This order extends the effective date of all orders granting emergency relief to trial courts under Administrative Rule 17 through May 17 and vacates all deadlines for trial courts to resume jury trials or submit status reports under previous AR17 orders. 

If it's online CLE you want, we've got it! Our calendar is packed with chances for you to get some online credits this week. Check out what's on the docket and catch up on IndyBar news here.

I am hopeful that something good can and will emerge from our shared ordeal  It is with this in mind that I’m excited to announce a new social media campaign started by the Women and the Law Division Executive Committee – Find the Good. The goal of this campaign is to highlight IndyBar members who are finding good in life during this extraordinary time.

The Indianapolis Bar Association & Foundation are committed to assisting both its members and central Indiana families in need during the coronavirus crisis. The IndyBar has implemented two new programs by and for its members: The IndyBar Crisis Empowerment Grant Program and The COVID-19 Virtual Pro Bono Program.

I am hopeful that something good can and will emerge from our shared ordeal  It is with this in mind that I’m excited to announce a new social media campaign started by the Women and the Law Division Executive Committee – Find the Good. The goal of this campaign is to highlight IndyBar members who are finding good in life during this extraordinary time.

The Honorable Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, yesterday issued a General Order that supersedes previous General Orders issued in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and specifically within the Southern District of Indiana.

Attorneys prepared to assist small business owners with legal advice in the wake of the COVID-19 public health emergency will be on hand to provide online chat-based legal advice at a special Small Business Virtual Ask a Lawyer event sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association on Tuesday, April 21. 

We hope you're settling into your practice at home, and we've got a couple webinars this week to make sure you're up to speed and taking advantage of all the IndyBar resources available to you as you navigate this new normal. Check out the calendar and catch up on news here.

I, like I’m sure many of you also have read and been advised, consider the advice of wiser women than me: rise early each morning, get a shower, brush your teeth, do your hair, wear make-up, dress your best, just like you were going into work (etc., etc., etc!) Ladies (and gentlemen,) as I sit here in the calm before the storm that I call home, in my pajamas and my hair piled on top of my head (without makeup, I might add), my advice is as follows: if you want to wear the yoga pants, wear the yoga pants. We’re in survival mode. And I think you should wear the pants.