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  • November 15, 2016 | ISBA News
    Action needed: ISBA service interruption beginning Nov. 18

    In order to serve our members better, we will be taking down our database and website for a short time, resulting in a temporary loss of services. As such,

    • Members will need to create a new website password on or after Monday, November 21.
    • If you need to access Fastcase over the weekend, you'll need to follow the steps below now to ensure continued service.

    Starting Friday, November 18 at 5:30 p.m. and running through Sunday, November 20, the ISBA website, including access to Fastcase and free online CLE, will be unavailable.

  • April 9, 2013 | ISBA News
    ISBA website goes mobile

    We know our members love their smartphones, so we have optimized the ISBA website to be much more user friendly on a handheld device. Now you can easily read E-Clips and other ISBA publications, find and register for CLE, look for job opportunities and more, anywhere with your phone.

    News at the tap of a button

    You can make accessing this information even easier by saving an icon to your phone or tablet's homescreen. You can do this for any page on our site, but we have a few recommendations...

  • August 11, 2010 | Member Services | Practice News
    Need a form? ISBA website probably has it
    The ISBA website has a lot of useful resources for a lawyer needing a form. Back by popular demand: we have gathered Rule 213 Written Interrogatories to Parties from the Illinois Supreme Court website for the convenience of the Illinois legal profession. For our members, we have a Form Exchange where members can take a form or leave a form for others. In our links section we also have a Form Links page with even more resources.
  • March 11, 2010 | Member Services
    New ISBA website feature: ISBA Case Digests Database
    Trying to find a case you remember seeing in E-Clips? No longer will you have to rummage through old copies of E-Clips to locate it. All Illinois Supreme and Appellate cases (except PLAs) and 7th Circuit cases posted in E-Clips since February 8 are being stored in a database that can be accessed as an exclusive benefit for ISBA members. The ISBA Case Digests database show the cases with the most recent decision dates first and allows ISBA members filter the results by court, criminal/civil, topic and keyword. To find the ISBA Case Digests database, go to Publications>ISBA Case Digests and log in (if you aren't already). Please let us know what you think about this brand new benefit.
  • March 4, 2010 | Member Services
    New ISBA website feature: Redesigned section homepages and newsletters
    You asked, and we answered! We've overhauled our entire website so that it's more user-friendly and packed with more resources. Here are just some of the changes we've made: Your section's newly redesigned homepage is now the place to start for all your legal updates. Find CLE and cases related to your practice (when available), recently published newsletter articles, and links to practice tools and other resources. We hope you find these additions make the section homepages a useful place to see what is going on in your practice area. Find your section's homepage here.
  • February 18, 2010 | Member Services
    New ISBA website feature: Improved CLE calendar
    Did you know you can now filter CLE events by topic, location (region, city and remote), even PMCLE credit? Our revamped calendar is easier to read and helps you pinpoint the type of CLE you're interested in with MCLE and PMCLE credit listed for each program. There's even an option to view it in a calendar layout.  Try it out at www.isba.org/cle/upcoming (list view) or www.isba.org/cle/calendar (calendar view). We have also redesigned the CLE program and registration pages. As an additional benefit, members who are logged in will have most of their information automatically entered in the registration form to save time.
  • February 11, 2010 | Member Services
    New ISBA website feature - Your profile page
    The ISBA has made a major upgrade to its website. We will be highlighting some of the new features over the next few weeks. Profile Page: Your profile page allows  you to see and easily update what contact and demographic information we have about you. Other features of your profile page are:
    • You can reset your user name and password;
    • You can also see links to all the sections you belong to.
    • You can access purchases and order history from the store (as long as you were logged in).
    • You can see articles you recently commented on.