Member Groups

Legal Education, Admission and Competence

The mission of the Standing Committee on is to study all phases of preparatory and legal education requirements for admission to the bar and standards for bar examinations, and to review continuing legal education, competence, and lawyer skills, making recommendations with respect thereto.

Consists of chair, vice-chair, secretary and 18 additional members.

Standing Committee Roster

  • Peter L. Rotskoff, ARDC, Springfield, Chair
  • Nicholas A. Caputo, Caputo Law Firm PC, Chicago, Vice-Chair
  • George R. Ripplinger, Ripplinger & Zimmer, Belleville, Secretary
  • Robert H. Alvine, Law Offices of Alvine & Alvine, Moline, Ex-Officio
  • Peter C. Alexander, Indiana Tech Law School, Fort Wayne, Member
  • Allison K. Bethel, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Member
  • Tarek A. Fadel, AdaptiGroup LLC, Chicago, Member
  • Nancy Z. Hablutzel, Chicago, Member
  • Patrick M. Kinnally, Kinnally Flaherty Krentz & Loran PC, Aurora, Member
  • Margaret J. Lowery, Memorial Hospital MMGI, Belleville, Member
  • Hon. Brian L. McPheters, Champaign Co Courthouse Sixth Judicial Circuit, Urbana, Member
  • Lawrence A. Stein, Huck Bouma PC, Wheaton, Member
  • Ramona M. Sullivan, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Champaign, Member
  • Daniel R. Thies, Chicago, Member
  • Hon. Alexander P. White, Des Plaines, Member
  • Bernard Wysocki, Wysocki & Smith, Waukegan, Board Liaison
  • Lynne Davis, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison