June 6, 2012
IL StaffThe Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana will prepare wills for group home residents and patients of Southwestern
Behavioral Healthcare as part of the annual Prepare a Will Project.
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January 5, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerAs the family court project of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration enters a new year,
courts that participate in the program have learned they will continue to operate with about the same amount of funding they
have had in recent years.
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September 29, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerWhile many attorneys may want to do pro bono work, not all of them are comfortable taking on what could end up being a lengthy
and possibly complicated family law case, which is the majority of cases the pro bono districts around the state tend to handle.
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September 15, 2010
IL StaffRalph Adams, the former staff attorney and director of Legal Services of Maumee Valley, will receive this year’s Randall
T. Shepard Award for excellence in pro bono service. He, along with other recipients of pro bono awards, will be honored at
the Shepard Award Dinner in October.
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May 26, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerAll that is known about funding for Indiana’s 14 pro bono districts is that no one yet knows exactly how much the districts
will receive in October for their 2011 budgets.
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May 12, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerUsually being served by a lawyer is a bad thing. That is, unless the lawyer is offering a cool martini or a warm plate of
shrimp and grits.
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April 16, 2009
IL StaffThe Evansville Bar Association, along with the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana, presented awards for service
and pro bono work to attorneys at a lunch Wednesday.
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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.
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...