The Illinois Bar Journal’s May cover story, “Remote Opportunities,” concerns two recent publications that underscore how remote appearances—allowed since May 2020 under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 45—are increasing access to justice throughout Illinois as the practice continues beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

One is a report on a two-year pilot program to boost remote appearances undertaken by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice, the First Judicial Circuit, and Land of Lincoln Legal Aid. The second is a statewide survey of attorneys about their experiences with remote court, conducted by the ISBA’s Delivery of Legal Services (DLS) Committee in partnership with the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC). The data, reports IBJ writer Ed Finkel, is illuminating and promising. 

Read the May IBJ cover story, “Remote Opportunities.”