Family members struggle to help University of Chicago law grad who became homeless

Many states are trying to figure out how to help people like 44-year-old lawyer Rob Dart, who is living on the streets of Los Angeles after rejecting his medication for psychosis.

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ABA Journal

Illinois Supreme Court to swear-in 300 new attorneys at bar admission ceremonies across the state

The new attorneys sworn in at the bar admission ceremony will bring the total number of licensed attorneys in Illinois to approximately 97,000.

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The Bar News

Illinois jury finds surgeon negligent after girl's esophagus was torn, stent dropped in stomach in 2011

An Illinois surgeon was found negligent by a jury last week for his treatment of a girl who went to the hospital for a choking episode in 2011.

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Fox 32

Family of dead student to sue University of Illinois

The family of a University of Illinois student who died from hypothermia in January will be suing.

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WCIA

Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers as children.

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WGN Radio

Where’s the Video?

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

 Depending on the case, very little matches the power of video evidence. And, woe to anyone responsible for misplaced, destroyed, and inaccessible videos, for which discovery violations are possible. But what about video evidence that was never in the possession of law enforcement or the prosecution?