AUG. 31 – SEPT. 13, 2012
McKinney School of Law Dean Gary Roberts talks about potential changes in legal education and his teaching plans. Hoover Hull LLP partner Alice Morical gained jury trial experience by participating in a Southern District pro bono program. The Indianapolis Bar Association will push for reforms to how Marion Superior judges are selected.
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Shepard to lead legal education task force
The American Bar Association forms a committee to review the performance of law schools.
Read MoreMarion County slating reform gets new push
The Indianapolis Bar Association takes aim at the Marion Superior judicial selection process.
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Roberts ready for last year at bat
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney’s dean talks legal education and his future teaching plans.
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Same court, new experience
Hoover Hull LLP partner Alice Morical joins a Southern District pro bono program and faces a jury for the first time.
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Marion County Small Claims courts take small steps
Recommended overhauls on the courts’ structure are unlikely following the task force’s critical report.
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Pill mills migrating to Indiana?
The General Assembly and physician groups are considering ways to stop over-prescribing of pain medications.
Read MoreMedical malpractice caps challenged in Indiana, fall elsewhere
Medical malpractice caps are unconstitutional in Missouri. And in Illinois and Georgia. They might be in Indiana, too, if the justices of the Supreme Court grant Timothy Plank the day in court his attorneys say he is entitled to.
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Dean’s Desk: Career planning innovation at Valparaiso Law
This fall, Valparaiso Law is launching a new program that will help students organize their three years of career-related activities and complete the steps essential to fulfilling career goals. The program is provided through a mobile website named VOLT, which the school believe is the first of its kind.
Read MoreInbox: Sometimes it is enough to be ‘good enough’
A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.
Read MoreInbox: Society doesn’t value genders equally
A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.
Read MoreInbox: Personal values and experiences define ‘all’
A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.
Read MoreTechnology Untangled: easy printing from phone or tablet
Stephen Bour writes about an app that makes it easy for Android users to print from their mobile devices.
Read MoreQuality of Life: Take action to make next year a better one
The drought has made MacDougall think about how people often say “next year will be better” but do nothing to make that happen.
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Allen Superior Judge John Surbeck receives national judicial award
Allen Superior Judge John F. Surbeck Jr. received the 2012 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts, the nonprofit organization announced Tuesday. The award is presented annually to a state court judge who exemplifies the highest level of judicial excellence, integrity, fairness, and professional ethics.
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Indiana Court Decisions Aug. 8-21, 2012
Read appellate opinions from Indiana courts and the 7th Circuit.
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DTCI: Throw your cell phone into the spaghetti bowl
James Strenski writes about why lawyers need to get away from their cell phones occasionally.
Read MoreChinn: Back to School
At the law school level, I have already taken part in back-to-school activities. I met some 2L students at a reception at the Maurer School the other evening hosted by my law firm. And on behalf of the IndyBar, I spoke briefly to the incoming 1L class at the McKinney School at orientation weekend.
Read MoreIBA: Escape to Sedona this November with the IndyBar
Stargazing, sunsets over the Red Rocks and…CLE? This unlikely combination makes for a can’t miss trip to this year’s IndyBar Destination CLE, to be held at the Enchantment Resort & Mii amo Spa in Sedona, Arizona November 15 to November 17.
Read MoreIBA: Greening Indy, One Recycled Computer at a Time
Young Lawyers Division (YLD) members rolled up their sleeves to help the environment at the division’s first-ever E-Cycling Drive held Friday, August 24.
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