Want to go to law school for free? That’s the pitch one new California law school is using to attract students from competing schools. The University of California Irvine School of Law is planning to offer the students who enroll in...

Indiana Lawyer has jumped into the online social-networking world and joined Facebook, and we are looking to make friends. Do you want to be our friend? We started IL ’s Facebook page as a place for attorneys and law students...

There’s a fight going on in Indiana against early-voting sites, but the punches are being thrown at the wrong opponent. A few Republicans in the typically Democratic-leaning Lake County have challenged the use of satellite voting sites because they feared it...

What does the U.S. Constitution do? Why do some states have more representatives than others? Under the U.S. Constitution, what is one power of the federal government? As a lawyer, you should be able to answer these questions pretty easily. But...

Free child care. Free movies and wireless Internet. Time to shop during the day. These aren’t amenities law firms are giving employees to attract lawyers but are actually what some counties in the U.S. are doing to attract jurors. No one...

Here’s more proof that law firms are struggling in this economy: opportunities for mergers are lessening. When I think of the economy worsening, I think law firms that are teetering on the brink of going under would try to find another...

Some local candidates for judge in Indiana are turning to the Internet to spread the word about their campaigns – but they aren’t just creating election Web sites. Some have taken the leap into the social media world and created Facebook...

From IL reporter Michael Hoskins: Five newer faces on the federal bench (or at least, ones in relatively new roles) came together Thursday afternoon at the ISBA annual meeting. They were Magistrate Jane Magnus-Stinson, selected about two years ago to replace...