The ISBA's Women & the Law Committee is excited to announce its annual charity drive. This year, the focus is on expanding access to books for children in underprivileged communities across Illinois through monetary and book donations. Please bring book donations to the Midyear Meeting Registration for charities accepting physical books as outlined below.

Your donations will support the following organizations:

Bernie's Book Bank

At the December 13, 2024, meeting of the ISBA Assembly, four “At-Large” Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, two from Cook County and two from the area outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA, in good standing, and from the appropriate area at the time the ABA term commences. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June 2025 and will join the ISBA delegation in August at the ABA annual meeting in Toronto.

The Illinois State Bar Association's Cook County judicial ratings for the November 5, 2024, election are available online.

In Cook County, an ISBA Judicial Evaluations committee used the results of a questionnaire, background investigations, and in-person interviews to rate candidates for all judicial offices. Candidates for the Appellate Court outside of Cook County were also evaluated using this method.

Today, the Supreme Court of North Carolina entered an Order to permit lawyers licensed in other states but not in North Carolina to temporarily register with the North Carolina State Bar and begin immediately providing pro bono legal services to indigent residents of North Carolina who are victims of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene.