Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “program” refers to the Indiana conference for legal education opportunity established by section 2 of this chapter. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-1.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
Sec. 2. The Indiana conference for legal education opportunity is established to assist Indiana minority, low income, or educationally disadvantaged college graduates in pursuing a law degree and a career in the Indiana legal and professional community. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-2.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
Sec. 3. (a) The program shall be organized and administered by the chief justice of the supreme court. The chief justice shall appoint an advisory committee composed of eight (8) members as follows: (1) Two (2) practicing attorneys. (2) Two (2) judges. (3) Two (2) Indiana law school professors or administrators. (4) Two (2) members […]
Sec. 4. (a) The program must provide for an intensive course of study to prepare the students selected for the demands of a law school education through classroom discussion and instruction in legal research, writing, and analysis. (b) The program shall be taught by law professors and others from the legal profession and shall be […]
Sec. 5. (a) The program must provide financial assistance in the form of an annual stipend for those students who successfully complete the course of study and become certified graduates of the program. (b) To be eligible for the annual stipend, certified graduates must be admitted to an Indiana law school, enroll on a full-time […]
Sec. 6. The courts of the state are encouraged and requested to develop programs and opportunities to further the purposes of the program. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-6.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
Sec. 7. During every state fiscal year, there is appropriated from the state general fund to the supreme court six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000) to be used for the Indiana conference for legal education opportunity established by this chapter. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-12-7.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.70.
