Member Services
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November 12, 2009 |
Member Services | Practice News
Our handy soft-cover book includes full coverage of DUI decisions through June 2009! This update of our popular book of digested traffic court decisions brings you the latest cases in print, beginning with 1986, and is conveniently categorized to help you find what you're looking for quickly.
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November 5, 2009 |
ISBA News | Member Services
To make it easier for our busy members to follow the online news site Illinois Lawyer Now, the ISBA will begin sending a digest of the site via e-mail. Members should expect the first issue of Illinois Lawyer Now Weekly to arrive in their e-mail inboxes Thursday evening. This issue will include the Practice News, Photos, Events, CLE information and legal news headlines that were featured on Illinois Lawyer Now over the past week. Weekly tips on Fastcase, legal writing and law practice management are also included. This is a benefit only available to ISBA members. Enjoy! Please send any feedback on this publication to cbonjean@isba.org.
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November 2, 2009 |
Member Services
Looking for a legal form? Have one to share with your colleagues? ISBA members can view legal forms posted by other members and contribute their own forms by logging onto the ISBA Form Exchange. A wide variety of legal forms are already available, including Complaint for Collection of Attorneys Fees, Social Security Fee Agreement, Settlement Agreement and Release (Litigation), and Assignment of Mortgage (Real Estate) to name just a few. From the ISBA Form Exchange site, click on "View the Forms" to see the list of forms available for download or click on "Contribute a Form" to upload a form to share with your colleagues. Looking for more practice resource tools? Check out ISBA's Practice Tools for a listing of ISBA resources along with links to other resources on the Web about practice management, state and federal resources, legislative information, and information by practice area.
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October 20, 2009 |
ISBA News | Member Services
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 September, 2009, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
- Administrative Law 10
- Animal Law 1
- Bankruptcy 20
- Business Law 42
- Civil Disputes 100
- Civil Rights 9
- Consumer Protection 20
- Contracts 28
- Criminal Law 38
- Education Law 18
- Elder law 4
- Employment Law 80
- Estate/Probate Law 18
- Family 130
- Government Benefits 18
- Health Law 5
- Immigration 7
- Insurance Disputes 7
- Intellectual Property 9
- Miscellaneous 3
- Municipal Law 7
- Personal Injury 91
- Real Estate 49
- Social Security 11
- Tax 3
- Workers Compensation 6
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September 29, 2009 |
Member Services
Wondering whether a case or statute has been covered in an ISBA newsletter? Just curious to see what's been published recently? Check out the 2008-09 newsletter index. Or, for that matter, review the indexes of every newsletter article the ISBA has produced since 1993. And if you want to order a copy of any article, just call or email Janice Ishmael at 217-525-1760 (ext. 1456) or jishmael@isba.org.
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September 28, 2009 |
Member Services
[caption id="attachment_4340" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The premiere issue of Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly rolls off the press last week."][/caption] The premiere issue of the ISBA's newest print publication, Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly, is on its way to you! Inside the colorful Fall 2009 issue you'll find:
- Highlights of Illinois' New Rules of Professional Responsibility
- Notes from a "Tweeting Judge"
- Summary of new public acts (Capitol Chronicle)
- Formal notice of upcoming ISBA elections
- Practice "SURVIVAL" tips during challenging economic times
- Rules on setting boundaries for clients
- An overview of the upcoming Solo & Small Firm Conference
- CLE Calendar of Events
- Obituaries
- Pictures from ISBA outings and courthouses around the state
- Midyear Meeting preview
- And more!
- September 23, 2009 | Member Services
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September 21, 2009 |
Member Services
Are you taking full advantage of available discounts on ISBA CLE programs? Member Advantage. Members always receive the best value for the best price, just $135* for most full-day Law Ed programs and $100* for half-day Law Ed programs, compared to $290 (full-day) and $230 (half-day) for non-members. (*Late Registration- additional $15 if received later than one week prior to the program.) Register Early. ISBA members receive an additional $10 discount when registering online a week or more in advance of a Law Ed program. Join a Section. If you are a member of the section presenting or co-sponsoring the program, you receive an additional $10 discount off the fee. (Applicable to full-day and half-day LawEd programs, excluding Master Series programs.) Special Rates. New Admittees (first-year attorneys) and legal services attorneys may attend Law Ed programs for just $25. (Excludes Master Series programs; no other discounts apply.)
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September 17, 2009 |
Member Services
It's time to start thinking about tax planning, and ISBA is offering a discount to members on CCH tax books and other titles again this year.
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September 16, 2009 |
ISBA News | Member Services
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 August, 2009, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
- Administrative Law 4
- Animal Law 1
- Bankruptcy 21
- Business Law 17
- Civil Disputes 105
- Civil Rights 22
- Collection 28
- Consumer Protection 21
- Contracts 11
- Criminal Law 72
- Education Law 17
- Elder law 5
- Employment Law 84
- Estate/Probate Law 23
- Family 137
- Government Benefits 12
- Health Law 3
- Immigration 8
- Insurance Disputes 8
- Intellectual Property 6
- Miscellaneous 7
- Municipal Law 7
- Personal Injury 106
- Real Estate 70
- Social Security 14
- Tax 5
- Workers Compensation 17