Category: Students/Alumni

Posted on November 19th, 2023 in Community Service, Events, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

Last weekend, the IUPUI Mock Trial team hosted its 6th annual Indy Mock-Hundred Invitational. There were 24 total teams in attendance to compete at the newly constructed Criminal Justice Campus here in Indianapolis, IN. The term “tough competition” doesn’t quite do this invitational justice, as powerhouse teams such as the University of Chicago (A & …

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Posted on November 8th, 2023 in Announcements, Community Service, Events, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

This weekend, November 11th and 12th, the Mock Trial Team at IUPUI hosts the 6th Annual Indy Mock Hundred Invitational. Since 2018, teams from universities across the country have joined us in Indianapolis to compete in a four-round tournament. The invitational is an excellent opportunity for students to grow professionally and gain exposure to Indy’s …

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Posted on January 23rd, 2023 in Alumni, Faculty, Research, Scholarships, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

Does calling your political opponent names work?  Prof. Aaron Dusso and former student Sydnee Perkins designed a research project in order to provide that answer. Their article titled, “Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe: Name-Calling’s Backfire Effect on Candidate Evaluations,” was recently published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Since graduating in 2020, …

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Posted on November 17th, 2022 in Students/Alumni by eengels

Students on the IUPUI Mock Trial Team spent the weekend arguing the civil case of Ari Felder v. Koller Campbell Air LLC in the new Marion County Justice Center in Indianapolis. The IUPUI Mock Trial Team hosted the annual Mock 100 Invitational on November 12th and 13th.  Twenty-five teams from all over the country traveled …

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Posted on October 27th, 2022 in Alumni, Students/Alumni, Teaching by Aaron Dusso

Congratulations to Sydney Kadinger (Class of 2019) for graduating from McKinney School of Law, passing the bar exam and landing her first position as a Prosecutor in Marion County! All tremendous accomplishments! Sydney is also now an Associate Faculty Member in the department serving as the Head Coach of our Mock Trial team!

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Posted on September 22nd, 2022 in Alumni, Events, Students, Students/Alumni by eengels

IUPUI students in the Legal Studies and Paralegal Studies programs learned about careers in the legal field during two recent panels held as part of IUPUI Fall Career Week. On Monday, September 19th, students attended Courtrooms and Clients – What it means to be a lawyer.  Nine panelists discussed what a typical day for a …

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Lockup grad
Posted on May 12th, 2022 in Alumni, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

  According to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, on average, an individual who graduates with a Bachelor’s degree from IUPUI will make $913,000 more over the course of their 40-year career than someone who never gets a bachelor’s degree at all. Moral of the story? Finish your degree!

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