The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of February 2012, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law – 14
• Animal Law - 5
• Bankruptcy - 18
• Business Law - 19                   
• Civil Disputes - 43
• Civil Rights - 15          
• Collection – 27
• Consumer Protection - 32
• Contracts – 5
• Criminal Law - 61
• Education Law - 11
• Employment Law - 61
• Estate/Probate Law - 28
• Family - 128               
• Government Benefits - 15
• Health Law - 2
• Immigration - 7
• Insurance Disputes - 9
• Intellectual Property - 5 
• Miscellaneous - 4        
• Municipal Law - 7                  
• Personal Injury - 75
• Real Estate - 56
• Social Security - 13
• Tax - 8
• Workers Compensation - 8

These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service.