By: Hannah Werner
Like undergrad, law schools are uniquely personal to each student that applies. Some may want to stay as close to home as possible, others may grasp the opportunity to leave their home state for somewhere more desirable.
The @theBar blog is an online publication of the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS). On May 16, 2018, the YLS Executive Council approved the creation of the @theBar blog as a project of the YLS Journal. The @theBar blog strives to promote the YLS’s dedication to professional development, ethical practice, the service of our profession, and the well-being of our members.
By: Hannah Werner
Like undergrad, law schools are uniquely personal to each student that applies. Some may want to stay as close to home as possible, others may grasp the opportunity to leave their home state for somewhere more desirable.…
By Robert J. Hovey
This article was originally published in the January/February 2024 issue of the CBA Record. To read the full article on pages 28-29, click here.
By: Tasneem Mewa
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) prohibited Rite Aid from using and relying on facial recognition technology that misidentified customers and wrongly accused them of shoplifting based on matches to Rite Aid’s database. Matches often resulted…
By: Hannah Werner
There is debate regarding prenuptial agreements (or prenups, as they are more commonlyknown) and if signing one is worth potentially disturbing a happy couple’s upcoming vows. Theconservative (or, to some, cynical) view believes that its best to…
By: Judge James A. Shapiro and Adam R. Heusinkveld
Family law, which is a civil practice area, falls under the Civil Practice Act. See 750 ILCS 5/105(a) (“The provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall apply to all proceedings under…
by Michael J. Brennan, Chairman. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
In March of 2020, there was no guidepost or compass to help any of us navigate the Covid-19 Pandemic and all of its destructive power. The Workers’ Compensation Practice and the…
By Elaina M. Stevens
This article was originally published in the November/December issue of the CBA Record. Click here to read the full article on pages 40-41.
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This year’s annual CBA Moot Court Competition took place from November 16 to November 18. This was the 41st year the event was hosted by the CBA. The first day of the…
By: Tasneem Mewa
As November rolls around, 1Ls face their first round of law school final exams. Surely, most of us can recall feeling uncertain about how to prepare. With the hope of addressing that uncertainty, this article offers tips…