The bar admission ceremonies for the 282 new attorneys who passed the February 2025 Bar Exam will be held on Wednesday, May 7, in all five judicial districts of Illinois.
The First Judicial District ceremonies will be held in Chicago at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. with Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and First District Appellate Court Justice Rina Van Tine swearing-in candidates. The Second Judicial District ceremony will be held in Elgin at 10 a.m. with Second District Appellate Court Presiding Justice Christopher M. Kennedy swearing-in candidates. The Third Judicial District ceremony will be held in Ottawa at 11 a.m. with Justice Mary K. O’Brien swearing-in candidates. The Fourth Judicial District ceremony will be held in Springfield at 11 a.m. with Justice Lisa Holder White swearing-in candidates. The Fifth Judicial District ceremony will be held in Mt. Vernon at 2 p.m., with Justice David K. Overstreet swearing-in candidates. Additional ceremony information can be found here.
All of the candidates set to be sworn in have passed a 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: 222
• Second District: 23
• Third District: 18
• Fourth District: 8
• Fifth District: 11
Original source can be found here.