Indiana Lawyer staff members each spent a day in a rural county, returning with photos and stories of small town law. Chief Justice Loretta Rush recently was affirmed to a second term, wherein she expects to build on initiatives from her first five years. And under direction from the General Assembly, Indiana water resources are getting a thorough assessment.
Law schools are tweaking and innovating their admissions processes as the number of first-year students rebounds. Changes in law enforcement staffing and technology are among the factors accounting for a reduction in wiretaps. And a collaboration between a major law firm and the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence is giving survivors rare pro bono representation at the appellate level.
The announcement that the Trump administration will resume federal executions at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute is causing uncertainty in the Southern District with the first planned lethal injection just four months away. Rare good news for civil legal aid funding: Increased interest rates led to a rebound in IOLTA revenue. And a new law will give some offenders the option of offsetting their court fees by performing extra community service.
Johnson County has an interim prosecutor now that Brad Cooper has been sentenced after pleading guilty to felony counts in a domestic violence case. A circuit court's ruling for a student who sued Purdue University after he was expelled for an alleged sexual assault is the first in a flood of similar cases nationwide. And while some in the judiciary have called for abolishing city and town courts, the venues also have their defenders.
After a Clark Circuit judge was among those charged with a felony for his involvement in a fight in which he and another judge were shot and wounded, details about what happened in the early morning hours of May 1 began to emerge. The latest public-interest lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Child Services alleges the agency is failing to protect children and inflicting further harm. In what has become a near-annual ritual recently, a federal judge blocked Indiana's latest attempt to restrict access to abortion.
A year after their accusations against Attorney General Curtis Hill became public, four women who accuse him of sexual misconduct have sued him and the state in federal court. From scooters to hemp, IL looks at key legislation that passed the General Assembly and the comprehensive list of new laws for 2019. Meanwhile, questions linger about the safety of the proposed Marion County Justice Center and the investigation into the shooting of two judges from Clark County.
Notre Dame Law School Dean Nell Jessup Newton is leaving a legacy of academic rigor and sustained support, and appreciative colleagues recently gave her a spirited send-off. An Indiana abortion case recently took center stage at the United States Supreme Court as the landmark Roe v. Wade decision comes under increasing challenges nationwide. Five years after a court decision affirmed marriage equality in Indiana, some same sex couples see progress mixed with worrying signs.
Notre Dame Law School Dean Nell Jessup Newton is leaving a legacy of academic rigor and sustained support, and appreciative colleagues recently gave her a spirited send-off. An Indiana abortion case recently took center stage at the United States Supreme Court as the landmark Roe v. Wade decision comes under increasing challenges nationwide. Five years after a court decision affirmed marriage equality in Indiana, some same sex couples see progress mixed with worrying signs.
A slowdown in getting urgently needed cash to agencies that aid domestic violence victims has led to dire results, including the closure of at least one Indiana shelter. Contamination at the site of the proposed Marion County Community Justice Center is raising concerns among judges. As civil commitment cases soar in Indiana and elsewhere, laws regarding the handling of mental health cases are shifting across states.
The shooting of two Clark County judges in Indianapolis recently appears to have more unresolved answers than questions.
IU McKinney students are bringing energy, enthusiasm and prospects for a better future to participants in a federal court re-entry program. The Indiana legal community is remembering two Hoosier giants of the United States Senate who died within weeks of each other — Birch Bayh and Richard Lugar.