IUPUI chancellor announces law school dean search committee members

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Charles R. Bantz has announced the membership of the committee that will conduct a national search for candidates for the dean of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law on the IUPUI campus.

Gary R. Roberts, who joined the school as dean in July 2007, will retire as dean of the school on June 30, 2013. Roberts will remain on the law school faculty after his retirement as dean.

“We are deeply committed to securing a highly qualified and diverse applicant pool for this key position,” Bantz said.

The search committee will be led by retired Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore (Ted) R. Boehm.

Other members of the search committee are:

•Cynthia M. Adams, clinical professor of law, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law

•David Bodenhamer, professor of history and executive director, The Polis Center

•Karen E. Bravo, professor of law, John S. Grimes Fellow and Dean’s Fellow, McKinney School of Law

•David W. Crabb, John B. Hickam Professor of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Medicine, IU School of Medicine

•James Gladden, dean, IU School of Physical Education and Tourism Management

•Linda Kelly Hill, M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law and Immigration Clinic director, McKinney School of Law

•Jeff Linder, IU associate vice president for public affairs and government relations

•United States District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson

•William R. Neale, partner, Krieg DeVault

• Antony Page, vice dean & professor of law, McKinney School of Law

•Chasity Q. Thompson, assistant dean, Office of Professional Development, McKinney School of Law

•Nabeela Virjee, J.D. candidate 2013, McKinney School of Law

•Carlton M. Waterhouse, associate professor of law and Dean’s Fellow, McKinney School of Law