Beverly Allen has been a leader in bringing justice and equality to the underprivileged since she was a student at St. Louis University School of Law, where she earned her J.D. in 1990. Each and every year of law school, Beverly served those who could not afford legal assistance at...
Many citizens have a street, a building or a local ballpark named after them, but far fewer people have an award named in their honor. The late Joseph Bartylak, of Alton, is one of those exceptional lawyers.
The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) recently...
When a natural disaster strikes, most people expect to get help from the government or the American Red Cross. What they may not realize is that lawyers also play an important role in disaster recovery by providing pro bono legal services.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in...
Most lawyers love history, but one ISBA lawyer took his love of Chicago lore to the next level: he stepped back from a successful law practice to become head of the Chicago History Museum.
Gary T. Johnson was named the eighth president of the museum in August 2005. A...
Imagine you’re a lawyer in a rural part of Illinois, and you learn that the local office of your legal services organization may close because of budget cuts, leaving many economically-disadvantaged people without free legal representation.
It happened in Coles and...
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