The Illinois Supreme Court has made several appointments to the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (A.R.D.C.), the Supreme Court agency that investigates allegations of lawyer wrongdoing in Illinois, and the A.R.D.C. Review Board, which decides appeals in attorney discipline cases.
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December 16, 2021 | Practice News
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December 16, 2021 | Practice News
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced today it was awarded a $550,000 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance as part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). The JMHCP is a competitive grant program that supports innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who encounter the justice system.
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December 16, 2021 |
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eFileIL will be unavailable statewide for filing on Thursday, December 30, beginning at 12:00 p.m., through Sunday, January 2, at 1:00 p.m. CDT, in preparation for the changes required by the new Recordkeeping Manual that goes into effect on January 1. Filers will be unable to submit documents to the court through eFileIL during this time, but you can file paper documents locally at the appropriate clerk’s office during regular business hours without submitting a Certificate of Exemption from e-Filing form.
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December 13, 2021 | Practice News
Earlier this year, the ISBA Steering Committee on Racial Inequality had the opportunity to collaborate with State Sen. Elgie R. Sims Jr. (D-Chicago) and to discuss the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus’s effort on the then-Criminal Justice, Violence Reduction and Police Accountability bill. In the December Illinois Bar Journal, authors of the column The Resolution, written by the cochairs of the ISBA Steering Committee on Racial Inequality, spoke with Sen. Sims to revisit progress made since the bill was passed and ongoing efforts to reform criminal justice policies in Illinois.
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December 8, 2021 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court today announced the lifting of the pause order regarding the judicial redistricting in Public Act 102-0011 (Act), which will change the judicial district boundaries for the first time since they were established in 1964. Effective January 1, 2022, the Court’s order pausing the implementation of redistricting pursuant to the Act will be vacated.
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December 6, 2021 | Practice News
In her December Illinois Bar Journal article, “A Firefly Is Not a Fly Made of Fire,” Lauren Riddick makes a convincing case that many mortgage foreclosure filing preconditions have been mischaracterized as a “condition precedent,” resulting in a stricter standard of compliance for lenders than would otherwise be required.
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December 3, 2021 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court issued one opinion on Thursday, December 2.
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December 3, 2021 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court today announced the appointments of Araceli R. De La Cruz and Judge Thomas M. Donnelly as At-Large Circuit Judges in Cook County.
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December 2, 2021 | Practice News
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis announced today the addition of new members to her Judicial Screening Committee.
The screening committee was formed for the purpose of assessing the qualifications of those persons who have applied for appointment to the Office of Judge of the Circuit Court for Cook County. The committee is currently reviewing candidates for vacancies created by the retirements of Judge Joan O’Brien and Judge Sharon Sullivan. Under the Illinois constitution, the vacancies will be filled by Supreme Court appointment.
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December 1, 2021 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hold a special virtual public hearing via Zoom on February 2, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. to hear testimony on a proposal from the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee (IJEC) to introduce a new Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct.
The Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct proposal, Proposal 21-08, is based on the American Bar Association’s 2007 Model Code of Judicial Conduct and seeks to advance the IJEC’s mission of promoting the highest standards of ethical conduct by judges in Illinois. Thirty-seven states have previously adopted new Codes of Judicial Conduct based on the 2007 Model Code.