IBA: Building a Network for New Attorneys
Many say the first year of practice is the most stressful of any lawyer’s career.
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IBA: Troubled Times Increase Need for IOLTA Concept
Although income generated from IOLTA accounts has declined precipitously in the recent recession, it is important to maintain support for the IOLTA concept.
IBA: MPRE Course is Like Free Insurance
For nearly ten years now a passing score on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) has been required for admission to the Indiana Bar.
IBA: Website to Provide Info About Appellate Judges on Retention Ballot
Indiana’s Appellate Courts are once again providing voters with a simple avenue for learning about judges who are on the November retention ballot.
IBA: Lawyer Referral Service to Reduce Fees and Upgrade Services
Last week the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Board of Directors approved a plan that provides for a reduction in Lawyer Referral Service member fees while increasing marketing efforts and adding online reporting of referrals made.
IBA: Babbitt Selected to Lead Bar Foundation
Robin Babbitt was recently selected by the Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) as its 2011 President.
IBA Bar Leader: A Graduate’s Perspective
On May 18th, I had the privilege of attending the graduation session of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader
Series Class VII.
IBA Frontlines
Don’t miss out on this year’s Bench Bar Conference at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Hotel information and registration
for the conference can be found at www.indybenchbar.org.
IBA: Summer Picnic Family Fun
Judge Sheila Carlisle of Marion Superior Court, Tina Korty , Liz Polley and child enjoy friends and family at the summer picnic.
IBA: Online Activity Part of Ethics Discussion
Lawyers who tend to be more cautious in person appear to be exercising judgment online that is landing them in trouble with disciplinary officials, according to the American Bar Association and the National Law Journal.
IBA: Indy Law Firms among Best Workplaces
Special employee recognition, support for volunteer work, and fun are among the reasons Indianapolis law firms Barnes & Thornburg and Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman were chosen by The Indianapolis Star as two of Central Indiana’s Best Places to Work
Hickey: Food For Thought
Several weeks ago, I attended a press conference called by Attorney General Greg Zoeller. The news to be released: that attorneys are once again doing good.
IBA: Paralegals Honored with Proclamations
As one lawyer remarked, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a job when you can proclaim a day to be anything you want it to
be?”
IBA: Young Lawyers Go Green
IBA Young Lawyers Division members are hard at work planting juniper bushes in the Triangle Gateway area along East Morris Street downtown on Saturday, May 21. The Young Lawyers Division Go Green Subcommittee organized the group’s community service event in conjunction with the CSX “Trees for Tracks” program, which represented a local partnership between […]
IBA: Slow Pace of Law Firm Mergers Continues
There were eight new law firm combinations announced in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010 according to Altman Weil MergerLine, continuing the slow down of mergers from 2009.
IBA: Indianapolis Bar Foundation Has Record Year
Ever heard the expression, “give a little, give a lot?” Those supporting the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2009 did just that.
IBA Frontlines
IBA Seeks Volunteers for Diversity Task Force The IBA seeks members interested in serving on a short-term task force to undertake the creation of a report to the IBA Board of Directors regarding diversity within the Indianapolis Bar Association. The effort will be chaired by Marisol Sanchez of Bose McKinney & Evans. Work is slated […]
IBA: Judicial Officers Turn Out for Bench Bar Conference
Atticus Finch, Thurgood Marshall, and Sandra Day O’Connor won’t be there, but you still have time to join future
legendary lawyers and judges at this year’s Bench Bar Conference: Making Lawyers Into Legends.