Late last week, Chief Justice Kilbride and the Illinois Supreme Court announced a plan that would help provide better public access to legal information and improve the efficiency of lawyers practicing in Illinois.  That plan is to make Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, for both civil and criminal cases, available on the website of the Supreme Court. 

Find the instructions here: http://www.state.il.us/court/CircuitCourt/CivilJuryInstructions/default.asp

Previously, the instructions were available only in printed books and supplemental inserts through a paid subscription or through a law library.   This change will make the most current pattern instructions readily available to all.