Illinois Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Nov. 8.
The bar admission ceremony for the 1,269 new attorneys who passed the July 2021 Bar Exam will be held online on Wednesday, November 10 at 2 p.m. Chief Justice Anne M. Burke will preside over the ceremony and administer the oath to the new admittees. Justice Mary Jane Theis will make the motion to admit the class and Justice David K. Overstreet will second the motion.
“The Supreme Court would like to congratulate the new admittees on passing the bar exam,” Chief Justice Anne M. Burke said. “This is a great achievement and we welcome you to the legal profession.” All of the candidates set to be sworn in have passed the Illinois State Bar Examination and a required ethics examination and were certified by the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness.
The number of admittees for each district is as follows:
• First District: 1,024
• Second District: 127
• Third District: 41
• Fourth District: 48
• Fifth District: 29
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