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IU McKinney Students, Professor Silva Featured in Indiana Lawyer
05/16/2019
The work IU McKinney students and Professor Lahny Silva do for the Re-Entry And Community Help (REACH) program is the subject of a story in the Indiana Lawyer. People who were formerly incarcerated often have little with which to rebuild their lives, which is where Professor Silva and her students step in to connect people with the services they need.
REACH, which was started in 2007 by the late U.S. District Court Judge Larry McKinney, helps people newly-released from prison re-establish their lives. Law students who work in the program help people get their driving privileges back, find a place to live, enroll in education programs, and a variety of other tasks.
Professor Silva joined the faculty in Summer 2011. Her areas of interest include criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional law, torts and evidence. She received the Indianapolis Bar Association's 2017 Unsung Hero award, and was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal's Forty Under 40 class in 2018.
