We tend to operate under the misconception that child marriage is something that happens "over there," not in the United States. Don't miss this symposium as we take a comprehensive look at child marriage internationally and nationally, including how child marriage intersects various areas of law.

The Illinois Judicial Conference’s Remote Proceedings Task Force (Task Force) announced today the publication of two short surveys as they hope to hear from both the legal community and the community at large about remote court experiences and preferences. One survey is for judges, attorneys, and other legal professionals and one is for members of the general public, which includes self-represented litigants. 

Don’t miss this introductory look at juvenile transfer hearings and how to best represent your adolescent client throughout the process.

When writing or editing on behalf of your boss, you need to keep two things in mind, writes Patrick Barry in his May Illinois Bar Journal article, “Anticipatory Edits.” Barry, a writing professor at the University of Chicago Law School, says always consider “the actual people who are going to review your writing; and the likely changes they’ll make to it. By implementing those changes yourself—before the document ever hits your boss’s desk or inbox—you can save them a lot of time and cognitive effort. I doubt they’ll hold that against you. One way to think about anticipating the edits of your boss is to view the process as a form of targeted foresight. You need to make informed predictions about a particular person’s future revisions and then adjust your current draft accordingly.”