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Articles on Judges and Judiciary

Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, June 2024 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, April 2024 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Emeritus Council of the Illinois Judges Association By Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, (ret.) Senior Lawyers, February 2024 The Emeritus Council of the Illinois Judges Association is a new program designed to help judges who believe they have been subjected to unfair criticism or media coverage.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, February 2024 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Emeritus Council of the Illinois Judges Association By Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, (ret.) Bench and Bar, December 2023 The Emeritus Council of the Illinois Judges Association is a new program designed to help judges who believe they have been subjected to unfair criticism or media coverage.
Judicial Code … Judicial Elections … What You Need to Know for 2024 By Ann Jorgensen Bench and Bar, December 2023 A new Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct was approved by the Illinois Supreme Court in July 2022 and became effective on January 1, 2023. 
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, December 2023 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, October 2023 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, August 2023 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, June 2023 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, April 2023 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, October 2022 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Justice Rita Garman, the Longest Tenured Sitting Judge, Is Retiring: A Look at Her Career and Legacy By Hon. Alfred Swanson, (ret.) Local Government Law, August 2022 After 40 years, six months as a judge, Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman is retiring effective July 7, 2022.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, August 2022 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Justice Rita Garman, the Longest Tenured Sitting Judge, Is Retiring: A Look at Her Career and Legacy By Hon. Alfred Swanson, (ret.) Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, July 2022 After 40 years, six months as a judge, Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman is retiring effective July 7, 2022.
Justice Rita Garman, the Longest Tenured Sitting Judge, Is Retiring: A Look at Her Career and Legacy By Hon. Alfred Swanson, (ret.) Bench and Bar, May 2022 After 40 years, six months as a judge, Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman is retiring effective July 7, 2022.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, May 2022 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, March 2022 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, January 2022 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Promoting Change in the Judiciary: A Candid Discussion with Kane County Circuit Judge Bianca Camargo By Gladys Proa Santana Women and the Law, December 2021 This past summer, the Illinois Supreme Court took affirmative steps in its mission to foster diverse, equitable, and inclusive leadership by unanimously appointing the first Mexican American woman to fill a circuit judge vacancy.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, November 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, September 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, July 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, May 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, March 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, January 2021 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Sitting Down With Illinois Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet: Breaking the Ice and Advice to Young Lawyers in the Zoom Age By Susannah Price & Marc Pawlus Young Lawyers Division, January 2021 A Q-&-A interview with Justice David K. Overstreet, who was recently elected to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, November 2020 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, October 2020 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, September 2020 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.

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