IndyBar: Make a Difference in the Circle City!
Shopping never felt so good! The IndyBar Professionalism Committee is collecting supplies until August 29 to help the Exodus Refugee Center in Indianapolis.
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IndyBar: Johnnie Cochran-ing, Larry Landis and “Some Skills”
Larry Landis gave me “some skills” and those skills were just enough to help my client in my first criminal trial. Larry has trained thousands of law students and lawyers, and as he goes into retirement, we should remember that when someone like Larry takes the time to teach another attorney, the true recipient of that training is a client and a member of our community.
ABA approves changes to lawyer advertising rules
Among the resolutions adopted by the American Bar Association House of Delegates during its annual meeting this month was one that could significantly change the way attorneys conduct their business: Resolution 101 to amend the attorney advertising rules.
DTCI: Women in the Law Division Book Club
DTCI’s Women in the Law Division Executive Committee would like to invite you to our third Book Club!
DTCI: Award nominations invited
The Defense Trial Counsel’s Annual Meeting will be held Nov. 15 and 16 in South Bend at the University of Notre Dame. One of the highlights of the meeting will be the presentation of the “Defense Lawyer of the Year,” the “Diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel” and the “Outstanding Young Lawyer” awards. The DTCI Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for this year’s awards.
DTCI: Author! Author!
The 2018 edition of the DTCI Indiana Civil Litigation Review is now in the planning stages. The board of editors invites ideas and authors for articles for Volume XV, deadline Sept. 1.
DTCI: Young Lawyer Spotlight
This is an ongoing series introducing new DTCI attorneys to the wider legal community.
DTCI: Tackling the waiting game
Kudos and congratulations to all bar applicants. You have survived the marathon that is the bar exam. For bar applicants across the country, now it is a waiting game.
IndyBar: Get on Board! Last chance to apply for 2019 Board of Directors
The nominations for IndyBar’s 2019 Board of Directors are open, and it’s up to you to help determine the future of your local bar association.
IndyBar: Empowered Women Empower Women — Dress for Success a Success
At June 20’s Women and the Law Division (WLD) Dress for Success volunteer opportunity, WLD volunteers assisted efforts to empower women in our Indianapolis community to achieve economic independence.
IndyBar: Be Like a Scout — Prepared
Borrowing from the Boy Scouts motto, if I were to craft a lawyer's motto, it would be something like this: "To be prepared means you, as a lawyer, are, in all client matters, to be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty."
IndyBar: “We Should Do Lunch!” — Take Opposing (or Any) Counsel to Lunch August 9
I would like to challenge you to make good on your “let’s do lunch” rhetoric and actually do lunch with someone. Fortunately, the IndyBar has the perfect opportunity for you to pull this off.
Ripple effect: As ABA restructures, legal groups feel anxious
The National Association of IOLTA Programs grew up with nurturing care from the American Bar Association, but now, at 32 years of age, the nonprofit is having to become more responsible for its own needs as the ABA undergoes a major restructuring.
ISBA opens legal ethics essay contest
Indiana law students, recent graduates and new attorneys, and paralegals are invited to further the discourse on legal ethics by participating in the Indiana State Bar Association’s legal ethics essay contest. The deadline for entry is Aug. 3.
IndyBar: Mediation Preparation for Less-Experienced Attorneys in Personal Injury Cases
Preparation for mediation is critical. It is as critical as preparing for a trial. Eighty-five to 90 percent of all civil cases settle at mediation or shortly thereafter and well before a jury trial. Therefore, to approach mediation as something that simply will pass and you do all your preparation for trial is a mistake on behalf of your client.
DTCI: Writing for fun also may enhance your practice abilities
I dropped off my 10-year old daughter at Butler University’s creative writing camp this week. As I watched Charlotte walk to her classroom, composition notebook and pen in hand, I thought to myself, when was the last time I wrote anything for fun? Like Charlotte, as a child, I used to fill blank pages with stories. Stories I created. My interest in writing continued and certainly was a factor in choosing the profession of law, but if someone asked me to write a story today, I would not even know where to begin.
IndyBar: Antoinette Dakin Leach Award Nominations Due July 31
Please take a moment to nominate a female attorney who has demonstrated some of the attributes of Antoinette Dakin Leach by encouraging other women in the pursuit of this honorable profession or blazing a path not taken by others.
IndyBar: Singing Speedo-Men, the Protection of Our Laws and that Lee Greenwood Song
I have now lived slightly over half of my life as an American citizen, but my immigration story is far less heroic than the ones in the paper recently, and my path to citizenship was simpler. I’m an attorney who will never take being a citizen for granted.
ISBA: Free legal assistance available to flood victims
The Indiana State Bar Association and Indiana Legal Services are offering free legal assistance to victims of recent severe storm flooding in southeast and northwest Indiana.
IndyBar: Defense-Friendly Updates — DUIs and Maintaining Common Nuisance in a Vehicle
The Indiana Court of Appeals (COA) has issued two recent opinions that change things in the world of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicates (OVWIs; they’re sometimes known as Driving Under the Influence or DUIs) and Maintaining a Common Nuisance (MCN) in a vehicle.