Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 4
CLE
Live Programs: 7
Discussions
Posts: 70
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 309
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2024–25 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - How to Help Your Interpreter Help You (09/24/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Issues in Pre-Trial Detention (10/31/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Judicial Panel Discussion: The Latest on Criminal Appeals (11/14/2024)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - Campus Conversations: A Discussion About Free Speech in the Education Environment (12/05/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Judicial Panel Discussion on Specialty Courts (02/21/2025)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - How To Advise Your Criminal Law Client Regarding Deportation Issues (02/28/2025)
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Sponsor LIVE - Criminal Justice Update - Spring 2025 (03/07/2025)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2024–25 bar year.
Criminal Justice
- Community members: 1,205
- Total discussion posts: 70
Criminal - DUI - Traffic
- Community members: 2,266
- Total discussion posts: 725
Transactional
- Community members: 24,715
- Total discussion posts: 406
Litigation
- Community members: 24,710
- Total discussion posts: 1,251
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 309 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 3363 creates the State Public Defender Act.
- House Bill 3572 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, to among other things, create a Diversion of Unfit Misdemeanants Article to the Code.
- Senate Bill 42 amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to remove the requirement that cannabis within any area of a motor vehicle must be in an odor-proof container.