Why it Mattered That Lincoln was a Lawyer
Lincoln became interested in law because he was told as a young Hoosier “that every man would be a better and more useful citizen if he had a general knowledge of the law.”  On the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth who is more appropriate to talk about Lincoln’s legacy than Hoosier lawyers?

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Benjamin Harrison Day 2008
The 1871 Ex Parte Milligan case will be recreated in the Indiana Supreme Court courtroom in celebration of Benjamin Harrison Day on March 5, 2007 at 11:15am.

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Slavery and the Indiana Supreme Court: For and Against?
This is a Free CLE Event sponsored by the Indiana Supreme Court, with funding from the Cornelius O’Brien Lecture Series and the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education. This program features Professor Paul Finkelman – a nationally recognized speaker on topics related to slavery and the law. Professor Finkelman will discuss the complexity of the fight for and against slavery in Indiana and the United States in the 19th century.

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Mendez v. Westminster: “Para Todos Los Niños”
School Segregation in the post-Brown Era?
In celebration of Law Day 2007, and in the spirit of this year’s theme, “Empowering Youth, Assuring Democracy,” the Indiana Supreme Court Legal History Series will host a free school program featuring Sandra Robbie--the Emmy Award-winning writer/producer of “Mendez v. Westminster: Para Todos Los Niños (For All the Children).”

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"Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough": Reflections on 100 Years of Eugenics in Indiana
In 1907, Indiana adopted the first eugenical sterilization law in the world, paving the way for similar laws in more than thirty other states and nearly a dozen countries around the world. This CLE course will involve a lawyer, a bioethicist and a physician who will discuss the still controversial topic of involuntary sterilization in historical context and also reflect on how the new insights from the Human Genome project have affected it.

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The History of Indiana Law
This CLE program features a panel of contributors from the just released The History of Indiana Law. The book is a collection of 15 essays covering a wide range of topics including: Indiana 's constitutional tradition, civil liberties, race relations, women's rights, family law, welfare and the poor, education, crime and punishment, juvenile justice, the role of the courts and judiciary, and landmark cases.

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Accessing Indiana's Past:
Isaac Blackford and 19th Century Slavery Cases
Descendants of Mary Clark, a black woman who played a key role in the Indiana Supreme Court's 19th century decisions regarding slavery, will tell her dramatic story as a part of the inaugural lecture in the Supreme Court's lecture series.

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Constitution & Citizenship Day
The Indiana Supreme Court's "Courts in the Classroom" program, in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Education, will host a one-hour educational program recognizing Constitution Day on Tuesday September 13 from 10-11 a.m. in the Supreme Court courtroom.

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We the People... Project Citizen
Project Citizen is a middle school civic education program designed to develop interest in public policymaking as well as the ability to participate competently and responsibly in state and local government. Watch student presentations held in the Indiana Supreme Court courtroom.

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Indiana Women Come to Court
An program given by Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, John Woods of Purdue Univeristy, and Hon. Nancy Vaidik of the Indiana Court of Appeals highlighting legal issues that affected Indiana women in the 19th Century.

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Brown v. Board of Education
A Spirit and Place Event. In celebration of the 50th year since Brown v. Board of Education, Crispus Attucks Middle School (Indianapolis) students and Parker Elementary School (New Castle) students recreated the events of these four cases and the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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International Judges Round-Table Discussion
At the Annual Conference of the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) in Indianapolis, an international panel of judges convened in a round-table discussion on the topic of judicial independence.

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Reconciling Truth: The Ordeal of Sojourner Truth in Indiana
A Spirit and Place Event. A dramatic production featuring local Indianapolis actors about Sojourner Truth's self-representation and triumph in two criminal trials in Indiana.

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A Matter of Justice
A Freetown Village dramatic production highlighting the 1855 anti-slavery Supreme Court case Freeman v. Robinson.

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The Life and Career of Dr. John Brademas
The life and times of former U.S. Representative and New York University President John Brademas will be the subject of a multi-media lecture by Associate Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. sponsored by Ball State University in the Supreme Court Courtroom.

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The Trial of Susan B. Anthony
A Spirit and Place Event. A recreation, with audience participation, of the 1873 trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting in the Presidential Election in Rochester, NY on November 5, 1872.

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