Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) is charged with promoting accessible, responsive, fair, inclusive, safe, unbiased, and welcoming courts. To help achieve this vision, the ATJ Commission created the Community Trust and Disability Access Committees, both of which are seeking applications for new volunteer members from Illinois who would like to contribute to these efforts.

If approved, members are expected to serve three-year, renewable terms and are expected to prepare for, attend, and contribute to monthly Committee meetings.

WHAT: Oral arguments for two cases, People v. Marshall and E.W., etc., et al., v. The Board of Education of East St. Louis School District #189 will be held before the Illinois Supreme Court and an audience of around 600 students and local community members. A question-and-answer session with Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Judges Heidi Benson and Nigel Graham, along with attorney Emily Sutton, will follow the oral arguments.

Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Aaron C. Kaney as an associate judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.

Mr. Kaney received his undergraduate degree in 2007 from Taylor University in Fort Wayne, Indiana and his Juris Doctor in 2010 from Regent Law School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mr. Kaney is currently affiliated with the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office in Mount Carroll, Illinois.

On February 10, 2026, the Illinois State Bar Association was honored to support and sponsor the special reception celebrating Justice Mary Jane Theis upon her retirement from the Illinois Supreme Court. The reception was held at The Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct.