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Judicial Conference of Illinois

The Judicial Conference of Illinois, consisting of eighty-two judges, is responsible for suggesting improvements in the administration of justice in Illinois. The Executive Committee, composed of the chief justice and fourteen members of the Judicial Conference reviews recommendations of the various committees and makes recommendations to the Supreme Court, resolves questions of committee jurisdiction, acts on behalf of the Judicial Conference between annual meetings, and performs other duties delegated by the Supreme Court. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts serves as Secretary of the Conference.

Judicial Conference Committees - 2010

Executive Committee
Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Illinois Supreme Court, Chair

Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee
Judge Patricia Banks, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chair

Automation & Technology Committee
Judge Kenneth A. Abraham, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Chair

Committee on Criminal Law & Probation Administration
Judge Mary S. Schostok, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Chair

Committee on Discovery Procedures
Judge Mary Anne Mason, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chair

Committee on Education
Judge M. Carol Pope, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Chair

Study Committee on Complex Litigation
Judge Eugene P. Daugherity, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Chair

Study Committee on Juvenile Justice
Judge John R. McClean, Jr., Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Chair

Judicial Conference Annual Reports Available

2009 Annual Report

2008 Annual Report

2007 Annual Report

2006 Annual Report

2005 Annual Report

2004 Annual Report

2003 Annual Report

2002 Annual Report

Prior year's Judicial Conference Reports are available upon request as supply lasts.