Each month, the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission contributes an article that examines a topic on the history of the Illinois Judiciary for the Illinois Courts Communications Office newsletter (https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/media/media-news/). Those articles are listed below from newest to oldest. A separate tab will open for the document in PDF format.

"Fire and Powder": A marriage in the Sangamon County Courts George Anastaplo Mid-Continent Modern Courthouse in Elgin The First—and Only—Public Hanging in Sangamon County
Legal Doublets and Triplets Charles Guiteau, Illinois Lawyer Love on Trial: Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation French Law in Illinois
The Evolution of Divorce Law in Illinois Illinois Chief Justices Medical Malpractice Lincoln Home Preservation Lawsuits
1919 Influenza James Shields Lyman Trumbull Border Battles
Cairo Courtship of the Court Florence Kelley Turning On the Lights at Wrigley Field Ferris Wheel
Nomaque The Courthouse Darrow and McWilliams Illinois Central Railroad Taxes
John Doe Abandoned Brides Prohibition Election Integrity
Myra Bradwell A Morris Williams Changing Membership on the Court Blind Justice
Technological Improvements Internal Improvements Council of Revision Illinois Supreme Court Diversity
No More Substitute Judges Forgotten Supreme Court Home Albert George Women Firsts
Election of Judges Racial Covenants Theophilus Smith Impeachment Decator Campbell, Self Defense, and Race
Peoria French Claim Cases Edward Coles Catherine Waugh McCulloch Cicero Riot
Reform School Elizabeth Packard and Mental Health Laws Battling for the Mississippi River - Bloody Island Seneca Dog Bite Case
Fingerprints Redistricting School Vaccinations and Small Pox Breaking Promises: Assumpsit and Contract Disputes
Feminine Hygiene Products Tax Judge Wendell E. Green Fencing Adjourned Until Court in Course
Slavery and the Illinois Supreme Court The First Appellate Court Cases Juvenile Courts Nineteenth Amendment
Mary Welles and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854 Attorney Ferdinand Barnett Stephen Douglas' Legal Career Games of Chance
Sidney Breese's Brushes with Celebrities Hermens Pig Stealing Case IL Civil Practice Act of 1933 In Re Day
1958 Judicial Article Sunday Laws Supreme Court's Office Supplies Supreme Court Consolidation
Women and Juries Illinois' First Case Abraham Lincoln and Bar Associations Justice Removed
Happy Birthday Illinois Fields Aflame Movies and Censorship The Seal of the Supreme Court
Milwaukee Avenue Toll Road Case Personal Liberties and the Illinois Supreme Court Montgomery Ward and the Chicago Lake Front Clarence Darrow and the Illinois Supreme Court
The Constitutionality of Parking Meters Abraham Lincoln Lee: Supreme Court Janitor Significant Cases The Origins of the Official Robe in Illinois