Stay ahead of the curve with insights on the issues shaping Indiana’s legal landscape. Explore resources on emerging industry trends, evolving client expectations, and pressing challenges facing attorneys across the state.

Our Top Picks:

• ISBA Attorney Shortage Plan
• "2025 State of the Judiciary: Your Indiana Judiciary" by Hon. Loretta H. Rush, Res Gestae
  
• "ABA Profile of the Legal Profession 2024" by American Bar Association
• "Student Debt, COVID-19 Relief, and Loan Forgiveness: Perspectives from Today's Young Lawyers" by American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  
• The Lawyerist Podcast | The Lawyerist Podcast is a legal podcast about the future of lawyering and law practice. Every week we feature conversations with successful lawyers, innovative thought leaders, and other creative people helping to shape the future of legal practice.

Future of Legal Work

• Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Indiana's Legal Future | The Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future explores options for addressing Indiana’s attorney shortage and is responsible for presenting findings and recommendations to the Court on future actions. The Commission’s work is divided into five work groups: business and licensure models, pathways to admissions and education, incentivizing rural practice, incentivizing public service work, and technology applications.
  • "Final Report: Commission on Indiana's Legal Future" 
• “Indiana Legal Deserts: Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What We Can Do” by Hon. Melissa S. May and Michael Moore, Res Gestae
• "AI's Impact on the Legal Profession" by Abigail Hopf, Res Gestae
• How Will the Growth of ALSPs Impact the Legal Market in 2025 and Beyond? Clarity by Thomson Reuters Institute
• Allied Legal Professionals, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System | Learn more about the existing and proposed legal paraprofessional programs across the United States and the relative advantages and challenges that exist within them.

Firm Culture

• [1.0 hr. CLE] Closing the Gap: Empowering Conversations on Pay Equity, Patricia Kinney, Angela Carr Klitzsch, Amber Finley, Kathleen Grove, Ellen Pactor, and Marquita Walker
• "Boomers to Zoomers: Recruiting and Retaining Today’s Workforce” by Joe Skeel, Res Gestae
• "Generational Shifting in the Legal World: Adapting to the New Largest Generational Group of Attorneys in America" by Charlotte Fay Westerhaus-Renfrow, Res Gestae
• "A Challenging Landscape: How the Harvard Affirmative Action Case Will Affect Legal Diversity" by Jessica Heiser, Res Gestae
• “Creatures of Habit: Suggestions to Thoughtfully Evolve and Become an Inclusive Law Office” by Angka Hinshaw, Esq., Res Gestae
• “Women in Law: In an Age of Tectonic Shifts, What Can We Do to Propel Everyone to the Next Level?” by the Indiana Women’s Empowerment Network, Res Gestae
• "New Report Shows How Law Firm Cultural Identity Drives Growth, Engagement & Success" by Thomson Reuters
• ISBA DEI Resources | Find programs and resources compiled by the ISBA Diversity Committee. 

Firm Economics and Growth

• The 2025 Clio Legal Trends Report, Clio
• "Tariffs Front and Center at Faegre Drinker M&A Conference" by Daniel Carson, Indiana Lawyer
• How Has the Economic Volatility and Uncertainty in Recent Months Impacted Law Firm Financial Performance? Bill Josten, Isaac Brooks, and Belinda Jones, Clarity by Thomson Reuters Institute

Technology

• ISBA Artificial Intelligence Resources | Learn about artificial intelligence from various angles impacting the legal profession.
• [1.5 hr. CLE/Ethics] Foolproof Gen AI for Indiana Lawyers: Outthink the Machine, Outpace the Future, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
• [1.0 hr. CLE/Ethics] Unleashing New Horizons in Human-AI interaction: Navigating the Evolution of ChatGPT, Cari Sheehan
• [1.0 hr. CLE/Ethics] ChatGPT, Siri, and Alexa Are Out to Get You, Stuart Teicher
• "Future of Professionals Report 2025," Thomson Reuters
• "Clients, Common Sense Drive Big Law Gen AI Policies" by Dan Roe, The American Lawyer
• "How Law Firms Can Create Winning Generative AI Policies" by Steven Lerner, Law360
• Law Firms and AI—A Practical Guide, Elizabeth Suehr and Morgan Llewelleyn, ILTA Voices
• ILTA Voices | Podcast series from the International Legal Technology Association covering the latest technology developments and best practices.