This June, we're celebrating you during Member Appreciation Month. Today through Monday, June 28, members can save 25 percent on ISBA books and Fastbooks from our store. To take advantage of this promotion, visit the ISBA store and use the coupon code MAM21 at checkout (be sure to select "View Cart" in order to be able to enter the coupon code).
Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to Rule 756 and Rule 751, which will give $10 from the attorney registration fee to the Illinois Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) and an additional $10 allocation for the Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) to provide funding for Illinois Court Help.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending increasing amounts of time online. We know that everyone needs to take a break from time to time.
Tell us how you detox from the digital world during our Member Appreciation Month Facebook contest for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of May 2021 there were more than 500 referrals given.
Here are the results for May 2021:
Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to Rule 11 and Rule 371 which alter the manner of serving certain legal documents and how a rule on confidential records is applied.
Illinois Rule of Evidence 103 provides the roadmap for preserving evidentiary issues for appeal. The rule’s language, which may seem fairly straightforward, must be read in light of a mountain of caselaw that contains additional requirements and nuances that the trial lawyer should understand to avoid losing the chance to challenge a court’s evidentiary rulings on appeal. Don’t miss this in-depth look at practical trial techniques to lay the groundwork for successfully appealing trial court evidentiary rulings and avoid the most common difficulties encountered in evidence appeals.
At its meeting on June 25, 2021, the Board of Governors will fill the following vacancy:
Under 37 – Outside Cook County
Members who fill vacancies must have their designated ISBA address in the appropriate Board electoral area. Candidates for this vacancy must be under the age of 37 on June 25, 2021. By bylaw, the term of this Under 37 seat will be for one year (ending at the Annual Meeting 2022). This seat will be filled for a full three-year term by election during the regular 2021/2022 election cycle.
The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) fully agrees with the Illinois Supreme Court’s well-reasoned decision to temporarily pause the implementation of the legislatively enacted judicial redistricting plan in order for the Court to faithfully execute the plan. The efficient and orderly administration of justice is of the utmost importance to the ISBA and its members. While we recognize that judicial redistricting is a legislative act properly carried out by the General Assembly, our Supreme Court nonetheless retains administrative and supervisory authority over all courts in Illinois. The piece of legislation creating Illinois’ new judicial districts (Public Act 102-0011) will necessitate substantial changes to the filing of appeals and the administration of justice. As the Court noted in its Order issued this morning, the legislation will require “updates to e-filing and case management systems software, redistribution of staffing and judicial resources, and training of judicial stakeholders and education of the public and members of the bar.” On behalf of the ISBA, I applaud our Supreme Court’s leadership and foresight in recognizing that the changes necessitated by this legislation must be properly and thoughtfully implemented in order to ensure the efficient and orderly administration of our justice system.
A renewed and intense focus is being placed on environmental justice with the intent that these concepts must have a true impact on regulation, permitting, and enforcement. Join us on June 23 for this online program that explores what private practitioners have experienced while working with environmental justice considerations in the past, as well as what they anticipate given the renewed emphasis. Agricultural attorneys, cannabis law counsel, environmental lawyers, new attorneys, and general practitioners with all levels of practice experience will gain a better understanding of both the state and federal governments’ perspective and developments in environmental justice at both levels of government.