Fall Semester Starts September 10! Improve your trial skills in this “learn-by-doing” program that covers all phases of trial work from both a plaintiff/prosecutor and defendant’s viewpoint, in both civil and criminal cases. Through this course, you will learn and practice new trial techniques that are most effective and consistent with the Illinois Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Each session is audio-video taped so you can see and hear the improvements in your voice, manner, and trial technique. The course has been proven to be of value whether your practice includes trying jury and non-jury cases, administrative hearings, arbitrations, or even mediations.
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June 17, 2024 | CLE
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June 17, 2024 | Practice News
In her June Illinois Bar Journal article, “The Deepfake Dilemma,” Donna Etemadi discusses recently introduced and enacted legislation combatting the endemic of sexually explicit deepfakes that threaten the lives of individuals—predominantly women and girls. Legislative proposals regulating deepfake content are moving slowly, Etemadi notes, but early attempts to combat a worrisome technology provide glimpses into the issues at stake. -
June 17, 2024 | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association is seeking candidates for a vacant seat on the Board of Governors created by the election of Sarah Toney as ISBA third vice president. -
June 13, 2024 | Events | ISBA News
On Thursday, June 6, 2024, ISBA members and their guests attended the Annual Meeting's Member & Family Appreciation Reception at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch, 315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The Annual Meeting returned to St. Louis for the first time since 2010! -
June 13, 2024 | People | ISBA News
Emily N. Masalski, of Oak Park, and Wesley Gozia, of Carlyle, have been elected secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). Their terms will last for one year until the Annual Meeting of 2025. -
June 13, 2024 | ISBA News
The ISBA offices will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, for the Association's observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Regular business hours will resume on Thursday, June 20. -
June 12, 2024 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the implementation of standardized rejection protocols for electronically submitted filings (e-filings) in both circuit courts and reviewing courts through an amendment to Supreme Court Rule 9. Rule 9, which is titled Electronic Filing of Documents, is intended to ensure statewide uniformity; the amendment adopting the Rejection Standards will provide filers with guidance on correcting their filings for resubmission.5 comments (Most recent June 14, 2024) -
June 11, 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. Join us as our speaker, Stuart Teicher, provides mental health direction for attorneys who hate the practice of law. -
June 10, 2024 | Practice News
You’ve heard that medical malpractice cases can be expensive, but you figure the doctor’s insurance should settle fairly easily and quickly. Take a few depositions, box the defendant doctor at their deposition, and wait for the offer. After all, a case is a case, right? How hard can it be, … right? Wrong, says James H. Dawdy in his June Illinois Bar Journal article, “Avoiding the Medical Malpractice Money Pit.” Much like Tom Hanks and Shelley Long in the 1980s movie “The Money Pit,” Dawdy warns that, like the nightmare home from the movie, you may have just purchased a house that looks good on the outside but then sucks your bank account dry. -
June 7, 2024 |
Practice News
Justice Lisa Holder White and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the assignment of Seventh Circuit Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow to the Fourth District Appellate Court. “Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow will make an outstanding addition to the Appellate Court,” Justice Holder White said. “She is an accomplished, hardworking, community-minded person who maintains the highest ethical standards. I am confident she will thrive at the appellate level.”