The IRTA Biennial Convention was held October 14-15, 2019 in Springfield, Illinois
Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier opened the convention with a keynote address. He was the author of the opinion which was written after the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned the State's attempt to diminish educator pension benefits in 2015.
"Crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of law: it is a summons to defend it."
"Crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of law: it is a summons to defend it."