Webinar Series for the National Agricultural Law CenterBy Angela PetersFood Law, May 2024As part of its mission, the National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a series of webinars on current and emerging important agricultural and food law topics.
Welcome Back to 2024By Judge Michael ChmielCommercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, May 2024An introduction to the issue from the editor.
Welcome to the Rural Practice SectionBy Angel WawrzynekRural Practice, October 2024The Rural Practice Section Newsletter is intended to circulate articles and information from the various sections addressing substantive legal updates as well as addressing law practice management and other topics of interest to general rural practitioners.
What Can You Do If Your Client Signed a Release?By Brion W. DohertyTort Law, April 2024A release may be unenforceable if neither plaintiff nor defendant understand the true nature of the plaintiff's injuries on the date the release is signed.
What Is a Trust? Part 1: Is a Trust an Entity?By Sherwin D. AbramsReal Estate Law, February 2024Is a trust a relationship, or is it an entity that can hold title to property and that can sue and be sued? The authorities differ.
What Is a Trust? Part 2: Does It Matter?By Sherwin D. AbramsReal Estate Law, January 2024Is a trust a relationship or is it an entity that can hold title to property and that can sue and be sued? The authorities differ.
What Is Sex Discrimination?By Madonna T. LechnerLaw Related Education for the Public, October 2024On May 14, 2024, the States of Kansas, Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming filed a complaint against the U. S. Department of Education in Federal District Court alleging that the revised regulation implementing Title IX is contrary to law.
What Is the Effect of Section 1286.40 of the Illinois State Police Rules on a DUI Prosecution?By Larry A. DavisTraffic Laws and Courts, March 2024In People v. Heineman, the Illinois Supreme Court considered a challenge to the conversion factor provided for in section 1286.40 of the Illinois State Police administrative rules in a criminal proceeding when the state sought to establish the defendant's whole blood alcohol concentration based on an emergency room treatment serum blood alcohol test result.
What Is the Judicial Performance Evaluation Program? Insights From a FacilitatorBy Mitchell L. HoffmanBench and Bar, June 2024Under the Illinois Supreme Court program for mandatory judicial evaluation, judges are confidentially evaluated by the attorneys who appear before them and the court staff who serve in their courtrooms
What Is the Judicial Performance Evaluation Program?: Insights from a FacilitatorBy Mitchell L. HoffmanBench and Bar, September 2024Judges, just like the attorneys who practice in their courtrooms, benefit greatly from feedback on how well they’re performing in their jobs. While attorneys typically work closely
with their peers, and likely undergo regular performance reviews in their law firms, this process is more difficult for judges.
What’s New in Secretary of State Restricted Driving Permits?By Ted HarvatinTraffic Laws and Courts, May 2024The number one concern of most DUI clients who are not facing significant time in jail is the impact a DUI will have on their driver’s license and driving privileges.
What’s New in the Law SchoolsBy Leonard F. AmariSenior Lawyers, October 2024A glance at the NextGen Bar Exam, the JD Next Admissions concept, and alternative licensing beyond the traditional bar exam.
Which Expired First: The Defendant or the Statute of Limitation? Plaintiffs Need to KnowBy Harry DubnickCivil Practice and Procedure, April 2024Jamie Lichter v. Kimberly Porter Carroll, Special Administrator for the Estate of Donald Christopher, Dec’d presents a question of the application of the statute of limitation to a defendant whose passing between the date the claim arose and the date of the filing of the lawsuit is unknown to the plaintiff.
The World Court Hears Another Genocide Case: South Africa v. IsraelBy Junaid “J” AfeefDiversity Leadership Council, June 2024On December 29, 2023, the Republic of South Africa filed its “Application Instituting Proceeding" with the International Court of Justice against the State of Israel, alleging that Israel's assault on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip constitutes a breach of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
The World Court Hears Another Genocide Case: South Africa v. IsraelBy Junaid “J” AfeefInternational and Immigration Law, February 2024On December 29, 2023, the Republic of South Africa filed its “Application Instituting Proceeding" with the International Court of Justice against the State of Israel, alleging that Israel's assault on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip constitutes a breach of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
The World Court Hears Another Genocide Case: South Africa v. IsraelBy Junaid “J” AfeefHuman and Civil Rights, February 2024On December 29, 2023, the Republic of South Africa filed its “Application Instituting Proceeding" with the International Court of Justice against the State of Israel, alleging that Israel's assault on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip constitutes a breach of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
‘… and Nothing But the Truth.’By Nigel S. SmithCivil Practice and Procedure, April 2024A summary of a recently tried small claims case involving a dispute between a landlord and tenant.
