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Merit selection of judges leads ISBA legislative agenda
SPRINGFIELD — On the heels of a year that was rich with reform recommendations, the Illinois State Bar Association plans to push a proposal on the merit selection of judges.

Prayer in school fight heats up
The location of the boundary between church and state is the focus of a battle that is to be fought this week before the federal appeals court based in Chicago.

Ex-POW in Iraq war recalls nightmares, depression
WASHINGTON — Shoshana Johnson survived gunshot wounds to both legs and 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq. Life wasn't so easy when she came home, either.

Two law firms get $425,000 in fees for work on consent decrees
A federal judge has awarded a total of nearly $425,000 in attorneys' fees to two Chicago law firms for their work on consent decrees related to allegations of patronage-based hiring by the City of Chicago and the Cook County sheriff's office.

A little information about a little-known program

AP analysis: Economic stress hit a peak in December

Proof of service will now cost $10

Court: Crude language alone can create hostile work environment

Nepal ties keep Chicago native refreshed

Trial Notebook:
Litigants get to revoke oral arbitration agreements
Before it was modified by statute, the common law allowed revocation of arbitration agreements. But the traditional doctrine was changed only for written arbitration agreements.

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