The latest legal scoop to keep you in the loop: Here are the top five stories from the IndyBar this month.

Before you check out for the holiday weekend, get a few CLE credits by attending an IndyBar webinar this week! See what's happening and read the latest IndyBar news here.

The IndyBar’s new legal forms bundles take the guessing out of your case — practice area bundles feature editable legal forms packaged into one convenient and searchable document to make it easy for you to find what you need.

During the current health crisis, the Indianapolis Bar Association remains committed to its responsibility to support and equip law students with practical skills and knowledge to thrive as a young lawyer in Indianapolis. It is for that reason we’ve modified and adapted our IndyBar Review prep course, the most comprehensive bar prep course in the region, keeping in mind the same goal to prepare students for the July 2020 Indiana Bar Examination.

We’re halfway through 2020, and it’s safe to say that this year will be one to remember. When you’re living through a global pandemic and witnessing some of the largest protests against racial inequality we’ve seen this century, life can seem overwhelming and unbearable at times. But, season 2 of the IndyBar podcast, “Off the Record with James Bell,” lends a glimmer of progress and determination, thanks to some extraordinary special guests.

Do you have any free time this week? Fill it with CLE credits and invaluable information from the IndyBar! See our docket of webinars and read recent IndyBar news here.

Chaired by Indiana Court of Appeals Senior Judge Carr Darden and past IndyBar president James Bell, the commission's "Phase One" work will be focused on making immediate, concrete changes within IndyBar and will include evaluation of current policies, including those related to vendors and leadership recruitment, and recommend changes and/or new policies that will tangibly increase the diversity and inclusion within the IndyBar.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the United States in March 2020, many developers and borrowers with real estate construction or rehabilitation projects underway are faced with the critical question of whether they can adhere to the construction, conversion and other deadlines set forth in the project’s loan documents. Similarly, lenders are reviewing the loan documents to determine what, if any, extensions, amendments, or remedies might be available in case a borrower has experienced or is still experiencing delays in construction or rehabilitation of a project due to the pandemic.

We wish we were in the midst of final preparations for the 2020 Bench Bar Conference, but even though we can't gather together, that doesn't mean that we can't celebrate the special relationship between the bench and the bar!

Please take a moment to nominate a female attorney who has demonstrated some of the attributes of Antoinette Dakin Leach by encouraging other women in the pursuit of this honorable profession or blazing a path not taken by others.