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ISBA News
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December 19, 2023 | Events | ISBA News
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December 18, 2023 | ISBA News
The ISBA offices will be closed for the holidays from Friday, December 22, through Monday, January 1. The offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 2. During this time, E-Clips and other digital newsletters will not be delivered. All business and e-newsletter distribution will resume as usual on January 2, 2024.
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December 12, 2023 |
Practice News | Events | ISBA News
RESCHEDULED to 1/29/24! The Women's Bar Association of Illinois, the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women, & the Illinois State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Women and the Law invite you to join Mentoring Circles Meetup. Experienced attorney-mentors will meet with law students and young lawyers to answer questions and network.
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December 12, 2023 | ISBA News
Both of the ISBA's offices will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 14, and Friday, Dec. 15, so that all staff can attend a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Program. More specifically, the Chicago Regional Office will be closed all day on Thursday, Dec. 14, and Friday, Dec. 15., and the Springfield Office will be closed beginning at noon on Thursday, Dec. 14, and will remain closed through Friday, Dec. 15. Email communications (e.g., E-Clips) will not be sent on Friday. Normal operations and communications will resume on Monday, Dec. 18.
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December 1, 2023 |
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 November, 2023, ISBA helped 1,336 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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November 30, 2023 | ISBA News
One part of the ISBA Presidential Initiative on Access to Legal Services is opening access to courts through the consistent, continued use of remote appearances. To improve remote proceedings, the ISBA Delivery of Legal Services Committee is conducting a survey on remote proceedings.
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November 27, 2023 | ISBA News
It's Cyber Monday! For this week only, we're offering all ISBA members 20% off books in the ISBA bookstore!*
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November 20, 2023 | ISBA News
The ISBA offices will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24. The offices will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 27, at 8:30 a.m.
On behalf of everyone at the ISBA, we wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 17, 2023 | ISBA News
The ISBA’s Rural Practice Initiative Committee created the Rural Practice Fellowship Program in 2020 to increase access to attorneys in rural areas of Illinois. The aim of the Program is to connect rural and small-town attorneys and law firms looking to hire summer law clerks and full-time associates with law students and attorneys interested in practicing law in rural communities in Illinois.
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November 6, 2023 | ISBA News
At the December 8, 2023, meeting of the ISBA Assembly, two “Under 35” Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, one from Cook County and one from the area outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA in good standing from the appropriate area and be under the age of 35 at the time the ABA term commences. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June 2024 and will join the ISBA delegation at the ABA annual meeting scheduled for July 31 – August 6 in Chicago.