The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted a yoga and brunch event on Saturday, March 30 at the Chicago Regional Office.
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The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted a yoga and brunch event on Saturday, March 30 at the Chicago Regional Office.
Voting is now underway in the 2019 ISBA Election.
ISBA's election provider Election America emailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses and mailed paper ballots to members without valid email addresses today, Wednesday, March 27. The deadline for voting is Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.
Only attorney members who have paid their dues by March 1, 2019 are eligible to vote.
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division hosted a free lunch and learn on Tuesday, March 26 at the Chicago Regional Office. Panelists included ISBA Third Vice President Anna Krolikowska, ISBA Board of Governors Members Bridget Duignan and Daniel Saeedi, Karen VanderMeer, Kelly Bennett, and Judy Conway. Topics included networking, how to attract clients, how to make the most of networking, and expanding business opportunities.
The ISBA president elect will appoint a member to one of the underrepresented seats of the Board of Governors at the May 2019 board meeting. The member appointed to this position will serve with full board member privileges for a three-year term beginning the first day of the 2019 Annual Meeting in Geneva, Wisconsin.
Pursuant to the association bylaws, eligible candidates for the underrepresented seat include members of the association with a status of, but not limited to, age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, geography, areas and types of practice, and years of practice.
In light of the fact that email spoofers have been targeting bar associations across the country, the ISBA is warning members to be vigilant in checking the email addresses of the people sending them messages.
Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address. For this reason, emails may appear to be from someone within the ISBA, but will not have their correct email address in the "From" field.
Members of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA) represented the profession by marching in the 2019 West Suburban Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16 in Naperville.
The 2019 ISBA High School Mock Trial Invitational took place on March 9-10 at the University of Illinois Springfield. First place went to York Community High School from Elmhurst.
Second place went to Glenbard East High School from Lombard, and Evanston Township High School received third place.
ISBA President Elect David Sosin represented the association during the West Suburban Bar Association’s officer installation ceremony on March 9 in Oakbrook. Also pictured are WSBA President Michael M. Chvatal and WSBA Immediate Past President Emily A. Hansen.
The 2019 Annual Meeting will be held at the Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, from June 13–15, and you can now make your hotel reservations. To make reservations at the Grand Geneva, please call 855.833.5345 and reference reservation code #76s3q8 or indicate you are attending the Illinois State Bar Association's Annual Meeting. The deadline for making reservations for lodging is on or before May 13. Reservations received after this date will be subject to availability. The deposit will be forfeited for all no-shows, early departures, and cancellations less than seven days prior to arrival.
The Candidate Report for the 2019 ISBA Election is below. All members of the association (except non-lawyer members) with their dues paid by March 1, 2019 are eligible to vote.
(N.B.: Pursuant to the Policy and Procedures for Election approved by the ISBA Assembly, in those instances where there are more candidates than positions to be filled, nominees are listed on the ballot by the date of filing. Where two or more people filed on the same date, ballot positions were determined by lot. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name.)