The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of December 2011, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
ISBA News
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January 9, 2012 |
Member Services | ISBA News
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December 22, 2011 |
Practice News | ISBA News
Just in time for the IBJ's 100th birthday, the ISBA is making it available for download as a PDF to allow members to read the latest issue on their iPads. And because it's in PDF, you can also view it on other tablets, phones, or your computer and even print all or part of the issue.
ISBA members, find out more and download the PDF. And don't forget that the IBJ full text back through November 1998 is fully searchable and free to all members.
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December 21, 2011 |
Events | ISBA News
Eight bands have been selected to perform at the Illinois Bar Foundation’s 2nd Annual Lawyers Rock Legends at Buddy Guy’s Legends on Feb. 16, 2012. The voting was conducted on the IBF’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/illinoisbarfoundation.
The bands (in alphabetical order) that will be playing live at Buddy Guy's Legends on
Feb. 16 are:- 5-thirty
- CAC Attack
- Clark Stereo
- Hans & The Hormones
- Jack Salamander
- Joe Bisceglia
- One More Time
- The Vazquez Blues Band
More information on the event is available at www.illinoisbarfoundation.org.
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December 16, 2011 |
ISBA News
50 Year Anniversary Speech
By Herbert H. Franks, ISBA Past President and Class of 1961
Today we remember Pearl Harbor and the day of infamy. This is a day of infamy also for Gov. Blagojevich. He got 14 years.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "the life of the law is not logic, it is experience." Holmes must have had our class of senior lawyers in mind when he made this quote, because if there is one thing the people in this class have, it is experience.
I wonder how many people in this room expected to reach this day. I sure know I didn't.
After being raised on a farm and slopping the hogs and milking the cows twice a day, almost everything you do in later life is easy.
How different is the world today! When we were in law school, there might have been one or two women in our class. Now, women are the majority of law students.
When we came out to try and make our mark and living, the electric typewriter was just gaining acceptance. A few years later came fax machines, and then in dizzying speed came computers, cell phones, iPads, laptops and the list goes on. How we had to change and learn to use these things, things that our grandchildren can do automatically.
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December 14, 2011 |
ISBA News
An ISBA sign was installed Wednesday morning to greet visitors after they get off the elevator at the Chicago Regional Office (CRO). The sign is a welcome addition for many who have visited the office and thought they got off on the wrong floor - as the entire space was recently renovated.
The CRO hosts the majority of the Association's meetings and Continuing Legal Education programs.
Click here to view pictures from the recent rehab of the CRO and click here to view upcoming CLE programs.
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December 12, 2011 |
ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association's Assembly met on Saturday at the conclusion of the Midyear Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers Chicago.
Highlighting the meeting was an e-business update from Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride. Justice Kilbride noted that the court is developing e-filing standards to be in place throughout the state. This would allow different vendors to have a framework to work with from county to county. He expects e-filing to be open across the state voluntarily by April 3, 2012.
The Assembly also approved the ISBA legislative package for 2012.
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December 12, 2011 |
Member Services | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of November 2011, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
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December 9, 2011 |
ISBA News | Events
The ISBA/IJA Meeting in Chicago is underway and three new photo galleries have been posted. Please check them out below.
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December 8, 2011 |
ISBA News | Events
The ISBA/IJA Joint Midyear Meeting kicked off on Thursday in Chicago with Basic Skills Course 6.0 for new admittees.
The meeting will include the annual Illinois Bar Foundation Fellows Awards Breakfast on Friday morning, and a reception and dinner Friday evening honoring the Illinois Supreme Court with remarks by Justice Mary Jane Theis.
Two IJA/ISBA programs with MCLE credit will be held on Friday morning. “The Legacy of Myra Bradwell: In the Light of Experience,” will feature an in-depth panel discussion about the Illinois woman who became the first female to gain entrance to the Illinois bar and, in the process, influenced the future of Illinois law. “Revitalizing the Jury Trial,” presented by Chief Judge James F. Holderman and Professor Stephan Landsman, will include video presentations about various problems and solutions arising with 21st century juries.
On Saturday, the 203-member policy-making Assembly of the ISBA will convene. Also, the IJA will conduct training sessions at the Sheraton for judges who want to deliver its two student education programs. At 9 a.m., a training for a new civics program, “Bringing the Courtroom to the Classroom,” will be presented. At 10 a.m., a training for the IJA’s “7 Reasons to Leave the Party,” will be held. Eighty judges have already registered for the civics training.
Find out more and register at www.isba.org/jointmeeting.
Visit Illinois Lawyer Now for frequent updates and photos.
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December 6, 2011 |
ISBA News | Events
The Illinois State Bar Association honored members who have been admitted to practice for 50 years at a luncheon on Wednesday at the Westing Michigan Avenue in Chicago. ISBA Past President Herbert H. Franks spoke on behalf of the 2011 Class of Distinguished Counsellors.
Click here to view photos from the event.
Here is the Bar Class of 1961 honored as Distinguished Counsellors: