A Practice Note explaining the process for requesting, preparing, and filing the record on appeal in a civil appeal to the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District from a judgment or order of the Circuit Court of Cook County. This Note addresses when and how to request preparation of the record, which includes the common law record, report of proceedings, and trial exhibits. It also discusses correcting the record, supplementing the record, filing the record in the appellate court, and notifying the parties that the circuit court clerk has filed the record.