Watch the ARCHIVED July 14, 2008 3:00 pm event Real Media: Windows Media: 221 Years of Unsettled Borders: Indiana and the Northwest Ordinance

The Indiana Supreme Court is proud to sponsor the lecture, “221 Years of Unsettled Borders: Indiana and the Northwest Ordinance.”   Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard invites the public to learn about an exciting time in United States history through the live webcast of the lecture.  It will take place Monday, July 14th at 3 p.m. 

To watch the live webcast go to http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/cle/nwordinanceday/index.html.

This offering of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Legal History Lecture Series focuses on legal issues related to Indiana’s borders as established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This year’s program concentrates on Indiana’s southern border—the Ohio River. The program will begin with a brief discussion about the difficulty of documenting the border, and then focus on a recent case that questioned the location of the boundary.

The primary speaker, Donald Bogard, was one of the lead lawyers in a 1978 case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The case involved a boundary dispute between Kentucky and Indiana relating to discharges from the Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant in Madison, Indiana.  At the time, Bogard served as Chief Counsel for Indiana Attorney General Ted Sendak.

The Supreme Court, with support from the Commission for Continuing Legal Education, is partnering with the Indiana Historical Bureau in the development and presentation of this program.  The lecture fulfills a continuing education requirement for registered attorneys.  Seating is no longer available in the courtroom, but a monitor and overflow seating will be available in the atrium area in addition to the webcast.

The next lecture in the Series is scheduled for Friday October 3, 2008 and will feature Professor Brian Dirck, author of Lincoln the Lawyer.  Reservations for this upcoming free CLE event can be made by emailing shachey@courts.state.in.us or calling 317.232.2550.  Previous Legal History Lectures can be viewed from the Court’s archives at http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/cle/index.html.