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 July 2012 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:Administrative Law - 13Animal Law - 3Bankruptcy - 1Business Law - 7 Civil Disputes - 54 Civil Rights - 17 Collection - 34Consumer Protection - 10Contracts – 12Criminal Law - 74Education Law - 11Elder law - 4Employment Law - 88Estate/Probate Law - 34Family - 101Government Benefits - 15Health Law - 11Immigration - 3Insurance Disputes - 7Intellectual Property - 4Miscellaneous - 3Municipal Law - 7Personal Injury - 69Real Estate - 55Social Security - 16Tax - 1Workers Compensation - 5These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service.Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service? Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.comClients should call (800) 922-8757.
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August 6, 2012 |
Practice News | Member Services | ISBA News
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August 3, 2012 |
ISBA News | Practice News
Illinois State Bar Association President John E. Thies debated the merits of an ethics proposal that would allow nonlawyers to be owners of and share fees of law firms before the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division Assembly on Friday afternoon in Chicago. The ISBA Board of Governors passed a resolution in support of retaining a previously-adopted ABA policy that disallows such arrangements.Thies debated former ABA President Tommy Wells on the issue. ISBA members Christopher Niro and ABA YLD Chair Michael G. Bergmann also spoke on behalf of the measure. The YLD Assembly voted 89-65 in support of ISBA's resolution. The issue is scheduled for consideration by the ABA House of Delegates on Monday, Aug. 6.The resolution reaffirms the ABA policy – adopted in 2000 – that law firms shall not be owned by non-lawyers and legal fees shall not be shared with non-lawyers. Proposals that would change this policy have been circulated in connection with the work of the ABA’s Commission on Ethics 20/20.1 comment (Most recent August 7, 2012)
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August 3, 2012 |
CLE
The Illinois MCLE Reporting Period for Illinois Attorneys whose last name begins with A through M ended June 30, 2012. Did you miss the deadline? If so, ISBA has a number of programming options available to help you complete your requirement during the grace period! For a complete listing of over 100 electronic CLE options to choose from, please visit: isba.fastcle.com One-hour teleseminars and complimentary Fastcase webinars for ISBA members can be accessed here: www.isba.org/cle/upcomingBe Sure to Check Out These Popular Seminars:The New World of Educator Evaluations - LIVE Webcast2.0 hours MCLE creditLive Webcast – August 9, 2012 / 12:00 – 2:00 p.m
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The Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division held its Annual Golf Outing on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at Cog Hill in Lemont.
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August 2, 2012 |
Practice News
ISBA Director of Legislative Affairs Jim Covington reviews bills in Springfield of interest to ISBA members. In this episode he covers the Open Meetings Act, Post-judgment collection procedures, Medical records of deceased family members, Power of Attorney Act and Judicial Privacy Act. More information on each bill is available below the video.
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The Law and Leadership Institute (LLI), co-sponsored by ISBA and the Just the Beginning Foundation, kicked off on July 23 at the John Marshall Law School. Women in the Law and Men in the Law panels took place on Monday, July 30, allowing students to ask question about careers in the law and diversity in the law.
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August 1, 2012 |
Practice News
As computing solutions become more and more mobile and interconnected, questions and concerns about security arise with ever greater urgency, particularly in the context of law, with strict requirements to preserve client confidentiality. To make some sense of all the emerging choices for storing and retrieving client data, International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Peer Group for Server Operations and Security said Thursday is developing guidelines, according to Evan Koblenz at Law.com, ILTA Developing Law Firm Security Model The guidelines are due out in October. For now, Victoria Stovall suggests Website Security Basics for Lawyers at Attorney at Work. Financial Institutions already have informational guidelines for using outside services to store data (cloud computing) in a white paper published by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Information Technology Subcommittee, Outsourced Cloud Computing posted at Hunt on Privacy Blog. With the emergence of mobile devices, security has become an even more important issue.
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August 1, 2012 |
People
Former ISBA Board member Lawrence "Larry" J. Ferolie passed away on July 29, 2012, at his Rockford home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at St. James Catholic Church, 428 N. Second St., Rockford. Burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory, 1860 S. Mulford Rd., Rockford, and from 9 a.m. Saturday to time of service at the church.
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August 1, 2012 |
Practice News
Asked and AnsweredBy John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMCQ. I am the firm administrator for a 16 attorney firm in Memphis. I am new to the field and just started with this firm. I have been asked to conduct some preliminary law firm economic research and obtain - purchase if necessary - survey data on the subject. Do you have any suggestions concerning using such surveys?A. The use of sound secondary research surveys can be invaluable and can assist firms in their quest for “best practices.” While law firms should strive to use surveys that meet the test of sound research, this is not always possible since no other source of information may be available. In other words – some information may be better than no information at all. In such situations law firms may decide to use research surveys that do not satisfy sound research guidelines. Such information can still be useful for exploratory analysis and when the information will be used for “benchmark” purposes. However, it is important for the firm to keep in mind the limitations of the study.
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July 31, 2012 |
Events
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division will host a Day at the Races on Saturday, Sept. 22 from noon-5 p.m. This networking and social event will be held at Arlington Park Racecourse in Arlington Heights.Tickets are $8.50 per person and will be available for pickup at 11:15 a.m. on the day of the race at the Will Call Window, Grandstand Entrance. The ISBA group will be at the picnic tables located by the rail. Lunch is not included.General Admission cost includes admission to the park and a daily racing guide, and a Fabulous Day of Thoroughbred racing!Deadline to register is Monday, September 17, 2012.Find out more and register at www.isba.org/sections/yld/dayattheraces