As family law practitioners, we are well aware of the challenges that surround scheduling vacations and travel during school breaks. It isn’t uncommon to have disagreements about where and when children should travel, not to mention with whom. However, the rapid and unpredictable spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), just in time for spring break, has lent new urgency to this issue.
IndyBar leadership is closely monitoring the rapidly changing situation involving COVID-19 (coronavirus). To ensure the health and well-being of IndyBar members and staff, IndyBar will postpone and reschedule all in-person events at least through April 10, 2020.
Building the right foundations for diversity within your legal team is important. To help lay those foundations right here in Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Bar Association aims to connect a potential pool of candidates from diverse backgrounds with the Indianapolis legal community through its annual Diversity Job Fair.
As of January 1, 2020, a brand new Indiana Supreme Court rule went into effect granting the opportunity for certain qualifying attorneys to hold a Pro Bono Publico License and serve as pro bono counsel. The rule covers certain types of Indiana and out-of-state attorneys who are not actively admitted to practiced law under Indiana’s general rules of admission, but who are otherwise in “good standing” with the bar of this or another state.
With more than 16 years of experience as a federal law enforcement officer within the Department of Justice, Janine Driver will be presenting the opening plenary session for the 2020 Bench Bar Conference in French Lick this summer from June 18-20.
Plans and updates from the 2020 Indiana General Assembly were hot topics of discussion at the Lawyer-Legislator Luncheon on February 25. More than 20 key players in this year’s session spoke about important pending legislation and answered questions from fellow IndyBar members and lawyers.
After years of planning, months of renovation and weeks of moving, the new IndyBar Headquarters—IndyBarHQ—will open for business on March 6.
The Indianapolis Bar Association aims to connect a potential pool of candidates from diverse backgrounds with the Indianapolis legal community through its annual Diversity Job Fair. This initiative is to give all students an opportunity to meet potential employers who are looking to build connections with a pipeline of new and diverse talent and learn more about the legal profession and the Indianapolis legal market.
As we prepare to enter the final month of 2020’s shorter (but nonetheless exciting) legislative session, the IndyBar is excited to host again one of our most engaging and important networking events of the year: the Lawyer-Legislator Luncheon on Feb. 25!
Each year, the Women and the Law Division presents its Mentorship Award, which seeks to honor a female legal professional who’s exhibited exceptional efforts to be a mentor to other women in the profession. This year, the division has selected Germaine Willett of Ice Miller LLP as the honorable recipient.
The would-be angler Marvin Mears took an unexpected trip to the Supreme Court of Indiana after he caught a fish without bait. The law in Indiana said that “[i]t shall be unlawful for any person to take . . . or attempt to take . . . any fish in the waters of this state . . . by any means other than angling with hook and line.” Mr. Mears didn’t reasonably believe that the Indiana General Assembly intended to outlaw his scheme. He was “angling with hook and line” after all. Or so he thought.
The IndyBar is making legal education more accessible than ever. Get the info (and the credits) you need to succeed with our newly-reduced rates on CLE programs! Effective immediately, attorney members in practice eight or fewer years pay just $20 per credit hour at any one of the IndyBar’s more than 150 CLE programs held annually.
The IndyBar location at 135 N. Pennsylvania St. is CLOSED! We’re so excited to move in to our new space at 140 N. Illinois St. Our new location will open on March 2. Meantime, IndyBar staff will work remotely.
We’re giving you an exclusive look at some of the IBF’s newest leaders.
We are excited to begin the process of moving to our new space at 140 N. Illinois St.!
What does the IndyBar do and why should we care and be active? Today, the IndyBar serves its members with 18 legal sections that provide expertise, resources, networking, referrals, CLE and much more.
Start your new year with a resolution to SAVE MONEY! We’re bringing back Free Fridays in 2020, which means you’ll save more time AND money with these complimentary offerings.
This year’s Bingham Greenebaum Doll Legislative Conference (BGD LegCon) in December was rife with Indiana’s renowned legislative staples.
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation expresses sincere gratitude to the 2019 Distinguished Fellows and Distinguished Life Fellows for their long and continuing support of our profession and community.