If you’re anything like me, your summer as a family law attorney is usually fraught with way more work than usual. In addition to the school choice and family relocation cases, there are all the summer parenting time issues that you — and your clients — didn’t know were issues.
Busy lawyers always need a night to relax, and there’s no better place than Evening Under the Stars. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, and the event will be extra special.
The Bar Leader Series Steering Committee has finalized the roster for its 16th class. Congratulations to the upcoming participants!
The “Funding Our Future” Campaign, aimed at funding a new home for the Indianapolis Bar Association and Foundation, is focused on building a new space for the IndyBar to better serve our members’ and community’s needs in the current and future legal climate.
Our new document library features an expanded selection of ready-to-use legal forms. This year, we’ve added more than 300 new documents to assist you in nearly every aspect of practice — best of all, you can download and edit these forms instantly!
The Indianapolis Bar Association is proud to offer pro bono opportunities that fit nearly every practice area and schedule. Funded by an annual foundation grant, all of these programs are made possible by the generosity of Indianapolis Bar Foundation donors.
Every case will benefit from an effective discovery conference under Rule 26(f) or comparable state rule. That was the key takeaway from a recent Indianapolis Bar Association CLE “E-Discovery in Insurance Coverage Litigation.”
Shopping never felt so good! The IndyBar Professionalism Committee is collecting supplies until August 29 to help the Exodus Refugee Center in Indianapolis.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An eviction is often the first step on the path to homelessness for vulnerable Indianapolis residents, but a new program by Indiana Legal Services seeks to decrease this likelihood by providing legal representation to those facing eviction. This innovative project has been named the recipient of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation’s 2018 Anniversary Impact Fund Grant of $50,000.
In its continuing effort to enhance the legal profession, the IndyBar has attempted to fill the void left by the decrease in jobs for students coming directly out of law school. Along with mentors and targeted services, we have an Education Center that is constantly full of young lawyers learning how to practice law.
IndyBar members gathered May 31 to celebrate the accomplishments of the paralegal community and recognize 2018 Paralegal of the Year Melissa Wakefield of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP.