PILI will grant $312,000 to fund 60 law student interns at 30 public interest law organizations across Illinois during the 2020-21 academic year and the summer of 2021.  PILI’s Law Student Internship Program connects law students from across the country with public interest law agencies in Illinois and pays them for their work. Typically, Interns receive $6,000 for working 400 hours during the summer and $3,000 for working 200 hours over a semester. Interns can also receive law school credit for their Internship if first approved by both the student’s law school and agency.

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act  provides financial protection to employees whose earning power has been temporarily diminished or terminated due to a work injury. The system is designed to replace income lost when an employee suffers an injury. The Act also provides some protections for injured employees and specifically prohibits a retaliatory discharge for exercising workers’ compensation rights. But when do retaliatory discharge claims have merit? In Daniel C. Katzman’s September Illinois Bar Journal article, “Falling Into a Pink Slip,” Katzman explores protections provided to employees who are injured in their employment, the obligations employers have to injured employees, and what cases decided by Illinois courts have to say about the rights of the employer and injured employee.

Registration is now open for the ISBA's Solo and Small Firm Conference 2020, which will be held remotely on October 29-30. The theme of this year's conference is "Finding Your Path to Success." It is sponsored by the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company.

Join us from the comfort of your home or office on Friday, October 2 for this half-day online seminar that explores DUI defenses for the litigator. Traffic law attorneys, public defenders, and state’s attorneys with all levels of practice experience who attend this live webcast will better understand: the recent changes and updates to existing Illinois traffic law; what to do when your client is apprehended through a roadside safety check; common issues with Illinois State Police regulations; the newest cannabis legislation and how it affects traffic law; the pros and cons of how Drug Recognition Evaluators and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement are trained; and how to create an effective closing argument for your next traffic law case.