Law student outlook: No time to waste
There are things in life you can set your watch to; a national reckoning over race is not one of them, as I would come to find out in the spring of 2020.
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IndyBar: Earn Pro Bono Hours from the Comfort of Your Home or Office: Volunteer for the Virtual Help Desk
Are you looking to serve your community in an easy and convenient way? The IndyBar Virtual Help Desk is the opportunity you’ve been looking for!
IndyBar: Four Productivity Tips to Turn Your Resolution into Reality
Since making the productivity resolution myself some years ago, I’ve gleaned many useful tips from business self-help books and engaged in plenty of trial and error. Following these four practices has made a real difference in my productivity.
IndyBar: Online IndyBarHQ Room Reservations are Now Available for IndyBar Members
Save your seat in a private focus room, a meeting room or even the IndyBarHQ Education Center!
Johnson and Hehner: Lessons learned from a law firm merger during a pandemic
When Clendening Johnson & Bohrer merged with Hehner & Associates on March 15, 2020, just days before the lockdown, it was unimaginable how the practice of law would change between then and now.
IndyBar: Drive Safe: Cloud Data Storage Is Not Backup
As much as I advocate for the use of cloud software by law firms, sometimes lawyers can develop an over reliance on such tools.
IndyBar: Leadership Series for Early Career Professionals to Launch at Bench Bar Conference: Apply Now
Are you anxious to reconnect with your community? Are you looking for opportunities to contribute to Indy’s growth? Ready to network with community leaders and your peers? The IndyBar’s reimagined Bar Leader Series could be your answer and is now accepting applications for Class XIX.
Hammerle on…“Encanto,” “The Power of the Dog” and “Being the Ricardos”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Bob Hammerle gives us his take on three movies: “Encanto,” “The Power of the Dog” and “Being the Ricardos.”
Op-ed: Trepidatious technology: Flintstone tools in the age of The Jetsons
In recent months, the discreet behemoth that is perceived to provide a broad shield against liability for tech companies has been in the limelight: Section 230. Recent legislative proposals have endeavored to curtail the perceived imbalance by attempting to amend Section 230, either applying archaic legal channels or forging a new construction implicating constitutional concerns.
Braish and Kile-Maxwell: School partnerships expand pro bono services
Recently, undergraduate institutions in more rural Indiana counties have stepped up to help provide access to pro bono legal services.
Marquez: Note to self: Check out Apple’s iPhone Notes!
The built-in Notes app on the iPhone is one of the most underutilized tools, often because people are unaware of its capabilities.
Kosc: Real regulation around artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence offers great potential to positively affect virtually all areas of our lives. There is, however, significant potential for abuse and harm resulting from irresponsible use of AI. These warnings have led to a growing body of regulation around AI, which seems likely to increase as this technology develops.
Hammerle on… “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “The Beatles: Get Back”
Indianapolis defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives his take on “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “The Beatles: Get Back.”
Start Page: Use Focus modes to focus on what’s most important
Here’s how to set up Apple Focus modes that can help avoid that situation.
JLAP: Holiday cheers: One lawyer’s victory over addiction
For one young Indiana attorney, this holiday season is met with more gratitude and thanksgiving than in years past. It will mark year two of victory over a hard-fought battle with addiction.
Lindman, Nitardy and Berten: How breaches expose businesses to multiple attacks
While the SolarWinds hack is, at least for now, arguably the most significant known data breach, it can serve as a lesson for other companies that may experience less dire incidents.
Hartz: Social media sponsorship disclosures in 2021
As we enter peak gifting season, have you noticed an increase in the number of #ad or #sponsored posts in your social media feeds? While the holidays are one cause for this annual advertising bombardment, in parallel, enforcement of the unfair competition laws is leading to more sponsorship disclosures by content creators.
Perry: Alternative service makes difference in fighting online counterfeits
Businesses of all stripes feel the sting of online counterfeiters and grapple with how to deal with the all-too-often anonymous culprits in unknown locations. A default judgment is highly likely, but there’s an initial obstacle that must first be overcome: How does one properly serve papers on a phantom?
Editor’s Perspective: The post-COVID ‘normal’: Cameras in courts
Here’s my plea to those who are studying cameras in Hoosier courtrooms: Don’t let this pilot program just be lip service.
Indiana Judges Association: Indiana’s commercial courts are working for businesses
What do Saint Thomas More, patron saint of lawyers, and Indiana’s commercial courts have in common? They both made history by the effective streamlining of business law cases.