2020 Press Releases

December 15, 2020

ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program

The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) has launched its Rural Practice Fellowship Program, which is designed to meet the critical need of providing access to justice for those living in rural areas with the declining lawyer population.

December 4, 2020

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Associate Judge Candidates Rated in Judiciary Advisory Poll

Candidates for an associate judge vacancy in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit have been rated in an advisory poll of lawyers conducted by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). Results of this poll are now available.

November 5, 2020

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Associate Judge Candidates Rated in Judiciary Advisory Poll

Candidates for an associate judge vacancy in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit have been rated in an advisory poll of lawyers conducted by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). Results of this poll are now available.

October 1, 2020

Cook County Judicial Candidates Rated in Illinois State Bar Association Judicial Evaluations

Cook County judges running for election and retention in the November 3 election have been rated by an Illinois State Bar Association evaluations committee.

Results and retention narratives are available at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations.

September 8, 2020

Illinois Judicial Candidates Rated in Illinois State Bar Association Lawyers’ Poll and Evaluations

Candidates for Illinois judicial offices who are running in the November 3 election have been rated by an Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) evaluations committee, or in a poll of lawyers conducted by ISBA.

Results were made available today at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations.

June 16, 2020

Dennis Orsey to Be Installed as 144th President of the Illinois State Bar Association

Dennis J. Orsey, a general practice attorney in Granite City who concentrates his practice in representing downstate police and fire pension funds, will be installed as president of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) on June 19 by Justice Lloyd Karmeier at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. Orsey will be the first ISBA president elected from Madison County.

February 25, 2020

Illinois State Bar Association to Host High School Mock Trial Invitational at University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign

Teams from 45 high schools throughout the state will participate in the 38th annual Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) High School Mock Trial Invitational March 14-15 at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign.

The top eight teams will compete in the final round on March 15 for the state championship. The winner will represent Illinois at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Evansville, Indiana.

February 21, 2020

Illinois Judicial Candidates Rated in ISBA Evaluation and Poll

All candidates for Illinois judicial office who are running in the March 17 primary election have been rated by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Judicial Evaluations Committee, or in a poll of lawyers conducted by the ISBA. The results were made available today on ISBA's Judicial Evaluations page.

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