ISBA members can now schedule a one-on-one, remote consultation or send questions via email to legal experts through Practice HQ, our one-stop microsite for practice management and technology information. Formed in partnership with Affinity Consulting, Practice HQ now includes two easy ways to get legal technology and law practice management questions answered for no cost by an Affinity expert.

Join us Oct. 24 in Bloomington for a full-day seminar focusing on a number of key real estate issues and recent case law updates and legislative changes that affect your client. Every commercial and residential real estate lawyer and general practitioner who attends this seminar will better understand: how to enforce judgments against Illinois real estate; how pending bankruptcies affect evictions, mortgage foreclosures, installment contracts, and mechanics liens; how to use five-day and 10-day notices of default on leases and mortgage loan default letters; why having a diverse and inclusive real estate practice is important; IDFPR regulatory and enforcement activities; and the newly proposed IDFPR DS-1 Disclosure for Producers of Title Insurance Business Form.

In August, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates approved changes to its Model Rules of Professional Conduct concerning advertising. In October’s Illinois Bar Journal, ISBA General Counsel Charles Northrup, in light of the ABA’s decision, revisits the fundamental principle set out in Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct (IRPC) 7.1 — that lawyers may not make false or misleading communications about themselves, their practices, or their services. Given the ABA’s recent action, Northrup suggests revisiting this fundamental principle is worthwhile.

By Michael G. Bergmann Coordinated by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Pro Bono Week is intended to inspire even greater pro bono participation by lawyers throughout the nation. This initiative provides an opportunity for legal organizations across the country to collaboratively commemorate the vitally important contributions of America’s lawyers and to recruit and train the many additional volunteers required to meet the growing demand. The Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service undertook this initiative to provide a format for showcasing the incredible difference that pro bono lawyers make to our nation, to our system of justice, to our communities and, most of all, to the clients they serve. For more information, visit www.celebrateprobono.org.