At its meeting on July 19, the ISBA Board of Governors will fill the following vacant seats on the Board:
1. Area III – 12th, 13th, 16th, 21st, and 23rd Circuits;
2. Area IV – 10th, 14th, and 15th Circuits.
Members who fill the vacancies must have their ISBA voting addresses in the appropriate Board electoral area. Terms of the seats are for one year beginning in July 2019 and ending in June 2020.
The Illinois State Bar Association will present several awards recognizing individuals for their commitment and service to the profession and their communities during a ceremony held July 11 at Maggiano's Little Italy Chicago:
Congratulations to Kenneth Baker for winning a Visa gift card in the ISBA's 2019 Member Appreciation Month Instagram Contest!
As part of Member Appreciation Month, we asked members to post photographs of something that represents how they reduce stress and stay healthy on their Instagram accounts.
Kenneth's post included the caption, “Great way to relieve stress - picking mushrooms with man's best friend!"
Enter the ISBA Caption Contest for a chance to be published in the Illinois Bar Journal and win a Seagate portable external 4 TB hard drive or a $100 Visa gift card.
The ISBA is once again offering one day of free business portrait sittings for a limited number of members on May 24 in Chicago.
You can enter to win a free sitting by completing the online form by 4:30 p.m. on May 16.
Winners will be assigned a five-minute photo session. Post-session, winners will receive a high-resolution, downloadable copy of their business portrait.
As part of May Member Appreciation Month, the ISBA for the first time is offering a Practice HQ Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win exciting prizes.
Practice HQ is the ISBA’s one-stop microsite for practice management and technology information. Organized by the life cycle of a law practice, Practice HQ provides free resources related to starting a firm, building it, managing it, protecting it, and winding it down.
New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on May 9 at four separate locations across the state. The Fifth Judicial District ceremony was held in the Courtroom of the Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 E. Capitol Ave., in Springfield.
New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on May 9 at four separate locations across the state. The Third Judicial District ceremony was held at the Third District Appellate Courthouse, 1004 Columbus St., in Ottawa.
New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on May 9 at four separate locations across the state. The largest group, 245, was admitted in the First Judicial District during three ceremonies at the James R. Thompson Center Assembly Hall, located at 100 W. Randolph St., in Chicago.
New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on May 9 at four separate locations across the state. The Second Judicial District ceremony was held at Hemmens Memorial Building in the Elgin Civic Center Plaza, 45 Symphony Way, in Elgin.