A total of 1,789 men and women will be sworn in as Illinois attorneys on Thursday at ceremonies in the five Supreme Court judicial districts. Elgin, where about 205 candidates will be admitted. The new attorneys will bring the total number of licensed attorneys in Illinois to 75,244. More than10,000 of these are lawyers who neither reside nor practice in Illinois. The total number also includes 1,013 judges and 202 lawyers who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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