For What It's Worth

I spotted this one on Facebook. This is typical of a certain type of flyer that one sees around election time: It borrows from the Injustic...

The Illinois State Bar Association has released narrative explanations for the 59 Cook County Circuit Court judges and the one First Distri...

Updated 10/7/26 All the new Cook County judges are already chosen. I don't mean there are no competitive races for Cook County judici...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court, Mariyana Spyropoulos, seems to have gone into the CLE business. Registration for the Wednesday, October ...

There are a lot of names to keep track of on the November retention ballot, even for bar associations that make a point of doing just that. ...

I am not hating on AI here. At this point, AI has at least one benign use. The picture above illustrates it. AI-generated (I hope that...

Only three blanks remain on the Alliance 'grids,' all regarding Judge Maritza Martinez. The blanks mean only that the bar groups in...

In an Order entered yesterday , the Illinois Supreme Court assigned Circuit Court Judge Thomas More Donnelly to the Appellate Court. The ap...

Law Bulletin Media and Chicago Lawyer Magazine are solicting nominations for their 7th Annual Women in Law Awards. The theme of the awar...

The Chicago Bar Association recommends retaining 60 of the 60 Cook County judges on the November ballot. Of the 60 judges on the ballot, th...

...but, technically, it is only three months to Christmas Eve. And, taking the long view, the Illinois Latino Judges Association is asking...

The Chicago Bar Association has announced the it will bestow its 2026 John Paul Stevens Awards on these seven honorees: Margaret Benson ...

There are some "holes" in the grids that follow. Joyce Williams, the Administrator of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judici...

Update 9/22/26, 6:50 p.m. Shortly after this article posted, Dr. Albert J. Klumpp wrote in to say that he had been able to access the cook...

The Advocates Society will hold its Annual Scholarship Dinner and Silent Auction on Wednesday, September 30, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at M...

Did you have to memorize the Preamble when you were a kid? You know... We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more per...

Is the Clerk of the Circuit Court bidding to become a major CLE provider? The Clerk will present Dr. Diana Uchiyama, the Executive Direc...

The Chicago Bar Association's Barristers Big Band will be in concert on Saturday, October 17, at 6:00 p.m., in Ganz Hall at Roosevelt ...

The Appellate Lawyers Association is looking for judges and sponsors for its annual Hudson Memorial Moot Court Competition. The competit...

Panel presentation. Thursday, October 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Benesch Law, 71 S. Wacker Dr. Registration is required. To register,...

The Advocates Society , the Hellenic Bar Association , and the Asian American Judges Association of Illinois are hosting the September 30 ...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court advises that the Mental Health Summit, to be held in Courtroom 102 of the 4th Municipal District Courthouse...

The wake for former 3rd Municipal District Presiding Judge James Geocaris will be tonight, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Donnellan Family Funer...

The Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County will hold its reception for Cook County judges seeking retention this year on Thursday,...

Before this afternoon, I didn't even know there was an Illinois Italian American Judges Association . But there is. And the IIAJA i...

Granted, most FWIW readers are long past the scholarship application stage (even if many of you are still paying off education loans), but...

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will hold its Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk at Montrose Harbor on Saturday, October 3...

In an Order entered Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed south suburban practitioner Gregory T. Mitchell to the countywide vacancy ...

The Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Foundation will host a Presidential reception honoring ISBA President 2025-26, Hon...

Updated 9/2/26, with new information Remember when I mentioned that Justice Tailor had announced a committee to assist with screening can...

The Illinois Judicial Council will hold its 44th Annual Installation and Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, September 9, from 5:00 ...

The Chicago Bar Association will hold its annual Golf Outing on Tuesday, September 15, at The Glen Club, 2901 W. Lake Ave., Glenview. Her...

According to my Blogger dashboard, FWIW crossed the 8-million page view mark some time yesterday. This is a screenshot of the statistics ...

The Illinois Supreme Court has given 13 unopposed Cook County judicial candidates a head start on their judicial careers. In a series of or...