The Illinois Supreme Court Pretrial Implementation Task Force (Task Force) will host a series of monthly town hall meetings starting on June 23 at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom. These meetings will update court stakeholders on the work of the Task Force as it prepares for the changes coming once the Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, and will answer questions regarding the PFA. This legislation, passed as part of the SAFE-T Act, abolishes the use of cash bail in pretrial release decisions on Jan. 1 and establishes new processes for pretrial release and detention decisions. 

In Suburban Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Carlson, the Illinois Supreme Court tried to reconcile two lines of caselaw governing when a legal malpractice claim involving a transaction accrues under Illinois’ two-year statute of limitations. However, as Mark Bernstein and Joel Bertocchi note in their June Illinois Bar Journal article, "From the Start," as much clarity as the Court delivered in Carlson, it left some questions unexamined.

Join us for an in-depth look at social media, including which ones kids are using today, the impact it has on children, how it can influence custody cases, and how to advise your clients about it.

Congratulations to Richard J. VanSwol for winning a $100 Visa gift card in the ISBA's 2022 Member Appreciation Month Facebook Contest! 

As part of Member Appreciation Month, we asked members to like and comment on our Facebook Contest graphic, telling us their favorite ISBA member benefit. We then selected a winner at random.

Rory T. Weiler, founding partner of Weiler and Lengle P.C. in St. Charles, was installed as president of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) today at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield.