You Are Excused

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

 In his October Illinois Bar Journal Ethics column, ISBA General Counsel Charles J. Northrup addresses the ethical nuance of exercising peremptory challenges when they are lawful under substantive law but could be considered violative of ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and its Illinois equivalent. Northrup shows how ABA Formal Opinion 517 promotes clarity for those charged with complying these rules.

Pritzker: 'Illinois will never back down' on protecting reproductive health care

Speaking to several hundred abortion-rights advocates and elected officials Friday, Gov. JB Pritzker spotlighted his steadfast approach in keeping Illinois a front runner in reproductive health care access.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Judge orders bond hearing for detained Mexican with sick daughter

Due process rights were violated when federal officers detained the father of a girl who has cancer without a bond hearing pending deportation to Mexico, a federal judge in Chicago ruled.

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Belleville News-Democrat

Quick Take on Illinois Supreme Court Opinion Issued Thursday, October 23, 2025

Leading appellate attorney reviews People v. Reed, the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, October 23. 

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The Bar News

ARDC releases the Illinois Attorney’s Guide To Implementing AI

To support Illinois lawyers in addressing ethics questions, the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has issued the Illinois Attorney’s Guide to Implementing AI, developed in alignment with the Illinois Supreme Court’s Policy on Artificial Intelligence.

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The Bar News

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino ordered to testify in federal court

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who has spent the last 5 ½ weeks running the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago area, has been ordered to testify in federal court Tuesday after allegations he threw tear gas into a crowd Thursday with neither warning nor justification.

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WSIU

Illinois Supreme Court Releases Annual Report

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

The Illinois Supreme Court has released the Illinois Courts 2024 Annual Report.

The Report contains a summary of the day-today operations of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Court, and highlights the work of Illinois judges, court managers, committees, AOIC and other justice partners who keep the trains running for the third branch of government.