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Member Spotlight
Meet Christine Cordial, Director of Justice Initiatives at the Indiana State Bar Association!
Christine oversees the Rural Practice Academy, a yearlong cohort program designed to equip attorneys with the tools, connections, and confidence to launch sustainable law practices in rural and underserved communities.
Upcoming Events & Webinars
- July 16, 2026, 11 a.m. MST: Expanding Sustainable Access to Justice Solutions: Building and Scaling Nonprofit & Sliding Scale Law Firms
- August 11, 2026, 11 a.m. MST: Launching & Scaling Nonprofit and Sliding Scale Law Firms A Nuts & Bolts Workshop
In the News
Smokeball Expands Free Legal Technology Access to Over 900,000 U.S. Lawyers Through Partnering With 28 State Bars
Smokeball's recent partnerships with The Florida Bar and North Carolina State Bar bring free trust accounting technology to more than 900,000 lawyers.
Legal Group Launches Program to Boost Rural Workforce
In late January, the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) announced the creation of its Rural Practice Academy, a yearlong program designed to encourage lawyers to pursue work in counties that have been identified as underserved “legal deserts”—counties with less than one attorney per 1,000 people.
Read more from Associations Now.
The coming revival of the PeopleLaw sector
Generative AI could inadvertently reduce the legal profession's disproportionate focus on organizational clients—redirecting lawyers to meet the legal needs of everyday people.
Read more from Jordan Furlong.