Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5 and 1.15. The amendments to the Rules are intended to address existing issues between the legal needs of the public and the lawyers who could serve them.
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March 1, 2023 | Practice News
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ISBA members who are prosecutors or public defenders can apply for long repayment assistance through the John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program through March 20, 2023.
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February 28, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for: Senior Public Service Administrator, Opt 8L (Deputy General Counsel Air Enforcement). The position is located in Springfield.
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February 23, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on three proposals on March 29, 2023, at a public hearing beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Room C-500 at the Michael A. Bilandic Building at 160 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago. All proposals must be approved by the Illinois Supreme Court before they can take effect.
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February 21, 2023 | Practice News
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the one civil and two criminal opinions handed down Friday, February 17, by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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February 21, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court’s Statutory Court Fee Task Force (Task Force) announced today the release of its final report, a follow-up to the work of the first Task Force in 2016. The new report builds on the original Task Force recommendations that were aimed at reducing barriers to access to justice, expanding the availability of fee waivers to low-income litigants, and simplifying the system of court fees imposed in civil, criminal and traffic cases.
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February 21, 2023 | Practice News
“Never in our careers have we seen so much sudden change in the way that the bench and bar meet our obligations to do justice,” writes Deputy Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit Daniel B. Shanes in his February Illinois Bar Journal article, “Courts of the Future.”
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February 13, 2023 | Practice News
Multilingual societies can be exhilarating, but they also pose a challenge to law enforcement. When police officers interact with nonnative English speakers, important decisions may need to be made on using trained translators and interpreters. Making the wrong decision can result in misunderstandings that carry serious legal consequences and municipal attorneys need to recognize these consequences so they can advise their clients effectively.
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February 2, 2023 | Practice News
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the one civil and two criminal opinions handed down Thursday, February 2 by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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February 1, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court today announced the expansion of e-filing to include quasi-criminal cases and electronic citations (e-Citations). This expansion beyond civil, criminal, and juvenile cases furthers the Supreme Court’s objective to utilize technology to reduce and streamline processes. It will be done in a permissive manner initially so counties can join as their technology allows.
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