The event is a benefit for the Library of International Relations at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The research and reference library was founded in 1932 by Eloise ReQua for the study of international affairs and the promotion of understanding. More than 100,000 volumes of treaties, serials and periodical literature, and some 750,000 documents of organizations and agencies are in the collection. Studies and statistics of more than 120 nations are maintained. Members of the Consular Ball executive committee are Jeannene Nixon Chaudruc, Nancy Forney and Sylvia Henry.
New laws continue to be enacted in Illinois at a rapid clip.
Special Appearance Change. It is intended to make it less likely that defense counsel will inadvertently waive a personal jurisdiction objection. Effective Jan. 1, 2000. Home Repair Fraud. Public Act 91-230 creates the Home Repair and Remodeling Act.