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  • December 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Access to Justice Commission Announces Winners of Colman and Kilbride Awards

    The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) announced today the winners of two awards, the Hon. Thomas L. Kilbride (Ret.) Judicial Access to Justice Award and the Jeffrey D. Colman Access to Justice Award.

    The 2025 recipients are Chief Administrative Law Judge Brian Weinthal and Brenda Sprague, Executive Assistant to the Chief Judge of the First Judicial Circuit. These awards are designed to recognize and celebrate exceptional contributions to increasing access to the court system by improving the experience of litigants.

  • December 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court Announces Illinois Will Accept Transferred Scores From NextGen Uniform Bar Examination

    The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will begin offering a new version of the bar examination, known as the NextGen Uniform Bar Examination (NextGen UBE), beginning in July 2026.

  • November 24, 2025 | Practice News
    Justice Elizabeth Rochford Announces Notice of Vacancy for At-Large Circuit Judge in Kane County

    Justice Elizabeth Rochford of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for an At-Large Circuit Judge vacancy in the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Kane County. The vacancy will be created by the retirement of Judge Kevin T. Busch on January 29, 2026.

  • November 21, 2025 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court Announces New Summaries To Accompany Opinion Releases

    The Illinois Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will begin including summaries with opinion releases. This is to give the public a clear explanation of the rulings in plain language.

    The Court began including the summaries with today’s batch of opinions with the summaries available on the opinions page under Summaries/Notes.

    Here are the November 20 opinions and summaries:

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  • November 10, 2025 | Practice News
    Justice Mary K. O’Brien To Administer Oath to New Attorneys in Joliet

    Justice Mary K. O’Brien of the Illinois Supreme Court administered the attorney’s oath to 87 new lawyers on Wednesday, November 5, in the Third Judicial District.

    The group is among 1,637 who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.

    The bar admission ceremony in the Third Judicial District will begin at 11 a.m. at the Joliet Junior College Event Center located at 1215 Houbolt Road.

  • November 10, 2025 | Practice News
    Justice David Overstreet To Administer Oath to New Attorneys in Carbondale and Champaign

    Justice David K. Overstreet of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 61 new lawyers across two ceremonies on Wednesday, November 5, in the Fifth Judicial District.

    The group is among 1,637 individuals who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.

    The first bar admission ceremony in the Fifth Judicial District will begin at 9 a.m. at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Law Auditorium in Carbondale.

  • November 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Justice Lisa Holder White To Administer Oath to New Attorneys in Springfield

    Justice Lisa Holder White of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 64 new lawyers across two ceremonies on Wednesday, November 5, in the Fourth Judicial District.

    The group is among 1,637 individuals who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.

    Justice Holder White will preside over the ceremonies and the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) will host a reception following each ceremony.

  • November 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Appellate Justice Christopher Kennedy To Administer Oath to New Attorneys in Elgin

    Second District Appellate Court Presiding Justice Christopher M. Kennedy will administer the attorney’s oath to 84 new lawyers on Wednesday, November 5, in the Second Judicial District.

    The group is among 1,637 individuals who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.

    The bar admission ceremony in the Second Judicial District will begin at 10 a.m. at the Hemmens Cultural Center at 45 Symphony Way in Elgin.

  • November 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Supreme Court Justices To Administer Oath to New Attorneys in Chicago

    Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., Justice Mary Jane Theis, and Justice Joy V. Cunningham will administer the attorney’s oath to 1,341 new lawyers over two bar admission ceremony sessions on Wednesday, November 5, in the First Judicial District.

    The group is among 1,637 individuals who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.

  • November 3, 2025 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court To Swear-in New Attorneys at Bar Admission Ceremonies Across the State

    The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,637 new attorneys who passed the July 2025 Bar Exam will be held on Wednesday, November 5, in all five judicial districts of Illinois.

    The First Judicial District ceremonies will be held in Chicago at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., Justice Mary Jane Theis, and Justice Joy V. Cunningham swearing-in candidates.

    The Second Judicial District ceremony will be held in Elgin at 10 a.m. with Second District Appellate Court Presiding Justice Christopher M. Kennedy swearing-in candidates.