In accordance with Supreme Court Rule 3 (Rulemaking Procedures), you are hereby notified that the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, 13th Floor, in Chicago. Clerks of court are requested to post a hard copy of this notice in a conspicuous place.
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May 23, 2024 | Practice News

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May 22, 2024 | Events
Nineteen new lawyers were admitted into practice on May 8, 2024, for the Fifth District of Illinois. The ceremony was held at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts Mitchell Museum, 2600 Richview Rd, in Mt. Vernon. Illinois Supreme Court Justice David K. Overstreet presided over the ceremony. Illinois State Bar Association Secretary Wesley Gozia spoke at the ceremony. -
May 22, 2024 | CLE
Many lawyers find the practice of law intolerable and, oftentimes, this reality sends lawyers on a downward mental health trajectory. The guidance from outsiders usually sounds like this: Why don’t you leave it? Why not find another job? What they don’t understand is that, for most lawyers, switching careers simply isn’t an option. We have bills to pay and mouths to feed. The only answer is to find some way to make it tolerable. -
May 22, 2024 | CLE
The attorney-client relationship is an important aspect of being a lawyer, but what happens when your client appears to have diminished capacity and is unable to make reasonable decisions regarding their situation due to dementia or mental illness? -
May 22, 2024 | ISBA News
ISBA's offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, in honor of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 28. For all who gave their yesterdays, we thank you today and every day. In memory of our heroes on Memorial Day. -
May 21, 2024 | Events
On May 16, 2024, ISBA friends and colleagues gathered at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, in Lisle, IL, for the annual Member Appreciation and Recognition Reception. The 2023-24 ISBA Award Recipients were honored. -
May 21, 2024 | ISBA News
At its meeting on June 6, 2024, the ISBA Board of Governors will fill the following vacancy: Area III – Circuits 12, 13, 16, 21, & 23 -
May 20, 2024 | Practice News | PeopleThe Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that Becky Harris has joined the organization as its Instructional Design Manager.
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May 20, 2024 | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association would like to congratulate the award recipients and others honored for their work during the 2023-2024 bar year. -
May 20, 2024 | Practice News
In his May Illinois Bar Journal article, “’Searching’ for an Answer,” Christian Ketter recounts a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit concerning whether evidence discovered from pressing the remote key fob of a defendant’s car should be suppressed. Ketter assesses this case, as well as others, ruling that using a key fob to locate a vehicle is not a search, and is more like a binary “on-the-spot” field or dog-sniff test that only detects the presence or absence of a thing.