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After the turnover of three justices in as many years, the Indiana Supreme Court's membership remained constant during the survey period. 1 The court plowed little new ground in state constitutional law, and only time will tell whether the survey period represents the beginning of a pattern of less state constitutional activity by this "new" Indiana Supreme Court. The Indiana Supreme Court did, however, issue an important decision applying the equal privileges and immunities clause, further explaining the significance of the requirement that statutory classifications be based on categories that possess "inherent differences" from one another. 2 The Indiana Court of Appeals applied the Indiana Constitution in the context of the education provisions in article 8, rejecting a claim for damages under the Indiana Constitution. 3 The Indiana Supreme Court applied the free expression provisions of the Indiana Constitution to a case involving threats. 4 And, as in most years, the supreme court and court of appeals issued decisions continuing to develop Indiana's unique constitutional doctrines regarding searches and seizures and multiple-punishments double jeopardy. 5 I. EQUAL PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES The Indiana Supreme Court broke new analytical ground applying the equal privileges and immunities clause, article 1, section 23, in Paul Stieler Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Evansville. 6 The court applied the clause to Evansville's ordinance banning smoking in most public places, including bars * Jon Laramore is executive director of Indiana Legal Services, Inc. At the time this Article was drafted, he was a partner and co-chair of the appellate advocacy group at Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP. Previously he was chief counsel to Indiana Governors Frank O'Bannon and Joseph Kernan, and he taught state constitutional law as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

He was instrumental in modernizing the Indiana court system and creating programs to improve the administration of justice. 2 The Evansville Bar Association sponsors the Shepard Lecture Series, which brings speakers to Evansville to present on topics such as the rule of law, professionalism, and leadership. 3 The lecture series is endowed with funds provided by the 2012 class of the Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Academy. 4 This Article is based on the first Shepard Lecture, which was delivered on September 13, 2016, in the Randall T. Shepard Courtroom in the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse. 5 This lecture is about the future of access to justice seen through the eyes of someone who has had the luxury of viewing it from several sides. I will particularly tell the story today from the point of view of my current clients, the low-income Hoosiers who seek our help at Indiana Legal Services. I'll begin by speaking just a bit about how change comes to our profession, then I will focus * Jon Laramore is the executive director of Indiana Legal Services, Inc., a statewide, nonprofit law firm providing free civil legal aid to low-income Hoosiers. Before assuming his current position, he was a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP; chief counsel to Indiana Governors Frank O'Bannon and Joe Kernan; chief counsel and special counsel to four Indiana attorneys general; and a legal aid lawyer in Massachusetts. A native of Plymouth, Indiana, he has degrees from Princeton University, Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Kennedy School. For helpful comments and editing of this article, he thanks Adam Mueller and Janet G. McCabe. He also thanks Judge Leslie Shively and Senior Judge Randall T. Shepard for their parts in inviting him to deliver the first annual Shepard Lecture. 1. KEVIN W. BETZ ET AL., JUSTICES OF THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT 395, 396 (Linda C. Gugin & James E. St. Clair eds., 2010). 2. Id. at 395-98. 3. Marilyn Odendahl, Plaque and lecture series established to honor Randall Shepard, IND. LAW. (Mar. 13, 2015), http://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/36616-plaque-and-lecture-seriesestablished-to-honor-randall-shepard [https://perma.cc/JD5H-S9YJ]. 4. Id. 5. Evansville Bar hosts inaugural lecture series, IND. LAW.

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