Leadership is no longer optional for today’s legal professionals—it’s essential. Whether you're managing a corporate legal department, running a firm, or guiding a team of professionals, your ability to lead with clarity, purpose, and resilience directly impacts performance, culture, and client outcomes.

Jeffrey B. Kolb was a preeminent Estate Planning attorney and longtime friend of ICLEF.  Jeff was born in 1951 in Ft Geo. Meade, Maryland.  He graduated from Indiana University – Bloomington in 1973 and from its school of law in 1976 which is the year he joined the fourth oldest law firm in the United States, Emison, Emison & Doolittle (Currently Emison Law Group) in Vincennes, Indiana.

Appellate Use of AI in Indiana is a timely, half-day ICLEF program designed to give Appellate Practitioners a current and forward-looking understanding of how artificial intelligence is shaping appellate work in Indiana. Learn the fundamentals of how AI tools function, hear directly from judges about how Indiana’s Appellate Courts are currently using AI and what may lie ahead, and gain guidance on effective, responsible ways to incorporate AI into Appellate Practice. The mo

Our son recently interviewed for internships this summer (he’s a Northwestern University junior double majoring in computer science and psychology). It got me thinking about one of the most consequential negotiations of our lives, our first real career opportunity. Why is this first job negotiation often disproportionately impactful? Because it almost always provides a baseline starting point for all future job negotiations So, what is especially crucial here as a jobsee

Personal Hands-On Trial Skills Training, March 11-14, ICLEF Conference Facility, Indianapolis, IN