For What It's Worth

The Chicago Bar Association's Barristers Big Band will hold its annual Big Band Ball on Friday, April 25, at the Union League Club, in...

The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit is accepting applications through April 10 from all qualified applicants to fill up to three pos...

HLAI Charities, the charitable arm of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois will hold its first Casino Night on Friday, April 11, ...

The Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. will hold its Spring Fundraiser Gala on Saturday, April 5, from 6:30 p....

The Illinois Latino Judges Association will host a panel discussion on March 31, at 5:00 p.m., at the UIC School of Law, 300 S. State St....

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter are c...

The Chicago Bar Association , the Diversity Scholarship Foundation , , the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois , and the Northwest Su...

The Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. will hold its Judicial Reception on Thursday, March 20, from 5:30 to 8:...

The Covid lockdowns began five years ago this month. By early March 2020, ominous stories about this mysterious respiratory ailment – thi...

FWIW is once again pleased to present a Guest Post by Albert J. Klumpp, a PhD in public policy analysis with a national reputation for exper...

At least for a day... or a couple of hours, anyway. Yes, this is an example of a clickbait headline... and I apologize for stooping so low...

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ... appropriate words to recall at the start of this penitential season of Lent... and also a phrase ...

Far be it from me to contradict the Illinois Bar Foundation ; I am just wary of overly broad generalizations. Call it a sort of lawyerly ...

I told you that yesterday's list was likely incomplete. Sure enough, before last night was over, an anonymous FWIW reader tipped me o...

Yes, it's Pulaski Day -- far too early to be talking about the 2026 election. Don't blame me, however. I don't determine the...

The Diversity Scholarship Foundation will participate in the 25th Annual Polar Plunge in support of the Special Olympics on March 2, 2025...

The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus will perform in concert on Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., at St. James Cathe...

The Chicago Bar Association has announced the names of six indivduals who will receive the Earl Dickerson Award this year at a luncheon at ...

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has appointed Judge Andrea M. Buford as Acting Presiding Judge of the Child Protection Division. ...

October 17 is a long way off, but the Illinois Bar Foundation is already asking you to save the date for its 26th Annual Gala, honoring Mt...

Updated after publication to include extended entry deadline Members of the CBA, including law students (but excluding CBA board and off...

Remember how I told you that the bar associations were essentially skipping 2025 and plunging straight into 2026? First, the Alliance an...

A reader asked me to look into a rumor that legislation had passed in Springfield to move the 2026 primary "up" -- that it would b...

The Chicago Bar Association is actively recruiting new members for its Judicial Evaluation Committee. And the CBA is making a full-on, mu...

The Illinois Supreme Court, on the recommendation of Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, has appointed Cook County Assistant State's Attorne...

Happy New Year! Gosh, 2025 was short, wasn't it? Alright, actually, the calendar still says 2025 and you haven't done a Rip Van...

So I will not pile on. If you aren't familiar with the case, Maya Dukmasova's article for Injustice Watch or Tim Hecke's art...

The Decalogue Society of Laywers will be presenting a CLE seminar next Tuesday, January 14, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. entitled "Protect...

FWIW is once again pleased to present a Guest Post by Albert J. Klumpp, a PhD in public policy analysis with a national reputation for exper...