[caption id="attachment_2603" align="alignright" width="300" caption="IBF Grants Committee Member Lori Levin of Chicago presents an $8,000 grant to Gail Smith, CLAIM's Executive Director."][/caption]
The Illinois Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce a $8,000 grant to Chicago Legal Advocacy to Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM), one of 32 grants awarded this year totaling $304,995. CLAIM provides legal and educational services to imprisoned mothers and their children's caregivers.
CLAIM's On-Site Services provide intensive individual legal advice and representation to mothers in Dwight, Lincoln, Decatur and Kankakee Correctional Centers, Fox Valley Adult Transitional Center, the Metropolitan Correctional Center and in Cook County Jail. With early legal advice, provision of short-term guardianship forms and representation for court-ordered guardianship, mothers can forge sound plans for their children and in many cases can avoid foster care placement.
In 2008, CLAIM represented 450 women, up 38 percent from 2007.
Northern Illinois
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July 23, 2009 |
ISBA News
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July 21, 2009
Central Illinois
- Ohio trial starts for former Chiefs pitcher blamed in fan injury, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Pianist gets life in prison for killing ex and her mother, Chicago Sun-Times
- County to sue Burr Oak to recover expenses, Chicago Sun-Times
- Arbitration company to cease consumer work, Chicago Tribune
- Stroger to release cellphone records after being sued, Chicago Sun-Times
- Ex-cop gets probation in towing scam, Chicago Tribune
- Another Illinois cemetery accused of grave tampering, Chicago Bar-Tender
- 4 plead not guilty to Channahon murder, Joliet Herald News
Northern Illinois
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July 20, 2009 |
Practice News
Soon to be released FTC guidelines will up the ante for bloggers who review or endorse products, according to Adam Snukal in the July 2009 issue of The Corporate Lawyer, newsletter of the ISBA's Section on Corporate Law. One change wrought by the new guidelines: a blogger who reviews a product will be deemed an "endorser." That means that, "should the blogger fail to verify (or request verification of) an advertiser’s substantiation with respect to any product claims, the advertiser can be subject to liability for false and unsubstantiated statements made through the blogger’s endorsement, and the blogger may also be subject to liability for the same unsubstantiated representations (intentional or unintentional) made in the course of his/her review (aka endorsement)." Read the article.
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July 20, 2009 |
ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_2500" align="alignright" width="300" caption="New members of the ISBA Board of Governors include: Gina Arquilla, James McCluskey, Lisa Nyuli and Russell Scott"][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association's Board of Governors welcomed five new members at a meeting Friday in Chicago. The new members are: 3rd Vice President John E. Thies of Urbana, James M. McCluskey of Lisle, Lisa M. Nyuli of South Elgin and Russell K. Scott of Belleville. Gina Arquilla of Chicago was elected to fill the "under 37" Cook County seats. [caption id="attachment_2501" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Mauro Glorioso"][/caption] The Board elected Carl Draper of Springfield to serve as Secretary and Mauro Glorioso of Westchester as Treasurer. Other actions taken included approving two professional ethics opinions in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court's New Rules of Professional Conduct.
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July 20, 2009
State
- Lawmakers stay in background of U. of I. scandal, State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Blago pal Monk won't plead not guilty tomorrow, Chicago Sun-Times
- Ex-NBA star Walker in court for gambling debts, Chicago Tribune
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July 20, 2009 |
Member Services
Ethics help is just a phone call or click away
Illinois State Bar Association members can review our online database of ethics opinions, searchable by subject or opinion number, or get personal guidance from a qualified ISBA attorney by calling the Ethics InfoLine (800) 252-8908. Click here to review the ISBA's online database of ethics opinions. -
July 17, 2009
Central Illinois
- Local jury foreman: "We are hung, and we'd like to be sprung", Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Prosecutors: DNA ties postal worker to 4 rapes, Chicago Tribune
- Lathrop and Gage opens Chicago office, plans "aggressive recruiting", ABA Journal
- Police nab former NBA star Walker in casino, Chicago Tribune
- SEC dismisses insider training complaint against Mark Cuban, Chicago Tribune
- Prosecutors win Oswego crash appeal, Aurora Beacon News
- Lawyers picked for Kane County budget fight, Aurora Beacon News
Northern Illinois
- Closing arguments in NFL player's trial set for today, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Southern Illinois
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July 16, 2009
Nation
- Sotomayor testimony completed, AP
- Sessions: Senate to vote on Sotomayor before August recess, Wall Street Journal
- Day 4 of the Sotomayor hearings, ABA Journal
- Homeless man, jailed for failing to support boy who wasn't his, is freed, ABA Journal
State
- Whitney to run for governor again, Champaign News-Gazette
Central Illinois
- Machines no longer a gamble, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
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July 16, 2009 |
Events
The Illinois State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division will hold its 5th Annual Golf Classic on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at the Odyssey Golf Club in Tinley Park. This event will benefit the Illinois Bar Foundation YLD's Children's Assistance Fund. Schedule:
- Registration: 10:30 a.m.
- PMCLE program: 11 a.m.
- Shotgun start: 12:30 p.m.
- Cocktails, dinner, silent auction: 4 p.m.
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July 16, 2009 |
Practice News
By Rodney R. Nordstrom Consisting of Moe Levine's most memorable lectures and summations, a new book, Moe Levine on Advocacy, offers everything the reader expects. Don Keenan does an excellent job in the forward to motivate the reader to read more of the book. Specifically, Keenan divides Levine's (1908 -1974) trial advocacy skills into five main points: mastery of the understatement, appeal to each audience's uniqueness, appeal to jurors' spirituality, elevation of jury's consciousness of the community and challenging jurors to make the "right" decision. These five cardinal points summarize Levine's smooth approach to effective summation.