March 2021
Agricultural Law
February 2021
Animal Law
Civil Practice and Procedure
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Construction Law
Education Law
General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm
Government Lawyers
International and Immigration Law
Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on
Mental Health Law
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Editor’s Note
- The Illinois Mental Health Task Force Virtual Summit Session 2—Mental Health Diversions From the Justice System through Leadership, Collaboration, Building Momentum, and Moving Forward With Lessons Learned From the Pandemic
- The Illinois Mental Health Task Force Virtual Summit Session 3—Learning From the Voices of Lived Experience: Informing Change
- The Illinois Mental Health Task Force Virtual Summit Session 4—How Mental Illness and Trauma Affect Quality of Life
- The Illinois Mental Health Task Force Virtual Summit Session 5—Illinois’ Path to Improving the Court and Community Responses to Persons with Mental Illness: Bringing the Community Together in One Voice and Common Mission
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
Traffic Laws and Courts
- Blood Test Admissible Under Business Record
- Expert Testimony Required to Prove Consumption of Methamphetamine Based on Metabolites in Urine, Definition of Methamphetamine Excludes Other Separately Listed Substances
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Summary of the License to Work Act
- What Constitutes Sufficient Notice to a Defendant Under the Summary Suspension Law
Trusts and Estates
- Creditor Claims Against ‘Real Estate’: Comparing the Effectiveness of a Land Trust to an Express Trust When Seeking to Protect Real Estate From Creditor Claims
- Flinn Report Summary – July 6, 2020 through October 30, 2020
- How Do You Reopen an Illinois Probate Estate?
- Protecting the House From Nursing Home Expenses
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Members: Susan Bart & Aaron D. Evans
- A Summary of the Trusts & Estates Section Council’s Nov. 13, 2020 Business Meeting
Women and the Law
January 2021
Agricultural Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Case Briefs
- Chair’s Column
- ISBA ADR Section Council Member Profile: Sandra Crawford, JD, Mediator Collaborative Professional
- Nonsignatory to International Arbitration Agreement May Be Allowed to Compel Arbitration
- Tenth Circuit Provides Guidance on Determining Personal Jurisdiction to Enforce International Arbitration Awards
Bench and Bar
Business Advice and Financial Planning
Child Law
- Bring Your Clients Value and Don’t Get in Trouble Doing It
- Can a GAL Obtain Information From Counselors or Not?
- Co-Parenting During COVID-19
- Guardian ad Litem/Child Representative/Attorney for the Child: Seeking Fees & the Likelihood of Payment
- High Conflict Parenting Plans
- The Illinois Bar Foundation Needs Your Help
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Predicate Orders in Domestic Relations
- Supporting the Illinois Bar Foundation’s Lincoln Legacy Society
- A Virtual Pro Bono Opportunity to Help Those in Need
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
- Chair’s Corner
- Floor Plan Financier Can’t Reclaim Collateral Due to Lack of UCC Filing
- Happy New Year
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Mortgage Has Priority Over a Late UCC Fixture Filing
- The Second District Civil Decision Digest for the Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Section
Elder Law
- Call for Articles
- The Illinois Bar Foundation Needs Your Help
- Illinois Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption Application Procedures—Updated
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Mark Your Calendars …
- Proposed Changes to the TODI Act
- Updates & Resources
- What’s App: Government Apps for You
Family Law
General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm
Insurance Law
International and Immigration Law
- Editor’s Comments
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Reflections From the Trenches of a New Law Firm
- Trademark Searching and Freedom to Operate Advice – Balancing Legal and Commercial Risk
- Why Ending Nigeria’s Brutal Special Anti-Robbery Squad Is Not Enough
Law Related Education for the Public
- 2020-2021: A Time of Terror and Great Challenges to the Legal Community and Beyond: Past, Present, and Future
- Altered Criminal Court Proceedings in an Unprecedented Era: What Is New, How it Is Working, & Practices We May Keep in the Post-Pandemic World
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- Livestreaming Court Cases
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Different Perspective on the ‘Legacy’ of MLK Jr. From Civil Rights Attorney Vernon Jordan
- New and Not-So-New January Holidays
- Using Social Media Wisely
Local Government Law
Real Estate Law
- Case Summary (Tenant? Licensee? Trespasser? Possession Rights Reviewed)
- Case Summary: 21 Kristin Condominium Ass’n v. Pioneer
- Case Summary: Mary Doherty v. Country Faire Conversion
- Illinois Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption Application Procedures—Updated
- Just Because Your Name Is on the Lease Does Not Always Mean You Have Possessory Rights
- Note
- Notice
- Practice Tip
- Three Illinois Property Tax Homestead Exemptions Automatically Renewed
Senior Lawyers
State and Local Taxation
Trusts and Estates
- Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office Is Obsolete, Now ‘The Recording Division’ of the Cook County Clerk’s Office
- DuPage County Attorney Security Pass (Court I.D.) Renewal for the 18th Judicial Circuit Court
- Illinois Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption Application Procedures—Updated
- Lost Trust Agreement
- Settling Wrongful Death and Survival Claims In (and Out of) Probate Court
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Members: Oana Militaru & Marcos Resendiz
- Stealing Houses?
- Three Illinois Property Tax Homestead Exemptions Automatically Renewed
Workers' Compensation Law
- Editor’s Notes
- The Illinois Bar Foundation Needs Your Help
- Illinois Courts Remain Inflexible When It Comes to Employment Risks
- ‘Mental-Mental’ Injuries Found Compensable Under a Manifest Weight Standard
- Stay on Workers’ Compensation Proceedings by Circuit Court Relying on the Doctrine of Primary Jurisdiction Was Improper
- What Are the Risks a Claimant Takes When He Refuses a Light Duty Job Offer?
- What to Do When a Court Inequitably Applies an Equitable Doctrine?
Young Lawyers Division
- ISBA Launches Rural Practice Fellowship Program as Component of Rural Practice Institute
- ISBA YLD Book Club
- The ‘New Normal’ for the Central District of Illinois During the Pandemic
- Papering the File: Trials on the Papers as an Alternative to In-Person Trials
- Remote Jury Selection for Civil Trials—Are Remote Jury Trials Next?
- Review of Rule 23 and Its Recent Amendment
- Sitting Down With Illinois Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet: Breaking the Ice and Advice to Young Lawyers in the Zoom Age
- Virtual Court