Winter 2026 Issue
Cover Story
2026 State of the Judiciary: Justice in the Heartland
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Chief Justice Loretta Rush delivered her twelfth State of the Judiciary address to Governor Mike Braun and a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly. In her remarks, Rush talked about the critical work done by both prosecutors and public defenders—two types of public servants working on different sides of…
Features
From Guardrails to Toolkit: AI Governance Committee Delivers Model Policies for Indiana Trial Courts
By Janelle O’Malley, Director of E-filing and Innovation | Indiana Office of Court Technology In the Summer issue of the Court Times, I wrote about the Supreme Court’s creation of an AI Governance Committee to develop internal guardrails around AI use in response to the rise of AI in the courts. At that time, the…
Spotlight: Awards, Appointments, and Events
Awards & Achievements NCSC President Elizabeth Clement (left) with Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush (right). Chief Justice Rush Inducted into Warren E. Burger Society Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush was one of four state court leaders inducted into the National Center for State Courts’ Warren E. Burger Society for 2025. At a celebration in Washington,…