On Tuesday, July 30, 2025, the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association hosted its 54th Annual Thurgood Marshall Luncheon at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago. This year’s luncheon marked a historic moment as Illinois Appellate Court Justice Freddrenna M. Lyle was sworn in by Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and installed as the new Chair of the Judicial Council.
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August 15, 2025 | Practice News
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August 15, 2025 |
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Decalogue Society of Lawyers’ Womxn’s Committee, with co-hosts ISBA Women & the Law Committee and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois invite you for their next Book Club event. The evening will feature a talk from Renée Rosen, author of Let’s Call Her Barbie and a one-hour CLE on issues related to book-banning by nationally recognized attorney Daliah Saper. Tickets to this event are $35 for ISBA members. Renée Rosen1 comment (Most recent August 27, 2025)
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August 13, 2025 | Practice NewsMarcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Hany G. Khoury as an associate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. Mr. Khoury received his undergraduate degree in 1997 from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and his Juris Doctor in 2000 from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Mr. Khoury is currently affiliated with the Rock Island County Public Defender’s Office in Rock Island, Illinois.
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August 12, 2025 | Practice News
An effective oral argument can illuminate critical points and new perspectives that transcend the briefs, writes Christian Ketter in his August Illinois Bar Journal article, “Answer the Question!” But too often, Ketter argues, one clenches defeat from the jaws of victory by refusing to grapple with the hypothetical bounds of the unknown. And rarely does a precedent present itself with perfectly aligned facts—hence, the nature of appellate review. -
August 11, 2025 | ISBA News
The ISBA’s Rural Practice Initiative Committee created the Rural Practice Fellowship Program in 2020 to increase access to attorneys in rural areas of Illinois. The aim of the Program is to connect rural and small-town attorneys and law firms looking to hire summer law clerks and full-time associates with law students and attorneys interested in practicing law in rural communities in Illinois. -
August 11, 2025 | CLE
Local municipal and township council have the responsibility to convene an electoral board whenever objections arise for the nomination of municipal and township offices. For municipalities, these offices include president, mayor, clerk, trustee, alderperson, and municipal library board, whereas township offices include assessor, clerk, trustee, supervisor, and highway commissioner. -
August 8, 2025 | Practice News
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, a not-for-profit organization with a long and successful history of civil rights enforcement and advocacy, seeks an attorney to join our legal team and work to address systemic racism and advance economic opportunity, applying creative legal strategies through a community-driven advocacy model. The attorney will serve in the position as a Program Counsel or Senior Counsel depending on years of legal experience. -
August 6, 2025 | Practice NewsThe Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) is seeking two volunteer members to serve on its Forms Committee. The expected term of service is three years (starting on January 1, 2026). We are specifically seeking candidates from the following court stakeholder groups:
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August 6, 2025 | Practice News
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is accepting applications for one attorney position. -
August 5, 2025 | CLE
ISBA’s two-day Solo and Small Firm Conference is back again, giving you the opportunity to earn CLE credits while enhancing your knowledge and networking with colleagues!