Illinois Bankers Association
Carolyn Sorock
Associate Counsel
Illinois Bankers Association
194 East Delaware Place, Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Email: csorock@ilbanker.com
Founded in 1891, the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA) is a non-profit, industry trade
association dedicated to creating a positive business climate for Illinois banks and the
communities they serve. The IBA’s membership includes several hundred state and national
banks and savings banks of all sizes located throughout Illinois, as well as over two hundred
associate member organizations that provide products and professional services to IBA members.
The IBA maintains several internal departments by function, including government relations,
education, products and services, and legal and compliance, as well as over twenty divisions and
committees devoted to IBA member participation. The IBA’s Law and Compliance Department
assists IBA members with regulatory and compliance issues through educational presentations
and programs, a toll-free compliance hotline (which receives inquiries on a daily basis), and a
compliance website providing information on the latest banking regulatory and compliance
practice developments. This externship is available to students who have completed their first
year of law school.
The extern will assist the IBA Law and Compliance Department by researching bank regulatory
compliance issues, reviewing new laws, regulations and ordinances, and drafting short news
items for the IBA’s compliance e-newsletters and compliance website. Work performed by the
extern will be reviewed and evaluated by the IBA’s Associate Counsel, Carolyn Sorock.
Students interested in this extern placement should provide a cover letter, résumé and unofficial
transcript to the attention of Carolyn Sorock via email at the email address listed
below. Students may apply for academic credit for work performed at this extern field
placement. Please apply prior to July 1, 2015.
Josie M. Gough
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Experiential Learning
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 East Pearson
Office Suite 1331
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Telephone: 312-915-7887
Facsimile: 312-915-7201
Email: jgough@luc.edu