Bar Crawl is Indiana Lawyer’s new section that will highlight bar association news around the state. We try to
include bar association news and trends in our regular stories, but we want to include more news from specialty and county
bars. If you’d like to submit an update about your bar association or a photo from an event your bar association has
hosted to Indiana Lawyer, or if you have questions about having your bar association news included in the newspaper, please
send it to Rebecca Berfanger, rberfanger@ibj.com, along with contact information for any follow up questions at least two
weeks in advance of the issue date. If you know of member of the legal community who demonstrates dedication and professionalism
above and beyond most, there are several awards for which they may be considered. Deadlines are quickly approaching.
Nominations are still being accepted for the Excellence in Pro Bono Publico Randall T. Shepard Award, which is given to someone
who contributes significant work and dedication to the development and delivery of legal services to Indiana’s poor.
More information can be found at www.inbar.org.
Sponsored by the Indiana Pro Bono Commission, complete nomination packages should be submitted by Aug. 9 to Monica Fennell,
executive director, Indiana Pro Bono Commission, at 230 E. Ohio St., Suite 400, Indianapolis, IN 46204, or mfennell@inbf.org.
Indiana State Bar Association is accepting nominations for several awards that will be presented at the bar’s annual
meeting. Nominations are due Aug. 9. Awards include the Affiliate Member Award for paralegals, legal administrators, law librarians
or court administrators; the Gale M. Phelps Award, given in memory of Gale M. Phelps, a former chair of the ISBA Family &
Juvenile Law Section and one of the most active members of the section who passed away in 2003; Civility Awards to recognize
an attorney and judge for outstanding civility and professionalism in their dealings with fellow judges, attorneys, parties,
witnesses, and the public; Rabb Emison Awards, which recognize an individual and an organization that have demonstrated a
commitment to promote diversity and equality in the legal profession; and the Hon. Viola Taliaferro Award, which recognizes
an individual who best exemplifies Judge Taliaferro’s courageous leadership in addressing the unmet legal needs of children
and in raising the public’s awareness of these needs.
There are other awards as well. For more information and nomination forms, contact the ISBA at (317) 639-5465 or (800) 266-2581,
or visit the bar’s website, www.inbar.org.
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I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
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.