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The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has been named to the National Jurist’s list of best schools for public service careers. The study will be published in the Winter edition of preLaw magazine. 

“Working in public service has always been a strength for our students and graduates.  It’s great to see IU McKinney recognized for this on a national level,” said Dean Andrew R. Klein. “From the pro bono hours of our current students to the wide variety of public interest careers in which our graduates excel  ---IU McKinney is a leader in the field.”

The study contains 49 schools, recognizing the best schools in the categories of public interest, government, and prosecutors/public defenders. IU McKinney is on the list for prosecutors/public defenders.

Fran Watson, ’80, Clinical Professor of Law at IU McKinney, said, “This recognition is a credit to the law school’s commitment to public service and experiential learning.”  Watson, who has supervised generations of students working on criminal law cases, also developed the school’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic.  She says, “Our location gives us the advantage of numerous placements in the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the Marion Public Defender Agency.  The respective externships in those offices, as well as the live-client Criminal Defense Clinic directed by Professor Nedeff, provide opportunities to learn and serve while still a law student, which translates directly into career opportunities in criminal justice.”  

The National Jurist list is based on curricular offerings, employment placement, law school debt, starting salaries, and loan repayment assistance programs.