On March 31st, ISBA co-sponsored the First Chair Society at SLU Law’s Inaugural Annual Fundraiser at iTap Soulard, the goal of which was the formation of a scholarship fund for first-generation law students at SLU Law. The First Chair Society is a student organization dedicated to creating mentoring, support, and networking opportunities for first-generation law students. About 30 students, friends, family and alumni were in attendance for a fun-filled craft beer and dessert pairing, with available appetizers and a 50/50 raffle. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, including ISBA, the First Chair Society will be able to give out a substantial scholarship to a SLU Law student next year!
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April 8, 2016 |
Events
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April 7, 2016 |
ISBA News | Practice News
All of the ISBA's client pamphlets and booklets have been fully updated to reflect the current state of the law. These easy-to-read materials provide an efficient way to give your clients general information about common legal questions that they might have. Placing the pamphlets and booklets in your office and allowing clients to take the materials that interest them is a great way to plant the seeds for future business Order 2 or more packages and get a FREE display rack for your office*! Browse our Client Brochures * While supplies last
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April 7, 2016 |
CLE
Discover what’s new in the tort law arena with this informative half-day seminar in Champaign on April 22, 2016! Tort law attorneys with intermediate practice experience who attend this seminar will better understand: the do’s and don’ts of medical expert testimony preparation; the current trends and issues with medical malpractice; the vocational expert’s role in determining key factors to your next case; how workers’ compensation issues intersect with Section 5 liens; the Illinois Lien Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; how to make the most out of the mediation process; and the relationship between Medicare and tort law.
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April 7, 2016 |
Practice News
ISBA Director of Legislative Affairs Jim Covington reviews legislation in Springfield of interest to ISBA members. This week he covers Trust law (Senate Bill 2842), Personal guardian (House Bill 5924), The Tenants Radon Protection Act (House Bill 4528), Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (House Bill 4648) and Land Trust Beneficiary Rights Act (House Bill 4697). More information on each bill is available below the video.
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April 7, 2016
The 1970 Illinois Constitution allows the General Assembly to exempt properties that are "used exclusively for…charitable purposes" from property taxes. Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 6. How those exemptions work for not-for-profit hospitals has been contentious for a while. Cash-strapped counties want to collect property taxes; not-for-profit hospitals want to claim an exemption. In Carle Foundation v. Cunningham Township, 2016 IL App (4th) 140795, the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, raises this issue again, holding that a 2012 statute designed to clarify the definition of "charitable purposes" is unconstitutional and the hospital is thus liable for property taxes. On March 14, the Illinois Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the fourth district ruling "pending disposition of the petition for leave to appeal" to the high court. Find out more in the April Illinois Bar Journal.3 comments (Most recent April 8, 2016)
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April 6, 2016 |
Practice News
Attorney Shawn Kasserman discusses 4 things you must do when filing a complaint for personal injury or wrongful death.
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April 6, 2016 |
Practice News
By John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC Q. I am part of a three member management committee of a 16-lawyer firm located in Akron, Ohio. We have 10 partners and 6 associates. Several of our partners are in their 50s and 60s. We have had recent discussions with a couple of potential merger partners and laterals and in all cases they have backed out because they were uncomfortable with our balance sheet. What can we do to better position ourselves? We desperately need to bring in new talent with books of business.
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Teams from 38 high schools from throughout Illinois participated in the 34th annual Illinois State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Invitational on April 2-3 at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign. ISBA President Umberto S. Davi and members of the ISBA Law Related Education Committee served as volunteers to rate the students' performance. Elmhurst’s Timothy Christian High School was declared the winner and will represent Illinois at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Boise, Idaho. St.
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April 5, 2016 |
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 March 2016, there were 987 referrals. ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
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April 5, 2016 |
Practice News
By Sandra Crawford, ISBA Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services A part of the ISBA's Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services mission is to: study, recommend, promote and conduct activities of the Association pertaining to mechanisms for the delivery of legal services to the public, including but not limited to legal assistance to the indigent and other methods of simplifying or lessening the costs of delivery systems. Underlying this mission is the interest to insure access to justice to all members of our diverse community in Illinois. The Institute for Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) has similar goals but comes at the topic from a research perspective.