Indiana Merit Selection and the “Missouri Plan”

Nationwide, selection of appellate judges typically occurs in one of three ways: contested election, political appointment, or merit selection. The “Missouri Plan,” as merit selection is sometimes referred to, first emerged in 1940 when prominent Missouri citizens1 sought to change the way their judges were selected because of perceived abuses/weaknesses with the other [...]

Choosing a New Chief

As the dwindling seconds of the clock ticked on the 1987 NCAA basketball championship game, Keith Smart launched Indiana onto the national stage by delivering a buzzer-beating two-pointer to defeat Syracuse and claim Indiana University a national title. But this was not the first time in March 1987 that the State of Indiana had [...]

Hon. Wayne S. Trockman

This is the eighteenth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary.
Vanderburgh County Superior Court, Judge Wayne S. Trockman is our judge featured in this issue. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Indiana University and his law degree from Indiana University Robert [...]

New INcite Application for Presentence Investigation Goes Live Statewide

The Judicial Conference of Indiana is a statutorily created body consisting of all of the trial, appellate, and senior judges serving in Indiana. A board of directors guides their activities, which are carried out by the Indiana Judicial Center. In Indiana, probation services are housed within the judiciary, and probation officers work for and [...]

Indiana Team Attends National Leadership Summit on School-Justice Partnerships: Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court

The first of its kind Summit on School-Justice Partnerships took place in New Your City on March 11-13, 2012. It was convened by former New York Chief Justice Judith S. Kaye and organized by the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children. Supreme Court Justice Steven David, Porter Circuit Court Judge [...]

Mark Massa: 107th Indiana Supreme Court Justice

The Hon. Mark Massa, formerly the Executive Director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, took the oath of office as Indiana’s 107th Justice on April 2, 2012. The private oath was administered by former Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, who is now a Senior Judge for the Indiana Court of Appeals. A public, [...]

Division of State Court Administration Puts New Focus on Domestic Violence

The Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration has a new resource available for judges handling cases involving domestic violence. The Division recently received a STOP (Services-Training-Officers-Prosecutors) Violence Against Women grant to create a new position within the office to function as a single point of contact on domestic violence law and the judicial [...]

Fountain County Judge Honored; Supreme Court Staff Announcements

Fountain County Circuit Court Judge Susan Orr Henderson Receives Greater Lafayette YWCA Woman of Distinction Award
Judge Susan Orr Henderson, Fountain County Circuit Court, has been selected by the Greater Lafayette YWCA as a “Woman of Distinction” for 2012. She was recognized at an award ceremony held on March 6, 2012 for her selfless commitment [...]

Hon. Marilyn A. Moores

This is the seventeenth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Marion County Superior Court, Juvenile Division, Judge Marilyn A. Moores is our judge featured in this issue. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University and her law degree from Indiana University Robert [...]

When Only the Best Will Do (Part Two)

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article by the author about hiring new employees. The first part appeared in the Court Times JULY/AUGUST issue.
Ah, what a joy it is to write about hiring a good employee, rather than disciplining an employee for poor performance. Time spent hiring the right employee is [...]

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