Like many organizations that took a look in the mirror following the murder of George Floyd, the Illinois State Bar Association made diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the ISBA one of its top priorities. One major accomplishment during the past year is a comprehensive DEI assessment of the ISBA prepared by diversity consultants Richard Harvey of Saint Louis University and Kimberly Norwood of the Washington University School of Law.
Business advice and financial planning attorneys, general practitioners, trusts and estates lawyers, and tax attorneys with basic to intermediate practice experience won’t want to miss this two-part series as we explore the succession planning process for your next small business client.
Consistent with the ISBA’s commitment to this important issue, I’m pleased to announce the release of the ISBA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Assessment. The release of this DEI Assessment marks the conclusion of the first phase of a comprehensive review of the Association’s DEI efforts. The assessment was conducted by our nationally recognized consultants, Richard D. Harvey, Ph.D. of Saint Louis University and Professor Kimberly Norwood of Washington University in St.
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.
The names of the 13 Fellows selected to participate in the 2022 Rural Practice Fellowship Program, which is designed to meet the critical need of providing access to justice for those living in rural areas with a declining lawyer population, have been announced.
Don’t miss this introductory look at juvenile transfer hearings and how to best represent your adolescent client throughout the process.
We have been showing our members how much we appreciate them all month long, and that brings us joy! Now we want to see something that brings YOU joy!
For the ISBA’s Member Appreciation Month Instagram contest, we want you to share a photo of something that brings you joy for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.
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.”
