CARBONDALE — The newest group of Illinois attorneys was sworn in Wednesday morning at SIU in the first real steps into the legal field.
Justice David Overstreet administered the attorney's oath to 60 new lawyers across two ceremonies Wednesday, one of which held at the SIU School of Law auditorium.
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