A client calls and says they need your help with a complaint that has been filed against an employee. Or, maybe it’s one of your own employees who is in the hot seat. Sometimes, employees screw up and lawyers are asked to conduct investigations on behalf of clients or give the third degree to someone in their own office.
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April 12, 2023 | Practice News
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April 11, 2023 | Practice News
In a groundbreaking innovation to aid attorneys in achieving Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) compliance, the Illinois Supreme Court announced today that Illinois now has an online MCLE transcript system. With this system in place, the MCLE Board will report compliance for attorneys once their online transcript reflects their MCLE compliance. -
April 11, 2023 | CLE
Part 1 Live Webcast | Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 1.0 hour MCLE credit, including 1.0 hour Professionalism, Civility, or Legal Ethics credit (subject to approval) -
April 6, 2023 | Practice NewsJerome E. Larkin, the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC), the administrative agency that regulates Illinois lawyers, is retiring at the end of 2023. The ARDC is working in conjunction with global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry to fill that vacancy.4 comments (Most recent April 8, 2023)
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April 6, 2023 | Events
See pictures from the ISBA's Allerton Conference 2023 — Technology and the Courts: Transforming the Delivery of Justice, presented by the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section, which took place on March 30 - April 1, 2023, at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois. -
April 5, 2023 | CLE
Stuart Teicher is back again with this brand-new program that uses social media to explore a number of mental health issues facing the legal community. Mental health issues manifest themselves uniquely in the practice of law – and it is important that you recognize these issues both in yourself and your colleagues. -
April 5, 2023 |
Practice News
By Clarissa Gaff, Executive Director of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid East St. Louis, IL, has raised some remarkable Illinoisans—nay, some remarkable Americans: Katherine Dunham, Miles Davis, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Jimmy Connors, and Senator Dick Durbin, to name a few. It is a tight-knit community of nearly 20,000, with a rich history. It is also a community that is incredibly challenged, haunted by a race massacre, white flight, and industry abandonment and pollution from its heyday. More than a third of residents live in poverty. A full quarter of its residents live in aging subsidized housing.
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April 5, 2023 | Practice News
In an order entered last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court announced the appointment of Chloe G. Pedersen to the countywide Circuit Court vacancy created last year, when Judge Debra B. Walker was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court.1 comment (Most recent April 6, 2023) -
April 5, 2023 | Practice NewsJustice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Christopher “Kit” Hantla as Montgomery County Resident Circuit Judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
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March 31, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for: Senior Public Service Administrator, Opt 8L (Deputy General Counsel Air Enforcement). The position is located in Springfield.