The “Say What?! Seminars” are coming to locations throughout the state to help those in the legal profession
learn about Indiana’s new, “plain English” civil jury instructions.
A “completely new edition” of the Indiana Civil Jury Instructions will be published this fall featuring the instructions
without all the legalese. The Indiana Judges Association is conducting the seminars in October; registration began Aug. 16.
The seminars will focus on why plain English is important, the process the committee used to draft the instructions, and
how the new models are part of overall jury reform in Indiana.
Even if an attorney doesn’t try cases before a jury, the association said the seminars are still relevant. The instructions
and the comments that accompany them provide an up-to-date summary of Indiana law on at least 16 different subject matters
including car accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, and defamation.
Those attending the seminars can examine some of the new instructions and talk with members of the committee who wrote them.
The committee was comprised of 12 trial judges and one Court of Appeals judge.
The seminar is $145 and offers 3 continuing legal education credits, including 1 hour of ethics. Registration is online at
https://ijc.sufoo.com/forms/say-what-seminars-2010/.
Seminars are: 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Oct. 6 at Primo Hall, Plainfield; 1-4:15 p.m. Oct. 11 at Radisson at Star Plaza, Merrillville;
9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Oct. 12 at Marriott Downtown, South Bend; 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Oct. 13 at Courtyard Downtown, Fort Wayne; 1-4:15
p.m. Oct. 18 at Kye’s Conference Center, Jeffersonville; 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Oct. 19 at Marriott Hotel, Evansville; and
1-4:15 p.m. Oct. 21 at Hilton Indianapolis North, Indianapolis.•
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Judge Roger B. Cosbey is unethical and bias toward African American who seeks justice in Title VII claims. He disrespected and used his authority to attempt to intimidate me into taking an unfair settlement and when I refused he proceeded to get my case dismissed and to deny me my Constitutional and Civil Rights. He disobeying several rules of law; specifically, by ruling on summary judgment motions against the Fed. R. Civ. P., without authority of Judge William C. Lee, without consent of the attorneys, and with conspiracy to commit “fraud on the court,” as he conspired with my former attorney. He proved to me that he is bias, unethical, unfair and unfit to be reappointed. In my opinion, he should be disbarred in 2013, for committing fraud on the court, which would make him ineligible for reinstatement in 2014. See docket 3:07 cv 629 where he rules on dispositive motions, knowing magistrates are not vested with that power (especially without consent), grants the defendant an unconscionable number of extensions, accepts my former attorney request for extension for dispositive motion knowing he was working with the opposition, and unbelievably grants the defendant another extension after he requested an extension after he missed the deadline. I know another attorney filed charges against him for bias in race discrimination case(s). I know what he did in my case before he voluntarily recused himself, I just do not know how many other innocent people have been stripped of their rights because of him. I say shame on him and no more of the same.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.