Criminal

This program provides a primer on how to interact with the federal legal system when dealing with a criminal case, from getting admitted to the appropriate Federal District to the steps followed as a case moves through the system.

This program addresses how the removal process begins and basic practice procedures before the immigration court.

If you provide criminal defense to NON-U.S. Citizens, then you must know what the immigration consequences are for decisions you make. This program provides methods for remembering which crimes carry such consequences.

This manual, crafted to guide counsel of predelinquent and delinquent minors, covers trials, transfer of jurisdiction, federal law and practice, and more.

This book covers a variety of pretrial considerations essential when defending criminal cases in Illinois.

From experience as both an assistant DA and defense counsel, Nrupa Patel of Bolen Robinson & Ellis LLP in Decatur shares tips for achieving favorable outcomes and saving valuable time when prosecuting and defending domestic violence cases.

This handbook covers the range of remedies available for a client with a criminal record.

When your client’s DUI case is brought on behalf of a municipality by a local prosecutor, village attorney, or city prosecutor, unique issues arise regarding the authorities to prosecute and options to appeal, summary suspension ordinances, and potential conflicts of interests, which may present opportunities for unique strategies for the defense.

The Pretrial Fairness Act means that the court’s consideration of the facts surrounding a client’s DUI arrest at a detention hearing means the difference between conducting client meetings in your office or at the jail, and the causation requirements for proximate cause of injuries offers opportunities to present affirmative defenses in light of the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in People v. Way.

Learn essential strategies for challenging evidence from horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk-and-turn, and one-leg stand field sobriety tests on behalf of your clients facing DUI charges in Illinois.

This presentation provides both an overview of the technical elements of DUI-related driving restrictions imposed by the Illinois Secretary of State and practice tips for navigating driving relief hearings that will help you verify and correct the record, prepare your clients for communicating their side and establishing a treatment plan, secure fair accommodations for hardship, work with evaluators, and more.

Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin explains the application of the SAFE-T Act outside of Cook and the collar counties to explore its impact on practitioners and cases in downstate Illinois.