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It's been said. . .

“We think it's a good move in mandating that judges take the same number of hours of continuing education that lawyers are mandated to take.”

DuPage Co. Judge Hollis Webster, chair of the

Education Committee of the Illinois Judicial Conf.,

on new Supreme Court requirement that all judges

attend 30 hours of continuing education

every 2 years

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“Often times, as you approached his chambers in the early morning hours before court convened, you would hear music as he played his violin.”

Joliet lawyer George Mahoney III, praising retired

Will County judge Michael Orenic for his

calming influence on the bench; Orenic was one of

6 new Laureates inducted by the

ISBA's Academy of Illinois Lawyers this month

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“She might be more willing to take some stands on the court that might offend some people, maybe even some people who support her.”

Law Prof. William Schroeder of

Southern Illinois University,

on new Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke