ruqaiijah Yearby with the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award at ....... Read more of the story

Stigma is the Enemy: Professor Terry Quoted in Music Publication Pitchfork
December 16, 2022 - IU McKinney School of Law Professor Nicolas Terry is an expert voice in ....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Students Put Skills to Work to Benefit Area Homeless
November 30, 2022 - IU McKinney law students worked with the IndyBar Public Outreach Committee on a pro bono project to assist Indianapolis-area people experiencing homelessness. The Coalition for ....... Read more of the story

Hall Center Students Excel in Student Poster Competition
November 03, 2022 - Three IU McKinney School of Law students were recognized in an annual stud....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Examines 'Pathology' of COVID Liability Shields
October 17, 2022 - With more than one million dead from the virus, it wouldn't be surprising if Americans tried to shift some of their COVID-19 costs to arguably responsible defendants........ Read more of the story

Professor Terry Comments on New Law Cracking Down on Medical Marketing
October 04, 2022 - A new Indiana law explicitly bans the use of deceptive or misleading information by....... Read more of the story

Upcoming Indiana Health Law Review Symposium Focuses on Mental Health
September 30, 2022 - Mental health and the legal system are the focus of the Indiana Health Law Review Symposium on Friday, October 21 at the IU McKinney School of Law. Two keynote speakers and four....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Hall Center Captures Spotlight in preLaw Magazine
September 27, 2022 - The William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney School of Law was named a top school for health law in 2022-2023. The publication singled out the H....... Read more of the story

Professor Hoss Offers Perspective on Abortion on Tribal Lands
June 09, 2022 - IU McKinney Professor Aila Hoss is a co-author of a new article, “The Indian Country....... Read more of the story
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McKinney Law Welcomes Back Professor Aila Hoss
June 09, 2022 - Aila Hoss, an expert in health law and federal Indian law, will join the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law as an associate professor of law in August 2022. Professor....... Read more of the story

Professor Boys Interviewed on IVF Treatments in Wake of Supreme Court Leak
May 26, 2022 - McKinney Law Adjunct Professor Stephanie K. Boys, J.D., M.S.W., Ph.D., is an associate professor of social work at IU who published a 2019 article about implications for in vit....... Read more of the story

McKinney Law Students Attend AHLA Meeting
May 13, 2022 - Four IU McKinney Law students attended the American Health Law Association (AHLA) Health Plan Law & Compliance Institute in Chicago May 9-10. The A....... Read more of the story

Indiana Health Law Review Announces Student Notes Selection
May 04, 2022 - Student notes for the Indiana Health Law Review have been announced. The following students and their notes will be published in Volume XX: Kasey Barnes, Indiana's Efforts to....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Law Class Puts Pandemic under Legal Microscope
April 08, 2022 - The global COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to legal and policy issues that will likely be discussed in law school courses for decades to come, but students at IU McKinney are ....... Read more of the story

McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Lecture to Focus on the Role of Conscience in
HealthcareMarch 10, 2022 - Healthcare raises complex ethical, moral, and legal issues for patients and practitioners, so what role should conscience play in decision-making when it comes to reproductive and ....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Law Students Named to Health Law Review
March 01, 2022 - The Indiana Health Law Review, in partnership with the IU McKinney Hall Center for Law and Health, announced its 2022-2023 Executive Board (IHLR Volume XX): Editor-in-....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Comments on Hospital Struggles in Pandemic Surge
February 08, 2022 - The latest wave of the pandemic has pushed hospitals beyond capacity due to the high volume of patients and a shortage of nurses and other patient-care workers, forcing them to tak....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Awarded Grant to Investigate Opioid Death Prevention Policies
February 07, 2022 - The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), a private national grant-making foundation focused on ending the nation's opioid crisis,....... Read more of the story

McKinney Experts Weigh in on Supreme Court Ruling Over Federal Vaccine Mandate
January 15, 2022 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers is at the same time a “slam dunk&....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Students Gear Up for Maryland Competition
January 10, 2022 - IU McKinney Law students Emily Sexson and Emarie Bees will compete in the University of Maryland Francis King Carey 11th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition ....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Receives Top Marks from preLaw Magazine
December 14, 2021 - PreLaw Magazine's back-to-school edition rated IU McKinney tops in three different areas: government, health law, and public service. T....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Discusses Hospital Readmissions with IBJ
November 23, 2021 - Research over the years has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which recently released its annual report card of how hospitals in the U....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Joins ChangeLab Board
November 02, 2021 - IU McKinney Professor Nicolas Terry has joined the board of ChangeLab Solutions, a nonpartisan, nonprofit org....... Read more of the story

IU McKinney Law Student Farrah Alexander Wins IndyBar Competition
October 14, 2021 - Farrah Alexander, a 1L at the IU McKinney School of Law, won the IndyBar Health Care & Life Sciences Section Writing/Oral Competition. In this inaugural competition, studen....... Read more of the story

Sandy and Bernie Miller Health Law Fellowship Reflects Donor Love for Learning
October 05, 2021 - Sandy Miller, '82, has carried a passion for learning throughout her life and two careers—first as an English teacher and then as a lawyer at one of t....... Read more of the story

Professor Terry Provides Perspective on IBJ Power Panel
September 29, 2021 - Professor Nicolas Terry joined health care experts in a broad-ranging discussion of current law and policy issues at an event hosted by the Indianapolis Business Journal on Friday,....... Read more of the story

For Emily Sargent, '18, Law and Public Health Converge on CDC COVID-19 Response
September 21, 2021 - As devastating and difficult as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, Emily Sargent, '18, is sure of one thing in her role as a Public Health Advisor serving on the COV....... Read more of the story
