IndyBar: IndyBar Members Give Back – Book Drive Results
In 2024, a total of 286 books were collected for the nonprofit Indy Book Project.
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More parents objecting to books in school libraries under new process, librarians say
School librarians say they are facing more community challenges to books in their collections since a new state law that took effect in January required local school systems to set up a process to field such complaints.
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Years in the making: Notre Dame Law professor publishes book focused on laws of 18th century British Empire
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.
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Books, pronouns and trans athletes: What contentious education policy is coming next?
If the last few legislative sessions are any indication of what could be on the horizon for the Indiana General Assembly in 2024, one seemingly safe bet is that the state’s lawmakers will again take up controversial education policy.
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‘Adventures with Bes’: Valpo attorney pursues passion for Egypt with books, tours
The Egyptian god Bes is short and squat in many depictions, with bowlegs, a feathered headdress and a protruding tongue designed to ward off misfortune. That’s what drew Shelli Wright Johnson to the diminutive dwarf god.
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Indiana bill would expand K-12 curricular material ban to include ‘pornographic material’
As part of an ongoing effort to eradicate “obscene” and “harmful” books or curricular material from Indiana schools, a new bill floated by Republican lawmakers seeks to expand that ban to include “pornographic” content, too.
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
Laws restricting access to certain materials or making it easier to challenge them have been enacted in several other states, including Indiana, Iowa and Texas.
Lawyer pens book on murderous relative
The book follows the actions and fallout of Stephen Terrell’s great-uncle, who murdered his former son-in-law Melvin Wolfe in 1903.
Appellate judges spur creation of little libraries at courthouses across the state
Morgan Superior Court Judge Dakota VanLeewen said books help to calm and occupy children who find themselves in the courtroom as well as entertain adults looking for a new read and needing to fill some time.
Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
Across the country, book challenges and bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative organizations such as as Moms for Liberty.
Indiana Chamber, Bar Foundation partner to produce free civics book
For almost four decades, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce has published the “Here is Your Indiana Government” book as a resource for civic engagement and education. Now, the chamber is partnering with the Indiana Bar Foundation to produce the publication.
Obscene, or just objectionable? Here’s how Indiana schools are tackling library book complaints.
A new law — House Enrolled Act 1447 — opens the door to more public scrutiny of school library catalogs and has districts anticipating more challenges to what books students can read.
Librarians concerned new law could have ‘chilling effect’: HEA 1447 creates process for book challenges, prohibits ‘obscene’ materials
A new Indiana law set to take effect in 2024 has some public school librarians feeling uneasy, as the state has put in place procedures for challenging books and will require school libraries to prepare a publicly available catalog of materials.
ACLU lawsuit: Howard Co. jail policy limiting books sent to inmates challenged as censorship
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against the Howard County Jail, claiming its policy of limiting what books incarcerated individuals can be sent is unconstitutional.
Bravo book on legacy of slavery published this month
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean Karen Bravo’s latest book written as part of the Slavery Past, Present, and Future project has been released.
Indiana bill could make book banning in schools easier
Indiana lawmakers on Thursday gave their final approval to a bill that could make it easier to ban books from public school libraries.
New book profiles Paula Cooper death penalty case; author hosts Q&A
A story of a teen girl sentenced to death garnered international headlines and, after extensive interviews and research, is now being told through a new book, “Seventy Times Seven.”
Web Exclusive: Indiana incarcerated women research, publish historical book on Indiana Women’s Prison
A group of incarcerated women at the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis has researched and gathered information on the origins of the facility. That research will soon become public via a book set to release this month.
IndyBar: Let’s Talk Books!
If you haven’t heard, the Women and the Law Division (WLD) of the IndyBar has a quarterly book club, and we invite you to join!
Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled ‘Lovely One’
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book “Lovely One.”
Searching for truth: IU McKinney law librarian publishes book detailing historic Indianapolis churches
Light filtered gently through murky multicolored glass on a weekday afternoon at the Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle as law librarian Lee Little expertly described the intricacies of the historic structure. Enthralled by the rich, complex and at times painful pasts of churches in the Indianapolis area, Little — a research and instruction librarian and adjunct lecturer in law at the Ruth Lilly Law Library at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law — decided to put pen to paper and document the city’s churches and congregations.
Ball State legal studies director’s book on Ryan White nominated for award
A book penned by an Indianapolis-area lawyer has been selected for the shortlist of honorees for the 2022 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.
US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the U.S. seeks to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. The case comes as a key test of the Biden administration’s antitrust policy.
People behind the precedents: New book on Court of Appeals of Indiana tells stories of judges who have served
A new book documents the history of Indiana’s Court of Appeals by telling the story through the men and women who have served as judges. Just published this spring, the book, “The Court of Appeals of Indiana,” is a compilation of profiles of the roughly 120 judges who have sat on the appellate bench through its 131-year history.