Lawyers and judges will visit schools around the state as part of the Indiana Supreme Court’s observation of Indiana’s bicentennial. The court announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 students will meet a judge or lawyer to learn more about the courts and judiciary.
The Indiana Board of Law Examiners has announced the list of candidates who passed the February bar exam. The BLE notes passage is only one of the requirements need to be admitted practice in Indiana, and no one is able to practice law until admitted.
Opponents of a new Indiana abortion law will rally Saturday at the Statehouse against new restrictions they claim are unprecedented.
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Briefs filed in Indiana appeals were made available for online for the first time Friday.
Indiana Legal Services is conducting a workshop next week to help veterans with criminal records learn how to possibly expunge them.
A federal judge has denied the state’s motion for a stay on a preliminary injunction granted last month in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Mike Pence’s suspension of funds to groups that resettle Syrian refugees in Indiana.
E-filing is now available in the Madison Circuit Courts for many civil and criminal case types.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Thursday signed a bill giving the Indiana Gaming Commission authority to regulate daily fantasy sports companies.
Medical malpractice victims will be eligible for more compensation after Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a bill increasing the payment cap for the first time since the 1990s. The cap would increase from the current $1.25 million limit to $1.65 million next year and then to $1.8 million in 2019.
High-profile bills involving restrictions on abortion, increasing the caps on medical malpractice damages and slightly lifting the secrecy of police units at Notre Dame and other private universities are among the unsigned bills remaining on the final day for Gov. Mike Pence to act.
Gov. Mike Pence on Wednesday signed a bill re-establishing the Probate Code Study Commission that was terminated along with multiple other interim legislative committees in 2014.
A federal jury has found that 11 people were improperly fired from their Anderson city government jobs after a new mayor took office.
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A proposed overhaul of Admission and Discipline Rule 23 contains some good ideas among the 108 pages of side-by-side comparisons of the old and the new. But the proposals would do little to deprogram the Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s culture of confidentiality or boost public confidence in the agency that polices Indiana attorneys.
The Evansville Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyer Program of SW Indiana recognized pro bono work, legal secretaries and paralegals during their annual joint awards luncheon Wednesday.
As many as 60 legal permanent residents will be assisted with naturalization applications Saturday morning by volunteer attorneys from the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic’s Immigrant Justice Program.
Nineteen counties will split more than $225,000 for family court projects, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Wednesday.