Make sure to mark your brand-new 2018 calendar now for the upcoming Indianapolis Bar Association and Foundation Installation Luncheon, which will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, from noon to 1 p.m.

Each year, professionals throughout the Indy legal community are honored by the IndyBar at the annual Recognition Breakfast. This year’s event will take place on Tuesday, November 21 at Meridian Hills Country Club, where the efforts and dedication of a variety of IndyBar members will be recognized.

More than 500 IndyBar members answered our questions about the future of the IndyBar's physical space. Your answers were incredibly helpful to us, and we thought we’d share a few of the results.

We asked members to choose from a group of photos to choose their ideal social space, Member’s Lounge, and meeting space. These three photos were the top choices and will help the DORIS Research team come up with recommendations for IndyBar that are directly informed by the survey results.

The program will be held in the Sarah Evans Barker Courtroom (Courtroom 216). Organized by the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and sponsored by the Court, this two-hour Continuing Legal Education event (approval pending) will be held from 1 to 3:15 p.m.

The judges of Marion County Courts, in compliance with the provisions of Trial Rule 81, have given notice of proposed amendments to their local court rule concerning Mass Tort Rules.

The IndyBar will offer 73 hours of 11th Hour Video Replay CLE programming throughout the month of December.

Beginning October 1, 2017, Marion Circuit and Superior Courts will require all transcript orders to be placed on its web-based transcript ordering and production management platform, TheRecordXchange.

It is with deep sadness and profound shock that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana announces that Senior District Judge Larry J. McKinney passed away overnight. The court will release further information at a later time.

In an effort to ease the ongoing Judicial Emergency in the Southern District of Indiana, beginning on or after October 1, 2017, two Magistrate Judges from the Eastern District of Wisconsin will provide targeted assistance in the Indianapolis division. In addition, Chief Judge Michael J. Reagan of the Southern District of Illinois will be assisting the court by presiding over a trial.

We need your ideas, thoughts and feedback as we begin to determine the IndyBar's future office space. Continue reading to find out how you can be involved in the process.