Topic: Trauma Informed Lawyering - Holistic Practices To Cultivate Ease and Trust Within Yourself 

Speaker: Kirtana Kalavapudi, Attorney, Social Security Administration

(IL Mental Health/Substance Abuse PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: Meditation Practice for Lawyers

Speaker: Brendan Cournane, Lawyer/Professional Development Coach

(IL Mental Health/Substance Abuse PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: Confidentiality Risks Posed by Artificial Intelligence 

Speaker: Sari Montgomery, Partner at Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke LLC; Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation

(IL Professionalism PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: Perspectives on Leadership & Change

Speaker: Christopher Punongbayan, Executive Director, California ChangeLawyers

(IL Mental Health/Substance Abuse PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: Neurodivergence

Speaker: Rachel Orsolini, Chicago based Therapist

Description: Therapist Rachel Orsolini will guide us in exploring what neurodivergence means, how it shows up in the workplace, and the ways lawyers and legal organizations can foster understanding, inclusivity, and thriving for all.

(IL Mental Health/Substance Abuse PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

If your firm is paying for the Microsoft 365 Business subscription but only using the standard applications like Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint you are missing out! In this program we will explore client facing tools that can help you communicate, collaborate, and interact with clients, outside counsel, and others outside of your firm or organization. Your subscription comes with products like Forms, Bookings, Stream, Sway, SharePoint, and more. Learn more about how you can remove administrative burdens and make working with clients and outside parties easier and more efficient. Join us to learn practical strategies for leveraging these tools to enhance client service and improve productivity without spending a dime beyond your existing subscription.

Speaker:
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar Association

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: Journalistic Coverage of the Legal Ethics Issues in the New Administration 

Speaker: Ankush Khardori, Senior Staff Writer and Columnist, Politico

(IL Professionalism PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Emergency Room Decisions That Make-or-Break Medical Malpractice Cases 

This practical, case-driven program is designed for medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys seeking a clearer view into the earliest decision points that shape emergency care outcomes. You will learn the early, often-overlooked decisions that shape emergency cases — from pre-hospital care and EMS routing to triage and early ER workflow. 

Through real cases from an ER physician and nurse, it shows how protocols, staffing shortages, boarding, and post-pandemic pressures lead patients to the wrong facility, wrong team, or dangerous delays. It also clarifies who makes which decisions inside the ER, helping attorneys trace the chain of care, spot documentation gaps, and pinpoint when a delay or misclassification occurred. The program ends with a framework for selecting experts based on the specific role tied to each error, strengthening causation and negligence arguments.

Speakers:
Dr. Andrew Tisser, DO, MBA, Emergency Physician
Gina Marra, RN, LNC, LCSW, ER Nurse & Legal Consultant

Moderated by:
Jack Gould, Co-Chair, Tort Litigation Committee & Partner, Swanson Martin & Bell
Elizabeth Kaveny, Co-Chair, Tort Litigation Committee & Partner, Kaveny + Kroll
Michael A. Long, Vice Chair, Tort Litigation Committee & Partner, Swanson Martin & Bell

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topic: How an Ethics Issue Becomes an ABA Formal Opinion 

Speaker: Wendy J. Muchman, Professor of Law—Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Vice-chair of American Bar Association Government and Public Lawyers Division

(IL Professionalism PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Topics: The Importance of Powers of Attorney in the LGBTQIA+ Community 

(IL MCLE credit for live webcast only. No IL MCLE credit for archived committee meetings.)

Speaker:
Michael Stone, Executive Director, Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL) 

Michael Stone is the Executive Director of the Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL).  As Executive Director, Michael leads a team of attorneys and other legal professionals in delivering critical legal services and develops legal and organizational strategies for the non-profit law firm.  Prior to becoming Executive Director, Michael was the organization’s Legal Director, ensuring the high quality of CDEL’s legal services and supervising the work of staff attorneys, interns and volunteer attorneys.  

Michael began his legal career at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis as an associate attorney in the firm’s corporate department. He later served as General Counsel for the Cook County Assessor’s Office and Chief Deputy Assessor of the Cook County Assessor.  He has also served as Chief of Staff to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.  Prior to joining CDEL, Michael was an attorney in private practice.

In 2024, Michael was appointed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to the Multi-Sector Plan for Aging Community Advisory Council, a state-wide commission tasked with creating a 10-year blueprint to support healthy aging in Illinois communities and set clear, measurable objectives for evaluating public and private sector progress toward this goal. Michael is also a member of the Illinois Legal Aid Racial Justice Alliance, a state-wide commission funded by the Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund that is tasked with developing an apparatus for the Illinois legal aid community to further internal racial justice and diversity efforts, while also developing tools to apply a racial justice lens to organizational external systemic advocacy.  Previously, Michael served as a Keystone Leader for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Preservation Compact, a MacArthur Foundation and Urban Land Institute led task force on preserving affordable housing.  He was also a member of Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Task Force on Property Tax Reform.  He was previously appointed as a member of the inaugural Illinois Racial Equity Collective Cohort, a Forefront initiative designed to build a sustainable statewide cross-sector partnership to reimagine how regional partners can engage with one another to collectively advance racial equity.

Michael has been elected Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus, a non-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Harvard University and Radcliffe College alumni/ae, faculty, staff and students. He is a 2025 OneJustice Executive Fellow.  Michael is also a member of the Auxiliary Board of Directors of the Center on Halsted, the midwest’s most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the LGBT+ community, and is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland, a Black and LGBT+ led social justice organization.  He is also a member of the OUTAging Committee, an organization that focuses on the issues and gaps in services, policy, resources and other opportunities for LGBT+ older adults and monitors the progress of the Illinois Commission on LGBT+ aging.  He has served as a judge for the University of Chicago Law School Public Service and James C. Hormel Service Awards since 2024. 
Michael attended Harvard University as an undergraduate and earned a degree as a double major in Government and Economics with cum laude distinction.  He earned his Juris Doctorate from The University of Chicago Law School.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.