Evansville Bar Association to honor veterans
The Evansville Bar Association is hosting is 5th annual Veterans Day Celebration Wednesday to honor and celebrate its members who have served in the military.
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Indiana Bar Foundation celebrates anniversary by awarding grants
At its 65th anniversary celebration dinner Nov. 6, the Indiana Bar Foundation announced more than $1 million in grants to legal aid and pro bono districts, marking the first time the statewide nonprofit had been able to award such a large amount since the economic recession.
IndyBar: IBF Fellows Give Back at Gleaners
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana works to feed the hungry across the state, and on Oct. 21, Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellows pitched in to help them do just that during the Fellows service event.
IndyBar: Getting to Know Your Judicial Officers
This is the sixth installment in the Solo/Small Firm Practice Section’s “Getting to Know Your Judicial Officers” series.
IndyBar: Committee Positions Available for 2016
Would you like to network with your legal community and have fun through the practice of law? Volunteer to serve on an Indianapolis Bar Association committee. Appointments are now being made to the 2016 committees.
Trimble: Have You Hired A Contract Lawyer Lately?
In a perfect world, my dream would be for every job seeker to land a full-time position. I would also hope that all of you could find the time to network and mentor our colleagues who cannot find work. In the meantime, I have one question for you: “Have you hired a contract lawyer lately?"
IndyBar: Pro Bono: Do It And Do It Well
Pro Bono Spotlight On: Michael A. Rogers, Quarles & Brady
IndyBar: Recognition Awards Honor Indy’s Leading Legal Professionals
Each year, the IndyBar takes time to honor and celebrate local leaders with innovative ideas through the Recognition Awards.
Figuring out flat fees
A recent Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee opinion says lawyers who charge clients flat fees considered earned on receipt shouldn’t deposit the fees in their Interest on Lawyer Trust Account, but should put the money in the firm’s operating account. Some lawyers aren’t convinced this makes sense.
Bar associations work hard to show young lawyers the benefits of membership
Organizations are working hard to welcome, attract and retain the young professionals because this new group shows little inclination to joining. Bar associations, like associations in different industries, are seeing millennials shy away from being part of an organized group.
Around DTCI
The northern Indiana young lawyers got to know each other better at a happy hour in Merrillville on Sept. 17 organized by the DTCI Young Lawyers Committee.
DTCI: Kudos
Congratulations to Gary J. Clendening, 1986 president of DTCI, who retired from the active practice of law on Oct. 1.
DTCI: Indiana adopts the majority view on contractual liability exclusions
This article examines the basis for the Kopetsky court’s holding regarding contractual liabilities, identifies what the holding means and does not mean for insurance carriers, and discusses what insurers can do to effect a broader exclusion.
IndyBar: Around the Bar
The IndyBar Family Law Section and Pro Bono Standing Committee hosted “Show Up to Sign Up,” a one-stop shop to connect attorneys and local organizations in search of volunteer help, on Wednesday, October 14.
IndyBar: Pre-Suit Mediation: A Courtroom Detour
Pre-suit mediation is a solution that many legal professionals overlook when it comes to their clients’ cases, which prompted the IndyBar ADR Section to host a CLE program on the topic on Oct. 28.
Trimble: ‘A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart,’ Revisited
While Dr. King’s sermon was written and preached to Christians, his message applied equally to all enlightened human beings.
IndyBar: Nearly 600 Helped at Ask a Lawyer
At Ask a Lawyer on Oct. 13, more than 100 IndyBar paralegal and attorney volunteers stepped out of their offices and into sites across Indy to provide meaningful advice and assistance to 596 Hoosiers.
IndyBar: Shadley Honored with ADL Award
Local trailblazer Sue Shadley, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, was honored as the 2015 recipient of the Women and the Law Division’s Antoinette Dakin Leach Award at a luncheon held in her honor on Monday, Oct. 12 at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
Indiana programs help public sector attorneys with loans
Along with the government repayment and forgiveness programs designed to help new attorneys in the public sector pay their student loans, law schools and bar associations have established similar programs.
Forgiving student debt
The American Bar Association launched a campaign in response to proposed changes to federal loan forgiveness and repayment programs.