FEB. 12-25, 2014

In honor of Valentine's Day, we asked readers to tell us why they love the law. You can read their responses here. An Indianapolis criminal law attorney says the airport site for the proposed Marion County Criminal Justice Complex cannot work. An American Bar Association task force is asking for a review of law school costs.

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JAN. 29-FEB. 11, 2014

A bill seeking to consolidate correctional services in Marion County is drawing concerns from officals around the state worried they may be forced to combine their county's services. The attorney who spent 11 years defending the Indiana State trooper twice convicted of murdering his family discusses David Camm's three trials.
Just a few days after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in his case, attorney Brian Paul searched for the website the court had cited and discovered not everything on the Internet is permanent. He had run into link rot.

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NOV. 20-DEC. 3, 2013

A Madison family business is at the forefront of a legal challenge the Supreme Court of the United States will conference over Nov. 26 – whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ‘contraception mandate’ violates the religious liberties of company owners whose faith proscribes birth control. Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown's disciplinary proceeding is likely the most volumninous judicial discipilnary proceeding in state history. Renowned defense expert Andrea Lyon has been tapped to lead Valparaiso University Law School.

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OCT. 9-OCT. 22, 2013

It is rare that members of northern Indiana’s Amish communities have a need for legal representation. When they do, they turn to a neighbor they know and trust. Read more about lawyers who've carved a niche for representing Amish clients in IL's North/Central Indiana Spotlight story. Indiana courts are grappling with how to comply with a statutory requirement to use psychiatrists for insanity evaluations when there seems to be a shortage of qualified and willing professionals in some areas. The Legislature's Commission on Courts is studying the issue. And don't miss continuing coverage of the debate surrounding legal education in America. Former Chief Justice Randall Shepard recently gave his perspective during a talk at Notre Dame Law School. 

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