Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 5
CLE
Live Programs: 4
Discussions
Posts: 1
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 2
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2025–26 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
- Co-Sponsor Protect Your Profits: Build a Tariff Roadmap (09/30/2025)
- Co-Sponsor Overcoming Discovery Obstruction (11/13/2025)
- Sponsor Section 1983 Case Law Update (02/25/2026)
- Sponsor The Judiciary, Legal Academia, and Artificial Intelligence Going Forward (03/06/2026)
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 2025–26 bar year.
Federal Civil Practice
- Community members: 424
- Total discussion posts: 1
Transactional
- Community members: 24,715
- Total discussion posts: 386
Litigation
- Community members: 24,710
- Total discussion posts: 706
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 2 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 4776 amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that sovereign immunity from civil suit in federal court is waived consistent with specified provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code and limited to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of a responsibility assumed by the Department of Transportation under the Law. Provides that the provision applies only to actions that are authorized under the law and does not create liability that exceeds the liability created under specified provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code.