Kathryn Dolan, Chief Public Information Officer | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach When you reach a summit, it’s only natural to declare victory, but some journeys demand looking for an even higher peak. Exploring what Indiana’s court system can be—how it can best serve the community and resolve disputes fairly and efficiently—means looking for […]
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ICLEO Welcomes New Fellows: Building Equity Through Preparation
The Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity held the 2021 Summer Institute at I.U. McKinney in Indianapolis. The six-week intensive pre-law program features professors teaching concepts that will be learned in the first year of law school and allows opportunities to visit local legal institutions and to participate in volunteer projects. Twenty-four individuals, representing various […]
Century-old Supreme Court Postcard Discovered
Jordan DuShane, Communication Intern | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach While looking through an old shoebox belonging to his father, Charles Bleckmann came across a historic postcard from the Clerk’s Office at the Indiana Supreme Court addressed to his grandfather, Henry Bleckman (the spelling of the Bleckmann name changed over several generations). The postcard, […]
Open Conversations: Education Program about Racism and Racial Injustice Receives National Recognition
David Kuhnz, Staff Attorney | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach In July 2021, the Association for Continuing Legal Education presented its Award of Outstanding Achievement to the Indiana State Bar Association for Open Conversations: Racism and Racial Injustice, an ISBA program of dialogue and introspection about race and culture in the legal landscape. The […]
Juvenile Competency
By Julie Whitman, Executive Director | Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana Is this juvenile competent to engage in the delinquency process? An adult with a serious mental illness or an intellectual disability, who has been accused of a crime, may be found incompetent to stand trial and may receive services to attain […]
