By Mary L. DePrez, Executive Director | Indiana Office of Court Technology The Indiana Courts Information Technology Extranet is a platform for secure data-sharing applications hosted by the Supreme Court. The newest INcite application—the Senior Judge Portal—was released in early June of this year. One of the goals of this application is to connect senior judges with trial court judges to facilitate the use of sen … [Read more...] about Senior Judge Portal: Leveraging and Connecting with Judicial Experience
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Drunk Driving: It All Begins with the Stop!
By The Honorable Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge | Indiana Judicial Outreach Liaison, IOCS Education Division Scenario: A police officer sees a vehicle pass by, but doesn’t see the driver. The officer doesn’t observe any traffic or improper driving violations, but runs the license plate and learns the registered owner has a suspended operator’s license. The officer stops the vehicle and immediately notices a strong od … [Read more...] about Drunk Driving: It All Begins with the Stop!
JAG commission, judges pass, Tobias fellow
Judge Doug Fahl receives JAG commission Whitley County Judge and Lieutenant Colonel Doug Fahl will assume a new military judge role created by the Indiana National Guard beginning September 1, 2020, after he completed the 63rd Military Judge Course offered by The Judge Advocate General’s School on June 19. Judge Fahl will continue to serve as the Whitley Superior Court judge and fulfill his military judge duties on d … [Read more...] about JAG commission, judges pass, Tobias fellow
The Honorable Cristal Brisco
By James F. Maguire, Editor | Indiana Court Times This is the fifty-second of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Cristal Brisco is a Magistrate for the St. Joseph Circuit Court, sitting in Mishawaka, Indiana. Before joining the judiciary in July 2018, Brisco served as General Counsel for Saint Mary’s College, in Notre Dame, Indiana. Brisco’s legal care … [Read more...] about The Honorable Cristal Brisco
Money, Power & Respect: A Candidate’s Guide to Judicial Campaigns
Marcus Alan McGhee, Staff Attorney | Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications Judges and judicial candidates must, to the greatest extent possible, be free and appear to be free from political influence and partisan interests. See Ind. Code of Jud. Cond., Canon 4, General Consideration. This can be an arduous task as judicial candidates merge into the steady stream of political campaigns going on around them. … [Read more...] about Money, Power & Respect: A Candidate’s Guide to Judicial Campaigns