The ISBA offices will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 25, and Friday, November 26. The offices will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 29, at 8:30 a.m.
On behalf of everyone at the ISBA, we wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!
Cloud computing has been a major breakthrough in the legal profession. Online file storage, backup systems, and legal case management and accounting systems have made the practice of law more efficient and information more easily accessible – to both attorneys and potential threats.
In his November Illinois Bar Journal article, “Coronavirus & Disability Insurance: Trends to Follow,” David A. Bryant notes that 2020 and 2021 have been defined, in great part, by the COVID-19 pandemic. While vaccination efforts are providing a glimmer of hope, the novel coronavirus will affect our lives—and disability insurance claims—for the foreseeable future.
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the 10 Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, November 18.
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.