The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Assembly on December 10, approved a resolution recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Illinois Judges Association.
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Solitary work is a rarity anymore. Whatever your practice area, you need to share work with colleagues and clients. This webinar will show you how do so securely.
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The upcoming meeting of the ISBA Assembly, to be held Friday, December 10, at 2:00 p.m., will be available to all ISBA members via livestream. To access the livestream, please visit the Joint Midyear Meeting webpage.
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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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The 2022 first place winner of the Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest is Daniel C. Katzman, a partner at Katzman & Sugden, LLC, Belleville, who wrote “A Brave New World of Digital Payments for Lawyers?” Daniel's article will appear in the February issue of the Illinois Bar Journal.
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Take advantage of this opportunity to familiarize yourself with statutory and case law developments involving data ownership, storage, and protection.
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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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The Illinois Supreme Court issued one opinion on Thursday, December 2.
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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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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.3 comments (Most recent December 19, 2021)