Bar marks milestones; celebration set
Updates from the Evansville Bar and Marion County Bar Associations.
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Education conclave focuses on diversity, economy
When the Indiana State Bar Association gets law students, attorneys, professors, judges, court administrators, deans, and representatives of Indiana’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, Disciplinary Commission, Board of Law Examiners, and the Indiana Bar Foundation are all in the same place for a few hours, some interesting dialogues are bound to take place.
Reaching out to lawyers
Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs conference held in Indianapolis this year considers the role of assistance programs for attorneys.
MCBA to host trademark celebration
The theme of this year’s Kuykendall-Conn Celebration, the signature event of the Marion County Bar Association, is “Resurrecting the Call of Justice for All.”
IBA: Recent Cases Highlight Greater Protection Afforded by Indiana Constitution
The Indiana Constitution often affords criminal defendants greater protections than the U.S Constitution.
IBA: Did You Know?
Depression will affect more than 19 million Americans this year, and according to a Johns Hopkins University study lawyers have the highest rate of depression among the 28 occupations they reviewed.
IBA: $136,000 Put to Work by Bar Foundation
So far in 2010, the IBF awarded over $136,000 in grant support for IBA initiatives and to agencies with projects consistent with the IBF mission of advancing the administration of justice and understanding of law through philanthropy, education and service.
Red Masses mark start of legal term
The tradition of the Red Mass, which commemorates the beginning of the legal term each fall and blesses members of the legal community, continues in Indiana. Typically the Red Mass takes place in a Catholic church but is open to people of all faiths.
ISBA Business Law Section helps nonprofits
While many attorneys may want to do pro bono work, not all of them are comfortable taking on what could end up being a lengthy and possibly complicated family law case, which is the majority of cases the pro bono districts around the state tend to handle.
Juvenile reform continues after ’09 summit
No follow-through. That was a complaint voiced by attendees of last year’s summit to discuss juvenile justice matters in Indiana about many similar conferences they’d attended before: there was no follow-through.
Legal conclave discusses diversity, stress, ethics
Among the focuses for this year’s Indiana State Bar Association's fourth Legal Education Conclave conclave, which takes place every few years, were diversity, ethics, and stress among lawyers and law students.
IBF announces pro bono award winners
Ralph Adams, the former staff attorney and director of Legal Services of Maumee Valley, will receive this year’s Randall T. Shepard Award for excellence in pro bono service. He, along with other recipients of pro bono awards, will be honored at the Shepard Award Dinner in October.
Hickey: Those People
To say that we got where we are without the help of others would be a lie, no matter who you are.
IBA: I Wouldn’t Practice Law Without…
When was the last time you thought about how you practice law?
IBA: IndyBar Member Selected as New U.S. Magistrate Judge
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana recently announced the selection of Mark J. Dinsmore as the new United States Magistrate Judge.