The attrition rate for associates in law firms was 20% in 2024, up from 18% in 2023 but still lower than the historic high of 26% in 2021, according to the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education.

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ABA Journal

President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Justice Department to mobilize law firms to defend police officers unjustly accused of misconduct free of charge, marking the latest effort to steer the work of private lawyers to his administration's ends.

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Reuters

Andrew Boutros left the Northern District as an assistant U.S. attorney around 10 years ago. He is returning as the interim chief prosecutor during a tumultuous time in the Justice Department.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Police departments would not be able to make final offers of employment for probationary or law enforcement officers unless they review all past employment records, including background investigation materials, duty-related physical and psychological fitness-for-duty examinations, work performance records, arrests, convictions, and any records of criminal, civil, or administrative investigations of conduct.

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WAND

There are well over 100 lawsuits that have been filed against the Trump Administration, and the Illinois attorney general is involved in a number of them.

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ABC 7

The Illinois Gaming Board reviews current sports waging practices and discusses new rules at its latest meeting.

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WIFR

Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from stopping and frisking Chicagoans based on their race or ethnicity, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department.

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WTTW

Kane County residents who have plenary orders of protection will be able to have Hope Cards starting Monday, April 28, intended to make it easier to report violations, officials announced in a news release.

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Kane County Chronicle

A Joliet man charged with a violent crime had been released from jail in 2023 on the wrong bond amount by a former Will County sheriff’s deputy who’s now facing sex crime charges, police records show.

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Shaw Local News Network