The Indiana State Board of Law Examiners has approval from the Indiana Supreme Court to change some of the topics tested on the Indiana Essay Examination. The changes are designed to better reflect the nature of today's law practice. The changes will not be implemented until February 2018.
The topics to be tested on the Indiana Essay Examination are as follows:
- Administrative law
- Business organizations
- Family law
- Federal and state personal income tax, corporate tax, and estate and gift tax
- Indiana constitutional law
- Indiana employment law, including wage payment and wage claim statutes
- Indiana debt collection, including garnishment, attachment, and bankruptcy exemptions
- Residential landlord-tenant law
- Pleading and practice, including statutes of limitation and the Indiana Tort Claims Act
- Secured transactions
- Wills, trusts and estates