“What if you could get exactly what you want in life by reading and understanding the body language of murderers?” asks Janine Driver, New York Times best-selling author and award-winning keynote speaker. With more than 16 years of experience as a federal law enforcement officer within the Department of Justice, Driver will be presenting the opening plenary session for the 2020 Bench Bar Conference in French Lick this summer from June 18-20.

A variety of scholarships are available to attend the 2020 IndyBar Bench Bar Conference June 18-20, 2020 at the French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana. IndyBar's Bench Bar Conference is Indiana's premier event to bring lawyers, judges and paralegals together for a great time and top-notch CLE programming. Scholarships funded by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation will be awarded in addition to those awarded through IndyBar sections and divisions.

Are you ready for a one-of-a-kind Bench Bar experience? Registration is now open for this year's event to be held at the French Lick Springs Resort from June 18-20! Attracting hundreds of attorneys, judicial officers and guests, attendees of the conference can receive a maximum of six hours of CLE credit (ethics included) and will be provided the absolute best access of judges to lawyers. Registration is now open at special early bird pricing!

IndyBar Practice Builder is designed for anyone thinking of (or already) practicing as a solo or in a small firm. Practice Builder can give you the information, guidance and tools you need from the minute you start thinking of forming your own firm all the way through succession planning.

Starting a law firm may be the best decision you’ll ever make.

The start of a new year is an ideal time for solo practitioners and small law firm attorneys to take stock of their law firms’ operations over the last year and determine what they can do better in the year ahead.

In keeping with our goal to increase community-building opportunities for solo or small firm attorneys and paralegals, IndyBar member Patty McKinnon has taken lead in setting up an opportunity for us to serve dinner at Ronald McDonald House on Monday, Feb, 17 at 6 p.m. at the Limestone Ronald McDonald House located on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis.   

The judges of the Marion County Courts, in compliance with the provisions of Trial Rule 81, have given notice of proposed amendments to the local court rule concerning LR49-CR2.2-100 Random Assignment of Criminal Cases. 

Start your new year with a resolution to SAVE MONEY! We’re bringing back Free Fridays in 2020, which means you’ll save more time AND money with these complimentary offerings.

A recent Indiana Lawyer issue includes an article about several firms in which siblings, or parents and their adult children, practice law together. While not unheard of in larger firms, these arrangements typically are the stuff of small firms. Unsurprisingly, the attorneys who agreed to be profiled in the Indiana Lawyer are both personally and professionally successful.