Most Recent Articles from Illinois Bar Journal

• Our season of service: meeting the pro bono challenge: need is up and resources are down in this struggling economy. Now more than ever is the time to give your time, talent, and treasure to the pro bono cause 

  President Obama--an ISBA member--has called us to a season of service. I challenge all of us to answer the call. The unfunded civil justice needs...

  10/01/09 by John G. O'Brien · More from publication

• U.S. Supreme Court: Confrontation Clause requires lab analysts to testify: prosecutors can't rely on lab reports alone, the Court rules. But ISBA lawyers disagree about how much impact the ruling will have in Illinois 

  A recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court has mainstream and legal publications alike reporting dire predictions for the future of the criminal...

  10/01/09 by Helen Gunnarsson · More from publication

• Strip-search of student violates Fourth Amendment: education lawyers say the U.S. Supreme Court's Safford ruling confirms their longstanding advice to school officials: don't strip-search kids 

  Suspecting a 13-year-old girl of secreting ibuprofen on her person, school administrators in Safford, Arizona strip-searched her. A bit extreme?...

  10/01/09 by Helen Gunnarsson · More from publication

• New statute clarifies family law attorney-fee provisions: a new law drafted by ISBA's Family Law Section Council should bring some order to Illinois's confusing, inconsistent scheme for awarding attorney fees in family law cases 

  Woodstock lawyer Paulette Gray has found the provisions of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (750 ILCS 5/101 et seq) on...

  10/01/09 by Helen Gunnarsson · More from publication

• How-to advice for rookie associates: make sure you're taking the steps that will help you thrive as a new member of the firm 

  Unlike many lawyers in today's difficult job market, you've landed a position as an associate. So far, everyone at your new firm has welcomed you,...

  10/01/09 by Helen Gunnarsson · More from publication

• Telling a prospective client "I'm just not that into you": ISBA lawyers offer various ways to deliver the message, but all agree that you can't be afraid to tell would-be clients "no" if representing them doesn't feel right 

  If you're in private practice, you dedicate significant time and energy to keeping your existing clients and bringing in more. But there comes a...

  10/01/09 by Helen Gunnarsson · More from publication

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