Join the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and Cook County Bar Association (CCBA) from noon until 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 26 for the GAL Diversity Program. This online program will include a panel discussion about the role and benefits for GALs and the importance of cultural competency and diversity in representation of children in domestic relations cases. 

In his March 2021 Illinois Bar Journal article, “A Promise of Clear Title,” Philip J. Vacco asks whether the term “warranty deed” must be interpreted as imposing upon the seller an obligation to provide a general warranty deed. In the author’s opinion, the answer is “no.” If we give the language used in these contracts its plain meaning, Vacco writes, the seller is obligated to provide a warranty deed but, without further specification, the seller is left to his own accord as to what type of warranty deed he will deliver to meet this obligation. Given these options, Vacco asks why anyone would allow their client to provide a general warranty deed when the use of a special warranty deed meets the seller’s contract obligations.

The ISBA's COVID-19 information and resources page has moved from the top of the ISBA homepage to the Practice and Career tab in the website's menu.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois is seeking an assistant U.S. attorney in its criminal division. AUSAs assigned to the criminal division handle a wide variety of cases, including drug trafficking and money-laundering crimes, terrorism-related offenses, firearms, and other violent crime offenses, cyber-crimes, environmental crimes, and a variety of fraud, public corruption, and white-collar offenses.