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It's Different Than the TV Shows

Law interns receive lessons in real life.

Allison Pitzer, EHS class of 2004, is home for the summer. She was standing in Circuit Judge Barb Crowder's courtroom as Crowder listened to two sharp-suited lawyers argue a motion to dismiss.

Pitzer and six other law interns have been lurking in the courtrooms of the Madison County Courthouse this spring and summer, and they'll be eavesdropping on assorted hearings and motions at least through July.

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Illinois Judges Association Puts Its Charity Section Into Motion

The Illinois Judges Association is jump-starting its charitable arm.

The association, comprising about 1,000 active and retired Illinois jurists, has committed $200,000 to fund the Illinois Judges Association Foundation, said Cook County Associate Judge Jesse G. Reyes, the IJA's current president. The funds represent income from dues and donations from members.

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Judges Clear Hurdle, Fire Up Foundation

The Illinois Judges Association's charitable arm has laid its ethical foundation and has launched ambitious plans for the coming year according to the organization's new president.

The group jump-started the Illinois Judges Association foundation in 2007 by committing $200,000 in funding. The charity was created in name only in 2000.

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