State panel begins work to find lawyer shortage solutions
Expanded roles for paralegals are among the options being considered by the 23-member Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future, which was appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court.
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Expanded roles for paralegals are among the options being considered by the 23-member Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future, which was appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Mary Wertz, the Brown Circuit Court judge, said her father’s pressure to make a career change influenced her decision to go to law school.
A new rule regarding page limits on briefing reduces opening and response briefs from 35 to 30 pages, with reply briefs reduced from 20 to 15 pages.
Mark Ladendorf of Ladendorf, Fregiato & Bigler is the recipient of ITLA’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, while the association honored James Barth of Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak with its Max Goodwin Young Lawyer of the Year Award.
The road to partnership is paved with long hours and hard work, victories and defeats, confusion and clarity, insecurities and promotions
For legal aid organizations like Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, their inability to offer salaries comparable to those in the private sector means they have to get creative with incentives and place an emphasis on the services provided to often lower-income clients.
While some states aim to be at the forefront of shaping national conversations around AI law, Indiana has taken a more measured approach, focusing on building a framework for responsible AI use within its own government and specific campaign practices.
Whether you are a mediator or a lawyer looking to sharpen your negotiation skills, biases can be a hidden hurdle in achieving the best possible outcomes.
To recognize the accomplishments of trailblazing female attorneys in central Indiana, the IndyBar’s Women and the Law Division presents the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award.
A closer look at as Indiana Supreme Court decision that held that neither the trial courts nor the chairpersons of the medical review panel have the authority to exclude certain material.
It has long been the practice of state attorneys general offices across our nation to issue advisory opinions. The Indiana Attorney General’s Office advises and at times does so in a very public way.
Jerry Garau said protecting access to the civil justice system will be a significant focus for his year as president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
If your new firm is not where you expected it to be, time is now for an honest assessment. The strategy of waiting for things to get better works as well in startups as it does in relationships. As in, not at all. Early course corrections are easier and smaller than if you wait.
Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel was charged with five additional counts of theft and one count of money laundering on Monday.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a resentencing court’s life without parole sentence for a man who tortured and murdered a woman in 1995.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
David L. Lewicki v. Donald Emerson, Warden, Plainfield Correctional Facility
23-3030
Prisoner. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Reverses the district court’s conditional writ of habeas corpus for David Lewicki and order for the State of Indiana to release Lewicki unless it provided him with a new appeal. Finds Lewicki, in his argument that he suffered prejudice and did not receive a speedy trial, does not explain why DNA evidence would have been unavailable had the case been tried earlier, and the amendment to which he alludes (the habitual offender allegation) can be made until 30 days before trial. Also finds prosecutors did not need or use delay to discover Lewicki’s criminal record.
A man that waited almost three years to be brought to trial on an attempted robbery charge did not suffer prejudice for the delay and did not have a good speedy-trial claim, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in reversing a district court’s decision.
Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling Republicans who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign filed a lawsuit Friday against Nevada’s top election official, alleging a requirement that independent candidates must name their running mate by the time they start gathering signatures for ballot access is unconstitutional.
An Indianapolis-based company that bred beagles for medical research agreed Monday to pay a record $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in rural Virginia.