Indiana Judges Association: Judges need to take control of cultural standing

May 8, 2013

Have you ever Googled “lawyer dog”? If you do, be prepared to see a limitless line of websites all featuring identical photos of the same canine seated behind his desk, along with various one-liners related to the law, dogs and just silliness.

Indiana Judges Association: Judges are good government partners

January 30, 2013

Judge David Dreyer writes a letter to Gov. Mike Pence about how to make people more legally literate.

Indiana Judges Association: Do media measure up in court coverage?

December 5, 2012

We judges are obligated to actually ignore popular opinion or preference and apply the law, but we are further constrained to not discuss our decisions on talk shows or interviews. Yet, public confidence in courts is more important than any other branch of government because people need to believe in us or they will not believe or obey our rulings.

Indiana Judges Association: Could judicial Olympics cure court budget woes?

September 26, 2012

Judge Dreyer comes up with a way to cure court budget woes and provide reality TV.

Indiana Judges Association: Is it time for an electoral college for judges?

May 9, 2012

Some people just do not like judges. But according to Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor Charles Geyh, most people do – at least up to a point.

Indiana Judges Association: Zen and the art of case management

February 1, 2012

So over many years, I found a kind of “sub-wisdom.” It came not from law study or research, but rather from living with real world cases.

Indiana Judges Association: Dealing with different takes on language

December 7, 2011

A trial judge’s job is often befuddling. We have to differentiate between peoples’ language, their values, even their competing views about what language means.

Indiana Judges Association:The Thinker 2.0

September 28, 2011

Have you been thinking lately? Judges and lawyers make a profession of “thinking,” of analyzing, balancing, applying, and just plain old wondering. But do we think like we used to?

Judge David Dreyer: Law is about people, emotion and all

May 11, 2011

My daughter lives in Oregon but she never calls. But the other night she did text. Of course I did not find it until later, and it simply reported in plain terms the largest historical event of her young adult life. No glee, no joy, just a simple statement about what happened in Pakistan. But I have not been able to stop thinking what made it so important to contact her parents.