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IndyBar: Criminal Justice Section Offers Exciting New Scholarship
This year, we are proud to offer a new scholarship to attorneys in their first seven years of practice.
Moberly: 2020 is in Sight: Charting our Future through the Strategic Plan
As I foreshadowed in an earlier column, recently members of the IndyBar met to discuss and draft the next three-year strategic plan for the association. This isn’t your typical not-for-profit organization’s strategic plan. It won’t be just filed away.
IndyBar Names Young and Trimble Recipients of 2016 Professionalism Awards
The IndyBar Professionalism Committee, led by chair Arend Abel, has named the Hon. Richard Young of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana the 2016 recipient of the Silver Gavel Award, while John Trimble of Lewis Wagner LLP has been awarded the bar’s Professionalism Award.
IndyBar: Barnard to Lead Indianapolis Bar Association in 2019
The Indianapolis Bar Association’s Nominating Committee has announced the selection of Thomas A. Barnard of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as the 2019 President of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
Attorneys needed to teach kids about elections
Indiana Kids’ Election, which helps teachers by providing resources about the election process, is looking for attorney volunteers in schools around the state.
IndyBar: Help the Homeless: Volunteers Needed for IndyBar Pro Bono Program
Many people who call Indy home need legal assistance–especially those without a home to live in. IndyBar attorneys have the unique opportunity to help homeless individuals with their legal issues through the IndyBar Homeless Project.
IndyBar: At-Risk Elders in Marion County Need You!
Help your community by volunteering to be a guardian ad litem for an alleged incapacitated adult.
IndyBar: Could a Parenting Coordinator Help Your Clients?
A Parenting Coordinator, or “PC,” is a family law attorney or mental health professional who is appointed by the court to assist parents after a divorce or paternity decree. Most PCs also have significant mediation experience and some have attended a 2- or 3-day training specifically for Parenting Coordinators.
IndyBar: A Fraction of Time for Exponential Benefits: You Can Make a Difference
Two hours out of 744. That’s all it takes to help a family in need—a couple hours each month. The result? Happier, safer families leading to a happier, safer city.
DTCI: Young Lawyer Mixers—a Hit!
DTCI Young Lawyer regional mixers were enthusiastically received in Merrillville and Evansville in July.
DTCI: Awards Nominations Invited
The Defense Trial Counsel’s Annual Meeting will be held Nov. 17-18 in Fort Wayne. One of the highlights of the meeting is the presentation of the “Defense Lawyer of the Year,” the “Diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel,” and the “Outstanding Young Lawyer” awards.
DTCI: Indiana’s Uniform Security Act: An introduction
This article will give the reader some insight as to when the Indiana Uniform Security Act may come into play. This article is not meant to cover all IUSA’s applications, defenses or interplay with federal law.
IndyBar: Attorneys Needed for Naturalization Ceremonies
Indianapolis Bar Association attorney members participate in the naturalization ceremonies by handing out a booklet containing the U.S. and Indiana constitutions and presenting brief remarks. Volunteers are currently being recruited to represent the IndyBar during these ceremonies.
Moberly: We’re ‘Showing you the Value’ this September
At the IndyBar, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how to create value for our members. It seems that younger lawyers want to buy the direct commodity, not just a membership.
DTCI: Want to stop the lawyer jokes? Change the perception
It troubles me when our profession is reduced to jokes. If the public perception of lawyers perpetuates the jokes and negative portrayals, and if those jokes and portrayals bother us, what can we do to change the public perception?
ABA commission sees need for ‘regulatory innovations’ in legal profession
Finding the need for legal services among the poor and moderate-income greater than legal aid and pro bono can satisfy, an American Bar Association commission is advocating for the consideration of “regulatory innovations” which include non-lawyer ownership of legal service providers.
ABA poised to allow law students to get paid for externships
Law students may be able to take home a paycheck while earning academic credit at an externship under a proposal the American Bar Association House of Delegates will consider during the ABA’s annual meeting beginning Thursday in San Francisco.