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  • July 15, 2024 | Practice News | ISBA News
    ISBA Supports ABA Resolution to Recognize ERA as 28th Amendment of U.S. Constitution

    The Illinois State Bar Association's Women and the Law (WATL) Committee and the Human and Civil Rights Section Council presented a proposal to the Board of Governors seeking the ISBA's express support of the ABA Resolution recognizing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Board of Governors met during the ISBA Annual Meeting on June 6, 2024, and the Board voted to support the ABA Resolution.

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  • July 11, 2024 | Practice News
    Illinois Department of Central Management Services Seeks Personnel Attorney

    The Illinois Department of Central Management Services is seeking a Deputy General Counsel of Personnel. 

  • July 9, 2024 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary K. O’Brien Elected to American Law Institute

    Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary K. O’Brien has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. 

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  • July 9, 2024 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court Announces Committee on Equal Justice

    Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced that the Supreme Court Committee on Equality has been renamed as the Supreme Court Committee on Equal Justice (Committee) and given a new charge.

  • July 8, 2024 | Practice News
    Was Counterman Counterproductive?

     In Illinois, stalking is a serious crime. Yet, as Jesse P. Hodierne notes in his July Illinois Bar Journal article, “Was Counterman Counterproductive?”, on June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Counterman v. Colorado ostensibly bolsters First Amendment defenses of alleged stalkers. Hodierne’s article reviews the potential impact of the Counterman ruling in Illinois and explores the overall tension between protecting free speech and protecting victims of stalking. 

  • July 3, 2024 | Practice News
    Spotlight on Pro Bono: Collaborative Law Modest Means Program Available to Illinois Families

    By Sandra Crawford, JD, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer

    The Collaborative Divorce Process is a limited scope representation model of conflict resolution. It has been under development for the last 30 years and has been practiced in Illinois since 2002. In 2018, the Illinois Legislature and the Illinois Supreme Court adopted rules which govern the practice. While the model has applications to all areas of disputes where maintaining a future relationship is important, currently in Illinois, it is practiced primarily in family law.

  • July 1, 2024 | Practice News
    Up and Running

     Introducing Sonni Choi Williams, the 148th president of the Illinois State Bar Association. Williams, the first woman of color to serve as ISBA president, has traveled an arduous but inspiring road to leadership. Read the Illinois Bar Association’s profile of Williams in the July issue, which chronicles her path to the law beginning with her journey to the U.S. from South Korea at age 8.

  • June 25, 2024 | Practice News | People
    Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism to Receive ABA Civility Award

    The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that it is a 2024 recipient of the Honorable William D. Missouri Civility Award, which is presented by the American Bar Association Judicial Division.

  • June 25, 2024 | Practice News | People
    Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Emily J. Hampton ARDC Commissioner

    The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Emily J. Hampton of Peoria to serve as a Commissioner of the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) for a term beginning on June 5, 2024, and expiring on December 31, 2026.

  • June 24, 2024 | Practice News
    The Office of Statewide Pretrial Services Releases New Interactive Data Dashboard

    The Office of Statewide Pretrial Services (OSPS) unveiled a new interactive pretrial data dashboard today that provides a summary of several initial decision points for criminal cases filed since the implementation of Public Act 101-652 and Public Act 102-1104, (commonly referred to as the Pretrial Fairness Act) on Sept. 18, 2023.