May 2, 2013
IL Staff
The Board of Law Examiners has posted the names of the 195 successful bar exam applicants from the February 2013 exam. The
BLE reports that 294 applicants sat for the bar.
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March 11, 2013
IL StaffHopeful attorneys who take the Indiana bar exam in 2016 may no longer have to write essays on commercial law, personal property,
and taxation based on proposed changes from the Indiana Board of Law Examiners.
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November 7, 2012
IL StaffRead the list of individuals who passed the Indiana bar exam in July 2012.
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September 25, 2012
IL StaffA total of 438 people passed the Indiana bar exam administered in July, according to a list posted Tuesday on the Indiana
courts website.
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May 18, 2012
IL StaffTwo new members have been appointed to serve on the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners, according to an order signed May
4 by Chief Justice Brent Dickson.
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May 9, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryRelaxed admission requirements by states could remove barriers to employment for lawyers who must move when spouse relocates.
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October 11, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take several Indiana cases, including a federal suit against the state’s
Board of Law Examiners filed by a man who wants to take the bar exam without going to law school.
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September 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsRuling strikes down one Indiana bar exam application question.
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September 27, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners is cutting one controversial question from its annual bar exam application
and will revise another in order to comply with a federal judge’s recent ruling.
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September 21, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal judge has found that one of the Indiana bar exam application questions violates the Americans with Disabilities
Act because it infringes on potential lawyers’ privacy rights.
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September 13, 2011
Michael HoskinsNote to Indiana attorneys: don’t permanently relinquish your law license in this state unless you’re absolutely
sure you won’t ever want to return. If you do, don’t be surprised if you have to take the bar exam again.
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August 25, 2011
Michael HoskinsHow far the Indiana Board of Law Examiners can go in asking potential lawyers about their mental-health history was the subject
of a federal court hearing Wednesday, where attorneys explored the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act and what might
be reasonable in determining someone’s potential fitness to practice law.
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July 20, 2011
Michael HoskinsA Fort Wayne man who claims he’s being prevented from becoming an Indiana attorney because of his religious beliefs
is asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether a lower federal court properly dismissed his case.
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June 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsAnnouncing two new appointments simultaneously, the Indiana Supreme Court has chosen the state public defender and director
of the Board of Law Examiners.
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June 13, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an Indiana man’s suit in which he claims he should be able to sit for
the bar exam even if he didn’t go to law school. The federal appellate court dismissed it for failure to timely pay
the required docketing fee.
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April 22, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe man who believes he should be able to sit for the bar exam even though he didn’t go to law school has asked the
7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the dismissal of his lawsuit.
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March 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsA month after applications were submitted for the state Board of Law Examiner’s executive director position, the Indiana
Supreme Court has announced its plan to review those applications and narrow the field.
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January 28, 2011
IL StaffMore than 90 people applied for the state Board of Law Examiner's executive director position by the Jan. 21 application
deadline.
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January 6, 2011
Michael HoskinsEven as the Indiana Board of Law Examiners searches for a new leader, a federal lawsuit remains pending against the state
agency’s questions to prospective lawyers about their mental and emotional health.
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January 3, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court is accepting applications through Jan. 21 for the state Board of Law Examiner’s executive
director position. The BLE’s former executive director, Linda Loepker, resigned Dec. 6.
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December 22, 2010
Michael HoskinsAfter three years of being in charge of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners, a state court staff attorney has resigned, and
the search for a new leader is under way.
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December 10, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court is searching for someone new to lead the state’s Board of Law Examiners after Linda L. Loepker
resigned earlier this week.
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October 6, 2010
IL StaffThe Indiana Board of Law Examiners executive director has been appointed executive secretary of the Council of Bar Admission
Administrators.
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September 29, 2010
Michael HoskinsIf he hadn’t become a lawyer nearly four decades ago, Indianapolis attorney Ed DeLaney knows that choice could have
prevented the attack that he believed was going to end his life.
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September 7, 2010
Michael HoskinsA federal judge says that a non-attorney who wants to work for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana or as a local
public defender can’t join an already-pending class-action lawsuit that challenges the state’s Board of Law Examiners
and its questions about applicants’ mental health history.
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Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...
Yikes!