Mary H. Mitchell

Alan H. Cohen Professor of Law

Indiana University, Indianapolis

Professor Mary Harter Mitchell has been teaching at the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis for 25 years.

She grew up in Anderson, Indiana, and received her B.A. from Butler University in Indianapolis, where she was Butler's Most Outstanding Female Student, editor of the literary magazine, and involved in many activities. She then earned her J.D. from the Cornell Law School, where she won the Fraser Prize, served as Editor on the Cornell Law Review, and published her student Note. She taught for two years at the I.U. Law School in Bloomington before moving to the Indianapolis law school.

Professor Mitchell regularly teaches first-year Contracts, a seminar on the Law and Religion, and Prison Law. She also teaches Law and Literature and a Seminar on Law and Rape. She has taught Family Law, Seminar on Law and Education, Seminar on Contracts, Law and the Elderly, and Legal Research and Writing. She has won teaching awards at the law school and served on almost every committee in the school. She has published in the area of law and the elderly and law and religion. She is working to develop courses and programming related to prison law, prison reform, and prisoners' rights. She is also participating in development of a new course on Women and Law.

Professor Mitchell is also a published poet, a Quaker peace activist, and a feminist, with special interest in the intersections of law with literature, peace, women's issues, American studies, religion, and legal reform. She has been active in many community organizations and has taught Practical Peace-making at Peace House in Indianapolis. She takes a special interest in encouraging law students to remain whole persons in law school and in their careers.

Office: (317) 274-7353; E-mail: macmitch@iupui.edu