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 March, 2024, ISBA helped 1,088 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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April 2, 2024 |
Member Services | ISBA News
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March 27, 2024 | ISBA News
Voting is now underway in the 2024 ISBA Election.
ISBA's election vendor, Election-America, emailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses today, Wednesday, March 27. Members—without a valid email address or who prefer to vote by mail—may request a paper ballot by contacting Election-America at Help+isba@election-america.com or (866) 384-9978 Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT. The deadline to request a paper ballot is April 15, 2024.
All members of the Association (except non-lawyer members) with dues paid by March 1, 2024, are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. CT
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March 21, 2024 | Events | ISBA News
The 41st Annual Illinois State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Invitational took place on March 16-17, 2024, at the Public Affairs Center at the University of Illinois in Springfield. Fifty high schools throughout Illinois participated.
First place went to College Preparatory School of America from Lombard.
Second place went to Stevenson High School from Lincolnshire, and Maine South High School from Park Ridge received third place.
The Civility Award recipient was Niles West High School from Skokie.
The Donna E. Schechter Memorial Law Test Award recipient was York Community High School from Elmhurst.
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March 7, 2024 | ISBA News
The 2024 first place winner of the Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest is Morgan Handwerker, an associate at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, Chicago, who wrote “Practicing in a New World.” Morgan's article appeared in the February issue of the Illinois Bar Journal.
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March 7, 2024 | ISBA News
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March 3, 2024 |
Member Services | ISBA News
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, 2024, ISBA helped 1,236 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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February 20, 2024 | ISBA News
The deadline to nominate someone for an Illinois State Bar Association award is March 4, 2024.
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February 15, 2024 | ISBA News
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February 13, 2024 | ISBA News
At the March 2024 meeting of the ISBA Board of Governors, the Board shall elect two Under 35 delegates to the ABA House of Delegates, one from Cook County and one from outside Cook County. The candidates for these positions must be members of the ISBA and ABA in good standing, from the appropriate geographical area, and under the age of 35 at the close of the 2024 ABA Annual Meeting, which is Tuesday, August 6.
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February 6, 2024 |
ISBA News
The Candidate Report for the 2024 ISBA Election is below. All members of the association (except non-lawyer members) with their dues paid by March 1, 2024 are eligible to vote.
(N.B.: Where more candidates filed for a position than vacancies available, ballot positions were determined by lot. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name.)