The Center, which serves as an information resource on health care issues for the bar and health care community, also provides students with an avenue for researching health law reform issues facing Indiana and the nation. The Program on Law and State Government enhances the ties between the academic community and state government offices, providing a means of exchange of ideas on issues facing state governments, as well as creating opportunities for internships for students within Indiana state government. The Program in International Human Rights Law is designed to promote legal study and scholarship in international human rights, and to facilitate the placement of students as legal interns at international human rights organizations in this country and overseas. During its first three years of operation, the program coordinated 18 student placements in 16 countries. The Program in European law, offered in Lille, France, at the Universit de Lille II, includes course work in European Union law, English law, and continental legal systems.
Students participate in field trips to legal institutions in four countries.
The Moot Court Program encourages the development of skills in oral advocacy. The Order of Barristers is comprised of the best students in the program, and its members serve on regional and national teams, where they have achieved prominence in competitions. The school also sponsors a variety of student organizations which focus on a number of discrete legal areas of interest to students. Additionally, the school invites a number of distinguished and well-known speakers to the school. Students hear lectures by legal scholars, historians, well-known practicing attorneys, and jurists from around the country.