The Illinois Supreme Court today issued an order pausing the implementation of the 2021 judicial redistricting.

The order can be found online.

As of late April 2021, more than 50 percent of adults in the U.S. had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This is welcomed progress, but the pandemic is not going away yet. In fact, the vaccination campaign may get more challenging as it now has to reach people who are more hesitant to take vaccines, writes Craig Colbrook, legislative counsel for the Illinois Office of Comptroller, in his July Illinois Bar Journal article, “Finding a ‘New Normal’ With COVID-19 Vaccines.” Employers—and the attorneys who represent them—can play an important role here, Colbrook suggests. If they properly respond to the vaccines, then they can protect their employees, return to a safe and productive workplace, and help the country end the pandemic. But there are risks, too. Colbrook explores the legal exposure that employers face regarding employee vaccination and lays out three options employers can take: 1) requiring employees to take a COVID-19 vaccine; 2) incentivizing employees to be vaccinated; or 3) encouraging employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The past year has tested our health, patience, and resolve. So, why not blow off some steam by entering the Illinois Bar Journal’s Creative Writing Contest?

Send us your poems, short stories, creative essays, or other forms of written expression capturing the essence of lawyering during the COVID-19 pandemic and we’ll pick a finalist who will receive a gift card and whose winning submission will be printed in an upcoming issue of the Illinois Bar Journal.

The rules are simple:

This is part three of a three-part video series on the Illinois Supreme Court’s remote access policy and e-filing developments, presented by the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Legal Technology.

The Illinois Supreme Court is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as the court's clerk.

The clerk of the Supreme Court is an officer appointed by the Court (Ill. Const. 1970, Art. VI, § 18 (a)), reports to the court, and serves at the court’s pleasure. This senior level position is the court’s principal case processing and records manager who operates the clerk’s main office in Springfield and a satellite office in Chicago through a staff of 13 deputies whom the clerk recruits, selects, trains, and supervises. The clerk is also responsible for planning, developing, and implementing policies and procedures necessary to execute the responsibilities of the  office.

This June, we're celebrating you during Member Appreciation Month. To help you meet your MCLE requirements, we're offering a free live (but virtual) CLE webinar on June 11 from 2 until 3 p.m.

How many times have you started down the self-improvement road of time, task, email, and distraction management, and found yourself back in the same place a couple weeks later? It is time to get traction and build long-lasting habits.

The Illinois Appellate Court, First District, has adopted new rules of procedure which will become effective on July 1, 2021.

The intersection between immigration law and family law can be difficult to navigate if ill-prepared for the trek. Join us on June 11 for this in-depth look at the immigration issues that may arise out of a family law case, including immigration relief concerns. Family law practitioners, child representatives/GAL, immigration attorneys, general practitioners, and new attorneys who attend this online seminar will learn how to evaluate the implications of divorce and parentage in the immigration law context, how family law can incorporate immigration benefits into the case, and how to navigate immigration relief throughout a family law process.

The Illinois Supreme Court today unveiled a newly redesigned website for the Judicial Branch. Featuring an entirely new modern layout, new features, and color scheme, the website was developed to be more user-friendly and mobile-friendly using a responsive design.

The website of the Illinois Courts is https://illinoiscourts.gov

Attorneys often enter into negotiations with the other party without having formulated a careful strategy, says Marty Latz, CEO of Latz Negotiation. Latz, who will present Five Steps to Effective Online Negotiations, an ISBA CLE program, on June 18, sat down with the Illinois Bar Journal and shared his approach to negotiation strategies and tactics and how negotiating online differs from dealing face-to-face. “In the past 40 to 50 years, there’s been a lot of great research in this particular area. There is a right way and a wrong way to negotiate,” says Latz, a former White House negotiator, former adjunct professor at Arizona State University College of Law, and author of “The Real Trump Deal: An Eye-Opening Look at How He Really Negotiates.” Read the IBJ’s June cover story, “The Art of Negotiating Online,” for more of Latz’s research-based approach to striking deals remotely.