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Hannah B. Gahimer, J.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøal Leadership and Policy Studies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses focused on school law, education policy, and ethics. 

Within the University, Gahimer is engaged in various service roles. She is the Director of the Martha McCarthy ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Law & Policy Institute, Coordinator for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Law Certificate Program, and a Faculty Fellow for the First-Year Seminar program. Off campus, Professor Gahimer is a coach and judge for the Indiana Bar Foundation’s We the People program. She also judges the Moot Court Competition at the Indiana University Maurer and McKinney Schools of Law.

Gahimer’s research interests include student and employee constitutional rights, tort law and school liability for negligence, and employment-related civil rights compliance. She is committed to enhancing legal literacy in educational settings through her publications, presentations at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Law Association conferences, and work bridging legal practice and educational leadership preparation.

Prior to joining the Indiana University faculty, Gahimer earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton, summa cum laude, and her Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude, from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. She was an Associate Attorney at the law firm of Church Church Hittle + Antrim, a leading education law firm in the state, and represented public school corporations, charter schools, and institutions of higher education in complex, state and federal litigation matters.