New class admitted to state bar
Speakers shared wisdom and encouragement with Indiana’s newest legal professionals and reflected on the role of attorneys in the United States as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.
Indiana State Bar Association
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Indiana State Bar Association leads new program to support rural attorneys
In July, the bar association will launch its first-ever Rural Practice Academy, an 11-month fellowship during which members can learn from legal professionals and one another how to build and sustain legal practices in small communities.
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Turning challenges into opportunities
Hailing from northern Indiana, Indiana State Bar Association incoming president Michael Jasaitis said the idea of a career in law came to him after getting to know an attorney in high school.
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‘Important first step’: IN Supreme Court considering amending rules on who takes the bar
The Indiana Supreme Court is considering a proposal that would bring graduates of law schools outside the United States and non-American Bar Association-accredited schools one step closer to being able to sit for the state bar exam.
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‘A big tent’: Incoming ISBA President Felts focusing on A2J, engaging young lawyers
Senior Judge Thomas J. Felts recently sat down with IL for a wide-ranging conversation about his career and his plans for his year as Indiana State Bar Association president.
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Pro Bono Indiana to launch new, comprehensive website this week
The website will be publicly released on Thursday at a launch party at the Indiana State Bar Association in Indianapolis.
ISBA makes public statement opposing DOJ proposal on changes to attorney discipline oversight
The proposed rule would allow the department to investigate complaints against its own attorneys before investigations are handled by individual state bars.
Crown Point attorney shows ISBA members tips and tricks for making the most out of AI
Lawyers from around the state learned strategies and techniques for making the most out of artificial intelligence at the Indiana State Bar Association’s annual summit.
Hispanic Heritage Month CLE program to focus on Indy’s historic ‘El Barrio’ neighborhood
El Barrio was the city’s first known Hispanic neighborhood, which was razed in the 1960s to make way for the city’s interstate system.
‘Serve and advocate’: Incoming state bar president looks ahead to his year in the role
John Maley, a native of Richmond, said he understands the need for attorneys in small communities and is passionate about how the association can work to support recruiting well-rounded attorneys to these underserved areas.
Indiana State Bar Association’s annual meeting focused on career development, CLEs
This year’s meeting will offer CLE credits on topics such as communicating with empathy and clarity, strategies for managing your workload, mentorship, and how to use AI effectively.
Indiana State Bar Association to receive ABA access to justice award for legal clinic series
The state bar association was selected for its efforts to make legal services more accessible to underrepresented communities and Hoosiers facing immigration concerns, family law issues and expungement barriers.
Hundreds of Indy attorneys reaffirm their oath amid national discourse over the rule of law
The Indianapolis Bar Association partnered with the Indiana State Bar Association and others for the Inaugural Law Day Rally at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Thursday afternoon.
State bar association looks at limited legal licensing for non-attorneys
At its annual summit Thursday, one of the bar association’s breakout sessions,”Exploring Alternative Forms of Licensure,” allowed members to give their own feedback on what they think about having non-attorneys perform certain legal services and what those services might be.
State bar association welcomes Crown Point attorney as new president at annual summit
New Indiana State Bar Association President Michael Jasaitis urged members at the group’s annual summit to continue their efforts at recruiting and retaining attorneys and promoting the profession to elementary and high school students.
State bar survey says at least 84% of members supports retaining Indiana Supreme Court justices
The Indiana State Bar Association leadership also released a statement encouraging Hoosiers to analyze Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter based on their entire careers as a judges and not on isolated rulings.
ISBA Annual Summit to focus on attorney shortage
The Indiana State Bar Association is gearing up for its annual summit next month with a focus on the state’s attorney shortage.
Trimble: Bar association engagement is a true key to success
I can honestly say that any small measure of professional success that I have enjoyed, I owe to bar association involvement. I can also say that most, if not all, of the lawyers who I respect the most are or have been bar association leaders.
New steps work to fill rural dearth of lawyers
The Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana State Bar Association are taking big and small steps to help bridge the gap, from making more people eligible to take Indiana’s bar exam to studying the root causes of a shortage that could lead to a lack of access to the legal system.
IN Supreme Court allowing grads of non-ABA-accredited schools to take Indiana bar under new waiver provisions
The Indiana Supreme Court will allow graduates of non-American Bar Association-accredited law schools to sit for the Indiana bar exam under waiver provisions approved Thursday.
Cordial: Attracting legal talent to rural law firms
A struggle unfolds in the heart of rural Indiana.
New attorneys receive guidance from mentors: ISBA program on pause, but state bar still plans to offer mentoring to members
Fresh out of law school and looking to pivot from the classroom into the role of a practicing lawyer, hundreds of young attorneys have gone through the Indiana State Bar Association’s Mentor Match program since it launched in November 2010.
Felts becomes ISBA president, legal leaders provide updates at assembly meeting
Friday marked a historic moment for the Indiana State Bar Association as the bar inducted its first president who is also concurrently a judge and heard from legal leaders from across the state about updates in the Indiana legal profession.
AI crash course helps launch ISBA’s yearlong series
No presentation about the role of artificial intelligence in the legal community would be complete without at least mentioning the New York attorneys who got in trouble for submitting a court brief that cited nonexistent cases generated by ChatGPT.