ISBA News

ISBA President John G. Locallo is excited to personally invite you, a guest, your family and friends to join him in South America for the Annual ISBA President’s trip May 5-12, 2012. Guests will spend a week in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The trip will be extra special as President Locallo has intentionally left plenty of time for you to explore the two cities on your own or with his sister and brother-in-law -- who lived there. He has also arranged a local expert to be on hand in both cities to help you thoroughly enjoy your time. The hotels are centrally located to maximize walking and President Locallo has a special event planned in each city to show off the local culture and cuisine. There will also be a full-time escort from Carrousel Meetings & Incentives to help with anything you need while in South America. For more information and to register please visit the ISBA Argentina/Brazil President’s Trip website at www.regonline.com/ilstatebarassociation. If you have any questions, please call (800-800-6508) or email either Lucy Hicks or Vanessa Addison at Carrousel Meetings & Incentives.

John Locallo wants the ISBA to help lawyers use technology to do what they do best: counsel clients and practice law. "There's so much new stuff out there, and lawyers are aware of it but aren't sure whether it's a good thing or a bad thing." Find out what he has in mind, and read about important new Illinois Supreme Court cases, Illinois' new official case-citation scheme, and much more in the July Illinois Bar Journal.

[caption id="attachment_20631" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Appearing on "Health Care Reform and You" will be (from left) Monique A. Anawis, program moderator Latham Williams and Carolyn V. Metnick."][/caption] "Health Care Reform & You" and "Health Care Reform: Consumer Challenges," will air at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays during the month of July on Illinois Law, a cable production of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). They will run on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago. "Health Care Reform & You," will air on Tuesdays, July 5 and 19. Appearing on the show are (from left) Monique A. Anawis, a surgeon who also practices law, of Chicago; program moderator Latham Williams, of Hudson Highland Group, Inc., in Chicago; and Carolyn V. Metnick, an attorney in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP. "Health Care Reform: Consumer Challenges" will air at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, July 12 and 26. Appearing on the show are (from left) Mark A. Mosby, general counsel of Health Plan headquartered in Grands Rapids, Michigan; Nancy K. McKenna, assistant professor, University of St. Francis in Joliet; and program moderator Latham Williams, of Hudson Highland Group, Inc., in Chicago.

[caption id="attachment_20526" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The ISBA Assembly voted to establish two at-large Board of Governors to be filled by ISBA Vice Presidential appointment to reflect under-represented segments of the ISBA in its governance. Jessica Arong O’Brien (left), a lawyer in the Chicago office of the Illinois Department of Revenue, and Vincent F. Cornelius, a criminal defense attorney in Wheaton, were selected to fill the seats."][/caption] Also establishes 2 at-large Board seats to reflect under-represented segments of the Illinois Bar The 201-member Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association voted at its Annual Meeting on Saturday morning to approve recommendations by an ISBA task force that supports the ability of lawyers to engage in limited scope recommendations that it believes will benefit lawyers and consumers. Working with the Illinois Judges Association and the Chicago Bar Association, the ISBA prepared a report on behalf of the Joint Task Force on Limited Scope Representation that would, among other things, establish a “Limited Appearance” form and other procedures that specifically identify a lawyer’s participation in a matter in which a litigant represents himself or herself in court. The report, which is the culmination of an 11-month process, will be presented to the Illinois Supreme Court.