In 2023, the Commission staff covered some of the most pressing issues facing the legal profession, from the ethical use of AI to how to support law students and uphold the First Amendment during times of conflict.
Here is a look at some of our most popular content in 2023.
Law firms looking to improve collection rates should consider online billing and payment options, according to new data from Clio’s 2023 Legal Trends Report. And their clients will appreciate the efficiencies.
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.
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.
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?
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
