Indiana Lawyer reporter receives IJA Media Award
Indiana Lawyer reporter Marilyn Odendahl was honored Thursday by the Indiana Judges Association for her reporting on expungement petitions around the state.
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Indiana Judges Association: Are we heading toward a ‘gig’ legal profession?
Changes in the legal landscape are of course parallel to what is happening everywhere. Lawyers used to function and prosper well during any economic or social circumstances. Law firms seemed to be immune to barriers and uncertainties facing other business entities. But today, as Jerry Garcia once wrote, “if the thunder don’t get ya, the lightnin’ will.”
Indiana Judges Association launches website
The Indiana Judges Association is now online. The organization has created a website with information for judicial officers and the public.
Indiana Judges Association: Judging from the mountaintop
If judges wore wigs in the United States, there might be a marked increase, I say, in public confidence in our courts. Hopefully, it would not be outweighed by any marked increase in public satire, but it could not be any worse than the judge shows now on daytime TV. The public always needs to understand that courts are serious and judges are different. More importantly, it is necessary to understand why.
Indiana Judges Association: Are changes needed to ‘change of judge’ rule?
Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer discusses the "Change of Judge" rule in this issue of Indiana Lawyer.
IJA honors colleague and journalist
An Allen Superior judge and a Louisville journalist received the Community Relations Committee awards this year from the Indiana Judges Association.
Groups seek nominations for 2011 awards
Several Indiana legal organizations are accepting nominations for awards given by their groups. All have July deadlines.
Judge David Dreyer: Law is about people, emotion and all
My daughter lives in Oregon but she never calls. But the other night she did text. Of course I did not find it until later, and it simply reported in plain terms the largest historical event of her young adult life. No glee, no joy, just a simple statement about what happened in Pakistan. But I have not been able to stop thinking what made it so important to contact her parents.
End of a family legacy
For the first time since the mid 1950s, the Indiana Judges Association won’t have anyone in the Baker family sitting on the board of managers and being as intimately involved in the group’s activities as they have been for two-thirds of the group’s existence.
Indiana Judges Association: Protect ‘We (All) the People’
Judge David Dreyer writes about judges doing their jobs on controversial topics.
IJA seminars address new jury instructions
The “Say What?! Seminars” are coming to locations throughout the state to help those in the legal profession learn about Indiana’s new, “plain English” civil jury instructions.
Nominations sought for numerous awards
If you know of a lawyer or judge who demonstrates dedication and professionalism above and beyond most, there are several
awards for which they may be considered. Deadlines are quickly approaching.
Plain English jury instructions now available
The Indiana Model Civil Jury Instructions, which were prepared by the Civil Instructions Committee of the Indiana Judges Association
and are written in plain English, are now available.