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Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush will keynote this year’s Women’s History Month celebration hosted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the Indianapolis Bar Association.
On March 13, Rush will present “Amazing Grace: The Ascension of Hoosier Women in the Law,” chronicling the triumphs of women in the law in Indiana.
The hourlong event will begin at 3 p.m. in Courtroom 202 at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Indianapolis. A virtual option will be available for those who cannot attend in person.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, email [email protected] and indicate whether you will attend in person or virtually.
Rush took the oath of office as Indiana’s 108th Supreme Court justice in November 2012 after being appointed by former Gov. Mitch Daniels. She was retained by voters in 2014.
Later that year, the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission named her the state’s first female chief justice, a position to which was she reappointed in 2019.
Rush is the immediate past president of the Conference of Chief Justices and a member of the National Center for State Courts Board of Directors.
She also served as co-chair of the National Judicial Opioid Task Force and as an executive committee member on the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness.
In 2019, she was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and continues to serve in that role.
Prior to her appointment, Rush spent 15 years at a Lafayette law firm. Later, she was elected three times to serve as Tippecanoe Superior Court 3 judge.
She was born in Pennsylvania and moved frequently as a child before settling in Indiana in 1972. She earned her undergraduate degree from Purdue University and her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, both with honors.
A reception will follow Rush’s presentation.
The program is co-sponsored by the United States District Court, Bankruptcy Court and Probation Office for the Southern District of Indiana and the Indianapolis Bar Association. One hour of CLE credit has been approved.
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