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.
Northern Illinois
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November 17, 2023 | ISBA News
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Lisa Holder White of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 55 new lawyers on Thursday, November 9, in the Fourth Judicial District.
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 67 new lawyers on Thursday, November 9, in the Second Judicial District.
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Mary K. O’Brien of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 77 new lawyers on Thursday, November 9, in the Third Judicial District.
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,360 new attorneys who passed the July 2023 Bar Exam will be held on Thursday, November 9, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. These will be the first bar admission ceremonies held in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 2, 2023 | People | Events
On Oct. 26, 2023, President Shawn Kasserman was the guest speaker for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Celebrate Pro Bono Reception honoring award recipient Stacey A. McCullough (Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella, LLC) at Cantigny Golf Club, 27W270 Mack Road, Wheaton, IL.
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October 12, 2023
On October 9, 2023, President-Elect Sonni Choi Williams spoke about the benefits of being an active and engaged ISBA member during the CLE program, Practicing Practical Probate, in Moline. Thank you, Rock Island County Bar Association!
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October 4, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Lisa Holder White and the Supreme Court of Illinois have announced the appointment of Jeffrey Scot McKinley as a Resident Circuit Judge in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Mercer County.
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September 13, 2023 | CLE | Events
On September 8, 2023, the Illinois State Bar Association presented the 5th Annual Abraham Lincoln's Legal Legacy: Lessons for Today's Lawyers - Science and Technology's Rapidly Evolving Impact on the Law.
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September 7, 2023 | People
The Honorable James E. "Jim" Garrison, age 82, of Plainfield, IL, formerly of Peoria and Joliet, IL, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at his home. Jim was born on March 23, 1941, in Peoria, IL.