Kickstart 2025 with IT Best Practices for Law Firms. Join Framework IT to learn the 7 areas of technology proven to help law firm leaders protect sensitive data and do their best work. By the end of this session, you’ll know how to proactively prevent IT issues, stop reacting to cybersecurity threats, and instead, have more time to focus on what really matters: protecting your clients’ legal rights. 

Speakers:
Olivia Anderson, Director of Sales, Framework IT
Adam Barney, President, Framework IT
Christopher Graham, Sr. vCIO, Framework IT
Mike Kolb, COO, Framework IT

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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. 

Join us for an overview on how intellectual property matters in the nature of trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets intertwine with all areas of law. 

Presenters:
Kenneth Matuszewski, Rozier Hardt McDonough PLLC,  YLS Chair 
Deepa Singh, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, YLS Program Officer

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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. 

The CBA's sexual harassment prevention training session will better enable lawyers and law firm staff to prevent, combat and appropriately redress sexual harassment in the legal workplace, as well as understand the State of Illinois and City of Chicago’s requirements. The CBA’s training session meets the minimum requirements set forth by the State of Illinois (Illinois Public Act 1010-0221) and City of Chicago (Municipal Code of Chicago Section 6-10-040(b)(1)(C)(i)(a)) that all Illinois employers and employees must complete sexual harassment prevention training annually and is tailored to lawyers and other law firm staff. 

Each attorney registration includes access for 5 additional law firm staff members to complete the training. Additional staff members may be registered for a fee of $25 per every 5 registrants. Staff member participation at the program will be tracked through the CBA’s webcasting system and a list can be furnished upon request to cle@chicagobar.org. **Although the CBA will provide a sample certificate of completion, employer-participants, not CBA nor its volunteer trainers, are responsible for ensuring each of their employees satisfy the training requirements under applicable state law/municipal code** Please email cle@chicagobar.org to be provided a link to register additional staff members for the webinar. If an attorney wishes to receive IL MCLE credit for the program, they must individually register and attend the program. 

Panelists:
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, Loftus & Eisenberg, Ltd.
Jenny Goltz, Goltz Employment Law and Investigations
Additional panelist TBD

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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. 

The CBA's sexual harassment prevention training session will better enable lawyers and law firm staff to prevent, combat and appropriately redress sexual harassment in the legal workplace, as well as understand the State of Illinois and City of Chicago’s requirements. The CBA’s training session meets the minimum requirements set forth by the State of Illinois (Illinois Public Act 1010-0221) and City of Chicago (Municipal Code of Chicago Section 6-10-040(b)(1)(C)(i)(a)) that all Illinois employers and employees must complete sexual harassment prevention training annually and is tailored to lawyers and other law firm staff. 

Each attorney registration includes access for 5 additional law firm staff members to complete the training. Additional staff members may be registered for a fee of $25 per every 5 registrants. Staff member participation at the program will be tracked through the CBA’s webcasting system and a list can be furnished upon request to cle@chicagobar.org. **Although the CBA will provide a sample certificate of completion, employer-participants, not CBA nor its volunteer trainers, are responsible for ensuring each of their employees satisfy the training requirements under applicable state law/municipal code** Please email cle@chicagobar.org to be provided a link to register additional staff members for the webinar. If an attorney wishes to receive IL MCLE credit for the program, they must individually register and attend the program. 

Speaker:
Jenny Goltz, Goltz Employment Law and Investigations 

Panelists:
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, Loftus & Eisenberg, Ltd.
Additional panelist TBD

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. 

This is a hybrid program with a webcast and in-person option at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60604). Please indicate if you will attend in-person when registering where indicated. 

Topic: An Inside Look with Leading Civil Rights Trial Attorney Jon Loevy

Speaker: Jon Loevy, Partner, Loevy & Loevy
Moderator: James Campbell, MRHFM 

(IL MCLE credit for live meeting 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. 

The CBA's sexual harassment prevention training session will better enable lawyers and law firm staff to prevent, combat and appropriately redress sexual harassment in the legal workplace, as well as understand the State of Illinois and City of Chicago’s requirements. The CBA’s training session meets the minimum requirements set forth by the State of Illinois (Illinois Public Act 1010-0221) and City of Chicago (Municipal Code of Chicago Section 6-10-040(b)(1)(C)(i)(a)) that all Illinois employers and employees must complete sexual harassment prevention training annually and is tailored to lawyers and other law firm staff. 

Each attorney registration includes access for 5 additional law firm staff members to complete the training. Additional staff members may be registered for a fee of $25 per every 5 registrants. Staff member participation at the program will be tracked through the CBA’s webcasting system and a list can be furnished upon request to cle@chicagobar.org. **Although the CBA will provide a sample certificate of completion, employer-participants, not CBA nor its volunteer trainers, are responsible for ensuring each of their employees satisfy the training requirements under applicable state law/municipal code** Please email cle@chicagobar.org to be provided a link to register additional staff members for the webinar. If an attorney wishes to receive IL MCLE credit for the program, they must individually register and attend the program. 

Speaker: 
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, Loftus & Eisenberg, Ltd. 

Panelists: 
Jenny Goltz, Goltz Employment Law and Investigations
Additional panelist TBD

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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. 

Legal careers are not always linear trajectories.  We step away — whether to move to another job, for family or health or other reasons — and can come back to the same workplace or choose a new one, charting our course successfully…despite incurring the once-dreaded resume gap or taking the risk that our former job was our best job. 

Hear from our featured legal career counselor Kathy Morris of Under Advisement, Ltd. and her panel of guest attorneys for information and inspiration as you anticipate your options and obligations for the coming year to manage the life and work that’s right for you. 

Panelists:

Siddesh Bale, Reed Smith LLP
Ellen Chapelle, Gould & Ratner LLP
Tyler Coulson, Law School ToolBox
Rebecca Finkel, Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips LLP

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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. 

This is a hybrid event with an in-person and a webinar option. Please select the appropriate button when registering if you plan to attend in-person at the Chicago Bar Association.

This course is for new lawyers only. The CBA's Basic Skills Course for Newly Admitted Attorneys will satisfy the Supreme Court of Illinois' MCLE Rule 793 Requirement for Newly Admitted Attorneys 6.00 hours of basic skills course requirement which includes Professional Responsibility, 1.00 Diversity / Inclusion & 1.00 Mental Health / Substance Abuse PR-MCLE Credits. 

8:40 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks                                                          
Kenny Matuszewski, Chair of the CBA YLS 
                                                                                          
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Part 1: MCLE Requirements                                       
Karen Johnson, Director, Illinois MCLE Board  

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  Part 2: Ethics for New Attorneys                                           
Mary Andreoni, Ethics Education Counsel, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC)   
                                                                                          
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Part 3: Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession               
Sandra Yamate, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession 
                                                                                          
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. BREAK                                                                           

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Part 4: Pro Bono:  Supreme Court Rules and Opportunities 
Bob Glaves, Executive Director, The Chicago Bar Foundation   
                                                                                          
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Part 5: Your First Court Appearance
Christopher Mackey, O’Hagan Meyer
                                                                                          
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  LUNCH BREAK                
                                                                                          
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Part 6: Taking and Defending Depositions             
Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny and Kroll
                                                                                          
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Part 7: Legal Research: Mining the Web for Information  
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar Association 

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. BREAK                                   

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Part 8: Enhance Legal Work with GenAI          
Mathew Kerbis, The Subscription Attorney                                                                   

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Part 9: Wellness and Mental Health for New Attorneys                                  
Karen Munoz, Partner, Dolan Law & Well-being Advocate
Gina Crumble, Supervising Attorney, Cook County State’s Attorney                    
                                                                                          
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Part 10: Civility in the Profession . . . How to Play Nice    
James Campbell, Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC
Bianca Ciarroni, Taft     
Andre Hunter, Associate, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Pam Sran, Fox Rothschild          
Moderator:  Hon. Nichole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County  

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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. 

This is a hybrid event with an in-person and a webinar option. Please select the appropriate button when registering if you plan to attend in-person. Event will take place at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604.

This seminar will discuss mechanics liens and construction claims on both private and public projects.  It will provide an analysis of how to prosecute and defend such claims, and how to effectively manage such claims in arbitration. 

1:00-2:00 p.m. Effects of Bankruptcy on Projects and Rights to Recovery 
Speaker TBA

2:00-2:30 p.m. Due Diligence Issues
Jonathan Safron, Associate, Amundsen Davis
Brooke Cieplik, Associate, Amundsen Davis 

2:30-2:45 p.m. Break

2:45-3:30 p.m. Proper Payment Systems, Construction Escrows, and Bonding Over Liens 
Paul Peterson, Former VP & Senior Underwriter, Chicago Title & Fidelity National Title Insurance Group, Currently Private Practice Consulting

3:30-4:15 p.m. Ethical Considerations for Construction Law Cases
David Nightingale, Principal, Much Shelist

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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. 

This is a hybrid program with a webcast and in-person option at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60604). Please indicate if you will attend in-person when registering where indicated. 

Topic: Roundtable on the Arbitration and Mediation in Business Divorce Disputes

Speakers: 
Stephen Brodsky, Mazzola Lindstrom (New York City)
William Johnston, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor (Wilmington, DE)
Judge Thomas R. Mulroy (ret.), Resolute Systems (Chicago)
Judge Lita Popke (ret.), JAMS (Detroit)
Senior Judge Stephen Schuster,  
Superior Court of Cobb County, Marietta, GA (Atlanta)
John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgen; CBA President (Chicago)
Brian Haussmann, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein (Chicago)

Moderator: John Levitske, HKA (Chicago)

*Lunch will be provided to In-Person attendees* 
Please register for attending In-Person by December 9, 2024 at 12pm to receive lunch accommodations.

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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.