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  • April 28, 2021 | ISBA News
    Rural Practice Fellowship Program: Law Students and Lawyers Seeking Rural Placement
    Due to the large number of applications from students and lawyers for the 2021 Rural Practice Fellowship Program, the Rural Practice Initiative Standing Committee was not able to award a fellowship to every applicant. Many applicants for summer clerkship and permanent associate positions were also screened and deemed qualified to participate in the program but did not match with a rural law firm.
  • April 27, 2021 | CLE
    Well-Being Week in Law De-Stress at Your Desk Program
    To celebrate Well-Being Week in Law, the ISBA is offering a complimentary live yoga program to the first 500 registrants, plus access to four additional on-demand de-stress at your desk classes. Register for the Virtual Wellbeing Box: Destress At Your Desk. You'll receive a daily email starting Monday, May 3 to help you feel better at work.
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  • April 27, 2021 | CLE
    CLE: Getting to Zero—Current and Future Efforts to Reduce Food-Related Waste in the Environment
    As reported on the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s website, 19 million tons of waste are put into Illinois landfills each year. Of that, food waste accounts for as much as 20 percent, which is more than any other single waste stream found in landfills today. When food waste decomposes, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide.
  • April 26, 2021 | CLE
    CLE: The Expanding Challenges for Attorneys—Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Pandemic
    Join us from 10 until 11 a.m. on May 5 as we kick off Well-Being Week in Law with this complimentary CLE program that explores how the pandemic has impacted the mental health and well-being of Illinois attorneys. Attendees will learn how to help a depressed colleague in need, the repercussions of substance abuse, and how to bridge the gap that the pandemic’s social distancing has created.
  • April 26, 2021 | Practice News
    Illinois Supreme Court Unveils New Jury Orientation Video
    The Illinois Supreme Court’s Illinois Judicial Conference (IJC) announced today the release of a new jury orientation video which will serve as an introduction to jury service for all 24 circuit courts in Illinois. 
  • April 26, 2021 | Practice News
    No, I Am Not a Cat
    A lawyer on a Zoom videoconference with other attorneys has to take a phone call during the meeting. But he forgets to press mute as he begins to discuss details of a high-stakes negotiation with the person on the phone. Lots of arm waving from the other Zoom participants ensues, but to no avail. Also, the Zoom host had left the room, leaving no one with the power to mute the attorney. Did the loquacious lawyer breach his duties to his client? What were the duties, if any, of the innocent lawyer-bystanders who were now in possession of very significant information? What about the opposing party in the real estate transaction, were she to be presented with this information? In his April Illinois Bar Journal ethics column, “No, I Am Not a Cat,” Illinois State Bar Association General Counsel Charles Northrup examines this situation—a new twist on the old “errant fax” issue made more unique by now-widely used technology.
  • April 22, 2021 | Practice News
    Quick Take on Illinois Supreme Court Opinion Issued Wednesday, April 21, 2021
    Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Wednesday, April 21. In Elam v. The Municipal Officers Electoral Board for the Village of Riverdale, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Municipal Officers Electoral Board for the Village of Riverdale invalidating a candidate’s eligibility to run for village trustee in the general election because of invalid signatures on his nominating petition.
  • April 21, 2021 | Member Services
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  • April 20, 2021 | CLE
    CLE: Why Attorneys Strike Out—Professionalism in Baseball and the Legal Profession
    On September 13, 2020, Alec Mills of the Chicago Cubs found himself pitching a no-hitter game. Although it was a tense time for the pitcher, he knew that the unwritten rules of baseball would prevent any ninth-inning batter from bunting the ball and ruining his chance to make baseball history. Unfortunately, the same sense of professionalism and civility are oftentimes lacking within the legal community, even though these traits are the mainstays of our profession and the foundation upon which lawyers practice law.
  • April 19, 2021 | ISBA News
    Last Day to Vote in ISBA Election Is April 30
    Voting is now underway in the 2021 ISBA Election.  Ballots for the ISBA Election were distributed March 29 by our election provider Election America.  All members of the Association (except non-lawyer members) with dues paid by March 1, 2021 are eligible to vote.  The deadline for voting is April 30, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. The canvass of the Election will be available on or before May 7, 2021.