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Lacy Johnson, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP , leads the 2024 group as the Diversity Trailblazer, the highest Diversity in Law honor that recognizes an attorney who has excelled in their commitment to diversity and who has inspired others to do the same.
A new law enacted on July 1 across the state requires principals to allow students to be dismissed from class during the week to attend religious instruction.
Pope Francis will come face to face with the Timorese faithful on his first trip to the country, a former Portuguese colony that makes up half of the island of Timor off the northern coast of Australia. But so far, there is no word if he will meet with victims or even mention the sex abuse directly, as he has in other countries where the rank-and-file faithful have demanded an accounting from the hierarchy for how it failed to protect their children.
Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle in the St. Louis suburb of University City. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton on Wednesday will preside over an evidentiary hearing challenging Williams’ guilt. But the key piece of evidence to support Williams is DNA testing that is no longer viable.
The appeals process could take months, likely closing the door on any movement in the classified documents case against Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, before November’s election.
As a new Indiana task force has started hearings to take a closer look at increased artificial intelligence usage in state government, private industries are also keeping their eye on any potential new laws with the emerging technology.
During the 2024 legislative session, the Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Enrolled Act 202-2024 (Senate Bill 202), which was promoted by Republican lawmakers as a mechanism for increasing “intellectual diversity” within Indiana’s public colleges and universities.
Senate Bill 185, which became law on July 1, requires school corporations and charter schools to adopt a policy that prohibits students from using cellphones in the classroom. For students who haven’t known a world without the handheld device, the change is just that: a change, but one that many say is warranted and necessary for student learning and cooperation.
It announced that Marion County courts would be closed for three weeks because of the growing Covid-19 pandemic. I gathered my staff, and we reviewed the court calendar for the next three weeks. I picked out two or three cases that could not be delayed, and we planned how to do those hearings. I had never heard of Zoom.
According to data published by the Indiana Department of Education, for Indiana students between 2013 and 2023, chronic absenteeism (students who miss more than 10 school days in a year) has roughly doubled since pre-pandemic for approximately 10 to 20% of students.
Please join me at the Defense Research Institute’s annual meeting, taking place Oct. 16-18 in Seattle. DRI’s annual meeting offers civil defense lawyers the opportunity to network with peers from around the country, attend top educational programming, and hear from leading national speakers.
The Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic is a law student-run clinic where attorney volunteers, in-person or remote, supervise students and assist when needed. Offerings are held most Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Neighborhood Fellowship Church located at 3125 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46201.
Student loan borrowers across the country have been left in limbo after a federal court issued an injunction on President Joe Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.
What started out as a new pandemic hobby has morphed into a unique, thriving business for an Indiana University Health attorney.
Members of the bench and the bar gathered at the Community Justice Center for the robing ceremony for the Hon. Tricia Caress McMath on August 22, 2024.
Of all the challenges facing Hoosier homeowners and renters, the harmful impacts of environmental hazards and climate change rank near the top of the list.
Trial court judges and the members of the Supreme Court are considering adopting Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Guidelines. These proposed guidelines are designed to bring consistency and accountability in civil family law cases where a GAL is utilized.
A group of six attorneys represented Indiana at The American Bar Association’s annual House of Delegates meeting in Chicago earlier this month.
“…what I do have are a very particular set of skills… skills that make me a nightmare for people like you…I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted seven cases for transfer last week, including four with motions that called for an Elkhart County judge’s recusal.
