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Martin University Honors IU McKinney Professor
04/19/2018
IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law Professor of Practice Frank Sullivan, Jr. was honored during Martin University’s Founders’ Day Luncheon on Thursday, April 12.
The luncheon recognized Sullivan as an “outstanding local leader” who has demonstrated “selflessness, generosity and service to the community and Martin University.”
Martin University, founded in 1977 to serve low-income, minority, and adult learners, welcomes students from all backgrounds. A majority of its students are African-American, female, and over the age of 25. Located in Indianapolis’s Marttindale-Brightwood neighborhood, Martin offers nine undergraduate and two graduate degree programs.
Professor Sullivan served as an Adjunct Professor at Martin University in 2011-2012, teaching courses in Criminal Law and the History of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined the IU McKinney Law faculty in 2012, after 19 years of service as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. He is a member of the Christamore House Board of Directors; City of Lawrence Redevelopment Commission; Indiana Business Law Survey Commission; and Indiana State Employees’ Appeals Commission. He is also a Commissioner from Indiana to the Uniform Law Commission (also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws). He is the recipient of several awards both for his teaching and advancing opportunities for minority lawyers in the legal profession.
