A variety of scholarships are available to attend the 2022 IndyBar Bench Bar Conference June 16-18, 2022 at the Omni Louisville Hotel in Louisville, KY. IndyBar's Bench Bar Conference is a two-day getaway featuring what and who you need to know to succeed in the practice of law in 2022. Bench Bar has been designed to facilitate impactful connections and cutting-edge education in a safe and comfortable environment. Scholarships funded by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation will be awarded in addition to those awarded through IndyBar sections and divisions.

Lawyers who relied totally on networking and the personal referrals generating therefrom have taken a hit of late, as many of those in-person marketing opportunities have dried up, or been significantly reduced. It’s not the end of networking as we know it, even if it feels that way.  

Marion Circuit and Superior Courts recently issued an amended order in relation to facial coverings and social distancing inside the City-County Building, the Juvenile Justice Complex and Community Justice Center.

What happens when you don’t convert a lead? For most law firms, the answer is a resounding "absolutely nothing." 

The American Bar Association recently awarded the Louis M. Brown Select Award to the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Virtual Ask a Lawyer program last week. Winning the award was quite a feat as the other finalists were programs run by state bar associations. This national recognition reveals the special and unique nature of our legal community, which is so willing to help those in need.

In the best-case scenario, adversity is followed by innovation. A challenge presents itself and you do your best to address it. So when the global pandemic got serious in early 2020, I needed a way to keep everyone at the firm on the same page without necessarily being in the same physical office. As a result, I developed an internal website.

Recent challenges, ranging from the pandemic to widespread social unrest born of racial inequalities, have caused employers across all industries to take a careful look at their diversity and inclusion practices in the workplace and likewise have created a unique need for diverse legal counsel. The Indianapolis Bar Association takes pride in its diverse legal community and is committed to promoting continued diversity as evidenced in its annual Diversity Job Fair, and we need your help.

Legal consumers, like all consumers, prize convenience, speed and responsiveness. Law firms often strike out in trying to meet that three-part requirement. In fact, most law firms don’t have an intake system at all. And it’s costing them money.  

I had the “opportunity” over the holidays, to spend around 10 days in a solitary fashion in an undisclosed isolated location (if you know what I mean.) In an attempt to maintain my slim grip on sanity, I decided it would be a good time to start reading Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I know what you’re thinking: “sounds awesome,” right? Not what you were thinking? Weird. (I may have felt the same, initially.)

Email drives business, yet it also drives most of us crazy. If this is the year you want to take control of your email, check out this post for some steps you can take.