Linda Loepker, Executive Director Indiana Board of Law Examiners

Indianapolis – For the first time since 1982, attorneys taking the Indiana Bar Examination saw a new face at the front of room.

Linda Loepker, who was appointed Executive Director of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners on September 1, 2007, administered the most recent exam given on February 26-27.

Loepker took over the post at the Board of Law Examiners from longtime executive director Mary Place Godsey. When Godsey retired, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard estimated she had been part of the examination process for more than half the practicing attorneys in Indiana.

“Taking the Indiana Bar Examination is a major milestone for all attorneys, and being part of this process is a great responsibility as well as an honor. I look forward to ensuring the exam experience is a fair and challenging one for those who take it,” said Loepker.

Before taking her post at the Board of Law Examiners, Loepker worked for the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration. She served first as a staff attorney and then as Director of Office and Employment Law Services.

She focused on employment law and advised members of the Indiana Judiciary on all aspects of their administrative responsibilities in the employment law area.  She conducted seminars on a variety of topics, including the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Americans With Disabilities Act; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Age Discrimination Act; the Civil Rights Act; the Code of Federal Regulations for Labor; hiring, firing, disciplining of employees; defense of sexual harassment claims; and development of employment policies and procedures. 

Ms. Loepker graduated with a B.A. from Valparaiso University and received her J.D. degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.  She is licensed to practice in Michigan and Indiana, as well as the federal courts in each of those states.