Indiana Law Review Indiana Law mioaiuai Collection f o Volume 36 No. 4 2003 SEP 1 2 2003 2002 SURVEY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIANA LAW CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE The Honorable ChiefJustice Randall T Shepard Joseph R. Alberts Adrian S. Allen Kevin W. Betz Ellen E. Boshkoff James M. Boyers Timothy C. Caress Matthew W. Conrad Douglas E. Cressler Janet A. Gongola Marie Troendle Greer Lawrence A. Jegen, III Charles M. Kidd Susan W. Kline Jon Laramore John R. Maley Tanya D. Marsh JeffPapa John C Render Joel M. Schumm Robert G. Solloway P. Jason Stephenson Judy L. Woods NOTES Friend or Foe: The Role of Multidisciplinary Practices in a Changing Legal Profession Kellye M. Gordon Virtual Violence or Virtual Apprenticeship: Justification for the Recognition of a Violent Video Game Exception to the Scope of First Amendment Rights of Minors Bonnie B. 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Criminal Law and Procedure Recent Developments in Indiana Criminal Law and Procedure Joel M. Schumm . 1 003 VIII. Employment Law Survey of Employment Law Developments for Indiana Practitioners Ellen E. Boshkoff 1035 Susan W. Kline IX. Evidence Recent Developments in Indiana Evidence Law JeffPapa 1081 X. Health Care Law Survey of Recent Developments in Health Care Law John C. Render 1115 XL Product Liability Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Product Liability Law Joseph R. Alberts 1 1 65 James M. Boyers XIL Professional Responsibility Survey of the Law of Professional Responsibility Charles M. Kidd 1203 XIIL Property Law Filling in the Gaps: The Continuing Evolution of Property Law in Indiana Robert G. Solloway 1217 Tanya D. Marsh XIV. Taxation Recent Developments in Indiana Taxation Lawrence A. Jegen, III 1251 Janet A. Gongola XV. Tort Law Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law Timothy C Caress 1303 Marie Troendle Greer XVL UCCLaw Survey of Recent Developments of the Law Concerning the Uniform Commercial Code JudyL. Woods 1353 Adrian S. Allen NOTES Friend or Foe: The Role of Multidisciplinary Practices in a Changing Legal Profession Kellye M. Gordon 1363 Virtual Violence or Virtual Apprenticeship: Justification for the Recognition of a Violent Video Game Exception to the Scope of First Amendment Rights of Minors Bonnie B. Phillips 1385 Volume 36 Number 4 Indiana Law Review Volume 36 2002-2003 Editor-in-Chief Kirby W. Lee Executive Managing Editor Brian K. Groemminger Senior Executive Editor Katherine E. McCanna Symposium Editor Kellye M. Gordon Executive Notes Editor Bonnie B. Phillips Executive Articles Editors Homer W. Faucett, III Janet A. Gongola Articles Editors David R. Brimm Gregory A. Cox Jennifer L. Dolak Elaine L. Guidroz Brett J. Henry Julianna M. Plawecki Kevin S. Price John J. 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