Practice resources

These resources are written for legal professionals doing legal aid or pro bono work. If you do not have legal training, they may be difficult to understand. Visit resources from the main menu for legal information written and designed for the public.

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Causes of action: Employment actions
Explains causes of action for employment-based discrimination claims. Covers: discrimination actions, retaliatory discharge, workers' compensation, and employer negligence. 2021 edition.
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Causes of action: Probate actions
Explains grounds for a cause of action in probate. Includes: challenges to taking, breach of fiduciary duty, challenges to wills, citation to recover assets, and more. 2021 edition.
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Causes of action: Real property actions
Explains grounds for causes of action in real property actions. Includes: easements and other real property interests, mechanics lien foreclosure, eminent domain, and drainage actions. 2021 edition
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Chancery and Special Remedies
A practical resource for attorneys dealing with courts of equity. 2021 Edition
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Chancery and special remedies 2021 edition
Explains theory behind creating chancery court and pre-trial stages including injunctions, rescission, quo warranto, administrative review, constructive trusts, specific performance and subrogation.
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Child welfare law: Neglected, abused, and dependent minors
Explains minors' rights, child protection mediation, pretrial and trial issues, dispositions, and termination of parental rights in Illinois. 2021 edition
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Civil appeals Illinois: state and federal 2022 edition
Manual on state and federal review courts, post-judgment motions, standards of review, cross-appeals, oral arguments. 2022 edition
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Civil discovery practice 2021 edition
Manual on discovery rules, interrogatories, production of documents, oral and written depositions, etc. 2021 edition
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Civil practice: Opening the case 2023 edition
Manual on attorney-client relationships, settlement, subject matter jurisdiction, venue, pleadings, affidavits, etc. 2023 edition.
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Civil Practice: Preparing for Trial 2022 edition
About litigation rights, tax aspects, injunctions, declaratory relief, summary judgment, and pretrial conferences. 2022 Edition
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Civil Practice: Trying the Case 2022 edition
Handling a case during trial, including traits and skills of an effective trial advocate, the jury, the opening statement, presenting testimony, preserving the record, etc. 2022 edition.
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Civil Trial Evidence (Illinois)
Manual on sources and evidence for trials such as sufficiency of proof, hearsay, motions, demonstratives, etc. 2022 edition
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Class Actions
Manual on Rule 23, court proceedings, shareholder derivative suits, attorneys' fees, etc. 2020 edition.
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Collection Litigation: Representing the Creditor 2022 edition
Manual that defines creditor rights and describes the court procedures, including pleadings regarding debt collection. 2022 edition
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Collection litigation: Representing the debtor 2022 edition
Advanced level content. Defines debtor rights and describes the court procedures including pleadings regarding debt collection. 2022 edition
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Commercial and industrial loan documentation
Guide to documenting commercial and industrial loans: lending process, borrowing entities, promissory notes, loan agreements, guaranties, third-party documents, and more. 2018 edition.
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