Rebecca Berfanger joined the Indiana Lawyer staff in 2006. She typically covers law schools, bar associations, pro bono and social justice issues, and interesting things lawyers do when they're not working.
She reported for legal publications in Boston from 2001 to 2004, and earned her MSJ in magazine publishing from Northwestern University in 2005. She has taught magazine publishing as an adjunct professor at her alma mater Ball State University, where she majored in French and journalism and graduated with honors in 2000.
The Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has honored her work annually since 2006. In 2008, she received the ACLU of Indiana's Media Defender of Liberty award.
She has also written for non-legal publications while living in Indianapolis, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
Recent Articles
Attorneys discuss pros and cons of practicing in 2 states
Protective Order Pro Bono Project offers training
Girl Scouts learn law, bar offers scholarships
Law School Briefs - 3/30/11
Legal analysts use media to educate public about issues
Law school dean on NFL Network as legal analyst
Encouraging diversity in CASA programs
Bar Crawl - March 16, 2011
Law School Briefs; March 16, 2011
Loan repayment assistance now available
Recent Blog Posts
Do parades and other big events interrupt your work?
We the People seeks support
Museum focuses on justice system
Museum offers response to dramatization of crime and punishment using history, artifacts of crimes and criminals throughout U.S. history, and simulators used to train police.
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Observations of immigration bill hearing
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February 8, 2012 Jack Messer v. New Albany Police Dept. - 2/8/12
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February 9, 2012 Mary E. Santelli v. Abu M. Rahmatullah, et al. - 2/9/12
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February 15, 2012 City of Evansville v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. - 2/15/12
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February 15, 2012 Sharon K. Wilson v. Heritage House Convalescent Center -2/15/12
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I've been a republican my whole life but to me this is despicable. Its a race to the bottom with the third world when it comes to trying to fetch manufacturing back by lowering wages. Only fools think that is going to really work. You can see that in the southern states they can't hold on to jobs any better than we can up here.
Much praise to Pat Bauer and the democrats and, most of all, to the the nine BOLD AND WISE republicans who voted and fought against this.
Yup, in Marion County we surely do have the best justice money can buy.
If Republican slating fees are $12,000 they've been lowered. They as of very recently was $25,000.
Indiana law does not require law enforcement agencies to remove "police blotter" records, nor does it require Court Clerks to remove their records. Limiting expungements in this way renders them useless, since many private firms check local and county records for employers. The result is the crime will be discovered, and the applicant rejected. Expungement means just that, and should be required of all criminal justice agencies.
Hope everything turned out okay. My father was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 65 yrs in jail in Indiana and after serving 17 yrs, the other co-defendants finally came forward and confessed he was not there. The court exonerated him, but left the conviction on his record. And of course, Indiana can lock you up on a wrongful conviction, but want pay you a dime for you time. Laws need to change, period!! My dad has since passed, but I trying to make it better.