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This Day in Legal History 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
See if you know what happened on This Day in Legal History with Karen Conti.
Meeting deadlines and counting time under Illinois law 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
My son Atticus is learning to count. If you say, “one, two … ,” he will respond, albeit in Spanish, with “tres!” That’s a great start. But if he decides one day to go into the family business, I will ...
Clearing up questions left by DOMA ruling 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
Although the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor, invalidated Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that stipulated a marriage may only be between one man and one woma...
Editor’s Note 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
A few updates and short takes this week … Every student at one of Illinois’ nine law schools gets a free online subscription to this newspaper.
Don’t let advocacy in mediation be as futile as a political conversation 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
Have you ever had a conversation with someone from an opposing political point of view in which you articulately and passionately laid out several unassailable reasons why he or she was wrong and the ...
Perspective on bond court criticism 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
The setting of bonds by judges assigned to the Cook County bond court has drawn criticism from Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, who justifiably is concerned about the size of the jail population, and from Coun...
Court reporters little-noticed players in courthouse dramas 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
DECATUR — Court reporter Jade Ledbetter walked into a Macon County circuit courtroom in early July. Wearing a black blazer and skirt and armed with her stenotype machine, the 22-year-old approached a ...
First Asian-American judge in Illinois retires 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
The first Asian-American judge to serve in an Illinois state court has retired after a 22-year career on the bench. Lynne Kawamoto was appointed as a Cook County associate judge in 1991, after the Asi...
Attorney-client privilege gets look from high court 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
SPRINGFIELD — The bounds of attorney-client privilege will be up for debate in a fraud case that’s slated for an Illinois Supreme Court hearing next month.
Brim will fight to stay on bench 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
The lawyer for a Cook County judge accused of making inappropriate comments in court and pushing a sheriff’s deputy said he will ask the Illinois Courts Commission to keep his client on as a judge.
