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Next Tuesday: Protecting Jews on Campus CLE
The Decalogue Society of Laywers will be presenting a CLE seminar next Tuesday, January 14, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. entitled "Protecting Jews on Campus." The poster for this event is reproduced above....
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By now you've read or heard about the latest judicial suspension...
So I will not pile on. If you aren't familiar with the case, Maya Dukmasova's article for Injustice Watch or Tim Hecke's article for CWBChicago will tell you everything you need to know about what got...
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Cook County Judicial wannabes: It's already 2026
Happy New Year! Gosh, 2025 was short, wasn't it? Alright, actually, the calendar still says 2025 and you haven't done a Rip Van Winkle. But if you are thinking about running for judge in Cook County...
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Przekota appointed to 11th Subcircuit vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court, on the recommendation of Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, has appointed Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Kimberly Przekota to the Roberts vacancy in the 11th Subcircuit....
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Chicago Bar Association recruiting new JEC members
The Chicago Bar Association is actively recruiting new members for its Judicial Evaluation Committee. And the CBA is making a full-on, multi-media effort in support of this recruitment drive. That's a...
View ArticleIn response to a reader's question: No, the primary is not moving in 2026 --...
A reader asked me to look into a rumor that legislation had passed in Springfield to move the 2026 primary "up" -- that it would be held sooner than has been customary -- and that, as a consequence,...
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Cook County Democratic Party skipping ahead to 2026, too
Remember how I told you that the bar associations were essentially skipping 2025 and plunging straight into 2026? First, the Alliance and then the CBA announced efforts to beef up their respective...
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UPDATING: Deadline for the CBA's Flash Fiction contest extended to March 3
Updated after publication to include extended entry deadline Members of the CBA, including law students (but excluding CBA board and officers, CBA staff and CBA Record Editorial Board members) are...
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Illinois Bar Foundation Gala set for Friday, October 17
October 17 is a long way off, but the Illinois Bar Foundation is already asking you to save the date for its 26th Annual Gala, honoring Mt. Vernon attorney Mark D. Hassakis of Hassakis & Hassakis...
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Judge Andrea M. Buford appointed Acting Presiding Judge of the Child...
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has appointed Judge Andrea M. Buford as Acting Presiding Judge of the Child Protection Division. Buford replaces Judge Robert Balanoff in this role; Balanoff...
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CBA announces this year's Dickerson honorees; awards luncheon set for...
The Chicago Bar Association has announced the names of six indivduals who will receive the Earl Dickerson Award this year at a luncheon at the Union League Club on February 27. This year's honorees...
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CBA Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in concert on Saturday March 1
The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus will perform in concert on Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron. The program will feature the American...
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Go jump in the lake... for a good cause
The Diversity Scholarship Foundation will participate in the 25th Annual Polar Plunge in support of the Special Olympics on March 2, 2025. That means that DSF members are looking to recruit people......
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Who Sits Where: Pulaski Day edition
Yes, it's Pulaski Day -- far too early to be talking about the 2026 election. Don't blame me, however. I don't determine the election cycle, I just write about one small corner of it. Lobby your...
View ArticleAdditional vacancies not listed in yesterday's "Who Sits Where"
I told you that yesterday's list was likely incomplete. Sure enough, before last night was over, an anonymous FWIW reader tipped me off as to a number of additional vacancies. The information provided...
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IBF's Lawyers Rock fundraiser set for Thursday, March 13
Far be it from me to contradict the Illinois Bar Foundation; I am just wary of overly broad generalizations. Call it a sort of lawyerly caution. While I am happy to accept the idea that, in general,...
View ArticleWho Sits Where: Ash Wednesday edition
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... appropriate words to recall at the start of this penitential season of Lent... and also a phrase that I have to utter pretty much every day. Often more than...
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You too can be a judge!
At least for a day... or a couple of hours, anyway. Yes, this is an example of a clickbait headline... and I apologize for stooping so low... but the American Bar Association Law Student Division...
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Dr. Klumpp analyzes spending in 2024 Cook County judicial campaigns
FWIW is once again pleased to present a Guest Post by Albert J. Klumpp, a PhD in public policy analysis with a national reputation for expertise on judicial races. Dr. Klumpp is the author of many...
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Covid fears, then and now: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the...
The Covid lockdowns began five years ago this month. By early March 2020, ominous stories about this mysterious respiratory ailment – this novel virus – were becoming all too common, and it had...
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