Dickerson: A review of leading AI programs in the legal industry
This article will review legal AI programs and how legal actors are diving headfirst into the brave new world of AI and the law.
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Summit looks to address rural needs, challenges: Legal, public health issues at forefront of Wabash conference
The 2023 Summit for Rural Justice and Public Health Professionals will feature 26 speakers, including Indiana Supreme Court Justice Christopher Goff, who serves as the chair of Indiana’s Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council.
Britton: Prepare, prepare, prepare and then prepare some more!
Whether this is your first mediation or 100th, using the following tips for preparation will put you in a position to achieve the outcome you and your client want.
IndyBar: Jane Henegar wins Antoinette Dakin Leach Award
The Women and the Law Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association is thrilled to announce that Jane Henegar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, has been selected to receive the 2023 Antionette Dakin Leach Award.
DTCI Annual Conference Highlights
Join your DTCI Colleagues at the 30th Annual Conference Nov. 16 and 17 at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington. The complete agenda will be circulated soon, but in the meantime, here are the preliminary topics and events.
Bravo: ABA accreditation: What is it good for … ? (Sing with me)
The practice of law carries an extraordinary power: a heavy responsibility to do good while avoiding harm. For this reason, law schools must be held to the highest standards in educating future lawyers.
Research sheds light on prosecuting disparities in Monroe County: Prosecutor calls it ‘the right thing to do’
An ongoing assessment of the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office is giving officials a look at how prosecutorial decisions have impacted racial and ethnic disparities.
A change to retention?: Marion Co. selection committee may get expanded influence
Some judges on the Marion Superior Court want the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee to have a more prominent role in the retention process, but that would likely require a change to legislation passed in 2017.
Rokita facing lawyer discipline charges: Discipline complaint marks 2nd time in 4 years Indiana AG faces formal ethics complaint
For the second time in four years, the Indiana attorney general is facing lawyer discipline charges.
From court to farm: Attorney uses skills to run fall attraction
There’s a pumpkin patch, corn maze, apple cider slushies and more waiting for visitors who make the trip this fall to Lark Ranch. For attorney and owner Matt Lark, the plan was to stop running the farm once his kids were grown. But they had other plans.
Kelly: Law student experience: Today’s students paint new picture
Research by Lawrence Krieger tells us that law students start law school with high life satisfaction and strong mental health measures, but within the first year of law school, they experience a significant increase in anxiety and depression.
IndyBar: Jackson-Lindsay to Lead IndyBar in 2026
Katie Jackson-Lindsay of Jackson Legal Services has been selected to lead the Indianapolis Bar Association in 2026 by the IndyBar’s Nominating Committee.
IndyBar: ‘I’ll Get You, My Pretty’
One of my grandmother’s favorite movies was “The Wizard of Oz.” Recently, I’ve pondered a very practical question about that movie: Who built the Yellow Brick Road?
Finding common ground in divorce: Couples use mediation as less costly venue
From the mid-2000s to now, mediation has become an accepted part of the divorce process.
Lueders: Intellectual property mediation: Inverted divorce mediation
The closest analog to IP mediation, in my opinion, is divorce mediation.
Indiana Court Decisions: Sept. 7-20, 2023
Read the latest Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.
Company’s repairs of damaged outdoor billboard did not result in sign being ‘relocated,’ IN Supreme Court affirms
A Noblesville ordinance’s language for sign relocation was ambiguous with its usage of “relocate” and “move,” the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Monday in upholding a trial court’s judgment in favor of an outdoor signage company.
IN Supreme Court finds hospital entitled to partial summary judgment on negligence claim, but not public disclosure, after patient’s diagnosis was posted to social media
A hospital sued after a woman’s diagnosis was mailed to the wrong person and subsequently posted to social media secured a partial victory at the Indiana Supreme Court.
COA: Trial court committed reversible error in not setting case for jury trial
A trial court committed reversible error when it proceeded to a bench trial rather than setting the case for a jury trial after the defendant was discharged from a pretrial agreement, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
COA remands for fuller analysis of woman’s Medicaid eligibility
An administrative law judge’s analysis of a woman’s irrevocable trust as it relates to her Medicaid nursing home benefits eligibility was incomplete, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a Tuesday reversal.