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ISBA President John E. Thies urges everyone to use ISBA judicial evaluations when they vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Judicial evaluations are available at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations
ISBA President John E. Thies discusses the "Lawyers in the Classroom," a program that sends Illinois lawyers to classrooms around the state. If you would like to be a part of this program, please visit www.isba.org/lawyersinclassrooms
ISBA President John E. Thies discusses the importance of using ISBA ratings when voting for judges in the upcoming election. Ratings can be found at isba.org/voteforjudges
ISBA President John E. Thies discusses the upcoming special committee hearings on the increasing debt load facing law students. The hearing schedule is below the video
Hearing Schedule
The hearings will held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the following locations:
Additional info is available at iln.isba.org/blog/2012/10/08/special-committee-law-school-debt-hold-statewide-hearings
ISBA President John E. Thies provides highlights from the ABA Annual Meeting, where Chicago attorney Laurel G. Bellows became the organization's 136th president.
President John E. Thies highlights the contributions of the ISBA Senior Lawyers Division.
ISBA President John E. Thies is proud to announce Lawyers Feeding Illinois (LFI), a competitive food and fund-raising campaign among lawyers and legal organizations across Illinois. LFI will support the work of the eight member food banks of Feeding Illinois and is chaired by a volunteer steering committee comprised of members of the ISBA in cooperation with Feeding Illinois. More information is available at http://www.lawyersfeedingil.org/
ISBA President John Thies informs members that federal courts in the Northern District of Illinois could be forced to close in 2013 for one day a week or for the whole month of February. This will occur unless congressional action is taken to avoid sequestration. Please contact your elected representative and encourage them to act at www.contactingthecongress.org.
ISBA President John E. Thies is proud to announce a new member benefit - 15 hours of free CLE each year for ISBA members.
Find out more at www.isba.org/freecle
ISBA President John E. Thies revisits the ISBA's efforts to keep multidisciplinary practice out of the legal profession.