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On Monday, June 7, 2010 the United States Senate voted unanimously to confirm Jane Magnus-Stinson, '83 as a Federal Judge for the District Court of the Southern District of Indiana. Judge Magnus-Stinson is only the third woman to ever be named to the Federal bench in Indiana. She became U.S. Magistrate Judge in 2007, after having served for twelve years on the Marion County Superior Court. Before moving to the bench, she served as chief legal counsel for Evan Bayh who was then Governor of Indiana.

“Having worked with her in a variety of capacities, especially in her role as a leader and ambassador for our law school during the time she headed up our Board of Visitors, I know her to have that rare combination of qualities that makes for an exceptional judge – great intelligence, balance, temperament, and empathy,” says Dean Gary R. Roberts of the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. “I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have on the bench dispensing justice than Judge Magnus-Stinson.”

Judge Magnus-Stinson has served on the law school’s Board of Visitors since 1992 and served as President of that body in 2009.