Indiana Judges Association: Zen and the art of case management
So over many years, I found a kind of “sub-wisdom.” It came not from law study or research, but rather from living with real world cases.
Viewpoint
Articles
Start Page: Protecting those pesky passwords is necessary evil
Author Kim Brand says: you don’t like passwords or complicated password policies and you don’t think a secure password is worth the trouble.
Lucas: Trial reports give glimpse into litigation strategies
The Indiana Lawyer would like to revive the trial report section of the newspaper in 2012.
Judge in high-stakes suit praises lawyers
Indianapolis class-action attorney Irwin Levin just helped lead a legal team that is going to collect more than $6.7 million in fees in a high-profile Iowa lawsuit involving price fixing in the concrete industry.
Indiana Judges Association: Dealing with different takes on language
A trial judge’s job is often befuddling. We have to differentiate between peoples’ language, their values, even their competing views about what language means.
Lucas: Expanded coverage helps you stay informed
Editor Kelly Lucas discusses changes to the Indiana Lawyer daily.
Column: Learning to be thankful can improve your life
Quality of Life columnist Jonna Kane MacDougall discusses how gratitude can improve a person's life.
Lucas: Maintaining your Thanksgiving state of mind
IL Editor Kelly Lucas writes about keeping a focus on issues of importance and that maintain sense of gratitude.
Lucas: State bar emphasizes attorney wellness in 2012
Editor Kelly Lucas writes about the Indiana State Bar Association’s emphasis on attorney fitness and wellness.
Morris: It’s election season – is anyone paying attention?
IBJ Media president Greg Morris writes about the importance of participating in civic life.
Lucas: The pace of news, like life, changes fast
The wave of technology that has swept the late 20th and early 21st centuries is taking us all for an interesting ride.
TV drug court raises ethical concerns
Reporter Jenny Montgomery writes about a new TV drug court.
Robel: Preparing for seamlessly global profession
What does the future hold for the law students who began their studies a few weeks ago in Bloomington and across the United States?
Fehribach: What Labor Day means for people with disabilities
Earlier this month, the National Organization on Disability recognized nine U.S. companies for their work in hiring and engaging people with disabilities.
Baeverstad: Does M.D. allow expert to rely on junk science?
A patient comes to the hospital and receives twice the amount of thrombolytics ordered by the cardiologist. The thrombolytics have a risk of causing hemorrhagic stroke. Two days later, the patient strokes and dies. The treating cardiologist is of the opinion that the stroke was caused by the excessive dose given to the patient. Does this seem like a “no brainer” on causation?
Indiana Judges Association:The Thinker 2.0
Have you been thinking lately? Judges and lawyers make a profession of “thinking,” of analyzing, balancing, applying, and just plain old wondering. But do we think like we used to?
Terms of Art: Attorney is a ‘study in contrasts’
Author Wandini Riggins writes about Norman G. Tabler, Indiana University Health’s senior vice president and general counsel.
Barnes used as excuse to challenge merit selection
We surmised it would only be a matter of time before the clamor began, but we were a little taken aback at how few days passed after the Indiana Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. State was issued before a legislator told us he would put together a proposal to change the merit selection process that’s been in place for our appellate courts for nearly 40 years.
Editorial: Threats are inappropriate way to voice an opinion
What we want to address here is the troubling descent into madness that has appeared alongside the reasonable discourse on the subject of the recent Indiana Supreme Court decision Barnes v. State .
Editorial: Lake Co. merit selection is back on the table
It’s at the end of House Bill 1266, and we have no idea whether the legislation has a chance at passage by the April 29 session deadline, but we had to go back and read it twice before we believed what we were seeing.