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What Lawyers Need to Know About the Confirmation Process for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Posted on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by Kendra Abercrombie

Last month, President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to serve as the 116th Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m sure you’ve been watching or reading coverage of Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearing, which began on March 21. And, as attorneys, I imagine you’ve been fielding questions about who Judge Jackson is, if she is qualified, and how the vetting process works.

Class of 2021 Law Grads Entered One of the Strongest Legal Job Markets Ever. What Does This Mean for Future Grads?

Posted on August 1, 2022August 4, 2022 by Marin McCall

Law school graduates from the Class of 2021 are experiencing a 91.9% employment rate, up 3.5 percentage points from 2020, according to a recently released report from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). The legal job market matches the previous record set by the Class of 2007, just before the Great Recession.

Commission on Professionalism Preserves Justice Rita Garman’s (Ret.) Story in Its Signature Profiles in Professionalism Interview Series

Posted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 by Laura Bagby

The Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce the release of a Profiles in Professionalism video featuring Justice Rita B. Garman (Ret.).

Commission on Professionalism, Illinois Law Schools, Legal Organizations Elevate 1Ls from Historically Underrepresented Communities through Jumpstart

Posted on August 11, 2022August 12, 2022 by 2Civility

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to report that, for the first time, first-year law students from all nine Illinois law schools participated in Jumpstart, a pre-law school preparatory program designed to elevate first-generation law students and those from communities that are historically underrepresented in the legal profession.

ABA Profile of the Legal Profession: The Judiciary is Vast, But Not Terribly Varied

Posted on August 11, 2022August 12, 2022 by Laura Bagby

While the judiciary is less homogenous than it used to be, the judges and justices sitting on federal and state benches remain overwhelmingly male and overwhelmingly white, according to the ABA’s Profile of the Legal Profession, an annual report on diversity in the judiciary and legal profession that was released last month.

Here’s What the Legal Profession Looks Like in 2022

Posted on August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 by Laura Bagby

White, male attorneys continue to make up the majority of lawyers in the U.S., according to the ABA’s Profile of the Legal Profession, an annual report on diversity in the legal profession that was released last month.

Illinois Lawyers Asked to Weigh in on Rural A2J Crisis During ISBA Listening Tour

Posted on October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 by Laura Bagby

We spoke with Angelica Wawrzynek, an attorney at Armstrong Grove & Wawrzynek in Mattoon and chair of the ISBA’s Special Committee on Serving Lawyers in Rural Practices, to learn about an in-person and virtual listening tour the Special Committee is hosting this fall aimed at exploring the needs of rural and small-town practitioners and the communities they serve.

Top Law Schools Opt Out of U.S. News & World Report Rankings

Posted on December 1, 2022December 15, 2022 by Marin McCall

Several law schools have announced that they will stop submitting internal data to U.S. News and World Report for use in its annual ranking of best U.S. law schools. But U.S. News will continue to rank them anyway, said its Chief Data Strategist Robert Morse.

A Roadmap for Lawyers on Navigating Incivility

Posted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 by Mark C. Palmer

The Commission often receives questions from attorneys on how to handle instances of incivility. We wanted to take things one step further in a session at our upcoming Future Is Now: Legal Services conference (register to join us for the virtual conference on April 20).

Strategies for Building a Sustainable Legal Practice

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Erika Harold

Amid the seemingly ubiquitous discussions of “will lawyers be replaced by [insert the latest innovation],” perhaps a more important question for lawyers and the legal profession is being obscured: Why don’t more people with legal problems currently turn to lawyers as the solution?

Celebrate Law Day 2023 with These Events

Posted on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 by Marin McCall

Lawyers across the country will celebrate Law Day 2023 on May 1 with celebrations and informative events beginning this week and continuing through next week.

Illinois Ranks High as Preferred State for Law Students

Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 by Laura Bagby

Illinois ranks third in the U.S. for states aspiring law students should consider, with its strong job prospects, degree affordability, and the emotional health of its working professionals, according to a recent study.