The State Public Defender Commission has announced its first meeting to be held on Friday, October 30, at locations in Springfield and Chicago. The meeting is open to the public.
The Commission’s inaugural meeting is a landmark step and effectuates the Illinois FAIR Act, PA 104-0300, which was signed into law by Governor Pritzker in 2025 to provide for the constitutionally mandated public defense system in Illinois.
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October 26, 2026 | Practice News
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October 26, 2026 | Practice News
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is accepting applications for an open attorney position. -
October 26, 2026 | CLE
What All Attorneys Need to Know About Special Education Law -
October 26, 2026 | Practice News
In his October Illinois Bar Journal article, “A Call for Ingenious Advocacy,” David G. Gobberdiel discusses the watershed 2024 U.S. Supreme Court opinion of Loper Bright, overruling decades of presumption favoring agency interpretation of administrative law. Gobberdiel argues the ruling is a mandate for counsel to evolve the practice and potential of administrative law and proposes a novel framework for parties and counsel in federal court to obtain favorable results for clients. -
October 26, 2026 | Practice NewsJustice Mary K. O’Brien of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for a Resident Circuit Judge vacancy in DuPage County – Sixth Subcircuit. Please be advised that any candidate seeking appointment to this vacancy shall reside within the subcircuit boundaries. See 705 ILCS 35/2f-18 (West 2022); 705 ILCS 40/2(d) (West 2022). The vacancy will be created by the retirement of Chief Judge Bonnie Wheaton on January 4, 2027.
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October 26, 2026 | Practice NewsChief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today the selection of Renita Young as Chief Communications Officer, effective October 26, 2026. In this role she will head the Office of Communications and Public Information and serve as chief spokesperson for the Court and Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC).
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October 21, 2026 | Practice NewsChief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to Rule 906 which will strengthen training requirements on domestic violence issues for Guardians ad Litem (GALs) appointed in domestic relations and child custody cases.
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October 21, 2026 | CLE
Disability Law: What You Need to Know About the ADA and IHRA -
October 19, 2026 | Practice News
The good news is that you won your personal injury trial. The bad news is that the verdict was inadequate and did not compensate your client for all the damages suffered. In his October Illinois Bar Journal article, “How to Win a New Trial on Damages Only,” R. Courtney Hughes discusses the formula for winning a new trial on damages only after an inadequate verdict, beginning with filing a posttrial motion with the trial court and arguing that the damages verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence and/or legally inconsistent. -
October 19, 2026 | CLE
Negotiation Ethics: Winning Without Selling Your Soul