More than 50 state, local and specialty bar associations have joined with the ABA to “defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession.”

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, has led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in issuing an open letter to the legal community. The letter warns against alleged illegal attempts by the Trump administration to discourage lawyers from challenging its actions or representing clients disfavored by the administration.

Two elections have come and gone since the Illinois General Assembly passed new legislative maps, and Democrats’ attorneys argue in a new court filing that Illinois Republicans have lost their opportunity to challenge the maps in court.

An Illinois appellate court has upheld a former Chicago police detective’s entitlement to duty disability benefits, affirming she suffered depression while on duty after being retaliated against and harassed for reporting the possible misconduct of two officers.

The Streator Education Association and Streator Elementary School Board are scheduled to meet Tuesday, April 1, for a mediation session in pending labor negotiations. The parties, however, will have to move forward without the service of a federal mediator.

We the undersigned bar organizations stand together with and in support of the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession.

The McHenry County Board has unanimously approved a contract with the Illinois Department of Human Services that will allow up to 12 “forensic detainees” to stay at the jail while they wait for space to open in inpatient treatment programs. The sheriff can turn down or refuse to continue to house any inmate under the contract.

A bill that would fully repeal the state’s entire moratorium on new nuclear projects survived a key deadline in the Illinois General Assembly last week.

Two high-profile McLean County murder cases were on the docket during the Fourth District Appellate Court’s visit to Illinois State University Tuesday morning.

The executive order naming Jenner & Block aims to probe its security clearances, government contracts and access to federal buildings. Last week, a federal judge blocked parts of a similar executive order against another prominent firm.