“In Illinois, we’re no different than other large states with large urban population centers. These centers tend to attract a majority of the practicing attorneys. In Illinois, of our 102 counties, we have 13 counties with 5 or fewer practicing attorneys.”

A national voting rights organization is asking a Cook County judge to overturn a ruling from the Illinois State Board of Elections and block former President Donald Trump from being listed on the March 19 Republican primary ballot.

The revised NextGen bar exam rolling out in some states in July 2026 won’t be using the ExamSoft software that led to complaints of crashes, frozen screens and faulty facial recognition by some test-takers.

While most Illinois schools have school resource officers, a Republican state lawmaker hopes to pass a plan this spring to allow retired law enforcement to work as school safety officers.

A federal judge told the state he is not interested in delaying a challenge to Illinois’ gun ban so government lawyers can figure out what the state legislature passed.

Thousands of miles of oil and natural gas pipelines already crisscross the country. Now, many more are being proposed to carry things like hydrogen and carbon dioxide as ways to combat climate change.

Prosecutors are “quitting in droves,” while the offices that employ them are getting a fraction of the applications that they have in the past, according to a law professor who studied the problem.

A leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, February 1.

Women make up more than half of new lawyers nationwide, but only 48.9% of all associates at Chicago’s law firms, a new report reveals.