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 May 2012, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

• Administrative Law - 13
• Animal Law - 6
• Bankruptcy - 8
• Business Law - 14
• Civil Disputes - 51
• Civil Rights - 19
• Collection - 21
• Consumer Protection - 16
• Contracts - 11 
• Criminal Law - 69
• Education Law - 16                
• Elder law - 5   
• Employment Law - 83
• Estate/Probate Law - 34
• Family - 114                           
• Government Benefits - 9
• Health Law - 9
• Immigration - 1
• Insurance Disputes - 10
• Intellectual Property - 5 
• Miscellaneous - 1        
• Municipal Law - 12                
• Personal Injury - 83                
• Real Estate - 61
• Social Security - 7                               
• Tax - 2
• Workers Compensation - 4

These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the on-line Lawyer Finder service.