For example, the local rules for Winnebago and Boone
Counties limit briefs and memoranda to 15 pages. DuPage, Kane, DeKalb, and
Kendall Counties limit briefs and memoranda to 10 pages, and Lake and McHenry Counties
limit opening memoranda to 15 pages and replies to 5 pages. Courtesy copies must
be supplied to the judge 7 days before the hearing in DuPage and McHenry
Counties but only 5 days prior to the hearing in Lake County. Lake County uniquely
requires that copies of cited out-of-state opinions be supplied to the court.
Southern Illinois University School of Law posts what it describes
as links to “Illinois Circuit Court Rules on the Internet.” At one time the
list was a great resource. But today it is so hopelessly out-of-date that it is
useless. Links to selected northern Illinois local circuit court rules follow.
Cook
County (here)
DeKalb
and Kendall Counties (here)
DuPage
County (here)
Kane
County (here)
Lake
County (here)
McHenry
County (here)
Will
County (here)
Winnebago
and Boone Counties (here)