Family and friends watched graduates become lawyers, as Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White swore them in to begin their careers in the Fourth Judicial District. The 41-county district encompasses much of Western and Central Illinois, extending from Ford County west to the Iowa state line and running north-south from the Wisconsin border to Macoupin and Jersey County. The district includes some of downstate Illinois' most populous areas, such as McLean County, Greater Peoria and Sangamon County, containing the state capitol. But the Fourth District got just five of the 279 new attorneys sworn in on May 6.