The Illinois Supreme Court Pretrial Implementation Task Force (Task Force) will host a town hall meeting on November 17 at noon via Zoom. The topic of this town hall meeting will be Modification, Violations and Revocation of Pretrial Release.
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November 18, 2022 | Practice News

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November 16, 2022 | Practice News

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice is pleased to announce that it has approved a form suite for public comment. The Eviction Answer, Defenses, and Counterclaims form suite is available for comment for 45 days until December 30, 2022.
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November 16, 2022 | Practice News

The bar admission ceremony for the 1,342 new attorneys who passed the July 2022 Bar Exam will be held online on Thursday, November 17, at 1:30 p.m. Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis will preside over the ceremony and administer the oath to the new admittees. Justice Anne M. Burke will make the motion to admit the class and Justice Robert L. Carter will second the motion.
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November 14, 2022 | Practice News

The Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s 2021 ruling in Bank of NY Mellon v. Dubrovay represents a departure from First District and Illinois Supreme Court precedent by enabling mortgage lenders to accelerate and decelerate a homeowner’s mortgage obligation at will by taking an endless number of voluntary dismissals, coming back orders of magnitude stronger, and refiling an endless number of lawsuits.
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November 10, 2022 | Practice News | Events

What: The swearing-in of Justice Mary Jane Theis as the new Illinois Supreme Chief Justice.
When: November 14, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
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November 7, 2022 | Practice News

On the heels of American Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association efforts to discourage nonlawyer ownership of law firms, Michael L. Shakman and Diane F. Klotnia describe in their November Illinois Bar Journal article, “Not-so-Firm Rules,” the rule changes adopted by other jurisdictions, those recently proposed in Illinois, ethical issues that arise under proposed and adopted new rules, and the multi-jurisdictional conflicts that inconsistent rules can generate.
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November 1, 2022 | Practice News

Read the Illinois Bar Journal’s November cover story to learn how the Illinois State Bar Association took a leading role in securing the American Bar Association’s reaffirmation this August that nonlawyer ownership of law firms and fee sharing with nonlawyers are contrary to the core values of the legal profession.
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October 30, 2022 |
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is accepting applications for a full-time United States Magistrate Judge position in the Eastern Division, with the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse at Chicago, IL, as the duty station. The deadline for the submission of completed applications is 5:00 p.m. on November 23, 2022.
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October 26, 2022 | Practice News

By Michael Bergmann, Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Initiative
Save the date for another Pro Bono Week celebration! Coordinated by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Pro Bono Week is intended to inspire even greater pro bono participation by lawyers throughout the nation. This initiative provides an opportunity for legal organizations across the country to collaboratively commemorate the vitally important contributions of America’s lawyers and to recruit and train the many additional volunteers required to meet the growing demand.
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October 26, 2022 | Practice News | People

Justice Mary Jane Theis was selected for the office of Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court at the Court’s November 2022 Term. She will serve a three-year term commencing today, October 26, 2022, succeeding Anne M. Burke, whose tenure as Chief Justice ended on Oct. 25, 2022.
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