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By Janelle O’Malley, Director of E-filing and Innovation • Indiana Office of Court Technology Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming our world, and the legal system is no exception. AI is not a new concept—anyone who has used Google or Outlook has used it, even unknowingly. And generative AI—that which can create new content and ideas based on input, including text, images, audio, and video—is rapidly on t … [Read more...] about Guardrails for the Future: How the Indiana Supreme Court is Preparing for the Age of AI

By Kathryn Dolan, Chief Public Information Officer • Office of Communication, Education & Outreach When Christopher Goff walked across the stage at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina to receive his LLM at Duke University, it was the first time since his high school graduation that he was handed a diploma in a formal ceremony. The kid on the stage in Wabash County 35 years earlier would go on to e … [Read more...] about Cardinal, Hoosier, and Blue Devil: Indiana Supreme Court’s 110th Justice Earns Duke University LLM

By Hon. Kristen McVey | Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 Firearm seizure actions, commonly referred to as “red flag” or “extreme risk” laws, are intended to identify dangerous persons, remove firearms from their possession, and prohibit them from obtaining firearms until such time they no longer present a danger to themselves or others. This can include individuals such as a suicidal person, a disgruntled employee tha … [Read more...] about Indiana’s Red Flag Law

By Greg Pachmayr | Clerk of the Appellate Courts Subjects of involuntary temporary mental health commitments in Indiana can be left without meaningful appellate relief. Indiana Code 12-26-6 states that an individual alleged to be mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled may be committed for not more than 90 days. The standard appellate timeline is approximately 150 days after which the Court of … [Read more...] about Involuntary Commitments, Artificial Intelligence & Expedited Appeals

By David Sexton, Program Coordinator | Office of Court Services, Justice Services Division The Lake County Veterans Treatment Court was recently selected to serve as a national mentor court by the Justice for Vets division of All Rise (formerly the National Association of Drug Court Professionals) and the U.S. Department of Justice. Lake County will host site visits and provide one-on-one professional shadowing … [Read more...] about Sharing our vision: Lake County Veterans Treatment Court a national model