Editor’s Note: The Indianapolis Bar Association addressed concerns about the Marion County Small Claims Courts in 1992, and after extensive study made recommendations for improvement in a report issued in 1998. These recommendations were not implemented. On July 18, 2011 the Wall Street Journal published an article, “In Debt Collecting, Location Matters,” which raised questions about forum-shopping in the Marion Count … [Read more...] about Marion County Small Claims Courts: National Experts Recommend Improvements
Hon. Michael G. Gotsch
This is the thirty-first of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. St. Joseph Circuit Court Judge Michael G. Gotsch, Sr. is our judge featured in this issue. He has served in this capacity since his appointment by Governor Joseph E. Kernan in May, 2004. He was elected to a six-year term in 2004, and re-elected in 2010. Before becoming a judge, he served as the … [Read more...] about Hon. Michael G. Gotsch
Technology & Intimate Partner Violence
While technology is not inherently violent, people who engage in intimate partner violence often employ technology as a means of obtaining and maintaining coercive control. Various technologies equip offenders with very efficient means to commit the crimes of stalking, intimidation, and harassment, while also enabling them to pinpoint their victims’ physical locations. Although it is challenging to stay one step a … [Read more...] about Technology & Intimate Partner Violence
Leslie Dunn Receives ISBA Taliaferro Award
Leslie Dunn, State Director of GAL/CASA at the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration, was awarded the Honorable Viola J. Taliaferro Award by the Indiana State Bar Association on October 8, 2014 at the Bar’s annual meeting. The award, which was presented to Leslie by the Civil Rights of Children Committee, is given to a person who exemplifies Judge Taliaferro’s courageous, visionary leadership … [Read more...] about Leslie Dunn Receives ISBA Taliaferro Award
2014 ICLEO Fellowship Class
The 18th convening of the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO) Summer Institute took place at Valparaiso University School of Law, June 19 – July 27, 2014. Since the establishment of ICLEO in 1997 by then Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, five hundred students have participated in the Summer Institute which is hosted each summer by an Indiana law school. The ICLEO Fellowship is designed to a … [Read more...] about 2014 ICLEO Fellowship Class