Bench Bar is good for your brain AND your body! We’ve got an array of fitness activities for you to choose from on Friday morning of the conference. We’ve got an activity to fit nearly every fitness interest and level! Check out the full conference agenda at indybar.org/benchbar.
For more than 50 years, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) has worked to ensure equal access to justice for all Indianapolis-area residents. In an effort to expand this mission impact on the greater Indianapolis community, applications from local organizations are now being accepted through May 31 for the IBF’s annual Impact Fund grant.
The power of giving is tremendous. Giving transforms the provider as much or more than the recipient. The Indianapolis Bar Foundation is dedicated to providing attorneys the opportunity to give to our community. Our mission is clear: raise money to help those in need in central Indiana.
If it takes a village to raise a child (quite true in my family’s experience), it takes a team to litigate a case or close a transaction. Paralegals are key contributors to a highly-functioning legal services team.
The Indianapolis Bar Association’s recent CLE, An Introduction to Using and Refusing under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act, was a valuable primer on the state’s version of the Freedom of Information Act. The program was a presentation of the E-Discovery, Information Governance & Cybersecurity Section. There are some similarities, but more differences between discovery requests and public records requests.
Those who’ve already signed up for the 2019 Indianapolis Bar Foundation Lawyer Links Classic Golf Outing on July 25 have started practicing, but it’s NEVER too late for you to join in on the fun and support good causes.
Volunteer IndyBar attorneys, paralegals and law students were scattered across Indianapolis on Tuesday, April 9 for the biannual Ask a Lawyer legal advice program.
Tune in to the IndyBar’s brand new podcast! Listen to stories from judges, lawyers and more that go beyond the courtroom on Off the Record with James Bell.
IndyBar is celebrating its 20th year of serving the Indianapolis community through its Ask a Lawyer Program! This year’s Ask a Lawyer program will be held on April 9 at 11 locations throughout Indianapolis.
The IndyBar ADR Section Executive Committee is pleased to announce that we will host our Spring Paternity Court Mediation Day on May 3, at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. We hope you will set aside May 3 to volunteer for this fun and exciting program!
Building an efficient work team is imperative when the goal is to best serve your clients. A paralegal can be a fundamental component of an effective team. Take time to recognize the hard work of an exceptional paralegal by nominating him or her for the 2019 IndyBar Paralegal of the Year Award!
More than FOMO, or fear of missing out, the upcoming IndyBar Bench Bar Conference from June 20-22 offers much more and takes place in the beautifully renovated French Lick Springs Hotel, in the beautifully renovated town of French Lick.
As March 1, 2019, marks the beginning of the registration period for the 2019 Indianapolis Bar Association’s Diversity Job Fair from August 5-6, I want to reflect on my wonderful experience at last year’s fair and express my gratitude to all the organizers and participants who made the experience memorable.
If you’re a family law practitioner, you always hope that your clients who are co-parents can figure out their own parenting plan and adjust it as necessary when life happens. The best scenarios are when parents are flexible and child-focused in their plans. But what happens when they are not?
Whether a property qualifies for a property tax exemption is a question routinely asked in real estate transactions as developers and buyers explore options to reduce and budget for ongoing costs.
On March 1, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation will begin accepting applications for its Impact Fund Grant: a cash grant of $35,000 to support a local nonprofit’s program to improve access to justice for Indianapolis-area residents.
I am truly honored to serve as your 141st president. I have been an IndyBar member since 1982, and I have seen firsthand how our bar has had a positive impact in the lives of so many lawyers and non-lawyers. I’m excited and energized for 2019, and I hope you are, too.
Each year, the Women and the Law Division presents its Mentorship Award, which seeks to honor a female legal professional who has exhibited exceptional efforts to be a mentor to other women in the profession. This year, the division has selected Debbie Caruso of Rubin & Levin PC as the honorable recipient.