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  • March 13, 2014 | Events | ISBA News
    St. Charles North High School wins ISBA Mock Trial Championship

    Hinsdale Central and Chicago Christian take 2nd, 3rd Place

    St. Charles North High School, in St. Charles, placed first in the 32nd annual Illinois State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Invitational held at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign March 8 and 9, 2014.

    Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale came in second place, and third place went to Chicago Christian High School in Palos Heights. Hinsdale Central also received the highest team average on the Written Law Exam which was administered in conjunction with the Invitational. Teams from 44 Illinois high schools traveled to Champaign to participate in the program. St. Charles North will represent Illinois at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Madison, Wisconsin.

    “The mock trial competition lived up to its billing this year, with solid competition from throughout the State,” says Hon. Michael J. Chmiel, of Woodstock, chair of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Law Related Education for the Public, which conducts the program. “The student competitors were well-prepared and very civil, and all augurs well for the legal profession in the future.”

  • March 13, 2014 | ISBA News
    Young Lawyers thank sponsors for successful Bean Bag Tournament

    The ISBA and Young Lawyers Division would like to thank our 2014 sponsors and attendees, along with our host, Mahoney’s Pub & Grille, for making this year’s Bean Bag Tournament such a successful event!. View pictures from the event at iln.isba.org/gallery/748/yld-bean-bag-tournament-2014

    This year, we raised over $3,000 for the IBF/YLD Children’s Assistance Fund. The Children’s Assistance Fund provides funding to organizations throughout Illinois that provide legal assistance to children, open/maintain children’s waiting rooms in courthouses, work to reduce recidivism of juveniles, and/or work to reduce the incidents of domestic violence in families with children.

    The Children’s Assistance Fund has distributed grants in excess of $285,000 over the past fifteen years, due, in large part, to the widespread support and participation in our annual fundraisers. Once again, thank you for your generosity.

    YLD Bean Bag Tournament Sponsors

    • Russell K. Scott
    • Davi Law Group
    • Mahoney, Silverman & Cross
       
  • March 11, 2014 | ISBA News | Practice News
    Ask A Lawyer Day set for April 26

    Please consider volunteering to help the public with their legal questions and, at the same time, enhance the image of the profession.

    Each year, to recognize and celebrate Law Day, the Illinois State Bar Association sponsors “Ask A Lawyer Day,” a day during which volunteers respond to telephone calls from the public and answer general legal questions free of charge. This is a state-wide public relations effort that receives considerable attention from the public and the media. 

    “Ask A Lawyer Day” volunteer lawyers in Springfield will answer calls at the Illinois Bar Center offices at 424 South Second Street from 9 a.m.-noon.  Volunteer lawyers in the Chicago area, will volunteer in the Chicago Office, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 900, from 9 a.m.-noon.

    Springfield

    • Illinois Bar Center
    • 424 South Second Street
    • 9:00 a.m. – noon

    Chicago

    • ISBA Regional Office
    • 20 North Clark Street, Suite 900
    • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

     If you are interested in volunteering, please complete and return this form to Tracy Potter.  You can send it any of the following ways:

    FAX: (217) 525-9063
    EMAIL: tpotter@isba.org
    PHONE: (800) 252-8908

    Please let us know by April 4 if you would like to participate.

  • March 6, 2014 | ISBA News | Events
    Still time to register for "Celebrating Women in the Profession" luncheon - and a thank you to sponsors

    Joan C. Williams, a law professor and prolific author on work and family issues, will be the keynote speaker at a “Celebrating Women in the Profession” luncheon hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association on Thursday, March 13, at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, Chicago.

    ISBA would like to thank sponsors for this program, including:

    Gold

    • Burke Wise Morrissey & Kaveny
    • Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education

    Silver

    • ISBA Mutual Insurance Company
    • Winston & Strawn LLP

    Bronze

    • North Shore LAW
  • February 28, 2014 | ISBA News
    President Holderman speaks at Lake County Jefferson Inn of Court

    ISBA President Paula H. Holderman was the dinner speaker at the Lake County Jefferson Inn of Court meeting in Lake Bluff on February 24, 2014.  Pictured are (from left) Inn President Greg Nikitas, Associate Judge Christy Bishop, President Holderman and Circuit Judge James Booras.

  • February 27, 2014 | Practice News | ISBA News
    2 Minutes with the President: Paula H. Holderman interviews Julie Bauer on issues facing new lawyers

    ISBA President Paula H. Holderman interviews Winston & Strawn partner and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie Bauer. They discuss what hiring partners look for when interviewing for associate positions, the changes new lawyers face and the importance of being involved in bar associations.

  • February 21, 2014 | ISBA News | Events
    Registration now open for "Celebration of Women in the Profession" luncheon

    Joan C. Williams, a law professor and prolific author on work and family issues, will be the keynote speaker at a “Celebration of Women in the Profession” luncheon hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association on Thursday, March 13, at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, Chicago.

  • February 20, 2014 | ISBA News | Events
    Volunteers needed for ISBA Mock Trial Invitational

    Are you interested in sharpening your trial skills from different perspective, improving the public image of attorneys in Illinois, performing an important public service, evaluating a group of talented and hard-working students in a state-wide competition or just doing something different on the weekend?

    If so, this year’s ISBA High School Mock Trial Invitational is for you!  It will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 8th and 9th, 2014, at the University of Illinois School of Law in Champaign, Illinois.

  • February 20, 2014 | ISBA News
    Bartylak and McAndrews award nominations due March 7

    The Illinois State Bar Association Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services (DLS) is seeking nominations for the ISBA Joseph R. Bartylak Memorial Legal Services Award which honors the extraordinary commitment and dedication of a civil legal services attorney who has provided the highest caliber of compassionate legal representation and outstanding service to Illinois’ vulnerable and low-income population.

    For more information on this award and how to nominate an individual, please visit the Joseph R. Bartylak homepage: http://www.isba.org/awards/bartylak. 

    JOHN C. McANDREWS PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD

    The Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on DLS is also seeking nominations for the ISBA John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award honoring the extraordinary commitment of individuals, bar associations, or law firm/corporate legal departments to providing free legal services to the income eligible in Illinois or expanding the availability of legal services to the income eligible in Illinois.

    For more information, please visit the John C. McAndrews homepage:http://www.isba.org/awards/mcandrews

    All nominations must be received by Friday, March 7, 2014 for consideration.

  • February 19, 2014 | Events | ISBA News
    ISBA 3rd VP Cornelius honored at event

    ISBA 3rd Vice President Vincent F. Cornelius was honored by the Black Bar Association of Will County at the group’s Annual Barrister’s Ball on Feb. 15 at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. On hand for the event were (from left) President-elect Richard D. Felice, President Paula H. Holderman, Cornelius and 2nd Vice President Umberto S. Davi.