Illinois Supreme Court to Swear-In New Attorneys at Bar Admission Ceremonies Across the State

The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,604 new attorneys who passed the July 2024 Bar Exam will be held on Wednesday, November 6, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. 

The First Judicial District ceremony sessions will be held in Chicago at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and Justice Joy V. Cunningham swearing-in candidates. 

The Second Judicial District ceremony will be held in Elgin at 10 a.m. with Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford swearing-in candidates. 

The Third Judicial District ceremony will be held in Joliet at 11 a.m., with Justice Mary K. O’Brien swearing-in candidates. 

The Fourth Judicial District ceremony sessions will be held in Springfield at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with Justice Lisa Holder White swearing-in candidates. 

The Fifth Judicial District ceremony will be held in Carbondale at 2 p.m., with Justice David K. Overstreet swearing-in candidates. 

Additional ceremony information can be found on the Supreme Court website.

All of the candidates set to be sworn in have passed a bar examination and a required ethics examination and were certified by the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. 

The number of admittees for each district is as follows: 

• First District: 1,331 

• Second District: 70 

• Third District: 101 

• Fourth District: 48 

• Fifth District: 54 

The new attorneys sworn in at the bar admission ceremony will bring the total number of licensed attorneys in Illinois to approximately 98,000.