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IndyBar: TRAC 2014: Networking, Education and … Moonshine?
TRAC was founded to facilitate networking and learning among attorneys whose practices touch some form of motorsport, with particular emphasis on uniting the open-wheel and stock car legal communities.
Leadership in Law 2014 winner photos
View photos of our Leadership in Law Award winners from a reception held May 1.
Hammerle On … ‘The Railway Man,’ ‘Under the Skin’
Bob Hammerle says “Under the Skin” gives all aliens a bad name.
Foos: Microsoft Surface Pro for the mobile attorney
Robert Foos Jr. writes about how the Microsoft Surface Pro caught his eye as an alternative to the Apple iPad.
Noyes: A short phone call can change the dynamic of a case
Jon Noyes encourages attorneys to network in order to gain insight and litigation strategies.
ABA warns against ‘liking’ potential jurors
Lawyers and judges say the opinion on the use of social media is needed.
Law firms should be concerned about cybersecurity
The real dollars are paid on the black market for inside details about possible mergers and acquisitions, new public policy, and information about cutting-edge technology. In short, the kind of private, confidential information that many law firms hold in their client files.
Justices uphold conviction for blogger’s threat to judge
The Indiana Supreme Court held that a blogger’s actions arising from being stripped of his children’s custody placed targets of his contempt in fear for their safety.
Indiana federal court vacancies could remain for years
The impact of the filibuster rule change on the role politics plays in the confirmation process remains to be seen.
Accreditation process
The American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar sets the minimum education standards for U.S. law schools, reviews the schools’ programs for compliance and approves or denies accreditation. To gain provisional approval, new law schools must put together an exhaustive self-study and complete a site evaluation questionnaire. […]
Indiana Tech begins ABA accreditation proccess
Indiana Tech Law School sent a letter in March notifying the ABA of its intent to seek accreditation and will submit a self-study in August which will explain what the school is about, where it wants to go and what challenges it faces. If the school does well it could have provisional approval by the end of the spring 2015 semester.
Lawyer disciplined over third-party site
A recent Indiana attorney disciplinary order quickly prompted some analysts to predict the ruling would have a chilling effect on lawyers here and around the country. But the case also involved pursuit of discipline that a court-appointed hearing officer called “disconcerting.”
Indiana Court Decisions – April 16 to 29, 2014
Read recent appellate decisions from Indiana courts.
Finney: 8 steps to evaluating and selecting your firm’s software
Oftentimes firms select software based upon performance during a software demonstration rather than evaluating what will provide the best results for specific firm needs. Finding the right software requires identification of job requirements including process workflows prior to selecting the tool.
Federal Bar Update: Free CLE, hyperlinks and award nominations
As noted previously, a new pilot program was underway in the Southern District of Indiana for including hyperlinks in briefs.
Badger: Supreme Court will hear death records dispute
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral argument May 8 in a dispute over public access to county death records. The case, Evansville Courier & Press v. Vanderburgh County Health Department, raises the issue of whether a county health department’s death certificates, including the cause of death, are public records under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
DTCI: Invest in yourself to build practice and reputation
We have all noticed that there are a lot of lawyers. On top of that, there are a lot of lawyers with less work than they would like. Lawyering is a business and is controlled by traditional rules of commerce: supply, demand, pricing, quality, branding. Lawyers are the product. They are the brand.
On the Move – 5/7/14
Read who’s recently joined Indiana firms, opened a new firm, or been honored for their work.
Disciplinary Actions – 5/7/14
Read who’s been barred from practice in Indiana and who has been reprimanded.