$120
$180
Active lawyers are paying $180, inactive lawyers pay $90, and retired lawyers pay nothing
$90
$140
How much are lawyers paying for their registration fees now?
To raise judges' salaries
To improve legal facilities
They want to increase the rates to give services to the poor and to help lawyers with drug and alcohol problems
The higpaying full annual registration fees for lawyers
Legal services to the poor
Supporting probono services was important enough "and lawyers had a responsibility to contribute" to the cause
To provide legal fees to clergy
Why does the Illinois Supreme Court want to raise the registration rates for Illinois lawyers?
Between $800,000 and $1.5 million short
$4.5 million
It will cover $750,000 and $1 million
$1.5 million and $2 million short
Between $700,000 and $1 million short
$2.4 million
Between 200,000 and .5 million short
How much are the year's returns projected to cover for the income in interest?
Moses Schmitt,
Moses W. Harrison II said
Harrison
Sothesby
Schmitt
Webster
Who made the following remark: "We have a tough time raising enough money to properly fund services that our clients need."
Because it was an impingement of rights
They were already paying so much
Lawyers would be angry
Low interest rates and a sagging economy meant there was less money being generated
Last year, the high court raised the base fee for active attorneys to $180 from $140
Low interest rates and a sagging economy
Why were judges initially reluctant to raise registration fees?
Because they agreed that raising the registration fees would be the best way to address declining revenues
To shore up financing for pro-bono work
To increase judge's salaries
Address the declining revenues  interest generated on the Lawyers' Trust Fund
To give themselves a better facility
To fund raise for a new law scholarship
To fund retired lawyers
Why did the high court raise the base fee for active attorneys to $180 from $140?
A $42 increase to shore up financing for pro-bono work, as the normal funding mechanism for legal services has fallen short in recent years
$22 increase to shore up legal aid to military families
$42 increase to shore up homeless legal help
$140
The $49 dollar hike is due to the lagging economy, low interest rates not regerating enough revenue to cover services?
$49 interest generated on the Lawyers' Trust Fund, which pools clients' money that attorneys hold for such matters as escrow funds and less money being generated
$22 increase to shore up the charities for lawyers families
How much is the registration fee hike and what is cited as the reason for the lack of generated funds?
57,392 on the full roll- $2.6 million raise
74,311 attorneys on roll and hike would generate 2.4 million dollars
57,392 on the full roll- raise $1 million
74,311 on the full roll- raise $700,000
74,311 on the full roll- raise roughly $2.4 million
As of 2001 , how many attorneys where on full role and how much money would the hike generate?
$42
$160
$180
$40
$45
$140
The Judges reluctantly raised the rates to how much?
Bolster pro-bono services and support for lawyers with drug and alcohol problems and counter the shortfall in interest income
Services to poor, services to chronically ill lawyers, services to the military
Illinois State Bar Association nor The Chicago Bar Association retired lawyers
Legal services to the poor, bolster pro-bono services and support for lawyers with drug and alcohol problems
Military legal services, services to the poor, services to clergy
Legal aid groups, pro bono work and lawyers with drug and alcohol problems
Services to judges' families, services to the poor, services to military
Name three things these funds support.
Registration fees for Illinois lawyers could jump as much as $49 a year if lawmakers adopt two separate measures to bolster pro-bono services and support for lawyers with drug and alcohol problems. The Illinois Supreme Court is pushing for legislation that would allow it to dedicate money raised through the fee hikes to legal services to the poor. The justices are floating a $42 increase to shore up financing for pro-bono work, as the normal funding mechanism for legal services has fallen short in recent years. Currently, support for non-profit legal aid groups comes from interest generated on the Lawyers' Trust Fund, which pools clients' money that attorneys hold for such matters as escrow funds. But low interest rates and a sagging economy mean there is less money being generated. After hours of discussion, the high court agreed that raising the registration fees would be the best way to address the declining revenues, Chief Justice Moses W. Harrison II said. The judges were reluctant to raise those fees but eventually decided that supporting probono services was important enough "and lawyers had a responsibility to contribute" to the cause, Harrison said. Last year, the high court raised the base fee for active attorneys to $180 from $140. Lawyers in their first three years of practice or who are inactive pay $90, and retired lawyers pay nothing. Legislation circulated by the high court's lobbyist specifies that the hike would apply to attorneys "paying full annual registration fees." In 2001, there were 57,392 active attorneys in Illinois and 74,311 on the full roll, according to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. The hike would raise roughly $2.4 million. Last year, interest on the trust fund totaled $4.5 million, but service and handling fees consumed $538,000 of that amount. This year's returns are projected to be anywhere between $700,000 and $1 million short of that mark, said Ruth Ann Schmitt, the executive director of Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois. Harrison said the fee hikes are designed only to counter the shortfall in interest income, not add to the total amount available. "Our legal services are already stretched to the breaking point," Schmitt said. "We have a tough time raising enough money to properly fund services that our clients need." Neither the Illinois State Bar Association nor The Chicago Bar Association has taken a stance on the proposed hikes. 