The school of hard knocks taught me that written correspondence delivers news, information, and legal notices very effectively, but it usually ruins complex conversations. Written communication insulates people from a sense of accountability for civil and professional discourse. That lack of accountability often deteriorates into a mob dynamic that can crowd logic and reason from conversation.
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2015 Annual Report of the President of the Indiana State Bar Association
By Jeff R. Hawkins, ISBA President, 2014-15 INDIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 FRENCH LICK, INDIANA REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION JEFF R. HAWKINS, SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT Madam Chair, Chief Justice Rush, Judge Crone, Chief Deputy Attorney General Light, fellow delegates, friends all: It is my great honor to
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