Marion Superior and Circuit Courts have submitted a proposed weighted caseload plan for operations in 2018 and 2019 for approval by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Realize your potential. Make a difference. Create impact. Be a Bar Leader. The application period for the 2017-2018 Bar Leader Series is now  open.

The Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) is now accepting applications through June 28 for the 2017 Impact Fund Grant. This annual grant of at least $35,000 will be awarded in early September 2017. The application form and additional information can be found at indybar.org/ibf.

The nomination period has begun for the 2018 Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and Kevin McGoff, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, has been appointed to chair the effort. McGoff, who is a past president of the association, will lead a committee of members in selecting a slate of officers for the coming year.

The practice-area specific Bill Watch reports for May 9 are now available. The reports highlight the pending bills of particular concern to different sections within the bar.

The month of May brings with it back-to-back opportunities for Indy residents to get legal assistance at no cost, thanks to volunteer attorneys from the Indianapolis Bar Association.

The practice-area specific Bill Watch reports for May 2 are now available. The reports highlight the pending bills of particular concern to different sections within the bar.

The practice-area specific Bill Watch reports for April 25 are now available. The reports highlight the pending bills of particular concern to different sections within the bar.

The practice-area specific Bill Watch reports for April 19 are now available. The reports highlight the pending bills of particular concern to different sections within the bar.

From 1975 through 2014, with a few minor tweaks, half of Marion County judges were elected in the Republican primary and half in the Democratic primary. No party was allowed to nominate more than half the number of seats up for election. This system initially allowed for one loser in the general election, but in the twenty-first century the parties’ two monopolies, each on half the Superior Court bench, were cemented and the general election became a complete farce.