The 2022 first place winner of the Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest is Daniel C. Katzman, a partner at Katzman & Sugden, LLC, Belleville, who wrote “A Brave New World of Digital Payments for Lawyers?” Daniel's article will appear in the February issue of the Illinois Bar Journal.
ISBA News
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December 8, 2021 | ISBA News
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December 1, 2021 |
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, 2021, ISBA helped 705 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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November 23, 2021 | ISBA News
The ISBA offices will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 25, and Friday, November 26. The offices will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 29, at 8:30 a.m.
On behalf of everyone at the ISBA, we wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 18, 2021 | ISBA News
The ISBA’s Rural Practice Initiative Committee created the Rural Practice Fellowship Programs in 2020 to increase access to attorneys in rural areas of Illinois. The aim of the program is to connect rural and small-town attorneys and law firms looking to hire summer law clerks and full-time associates with law students and newer attorneys interested in practicing law in rural areas of Illinois.
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November 16, 2021 | ISBA News
A new issue of Diversity Matters, the annual publication of ISBA’s Diversity Leadership Council, is now available to all ISBA members online.
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November 11, 2021 | ISBA News
At the December 10, 2021, meeting of the ISBA Assembly, two “Under 35” Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, one from Cook County and one from the area outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA, in good standing, from the appropriate area, and under the age of 35 at the time the ABA term commences. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June 2022 and will join the ISBA delegation at the ABA annual meeting in TBD.
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November 11, 2021 |
Events | ISBA News
The Mock Trial Team for the University of Illinois needs additional volunteers to judge its 14th Annual Illinois Invitational Tournament on November 13 - 14, 2021, at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The competition will be in-person this year. The rounds for both days are 9:00 a.m. to noon and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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October 29, 2021 |
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 October, 2021, ISBA helped 771 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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October 22, 2021 | ISBA News
The ISBA Board of Governors on September 24 approved a resolution recognizing and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Justinian Society of Lawyers.
The Justinians are in invaluable part of the Illinois legal community and a significant number of their members have served with distinction as the president of the Illinois State Bar Association.
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October 15, 2021 | ISBA News
In celebration of National Book Month, we're offering all ISBA members 20% off of books* in the ISBA Bookstore purchased by October 29, 2021.