What Is the ARDC? (this is NOT the Illinois Bar - where one can voluntarily be inactive)
As our name implies, the ARDC is the agency of the Supreme Court of Illinois which registers attorneys and investigates complaints of misconduct filed against attorneys holding a license to practice law in Illinois.
Our principal purpose is to assist the Supreme Court to determine a lawyer’s fitness to practice law in Illinois. If a complaint is made that an attorney, licensed to practice law in Illinois, has engaged in illegal, unethical or dishonest conduct, we will investigate and, if warranted, bring formal disciplinary charges.
The Supreme Court of Illinois will then ultimately decide if a lawyer should be censured (publicly rebuked), suspended (having the law license to practice either taken away for a certain period of time or placed on a probationary period) or disbarred (having the law license taken away indefinitely).”
Ping to another Blast from the Past. Good find, Kim. Thanks so much. Bet all this information isn't archived on any other website. Bookmarked.
Glad to be of help..I’m going to post this info on the last thread and this one.
http://www.iardc.org/rule770inactivestatus.html
INACTIVE STATUS Prior to November 1, 1999,
former Supreme Court Rule 770 provided for a proceeding in the Court for any voluntary transfer to inactive status, whether because of some incapacitating condition or solely as a matter of the lawyer’s preference because the lawyer would not be practicing law.
The current registration rules provide a procedure for lawyers on Court-ordered inactive status under former Supreme Court Rule 770 who might wish to register.
Whatever registration status the lawyer wishes to assume (active, inactive, or retired), the lawyer must first file a motion with the Supreme Court for restoration to active status under Rule 759. The motion process is necessary to screen for those who transferred due to circumstances that require some review of present fitness, and the motions will be contested only in such cases. In all other cases, the ARDC will consent to the transfer, and when a consent is submitted, the Supreme Court typically allows the motion within a few weeks of when it is filed.
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More—copied this because of the comments about community organizations..
http://www.illinoisprobono.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_Content&contentID=6481
On July 1, 2008, amendments to Illinois Supreme Court Rules 716 and 756 went into effect that give retired and inactive attorneys as well as corporate attorneys with limited admission status the ability to provide on a pro bono basis critical legal assistance to vulnerable and disadvantaged people who would otherwise be shut out of our justice system.
The ARDC recently posted to its website the forms that organizations (?sponsoring entities?) and pro bono attorneys must complete in order to perform pro bono work under the amended rules.
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the amendments to Rules 716 and 756: Provide that retired, inactive and in-house attorneys with limited admission status may do pro bono work without charge or expectation of a fee for individuals of limited means or charitable, civic, community or other similar groups
I got to thinkin after you mentioned archive: We had better archive this somewhere else to, just to have a back up..