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Bentley: Darden honored for impact, influence on legal community

September 25, 2012

On September 14, 2012, the Marion County Bar Association hosted a retirement dinner in honor of Judge Carr L. Darden, who retired as a full-time appellate judge from the Indiana Court of Appeals on his 75th birthday, July 21, 2012. The event was held at the downtown Indianapolis Marriott and included dinner, musical entertainment and remarks from several individuals to whom Judge Darden has served as a colleague, mentor, family member and friend.

Start Page: Disaster! It lurks around the corner – protect data now

September 11, 2012

You are hanging by a thread and you don’t even know it. Your Internet connection is delivered by two wires that connect to a box on the outside of your office – and all that separates you from disaster is a cable removed from a jack on the wall.

Federal Bar Update: Opinion provides insight on attorney fees in FDCPA cases

September 11, 2012

Federal courts routinely determine fee petitions for prevailing parties in various fee-shifting cases. A recent opinion from Magistrate Judge Denise LaRue illustrates guiding principles here.

Cox: Avoid client problems by avoiding problem clients

September 11, 2012

In this column, basic tips for preventing legal malpractice claims and other risk management strategies will be explored. Here are this author’s Top Ten client screening suggestions.

Lucas: Make this the year to support civic education

September 11, 2012

Indiana lawyers will have a unique opportunity to participate in a civic education program that will cast a national spotlight on our state and legal community. The 2013 National High School Mock Trial Championship will be held in Indianapolis May 9 to 11.

Dean’s Desk: Law students benefit from alumni’s professional experience

September 11, 2012

One of the benefits of writing this column is that it gives me time to reflect on aspects of Notre Dame Law School that are known and appreciated in South Bend and among our graduates, but are perhaps not as well known to the Indiana bench and bar.

Inbox: Personal values and experiences define ‘all’

August 28, 2012

A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.

Inbox: Sometimes it is enough to be ‘good enough’

August 28, 2012

A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.

Inbox: Society doesn’t value genders equally

August 28, 2012

A letter in response to editor Kelly Lucas’ editorial on whether women in the law can have it all.

Dean’s Desk: Career planning innovation at Valparaiso Law

August 28, 2012

This fall, Valparaiso Law is launching a new program that will help students organize their three years of career-related activities and complete the steps essential to fulfilling career goals. The program is provided through a mobile website named VOLT, which the school believe is the first of its kind.

Quality of Life: Take action to make next year a better one

August 28, 2012

The drought has made MacDougall think about how people often say “next year will be better” but do nothing to make that happen.

DTCI: Throw your cell phone into the spaghetti bowl

August 28, 2012

James Strenski writes about why lawyers need to get away from their cell phones occasionally.

Technology Untangled: easy printing from phone or tablet

August 28, 2012

Stephen Bour writes about an app that makes it easy for Android users to print from their mobile devices.

Start Page: Tips to make Google searches more effective

August 14, 2012

G-O-O-G-L-E will replace Q-W-E-R-T-Y on keyboards of the future. It has already replaced S-E-A-R-C-H. Problem is you probably aren’t very good at Google. Like a bad golf swing, without training, you just keep practicing the wrong swing and haven’t taken lessons.

Terms of Art: Musical background helps attorney connect with clients

August 14, 2012

Wandini Riggins writes about attorney Trezanay Atikins, whose interests in music and sports led to her launching her own intellectual property firm.

More on Laurie Gray

August 10, 2012

I was raised in rural Indiana where good wives submit and obey and good children are seen and not heard. I went to college with the understanding that an educated good woman is a teacher or a nurse. So I became a high school teacher.

Inbox: Group advocates for court reporter to be used in pilot project

July 31, 2012

The Indiana Shorthand Reporters Association explains its concerns with a recently announced pilot project in courts involving video transcripts.

Lucas: In 2012, can women in the law really have it all?

July 31, 2012

I wonder what it is really like to be a woman – or a man, for that matter – trying to balance the demands of work and family in today’s law firms. Let me know if you believe it is possible to work long hours but still have a balanced family life.

Federal Bar Update: No changes to federal rules this year

July 31, 2012

Federal rule amendments take affect Dec. 1 of each year after a lengthy, time-consuming process of transmittal from the Judicial Conference to the Supreme Court and then to Congress. This coming December, for the first time in many years, there are no amendments on the horizon for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, or Federal Rules of Evidence.

Van Winkle: Decision pits mediation confidentiality against contract law

July 17, 2012

Attorney and mediator John Van Winkle discusses the difficulties that occur when mediation confidentiality provisions collide with long-established contract common law.

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