Leadership Development Academy
May 6, 2013 by Editor
OnTuesday, February 19, 2013, members of the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) Leadership Development Academy (LDA) joined several members of the Indiana Supreme Court over lunch at the State House in Indianapolis.
The Leadership Development Academy is a statewide leadership program established by the ISBA to help develop and empower young lawyers to become leaders in [...]
Updated Roll of Attorneys website has new features
March 5, 2013 by Editor
The Indiana Roll of Attorneys Website is used by the public, the press, organizations that hire attorneys, state agencies and others to get basic information about an attorney’s license, bar status, and disciplinary history. In January 2013, the Appellate Clerk’s Office replaced its decade-old Roll of Attorneys website with an improved version offering new [...]
Profile of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
July 3, 2012 by Editor
For more than forty years, the Indiana Supreme Court has been aided in promulgating court rules by a select group of leading practitioners, judges and professors. The present organization of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules Committee) began on November 13, 1979, when Indiana Trial Rule 80 was [...]
Best Practices: Dealing with Inappropriate Written Materials
February 6, 2012 by Editor
[Editor's Note: This is the fourth and final article in a series of articles from the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the Indiana Judicial Conference. The author thanks and acknowledges the contributions of those who attended the session at the September 2010 Judicial Conference in Indianapolis and contributed to the “Best Practices” suggestions related [...]
JLAP Volunteer Awarded Recovery Advocate of the Year
February 6, 2012 by Editor
Kimberly A. Jackson, Chair of the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP) Committee, received the Recovery Advocate of the Year Award. Jackson was honored for her dedication to JLAP and its mission to help lawyers and judges struggling with addiction and mental health, physical or age-related problems. The award was given by the Indiana [...]
Long-Awaited Changes to Clerk of Courts Website Are Finally Coming
October 31, 2011 by Editor
Attorneys, as well as members of the media the general public, use the Clerk of Courts website (courts.IN.gov/cofc) for various reasons, such as online annual attorney registration and fee payments, looking up an attorney on the Roll of Attorneys, and reviewing the dockets in Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Tax Court cases.
While useful when [...]
Best Practices: What to do with the Unprepared Attorney
April 13, 2011 by Editor
[Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of four articles from the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the Indiana Judicial Conference. The author thanks and acknowledges the contributions of those who attended the session at the September, 2010 Judicial Conference in Indianapolis and contributed to the “Best Practices” suggestions related here.]
One way [...]
Best Practices with “Rambo” Attorneys
January 31, 2011 by Editor
Promoting Civility and Professionalism in the Courtroom
[Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of four articles from the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the Indiana Judicial Conference. The author thanks and acknowledges the contributions of those who attended the session at the September 2010 Judicial Conference in Indianapolis and contributed to the [...]
Three Indiana Judges Witness Sons and Daughter Sworn In as New Lawyers
December 1, 2010 by Editor
Harrison County Superior Court Judge Roger D. Davis, White County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Mrzlack, and Jennings County Circuit Court Judge Jon W. Webster watched proudly as their sons and daughter were admitted to the Indiana Bar on October 15, 2010.
R. Justin Davis received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University and his [...]
