Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 4
CLE
Live Programs: 2
Discussions
Posts: 5
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 75
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - The Forum of Choice: Litigating Civil Rights Cases Before the Illinois Human Rights Commission (01/24/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - The End of Affirmative Action? The Effect and Future of Admissions and Other Programs in the Public and Private Sectors After SFFA v. Harvard/UNC (02/06/2024)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.
Human and Civil Rights
- Community members: 380
- Total discussion posts: 5
Transactional
- Community members: 29,383
- Total discussion posts: 551
Litigation
- Community members: 29,384
- Total discussion posts: 1,463
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 75 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- Senate Bill 3310, except for alleged violations under the Real Estate Transactions Article, amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to extend from 300 calendar days to 2 years the statute of limitations for filing a charge.
- House Bill 3773 amends the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The bill provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment, for an employer to use artificial intelligence that has the effect of subjecting employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes identified under the Article or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes identified under the Article; and (2) for an employer to fail to provide notice to an employee that the employer is using artificial intelligence.
- House Bill 5371 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act and changes the definition of "real estate transaction" to include any act that otherwise makes available such a transaction or alters a person's right to real property. It provides that it is a civil rights violation under the Act to unlawfully refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or deny real property or to discriminate in making available such a transaction and it further provides that it is also a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods that have the effect of subjecting individuals to unlawful discrimination or discrimination based on familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction.