A Council of the American Bar Association (ABA) will soon seek public comment regarding proposed revisions of an accreditation standard, Standard 206, governing diversity and inclusion in ABA-approved law schools.
According to an ABA Journal article, the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (Council) voted on August
Tom JakewayTrial Court Administrator
In 2023, 50 organizations across the state used the Commission’s free, open-source mentoring curriculum as the foundation for their lawyer mentoring programs.
Since we began developing our professionalism-based curriculum for attorney mentoring programs in 2011, it has been used by law firms, bar associations, government offices, law schools, court districts, professional
Should my law firm be on TikTok? What is Threads? Is it too late to create a Facebook page for my law firm? Have you heard of that new platform, FriendFrame?
Okay, FriendFrame doesn’t exist… yet.
The majority of law firms (89%) have an existing social media presence, according to American Bar Association data.
A recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that people working in the U.S. experience 202 million acts of incivility each day, with nearly 40% of the uncivil behavior happening at work.
Incivility in workplaces can impact employee morale and may be costing U.S. organizations roughly $2 billion per day in
Late last month, the American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 512 detailing a lawyer’s ethical obligations when using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in legal practice.
The Opinion acknowledges that lawyers often use traditional AI to boost the quality and efficiency of their legal practices, for example in contract analysis or e-discovery. However, the advent of
Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism and a commitment to equitable, efficient, and effective justice in Illinois.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke with attorney Mathew Kerbis, the founder of Subscription Attorney LLC, where he provides general practice transactional services.
According to its website, Subscription Attorney offers
Last month we celebrated Disability Pride Month, a commemoration each July of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as a time to highlight the contributions of people with disabilities and raise awareness of the stigmas many still face.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than
Last summer, our resident well-being blogger Stephanie Villinski wrote a blog urging Illinois lawyers to take advantage of their last chance to soak up summer. Did you take her advice?
Putting work responsibilities aside to focus on summer fun is not always easy for lawyers. The emails and client demands do not stop when the
As the world focuses on the athletic elite competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a peculiar star has emerged for Team USA, twisting and turning his way into our hearts.
Affectionately dubbed “Mr. Pommel Horse” or “Pommel Steve,” Stephen Nedoroscik delivered a spectacular routine on the pommel horse that clinched the bronze medal
Do you remember the anticipation you felt in the weeks leading up to law school? Do you remember if hearing stories about unending class prep and the dreaded Socratic method filled you with anxiety? Or maybe you didn’t know what to expect.
No matter what comes to mind, most law students likely feel a mix
