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Virtual program for CBA's 2021 Justice John Paul Stevens Awards set for Oct. 13
The Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation will confer their annual Justice John Paul Stevens Awards in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, October 13, at noon.In the words of the...
View ArticleChief Judge Evans forms committee to review practices and proceedings in...
What follows is a press release from the Chief Judge's office, issued yesterday. No word yet on how Orders of Protection can be made bulletproof.Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced he has...
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Did Confederate die-hards start the Great Chicago Fire? New book suggests...
Currier & Ives lithograph obtained from the Chicago Historical SocietyTomorrow marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Chicago Fire. Although it is an event so important in our...
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October 21 fundraiser set for Lisa Taylor campaign
Supporters of Lisa Taylor's 2022 judicial bid are planning a Campaign Kickoff Fundraiser for Thursday, October 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Half Sour Chicago, 755 S. Clark St.Tickets for this event...
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Volunteers sought to tutor Englewood youth
Lawyers Lend-A-Hand is seeking volunteers to tutor students from Englewood. The children are in grades K through 5.Tutoring will take place on Tuesdays at the Chicago Bar Association from 5:30 to 7:30...
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Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement -- October 28 presentation...
The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, the Alliance of Illinois Judges, and the Jewish Judges Association of Illinois are co-sponsoring a presentation at the Illinois Holocaust Museum on...
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Tracie R. Porter appointed to countywide Hyman vacancy
Updated October 14 to add link to Supreme Court press releaseTracie R. Porter, a Chicago attorney practicing as Tracie R. Porter, P.C., has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the...
View Article39 Circuit Court hopefuls signed up to present credentials at pre-slating
Updated to add Cook County Associate Judge Thomas More Donnelly to the list of persons seeking slating for the Circuit CourtYou may have noted, in this morning's Politico Illinois Playbook that some 80...
View ArticleUpcoming Cook County Democratic fundraisers that may be of interest to...
I feel a little guilty running this list, like I might be contributing in some way to the delinquency of a judicial candidate or something. If I were in the BGA, I'm afraid I might be drummed out.On...
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IVI-IPO to have virtual awards dinner next Friday
The Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization will hold its 77th Independents Day Dinner on Friday, October 22, at 7:00 p.m.We remain stuck in COVID time, so the event will be...
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Portillo's fundraiser next Thursday for Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
Anyone buying lunch or dinner at six Portillo's locations on Thursday, October 21, can benefit the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation by showing this flyer before ordering, on paper or on their...
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LAP funding changes, mission remains the same
On September 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court adopted Rule 43 and amended Rules 751 and 756, effective January 1, 2022. These were adopted as a result of the repeal of the Lawyers’ Assistance...
View ArticleDid the City of Chicago bargain with unions other than the FOP over...
I'm not taking sides here. But I am looking for context. And what I have read and seen suggests questions that, insofar as I can tell, have not been answsered by the public reporting to date.Let's...
View ArticleWho Sits Where: Pre-Slating is over and now things really get interesting
Herewith, an updated Who Sits Where. My list is no doubt incomplete. But I only include vacancies I can verify. I will update this list as necessary or appropriate.However incomplete my list may be, it...
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Trying to avoid the Observer Effect... or... did you get that in writing?
Although Schrödinger’s Cat is only marginally related to any discussion of theObserver Effect, on the Internet, any observation of kittens pulls in extra eyeballs.In physics, the Observer Effect is...
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On posting vacancies -- and not -- and how you, Dear Reader, can help
I've just updated, again, the Who Sits Where post that I put up only the day before yesterday.Today's addition is the 15th Subcircuit vacancy of Judge Chris Lawler, pictured at right.The picture is...
View ArticleSkokie Veterans Treatment Court to hold first post-Pandemic in-person...
An announcement from the Chief Judge's Office....The Skokie Veterans Treatment Court, a problem-solving court in the Circuit Court of Cook County, will have its first in-person graduation ceremony...
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Advocates Society's Annual Judges Night next Tuesday
This virtual event is not just a social hour. While there will be informal networking between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. next Tuesday, October 26, the Advocates Society will present an "interactive discussion"...
View ArticleNo new subcircuit map for 2022
In the end, the Powers-That-Be couldn't figure out where to draw the new lines.So there won't be any new lines, not until next year, and that will be too late for the forthcoming judicial primary.The...
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Still thinking about running for judge? The Democratic Party is still looking...
The Cook County Democratic Party had one of these in March. They're doing it again, this Wednesday, November 3, from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m., via ZoomI refer to the Party's "Road to the Robe"...
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