Two years into the implementation of the Uniform Bar Exam, those who helped shepherd the test into Indiana and are responsible for helping students prepare say it’s probably too early to pin down what the exact impact has been.
W. Kent Winingham of Wilson Kehoe Winingham has been selected to lead the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2026.
Read a summary of disciplinary actions handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court during the third quarter of 2023.
It’s been a little more than three months since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Although the decision didn’t necessarily take law schools by surprise, it forced them to quickly adapt their admissions processes.
The coming years expect an increase in diverse early-career attorneys in law firms. Proactive mentorship can help retain them into partnership but will require both the firms and the early-career attorneys to be open-minded in the mentoring relationships.
Bankruptcy filings in Indiana’s Northern and Southern Districts fell in 2021 and 2022. But those filing numbers are starting to finally creep up, with year-over-year increases reported in the Northern and Southern Districts and nationally in June.
After graduating from Indiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Crawford Circuit Judge Justin Mills worked at an insurance company in the litigation department. That’s where the spark ignited.
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s complaint, filed Sept. 18, has created a secondary issue — a question with an unclear answer: Who should pay for Rokita’s defense counsel?
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.
The issue of remote work remains an issue, but after more than a year of remote work, some answers have materialized, and now a number of other concerns have surfaced about the future of our profession.
Publishing a book is a feat of its own, but for University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Christian Burset, that feat was more than a decade in the making.
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “Golda” and “The Little Mermaid.”
Learn about Marion Superior Judge Mark Stoner.
On Sept. 20, the Indy Bar HEAL Committee (Helping Enrich Attorneys Lives) and JLAP (Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program) co-sponsored a unique, free seminar, “Depression and Lawyers: Real Stories.”
When making employment and promotion decisions, employers may continue to promote DEI initiatives. The key is to focus on the underlying causes of disadvantage rather than explicitly focusing on race.
The Indianapolis Bar Association has learned of recent public statements made by Doug Carter, Superintendent of the Indiana State Police, in a television interview regarding the Marion County criminal justice system and the Hon. Judge Jennifer Harrison.
A jury’s damages award of more than $3 million against a financial firm involved in a lengthy legal battle with the city of Marion was not excessive, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
A man’s possession of six child pornography images on one date constituted a single episode of criminal conduct, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Tuesday in reversing a trial court’s sentence and remanding the case for resentencing.
A man convicted for dealing in methamphetamine didn’t have his rights violated when the trial court admitted evidence of the drug deals and denied his continuance motion, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in affirming a lower court’s decision.
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic received a $3 million grant from Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to defend Mexican nationals in criminal cases in the United States.