IndyBar: Mark Your Calendar: Spring Mediation Day – May 12
The IndyBar ADR Section Executive Committee is pleased to announce that we will host our Spring Mediation Day on May 12 at Faegre Baker Daniels (300 N. Meridian St., Suite 2700).
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IndyBar: TRAC Zooms Back to Indy: Registration Now Open!
The Racing Attorney Conference (TRAC), an annual motorsports legal conference planned and presented by the Indianapolis Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law Section, returns to Indianapolis on April 18 and 19, 2017.
IndyBar: Making the Difference: The IndyBar Diversity Job Fair
As a 2015 participant in the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair, I can speak to the success of this particular job fair’s ability to match students with their ideal firms.
DTCI: The business end of Trial Rule 12(B)(6)
A dispositive motion is either a beacon of legal efficiency or a disfavored procedural shortcut that prematurely ends a perfectly good claim, depending on a party’s status as movant or nonmovant.
Task force recommends changes to Indiana Bar Exam and grading system
After more than a year of study, a task force convened by the bar associations in Indianapolis has concluded part of the Indiana Bar Exam tests on “fake laws” and the revised grading system may be forcing the Board of Law Examiners to fail more students.
IndyBar: Around the Bar
See photos from the IndyBar Lawyer-Legislator Luncheon, held Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
The IndyBar and Marion County Bar Association Celebrate Black History Month
During Black History Month and every month, the IndyBar proudly joins the Marion County Bar Association in celebrating our diverse judiciary serving in and around Marion County.
IndyBar: Indiana Bar Examination Assessment Task Force Releases Report
The Indiana Bar Examination Assessment Task Force has completed its 18-month study and issued its 82-page report.
ISBA begins search for next executive director
Leaders of the Indiana State Bar Association are beginning the process of finding a new executive director.
ABA bar exam standard fails
The American Bar Association House of Delegates rejected a proposal to link law school accreditation to higher bar passage rates.
Asian attorneys less represented in Indianapolis than nationwide
In the post-recession economy, Asians were the only minority group to experience constant growth in partner and associate positions at large law firms each year, while black and Hispanic attorneys followed a roller coaster-like cycle of growth and decline. However, the situation is less promising for Asian attorneys in Indianapolis.
Ricafort: Crafting a Plan for the Future
The Indianapolis Bar Association has long supported merit selection for our local judges and we have thoroughly weighed the concern that a merit-selection system would minimize or eliminate diversity in the judicial branch.
IndyBar: Around the Bar
IndyBar Bar Leader Series alumni and current series participants teamed up on Tuesday, January 17, for a service event at Gleaners Food Bank.
IndyBar Releases Statement Following Justice Center Site Selection
On Tuesday, January 31, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the site selection for the city’s new justice center complex. The IndyBar, through its Justice Center Task Force, released the following statement.
DTCI: Thanks and Welcome
DTCI members have now received the current issue of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review. Thanks are due the entire board of editors.
DTCI: Medical malpractice and summary judgment
Are recent appellate court decisions raising the evidentiary threshold for health care defendants?
ABA president to speak at ISBA Small, Solo Conference
American Bar Association President Linda A. Klein has been confirmed at the keynote speaker for the Indiana State Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Conference in June, the ISBA announced Wednesday.