Section Activities Summary

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Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.

Section Stats

Continuing Legal Education

Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:

ISBA Central Discussions

ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.

Elder Law

  • Community members: 1,200
  • Total discussion posts: 97

Transactional

  • Community members: 29,383
  • Total discussion posts: 551

Litigation

  • Community members: 29,384
  • Total discussion posts: 1,463


Legislation

The Section Council reviewed 129 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:

  • SB 2643 creates the Reestablishing Integrity in Death Care Act.
  • Senate Bill 3421 amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act to provide that it is unreasonable for a third party to refuse to honor an Illinois statutory short form power of attorney for property properly executed in accordance with the laws in effect at the time of its execution, if the only reason for the refusal is one of a specified list.
  • SB 3804 amends the Adult Protective Services Act and expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include broker-dealers and officers and employees of financial institutions. It provides that financial exploitation of an adult with disabilities or a person aged 60 or older occurs when a person or entity (i) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (ii) assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (iii) knowingly aids and abets in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining of real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; or (iv) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, real or personal property of an eligible adult by undue influence.