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. Note: IICLE resources are only available to legal aid employees.

IICLE Online Library Resources
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. 2024 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. 2024 Edition
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Chancery and Special Remedies
A handbook for lawyers on special remedies, covering rescission, reformation, injunctions, interpleader, constructive trusts, subrogation, and contempt, with sample petitions, orders, and forms.
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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. 2024 edition
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Civil appeals Illinois: State and federal
A handbook for lawyers on appellate practice in state and federal courts, covering post-judgment motions, standards of review, cross-appeals, interlocutory appeals, oral arguments, and more.
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Civil discovery practice
A lawyer resource on discovery, including rules, limitations, interrogatories, document requests, depositions, exams, and remedies for noncompliance in special cases.
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Civil practice: Opening the case
A lawyer resource on attorney-client relationships, including case development, settlement, jurisdiction, venue, pleadings, affidavits, and related procedures.
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Civil Practice: Preparing for Trial
A lawyer resource on civil litigation, covering discovery, litigation rights, tax aspects, injunctions, declaratory relief, dismissals, summary judgment, pretrial conferences, and trial preparation.
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Civil Practice: Trying the Case
A lawyer resource on handling trials, covering jury selection, opening and closing statements, testimony, record preservation, motions, verdicts, judgments, and post-trial motions.
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Civil Trial Evidence (Illinois)
A lawyer resource on evidence at trial, including sufficiency of proof, objections, hearsay, privileges, physical and demonstrative evidence, motions, and misconduct.
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Class actions
A lawyer resource on Rule 23 and class actions, covering investigation, discovery, notice, pleadings, motions, settlements, derivative suits, and attorneys’ fees.
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Collection litigation: Representing the creditor
Attorney resource on the representation of creditors in collection litigation. 2022 edition.
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Collection litigation: Representing the debtor
Defines debtor rights and describes court procedures for responding to debt collection lawsuits. 2022 edition.
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Commercial and professional liability insurance
A lawyer resource on commercial and professional liability insurance, addressing coverages, claims-made issues, intentional act exclusion, and exclusion by risk.
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Commercial landlord-tenant practice
A lawyer resource on commercial landlord-tenant law covering leases, subleases, landlord and tenant duties, mechanics liens, mortgages, and eminent domain.
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Commercial real estate: Financing and transactional issues
A lawyer resource on commercial real estate transactions, including financing from both the borrower’s and lender’s perspectives, broker law, and sales contracts.
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