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Impact of Law School Debt on Delivery of Legal Services

In June 2012, ISBA President John E. Thies appointed a Special Committee on the Impact of Law School Debt on the Delivery of Legal Services, co-chaired by Illinois Appellate Court Justice Anne B. Jorgensen of Wheaton and attorney Dennis Orsey of Granite City. Their report and recommendations were accepted on Friday, March 8, at a meeting of the ISBA Board of Governors in Urbana, and the Board recommended that the ISBA’s policy-making Assembly approve the report at its next meeting in June.

Read a synopsis of the report on Illinois Lawyer Now and comment on it.

Final Report & Recommendations

Sp. Committee Roster

  • Hon. Ann B. Jorgensen, Wheaton, Co-Chair
  • Dennis J. Orsey, Dennis J Orsey P C, Granite City, Co-Chair
  • Robert H. Alvine, Law Offices of Alvine & Alvine, Moline, Member
  • Hon. Dennis J. Burke, Burr Ridge, Member
  • John J. Horeled, Crystal Lake, Member
  • Ms. Elizabeth L. Jensen, Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer Rodick & Kohn LLP, Peoria, Member
  • Annemarie E. Kill, Avery Camerlingo & Kill LLC, Chicago, Member
  • Mary L. Smith, Lansing, Member
  • Hon. Ronald D. Spears, 4th Judicial Circuit Circuit Court Judge, Taylorville, Member
  • Joseph L. Stone, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Daniel R. Thies, Chicago, Member
  • Lois Wood, Land of Lincoln Legal Asst Found Inc, East St Louis, Member
  • Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison