The ISBA’s Rural Practice Initiative Committee created the Rural Practice Fellowship Programs in 2020 to increase access to attorneys in rural areas of Illinois. The aim of the program is to connect rural and small-town attorneys and law firms looking to hire summer law clerks and full-time associates with law students and newer attorneys interested in practicing law in rural areas of Illinois.
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Kalia Coleman to the firm’s Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice.
Coleman joins the firm following nearly six years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Division.
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of lawyer disciplinary orders on November 17, 2021. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law.
Join us online for this comprehensive look at how to represent clients before the National Labor Relations Board.
A new issue of Diversity Matters, the annual publication of ISBA’s Diversity Leadership Council, is now available to all ISBA members online.
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is pleased to announce its intention to award grants to provide effective and efficient delivery of high quality civil legal services to eligible low-income individuals in Illinois. Grant awards for 2022 will be announced in December 2021.
The prevalence of mental illness and co-occurring disorders is greatly impacting our nation, each of our states, and our communities, and has a disproportionate effect on our courts and justice system. As part of that National Initiative, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators hosted a Midwest Regional Summit in October 2019 in Deadwood, South Dakota. Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and Illinois State Court Administrator Marcia Meis assembled and led an Illinois delegation at the Summit.
Don’t miss this hot topic presentation that discusses the recent amendment to the Illinois Freedom of Work Act, which imposes salary requirements for the enforceability of all non-competition and non-solicitation agreements in Illinois that are executed after January 1, 2022. These significant changes impact the strategies and risks of companies as they protect their intellectual property.
At the December 10, 2021, meeting of the ISBA Assembly, two “Under 35” Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, one from Cook County and one from the area outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA, in good standing, from the appropriate area, and under the age of 35 at the time the ABA term commences. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June 2022 and will join the ISBA delegation at the ABA annual meeting in TBD.
The Mock Trial Team for the University of Illinois needs additional volunteers to judge its 14th Annual Illinois Invitational Tournament on November 13 - 14, 2021, at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The competition will be in-person this year. The rounds for both days are 9:00 a.m. to noon and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.