April 27, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe trip was a part of an ongoing effort the United States is making to help Ukraine improve its judicial independence and
establish more of a democracy.
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April 27, 2011
IL StaffStaff from Parr Richey Obremskey Frandsen & Patterson will give away one boys bicycle, one girls bicycle, and will pass
out bike reflectors and 100 free children’s bicycle helmets on April 30.
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April 19, 2011
IL StaffJoseph Hogsett, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, presented an award Tuesday that honors people whose commitment
and effort has a positive impact on the lives of crime victims in Indiana.
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April 14, 2011
IL StaffOn April 20, the Columbus Applebee’s restaurant will donate 15 percent of sales to Legal Aid District Eleven, which
serves Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, and Jennings counties.
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April 13, 2011
Rebecca Berfanger, Jenny MontgomeryAttorneys in Indiana know that they must meet certain ongoing requirements to maintain their law licenses: CLE hours, and
staying abreast of procedural changes. Why, then, would anyone want to be licensed in two states?
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April 13, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryTeacher, lawyer, businessman, farmer, statesman – Elmer Hoehn has held many titles in his life.
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April 13, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryThe two-day celebration kicks off April 28 and will include a mock trial with area high school students.
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April 7, 2011
IL StaffRandy Steidl, who was nearly executed for a crime he didn't commit and went on to become the public face of the abolition
of the death penalty in Illinois, will tell his story during visits to Indiana University campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis.
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April 5, 2011
IL StaffSean O’Brien, professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, is in Tunis, Tunisia this week to participate in
the training of North African human rights lawyers.
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April 5, 2011
IL StaffEdward Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., will lecture about “Lessons of
the Sotomayor and Kagan Confirmation Processes: The Political Triumph of Judicial Conservatism,” from noon to 2 p.m.
April 14. The lecture, hosted by the Indianapolis chapter of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, will
be at the Conrad hotel, 50 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.
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March 30, 2011
IL StaffFollowing a two-year reconstruction, Valparaiso University School of Law’s oldest building – Heritage Hall –
has become the newest learning space for law students.
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March 30, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerLawyers and judges who eat, sleep, and breathe the law might find it easy to forget that not everyone understands the finer
points of how the justice system works. This is where legal commentators – analysts of the inner workings of the legal
system – come into play.
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March 23, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryUnexpected audits, bankruptcy complications, and misunderstandings about tax law are what bring many low-income clients to
the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. The LITC staff – one tax attorney, one paralegal,
and one outreach coordinator fluent in English and Spanish – helps clients understand how to handle complicated tax
issues.
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March 18, 2011
IL StaffA National Jurist article listing “23 law profs to take before you die” included a professor at the Indiana
University Maurer School of Law.
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March 16, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerMinority bar associations continue to benefit the Indiana legal community by offering diverse perspectives. Members benefit
from networking opportunities, and the bars help to maintain a positive professional presence in the communities they serve.
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March 16, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerTo continue to improve community relations, the Indianapolis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has expanded its
Citizens’ Academy programs. Sessions around the state offer individuals the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look
at the federal law enforcement agency.
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March 16, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerA few years after several Indianapolis judges and attorneys helped form a legal aid clinic in western Kenya, that clinic is
thriving. Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Riley, a co-founder of the Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret, traveled there earlier
this year to see progress being.
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March 16, 2011
Rebecca Berfanger, IL StaffThe Evansville Bar Association will celebrate Law Day 2011 in late April. On April 28, mock trials and a student lunch will
take place; Applications for an October 2011 to October 2013 term on the Indiana State Bar Association board of governors
are due April 1.
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March 7, 2011
IL StaffThe Johnson County Historical Society has been awarded an Indiana Legal History Grant by the Indiana Humanities Council and
the Indiana Supreme Court, the council announced today. The $2,000 award will fund projects and research to increase the understanding
of the legal history of the county among those served by the county courts.
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March 2, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerThe aspirational pro bono goal for attorneys, set by the American Bar Association and endorsed – but not forced –
by many states, is around 50 hours. Some Indiana attorneys work this into their annual budget by working with pro bono district
plan administrators to accept cases when need exists and when they can easily fit them into their work schedules.
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March 2, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerAs an attorney who was being deployed by the U.S. Navy Reserve to serve his country, there was no question that he would go.
The support received from his firm for the year he was away made the experience manageable.
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March 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsA soda or water bottle on the desk at work or a jug of juice in the refrigerator at home might be merely a refreshing drink
for most people. But it’s a day at the office for Stephanie Blackman, a corporate attorney in the business of bottle
caps or, as they are known in the food and beverage industry, closure systems.
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February 23, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerFollowing the success of last year’s Race for LACE to support the Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret, Kenya, organizers are
seeking participants for this year’s event that coincides with the 5K race held with the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
on May 7.
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February 22, 2011
IL StaffA Marion man will be honored in March by the National Court Appointed Special Advocates Association with the G.F. Bettineski
Child Advocate of the Year Award. Frank West of CASA of Grant County will receive the award during the association’s
30th annual national conference in Chicago.
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February 21, 2011
IL StaffThe Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, and the Central Indiana Peace
Corps Association are hosting a poverty law event that will discuss issues facing American families.
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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.