Apologies for being sluggish on this news. For some reason I did not receive the e-mail announcement. But as many of you already know, IU Law has selected its new dean: Gary R. Roberts, the current Deputy Dean of Tulane University Law School.
According to the memo sent to the student body by Dean Klein, Dean Roberts will take over the helm on July 1 pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. He will visit campus in February to meet with students.
Professor Roberts teaches sports law, antitrust, labor law, and business enterprises and was awarded a teaching award in 2001, as voted on by Tulane law students. He has numerous credentials in the area of sports law such as having served as the chairman of the Sports Lawyers Association and as chairman of the Association of American Law Schools' Sports Law Section.
Read his full biography here......
At an early glance, this seems to be an excellent selection for the new Dean. Professor Roberts' sports law connections make sense for Indianapolis (in fact, he is friends with the Bill Polian and the Mannings), and the IU-Indy law school was reportedly his top choice.