ARDC Update: Mandatory Electronic Filing

The Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission’s newly adopted Rule 213 is set to go into effect on January 1, 2019.  The new rule requires that all ARDC filings be made electronically on the ARDC’s e-filing system, eFileIL.  Effective January 1, 2019, the ARDC Clerk’s Office will no longer accept paper filings or require copies of any e-filed document.

Rule 213 – Electronic Filing

All pleadings, motions, briefs and documents shall be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Commission in accordance with Supreme Court Rules 9 and 10 and with the “ARDC Electronic Filing Procedure and User Manual,” and, except as otherwise provided in Commission Rules 214 and 215, service of such pleadings, motions, briefs and documents shall be made in accordance with Supreme Court Rules 11 and 12. For purposes of these Rules, the word “filing” shall mean “electronic filing,” and the parties are no longer required to file copies of any pleading, motion, brief or document that is electronically filed.
(Adopted October 19, 2018, effective January 1, 2019)