The Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity held the 2021 Summer Institute at I.U. McKinney in Indianapolis. The six-week intensive pre-law program features professors teaching concepts that will be learned in the first year of law school and allows opportunities to visit local legal institutions and to participate in volunteer projects. Twenty-four individuals, representing various rural and urban … [Read more...] about ICLEO Welcomes New Fellows: Building Equity Through Preparation
The Honorable Jose Salinas
This is the fifty-seventh Court Times article highlighting a member of the Indiana JudiciaryJudge Jose Salinas was elected to the Marion County Superior Court in 2007. He graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American (now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), located in south Texas along the Texas/Mexico border in 1989. He received his law degree from I.U. McKinney in 1997. Judge Salinas … [Read more...] about The Honorable Jose Salinas
Open Conversations: Education Program about Racism and Racial Injustice Receives National Recognition
David Kuhnz, Staff Attorney | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach In July 2021, the Association for Continuing Legal Education presented its Award of Outstanding Achievement to the Indiana State Bar Association for Open Conversations: Racism and Racial Injustice, an ISBA program of dialogue and introspection about race and culture in the legal landscape. The program has heightened awareness within … [Read more...] about Open Conversations: Education Program about Racism and Racial Injustice Receives National Recognition
Century-old Supreme Court Postcard Discovered
Jordan DuShane, Communication Intern | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach While looking through an old shoebox belonging to his father, Charles Bleckmann came across a historic postcard from the Clerk’s Office at the Indiana Supreme Court addressed to his grandfather, Henry Bleckman (the spelling of the Bleckmann name changed over several generations). The postcard, dated November 30, 1878, refers … [Read more...] about Century-old Supreme Court Postcard Discovered
Annual Meeting: Judicial officers gather in person for first time in over a year
Ashley Moise, Education Attorney | Office of Court ServicesThe 2021 Annual Meeting of the Judicial Conference of Indiana took place September 1-3 at the French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana. The meeting, traditionally held in person, was virtual in 2020 due to the pandemic. Those eligible to attend in 2021 included appellate judges, trial court judges, magistrates, full-time referees and … [Read more...] about Annual Meeting: Judicial officers gather in person for first time in over a year