This May, we're celebrating you during Member Appreciation Month. We have a full calendar of prizes, discounts, and giveaways, so stay tuned to ISBA communications for detailed announcements with instructions for how you can get in on the fun. You can look forward to a bookstore sale, free live CLE webcasts, member renewal incentives, social media contests, and more. View our Member Appreciation Month page for additional details.
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The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), the administrative agency that regulates Illinois lawyers, has filed its year 2023 Annual Report with the Supreme Court of Illinois. The report will be released to the public on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, when a copy is posted on the ARDC website. View the summary of the Annual Report entitled Highlights of the 2023 Annual Report.
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Learn how to spot compliance issues and solve customs import problems for your next client with this informative seminar.
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Online voting ends today, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. CT
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Justice Mary K. O'Brien of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a judicial screening committee for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.1 comment (Most recent May 3, 2024)
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The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced today that the Marshall/Putnam/Stark Probation District team was chosen as a 2024 Reaching Rural Fellow. The Reaching Rural Initiative brings together professionals from rural areas to address the persistent challenges of substance use in their communities.
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The Illinois State Bar Association invites Young Lawyers Division (YLD) attorney members to establish yourselves as experts in your practice area and compete for your share of $5,000 in prize money by entering the Annual Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest. Submissions should be useful, practical articles on topics important to practicing lawyers. Submissions will be considered for publication in the Illinois Bar Journal.
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You negotiate every day. In fact, your ability to effectively negotiate may be the most critical skill you possess, yet most negotiate instinctively or intuitively. This Master Series seminar trains you to approach negotiations with a strategic mindset, allowing you to become a more effective lawyer. And make no mistake – no matter how much you’ve negotiated, you can still learn. Adding that one new tactic may be the difference between winning and walking away empty-handed.
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Voting is now underway in the 2024 ISBA Election. ISBA's election provider Election-America distributed ballots on March 27. All members of the Association (except non-lawyer members) with dues paid by March 1, 2024 are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Central Time for all voting methods: e-ballot or paper.
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Don’t miss this online program that is designed to give new business attorneys a better understanding of the key recurring issues to be aware of, as well as inform more experienced business attorneys of the novel and complex ethical issues that may arise in their practice.