When the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) was enacted in February 2020, it provided a timely lifeline for small businesses struggling to survive the economic realities of the pandemic, including the resulting supply chain disruptions and inflation, writes Devan de los Reyes in her March Illinois Bar Journal article, “Quick, Cheap, Consensual.”
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March 13, 2023 | Practice News
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March 9, 2023 | CLE
Get the information you need about the Illinois Supportive Decision-Making Agreement Act with this online seminar. -
March 8, 2023 | Practice News
WHAT: The Illinois Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for James R. Rowe, etc., et al. v. Kwame Raoul, etc., et al., the “SAFE-T Act” case. -
March 6, 2023 | CLE
Join us from the comfort of your home or office as we explore the rules governing the conduct of criminal defense lawyers. -
March 6, 2023 | Practice NewsThe Illinois Supreme Court has announced the creation of the Illinois Judicial Conference’s (IJC) Criminal Indigent Defense Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force will be studying how to best provide for the constitutional guarantee of criminal defense for indigent defendants as a follow up to the report issued by the Sixth Amendment Center on the right to counsel in Illinois.
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March 6, 2023 | Practice News
Are artificial intelligence (AI) tools like the recently released ChatGPT by Open AI going to replace lawyers anytime soon? -
March 2, 2023 |
Member Services | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of February, 2023, ISBA helped 701 people in need of legal services find lawyers.
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March 1, 2023 | Practice NewsChief Justice Mary Jane Theis of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for three at-large judicial vacancies in the Cook County Judicial Circuit.
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March 1, 2023 | Practice News
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5 and 1.15. The amendments to the Rules are intended to address existing issues between the legal needs of the public and the lawyers who could serve them. -
March 1, 2023 |
Practice News
ISBA members who are prosecutors or public defenders can apply for long repayment assistance through the John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program through March 20, 2023.