Also
see
October
30, 2012
, Madison County Illinois. Chief Judge Ann Callis announces that in
honor of Veterans’ Day, there will be two Pro Bono Legal Advice Days which are
being offered to Veterans with legal questions. There will be 30 minute
appointments scheduled at the Madison County Courthouse Law Library.
(Note: Ann
Callis is now running for Congress, resigned as judge, has a son in Army
Training, hopes to be a ranger)
November
10, 2011 “During
Judge Callis’ seven year tenure as Chief, our Circuit Court instituted many
important and innovative programs including Veterans’ Court and Residential
Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation
Chief
Judge Ann Callis has announced that Madison County Veterans’ Court has been
selected to receive one of six 2010 Paul H. Chapman Awards from the Foundation
for Improvement of Justice.
Aug
15, 2103
CHICAGO
(AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law Thursday allowing Illinois veterans and
military members to qualify for free legal help, legislation that was pushed by
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride.
The
law allows the state's highest court to establish a pilot program setting up a
legal hotline and access to attorneys for court.
It
was an unusual public appearance for Kilbride, who attended Thursday's event at
a Chicago criminal court. He joked that it was his first bill signing since he's
usually dealing with whether bills are constitutional.
"We've
had so many people now coming into the court system who are not represented by
lawyers. The numbers are just exploding," he later told The Associated Press.
"We've got to find a way to better serve that community. There's no question
about it that veterans deserve our respect, our honor and our help to provide
assistance to them."
The
money for the program will come from an increase in fees in civil cases and will
be collected by clerks of circuit court for what's being called the Access to
Justice Fund.
Quinn
said service members have faced great obstacles in their line of duty and
shouldn't have to do so at home.
The
law takes effect immediately and will be up for renewal in 2017. Those involved
will have to submit a report on its effectiveness by June 1 of that
year.
Separately
the measure also allows counties to use funds to fix up or create self-help
legal centers at county libraries.
It
will also create a task force that will take a look at legal fees in criminal
and civil cases to ensure that they're fair. The panel will be made up of 15
members and they'll have to submit a final report to lawmakers by June
2014.
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The
bill is HB3111.
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"Keep on, Keepin' on" "Colonel Dan"
Dan Cedusky, Champaign IL, Col, USA, Ret,
Member: AM LEGION, DAV, AMVETS, MOAA, NGAUS, IL SAL, NGAIL,
NAUS, VFW Aux.
IL State Director The Uniformed Services Disabled Retirees (USDR)
Fellow at The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
See my web site at:
http://www.angelfire.com/il2/VeteranIssues/
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