Congratulations to the Winner of the ISBA’s 2024 Facebook Contest

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Congratulations to Rebecca O'Neill for winning a $100 gift card in the ISBA's 2024 Member Appreciation Month Facebook Contest! 

As part of Member Appreciation Month, we asked members to like and comment on our Facebook Contest post, telling us how the ISBA makes them a better lawyer.

Fred Lane’s Trial Techniques Institute – Fall Semester 2024

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

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.

The Deepfake Dilemma

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

 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.