Hailing from northern Indiana, Indiana State Bar Association incoming president Michael Jasaitis said the idea of a career in law came to him after getting to know an attorney in high school.
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The Indiana Supreme Court is considering a proposal that would bring graduates of law schools outside the United States and non-American Bar Association-accredited schools one step closer to being able to sit for the state bar exam.
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Senior Judge Thomas J. Felts recently sat down with IL for a wide-ranging conversation about his career and his plans for his year as Indiana State Bar Association president.
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In Indiana, law school graduates have to graduate from American Bar Association-accredited law schools to take the state bar exam. But a proposed rule change, if approved, could open the bar exam to additional law school grads.
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The state bar association was selected for its efforts to make legal services more accessible to underrepresented communities and Hoosiers facing immigration concerns, family law issues and expungement barriers.
The Indianapolis Bar Association partnered with the Indiana State Bar Association and others for the Inaugural Law Day Rally at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Thursday afternoon.
At its annual summit Thursday, one of the bar association’s breakout sessions,”Exploring Alternative Forms of Licensure,” allowed members to give their own feedback on what they think about having non-attorneys perform certain legal services and what those services might be.
New Indiana State Bar Association President Michael Jasaitis urged members at the group’s annual summit to continue their efforts at recruiting and retaining attorneys and promoting the profession to elementary and high school students.
The Indiana State Bar Association leadership also released a statement encouraging Hoosiers to analyze Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter based on their entire careers as a judges and not on isolated rulings.
The Indiana State Bar Association is gearing up for its annual summit next month with a focus on the state’s attorney shortage.
I can honestly say that any small measure of professional success that I have enjoyed, I owe to bar association involvement. I can also say that most, if not all, of the lawyers who I respect the most are or have been bar association leaders.
The Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana State Bar Association are taking big and small steps to help bridge the gap, from making more people eligible to take Indiana’s bar exam to studying the root causes of a shortage that could lead to a lack of access to the legal system.
The Indiana Supreme Court will allow graduates of non-American Bar Association-accredited law schools to sit for the Indiana bar exam under waiver provisions approved Thursday.
A struggle unfolds in the heart of rural Indiana.
Fresh out of law school and looking to pivot from the classroom into the role of a practicing lawyer, hundreds of young attorneys have gone through the Indiana State Bar Association’s Mentor Match program since it launched in November 2010.
Friday marked a historic moment for the Indiana State Bar Association as the bar inducted its first president who is also concurrently a judge and heard from legal leaders from across the state about updates in the Indiana legal profession.
No presentation about the role of artificial intelligence in the legal community would be complete without at least mentioning the New York attorneys who got in trouble for submitting a court brief that cited nonexistent cases generated by ChatGPT.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and Indiana State Bar Association are hosting a continuing legal education presentation on immigration law in October in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month.
When the Indiana State Bar Association unveiled its new strategic plan in 2021, the group had four major areas of focus as it looked to deliver more value to its members. That plan will technically “end” in 2023, but its principles will have a lasting effect.
The Indiana State Bar Association has big plans for how to prepare for an expected revolution in how the legal community operates thanks to artificial intelligence, and it’ll start later this month at the bar association’s annual summit.
A resolution passed by the American Bar Association House of Delegates this month aims to ensure attorneys are vigilant about their clients and don’t unknowingly get caught up in a client’s criminal or fraudulent activities.
A new service from the Indiana State Bar Association puts training and resources in one place for attorneys to learn more about pro bono representation and hopefully clear the hurdles that can sometimes stand in their way.
In its Top 2023 Legal Trends Report, the website Legal Recruiter Directory noted an increased focus on collaboration within legal practices and the utilization of much smaller offices on average than previously.
The Indiana State Bar Association has launched an online Indiana Pro Bono Academy to provide an entry point for Hoosier attorneys who want to do pro bono work.