Category: Winter 2026
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Illinois Legislative Update (February 2026)
On behalf of CALL’s Government Relations Committee, below is a sampling of Illinois laws that will go into effect in 2026. For a full list of Illinois laws going into effect this year visit bills-taking-effect-2026.pdf. Commentary is my own (not the GRC’s or CALL’s).
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Join the Community Service Committee at Cradles to Crayons!
Join the Community Service Committee at Cradles to Crayons on Saturday, March 7, from 10-12. Members who have attended these can affirm that it is a lot of fun!
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Continuing Education: Research Roundtable
On January 21, 2026, the CALL Continuing Education Committee hosted a Research Roundtable, bringing together members for a discussion on three areas of legal research.
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Remember to vote in your CALL elections!
Please remember to vote in the CALL election!
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AI personage and sanctions: When the cited case isn’t real
Following a $24 million verdict against the defendant for damages suffered by the plaintiffs’ minor children, the trial court addressed the plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions against the defendant and its legal representatives for submitting false legal citations and factual misrepresentations in their post-trial motions. Jordan v. Chi. Hous. Auth., No. 2022 L 000095, slip op.…
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A Winter Issue Card Pull
It’s been a rough start to the year, which this issue’s cards seem to reflect.
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New Year, New Resolutions
Law Librarian – New Year’s Resolutions As we welcome the start of a new year, it’s a wonderful chance to reflect. Here are the areas I plan to focus on in the coming months.
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Thankful for Lenore Glanz
Before heading off to library school at UIUC, I had the fortune to receive a summer internship at Chicago-Kent’s Law Library. I did not yet know I would later become a law librarian. For the summer, I worked on a special project in the library but was also invited to sit in on collection meetings,…
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From the Editors: Help Us Memorialize Lenore Glanz
Please help us memorialize our late colleague and fellow CALL member, Lenore Glanz. We would love to be able to create a memory board or another form of tribute here on the Bulletin.