Justin Rojas: Experiences outside classroom can illuminate study of law
One of the fundamental reasons I chose to attend law school was to better understand the world around me.
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Dustin Houchin: Selecting the selectors: Political bias in choosing judges
Removing direct elections from judicial selection does not remove ideology from the outcome; it relocates the decision to a smaller body that is less representative of the population the judiciary ultimately serves.
David J. Dreyer: Ghost in the machine? Judges ultimately are responsible.
Overall, courts are designing AI tools to help them, not the lawyers.
Roy Graham: When bail becomes brutal: Punishment prior to trial
A defendant’s circumstances must be assessed individually. Bail is not supposed to become greater than reasonably necessary to secure those legitimate purposes.
Dana Soeurt: Addiction recovery: Common challenges in early sobriety
In my opinion, we tend to talk less about the journey of recovery from addiction — what that looks like, the hope it brings and the challenges that come with it.
Rodney R. Nordstrom: Achieve smarter jury selection through sharper AI queries
A good AI query doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built.
Kendall A. Schnurpel: The line between nonprofit advocacy and political activity
The executive director has already shared both items on her personal Facebook page, which lists her title.
Bonnie Adams: Domestic violence is a horrible cycle that can be stopped
Trying a domestic violence case almost always requires explaining the complex cycle of domestic violence and how it affects a victim’s behavior to a jury that initially struggles to understand it all.
Seth R. Wilson: What Apple’s latest offerings mean for your practice
As always, be aware of your own ethical compliance obligations, and your firm’s policies, before adopting any new device or feature into how you handle client information.
Brad Boswell: Smiley, Kluge and their impact on teacher speech litigation
What happens when the next state policy expands beyond sexual education instruction and includes parameters to curricula on race, discrimination, social justice or controversial health or science topics?
Terry Retson: Should the Socratic method have a place in law schools?
Socrates didn’t see his discussions as a competition or his refutations as attacks.
Amber Collins-Gebrehiwet: Embrace your Zen: Stress relief doesn’t need to be brain surgery
Have you ever felt down, turned on your favorite comedy, and after a few laughs noticed that you instantly felt a little lighter?
John Floreancig and Jonathan Stewart: Legal help is an essential part of disaster response
A flood is rarely just a flood.
Katie S. Riles and Blair R. Vandivier: US Treasury makes ownership reporting exemption permanent
This rule makes permanent the relief the network first implemented through its March 2025 interim final rule and provides additional exemptions intended to reduce compliance obligations for U.S. businesses and individuals.
Kendall A. Schnurpel: The tax trap that’s hiding in every settlement agreement
Litigation lawyers spend substantial time negotiating liability and damages.
Karen E. Bravo: Young padawans, studying law safeguards the rule of law
This new class emerges from one of the most competitive admissions seasons in recent memory.
Dustin Houchin: Indiana has path for evaluating law schools without ABA
In August, U.S. Department of Education staff recommended stripping the ABA of its federal recognition as the accreditor of American law schools.
Loren Delp: Bail amendment preserves balance between liberty, public safety
SJR 1 follows the same tradition those framers used in 1816 and 1851.
Shelley Gupta: Boundaries are limits we must set for ourselves and enforce
A boundary is not something we tell others and expect them to abide by, but rather a behavior we control ourselves.
Malek Kamal: Indiana Supreme Court should recognize associational standing
That framework preserves the injury requirement. An organization cannot sue merely because it dislikes a policy.