When racial disparity and inequality came to a head in Summer 2020, it quickly became obvious that the association had a responsibility to respond and to act on the many long-standing contributing structural issues present not only throughout the country but here at home in the Indianapolis community as well.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has announced proposed modifications to Circuit Rule 46(b) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071. Written comments on the proposed amended rule should be sent by May 17, 2021.

Spoofers are using the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s phone number and other information to intimidate and scam people.

We've got three FREE programs on the docket this week you won't want to miss! See what else is going on and read recent IndyBar news here.

This week was the final week of committee meetings for legislators as the end of session rapidly approaches. Twenty-eight bills were heard in committee, and many more are advancing through second and third readings. 

Do you miss networking and in-person events? Good news: registration is open for the 2021 Indianapolis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference in Louisville, KY! We are going back to the basics for this year’s CLE programming.  

The hotly contested issue over the NCAA’s prohibition on paying student athletes landed in the U.S. Supreme Court with a significant percentage of the justices, from both the liberal and conservative sides of the bench, openly expressing skepticism over the current structure of college sports. 

We’re living through strange days, indeed. But one thing about time marching on is that the days tend to get stranger. As lockdown measures were implemented and have stuck around since, most law firms were forced to innovate. There’s an excellent upcoming opportunity to learn more about building a virtual law practice, the consumer-centric law firm and many other topics related to modern law practice management at the IndyBar’s virtual conference The Future of Your Law Firm Is Now, coming up on April 29.

How do I collect on a debt owed to me from a vendor? I’m behind in my credit card payments, what do I do?  How do I secure a money judgment?  Many of these questions can be answered through a quick conversation with an attorney, but getting legal advice can be costly and difficult, especially during the pandemic.

The Honorable Tanya Walton Pratt, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, announced that Mario Garcia was sworn in today as United States Magistrate Judge. Judge Garcia fills a new magistrate judgeship created by the Judicial Conference of the United States. He is the first judge of Hispanic heritage to serve the Southern District of Indiana.