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Lawyer with over $543K in student debt gets reprimand vacated after telling court of financial hardship

A federal appeals court has vacated its reprimand of a lawyer who skipped oral arguments in a late-settled case, citing information provided in her request for reconsideration.

Jan 18, 2022 11:56 AM CST

Judge disparaged lawyer, apparently unaware of livestream: ‘Can you imagine waking up next to her every day?’

Updated: A high-profile criminal defense lawyer plans to file an ethics complaint against a Chicago judge who disparaged her last week during a livestreamed video.

Jan 18, 2022 10:24 AM CST

Judge is assigned to civil cases after saying 148 days in jail is ‘plenty of punishment’ for sexual assault

A judge is western Illinois is no longer handling criminal cases after he reversed his bench-trial conviction of an 18-year-old man for sexual assault, declaring that the youth had received “plenty of punishment” after spending 148 days in jail.

Jan 14, 2022 11:49 AM CST

Lawyer on university faculty is charged with insider trading

A Chicago lawyer who was a faculty member at the Loyola University Chicago was indicted Monday for allegedly making a $110,000 profit by trading on insider information passed along by a college friend.

Jan 13, 2022 9:18 AM CST

Lawyer accused of sending harassing emails to BigLaw opponents had previously filed abortion lawsuit

A Chicago lawyer who was previously in the news for filing a lawsuit against a Texas abortion doctor is facing ethics charges alleging that he sent harassing and threatening emails to the opposing counsels from Barnes & Thornburg and Fox Rothschild.

Jan 10, 2022 3:27 PM CST

Do federal jurors still care whether a witness is caught in a lie? Not as much, say 2 veteran litigators

Physical aspects aren’t the only changes in federal litigation, according to two veteran litigators featured in this month’s Asked and Answered podcast, which is looking at how litigation has changed over the years.

Dec 27, 2021 9:12 AM CST

UIC law prof must receive online diversity training, coaching before classroom return, letter says

A law professor who used abbreviated versions of the N-word and the B-word on a final exam must undergo diversity training “to facilitate his return to the classroom,” according to a Dec. 16 letter sent to the professor’s lawyer.

Dec 21, 2021 1:59 PM CST

Lawyers in Illinois experienced this type of incivility most often, new survey says

Sarcasm, misrepresentations, inflammatory writings and hardball tactics were the most common type of incivility reported by Illinois lawyers surveyed in August and September.

Dec 14, 2021 12:10 PM CST

If trends persist, there won’t be gender parity among lawyers arguing at 7th Circuit until 2059

The gender gap among lawyers arguing before the federal appeals court in Chicago barely improved over the last decade, according to a report published by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.

Dec 8, 2021 8:44 AM CST

Exam question wasn’t only offensive behavior of UIC law professor, according to internal investigation

Over the past year, various academics have expressed support for a University of Illinois Chicago School of Law professor who faced student criticism after he used abbreviated racial and gender slurs as part of a hypothetical fact pattern for a civil procedure final exam.

Dec 7, 2021 11:33 AM CST

Lawyer with over $543K in student debt gets reprimand vacated after telling court of financial hardship

Judge disparaged lawyer, apparently unaware of livestream: ‘Can you imagine waking up next to her every day?’

Judge is assigned to civil cases after saying 148 days in jail is ‘plenty of punishment’ for sexual assault

Lawyer on university faculty is charged with insider trading

Lawyer accused of sending harassing emails to BigLaw opponents had previously filed abortion lawsuit

Do federal jurors still care whether a witness is caught in a lie? Not as much, say 2 veteran litigators

UIC law prof must receive online diversity training, coaching before classroom return, letter says

Lawyers in Illinois experienced this type of incivility most often, new survey says

If trends persist, there won’t be gender parity among lawyers arguing at 7th Circuit until 2059

Exam question wasn’t only offensive behavior of UIC law professor, according to internal investigation

Doctor accused of showing his gun during Zoom court faces contempt hearing

Jurisdictions are switching back to in-person bar exam starting in February

7th Circuit warns of ‘catastrophe for litigants’ when judges wait too long to issue opinions after orders

ABA internship for law students with disabilities spurs young lawyer’s work at IT company

2 former BigLaw associates get suspensions for inflating hourly records

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