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This program goes beyond whether attorneys can use AI in client conversations and tackles how certain AI technology can be used responsibly to support these critical moments of legal practice.
Beyond the AI Notetaker: How to Use AI Responsibly in Client Conversations
Client conversations are where trust is built, relationships are strengthened, and business is won. Increasingly, these conversations are attended by a third party: the AI notetaker. This program goes beyond whether attorneys can use AI in client conversations and tackles how certain AI technology can be used responsibly to support these critical moments of legal practice.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Identify AI tools designed to support client conversations
- Navigate the legal and ethical considerations surrounding their use by Illinois attorneys
- Conduct meaningful vendor due diligence (of any AI technology); and
- Implement the technology responsibly within their practiceThe program will also explore practical strategies for having better conversations, building stronger client relationships, and producing more valuable legal work. Attendees will walk away with a practical framework for evaluating, adopting, and using AI responsibly to make the most out of every client conversation.
Speaker: Hilary Bowman, Founder and CEO, Querious
About the Speaker
Hilary Bowman is the Founder and CEO of Querious. Prior to starting the legal tech company, she advised over 40 healthcare startups on the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and HIPAA as healthcare counsel for Redesign Health; a New York City-based company that ideates, funds, and launches healthcare startups. Hilary also previously served as product counsel and healthcare regulatory counsel at IBM Watson Health (RTP), including through divestment of the business unit to a private equity firm in 2022. Hilary developed her subject matter expertise through prior roles at global law firms, K&L Gates (RTP) and Womble Bond Dickinson (Raleigh & Greensboro). She also clerked for administrative law judges at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. She holds a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University. Hilary is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and Massachusetts.Querious is a CBA Member Benefit Provider. Learn more at www.querious.ai/cba.
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Would you like to know how you can play a role in crafting Illinois legislation that can have a meaningful impact on your practice area? The Chicago Bar Association offers opportunities for practitioners to draft, review and present legislation through our legislative program.
Would you like to know how you can play a role in crafting Illinois legislation that can have a meaningful impact on your practice area? The Chicago Bar Association offers opportunities for practitioners to draft, review and present legislation through our legislative program. Attend this seminar to learn more about this process, including the type of legislation that is typically proposed, how to gage its impact on your practice area, and how to present proposed legislation for review to the CBA’s Legislative Committee. You will be given an overview of the legislative process in Illinois and learn more about how you can contribute to the debate in Springfield by becoming a CBA Legislative Liaison.
Speakers:
Barbara Sereda, Chair, CBA Legislative Committee
Kevin Curran, Vice Chair, CBA Legislative Committee and Legislative Liaison, Domestic Relations Legislative Subcommittee
Tom Suffredin, CBA Legislative Counsel
Juli Vyverberg, CBA Director, Government AffairsTo confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...
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The “Launch into Law” CLE series is designed to help attorneys build the knowledge, skills, and professional tools they need to successfully navigate the early stages of their legal careers.
The “Launch into Law” CLE series is designed to help attorneys build the knowledge, skills, and professional tools they need to successfully navigate the early stages of their legal careers. Building a successful legal career takes more than practicing law—it takes relationships, visibility, leadership skills, and a strong professional network. At this program, you will learn how you can leverage bar association membership to make meaningful connections within the legal community, develop your professional reputation, identify opportunities to grow your practice, and build skills that can open doors throughout your career.
Speakers:
Trisha Rich, 2026-2027 CBA President & Partner, Holland & Knight
Aleksandra Petrovic, 2026-2027 YLS Chair & Of Counsel, Kellogg, Abrams, and Jovanovic LLC.To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...
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One of the areas in which solo and small firm practitioners struggle most acutely is accounting. In this seminar, we’ll cover the following facets you need to be aware of in order to manage your firm’s finances: Creating a financial foundation, how to effectively use financial reports, budgets, & forecasts, how to manage cash and The Law Firm Financial Cycle.
One of the areas in which solo and small firm practitioners struggle most acutely is accounting. Lawyers try to be the bookkeeper for their practice and fail, simply because they don’t have the training required to excel in this department. In this seminar, we’ll cover the following facets you need to be aware of in order to manage your firm’s finances:
- Creating a financial foundation
- How to effectively use financial reports, budgets, & forecasts
- How to manage cash
- The Law Firm Financial CycleYou’ll leave with a greater awareness of how to manage your money effectively and responsibly.
Speaker:
Chelsea Williams, Founder, Profit Kept. With over a decade of experience, Chelsea not only has the knowledge to get your financial house in order, but the personality to make it enjoyable. She understands that school never taught you about money, yet you use it every day, and has built systems to get you from where you are to where you want to be, all at a healthy, sustainable profit.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.
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The ability to understand financial statements is a critical skill for corporate, family, trial, and other lawyers. It also is essential for lawyers reviewing financial statements to be able to "read between the lines.”
An entity’s financial statements convey a great deal of significant information regarding its financial position and the results of its operations. The ability to understand financial statements is a critical skill for corporate, family, trial, and other lawyers. It also is essential for lawyers reviewing financial statements to be able to "read between the lines.” This session focuses on understanding financial statements, intermediate level financial analysis and essential concepts underlying the presentation of financial information to assess their reliability. At the end of the program, lawyers will be able to ask better questions regarding the financial statements they need to review and analyze and/or to recognize when the level of complexity is such that they need to hire a forensic accountant to assist in that review and analysis.
The program will be taught by a forensic accountant with more than 45 years of experience who is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, and Certified in Financial Forensics. The program is built around a case study that incorporates the financial shenanigans seen in the investigative projects completed over several years. The case study includes a full set of financial statements, including footnote disclosures. (Participants attending the program will need to have a copy of the case study financial statements at the program to derive the maximum benefit from the program.)
The program provides special emphasis on "financial shenanigans" - ways in which Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") might be manipulated to create misstated financial statements - as well as practical suggestions on how to find misstatements in financial statements of both public companies and medium sized, family owned businesses.
The program is ideal for corporate attorneys, trial lawyers, bankruptcy counsel, family law practitioners and general counsel.
SPEAKERS:
Michael D. Pakter, CPA, CFF, CGMA, CFE, CVA, MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV
Managing Member, Gould & Pakter Associates, LLCMegan Gilberg, Principal, Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC
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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.
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This program gives lawyers a practical framework for identifying one high-impact workflow problem and improving it over a ninety-day cycle.
From Intake to Closing: Practical Tech and AI Improvements for Any Law Practice
Law firms do not need to start every efficiency project by shopping for new software. Most practices already have recurring bottlenecks in intake, document collection, rekeying information, draft review, client communication, matter visibility, and file closing. This program gives lawyers a practical framework for identifying one high-impact workflow problem and improving it over a ninety-day cycle. Attendees will learn how to map the work as it actually happens, use tools they may already own more effectively, evaluate when a new product is justified, and apply artificial intelligence as necessary. The session will focus on manageable changes that reduce friction, improve consistency, strengthen client service, and preserve lawyer attention for the work that truly requires judgment.
Speaker:
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar AssociationTo 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.)
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The National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) has been studying women lawyers and their careers as well as their employers for years. In this panel presentation, hear what we know about the status of and trends for women in law based upon NAWL’s research and how women leaders in Chicago’s legal profession are responding.
The National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) has been studying women lawyers and their careers as well as their employers for years. In this panel presentation, hear what we know about the status of and trends for women in law based upon NAWL’s research and how women leaders in Chicago’s legal profession are responding.
Speakers: Elizabeth Manno, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP and NAWL Board Member and Co-Chair of the NAWL Research Committee
Natanya Pope-Sohel, Staff Attorney, Torture Inquiry Relief Commission
Marcia Owens, Partner, Honigman
Trisha Rich, Partner & Chair of the Legal Profession Team, Holland & Knight LLP, President, Chicago Bar AssociationThis program is co-sponsored by Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession and the National Association of Women Lawyers.
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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.
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Trial Superstars on Presenting Your Case will feature top trial lawyers, judicial voices, and jury experts sharing practical strategies for persuading jurors, presenting evidence effectively, and winning high-stakes cases.
Trial Superstars on Presenting Your Case: Trial Strategies and Innovations
Trial Superstars on Presenting Your Case will feature top trial lawyers, judicial voices, and jury experts sharing practical strategies for persuading jurors, presenting evidence effectively, and winning high-stakes cases. Through real-world insights from the courtroom, appellate perspective, and the Cook County State’s Attorney, this program will focus on how to frame a case, connect with judges and juries, and deliver powerful advocacy from start to finish.
AM Session
Opening Remarks
Hon. Nichole Patton, Trial Section, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division and current CBA PresidentVoir Dire: Selecting an Impartial and Favorable Jury
Speakers:
Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny Sarmas
Mark Smith, Smith Blake Hill LLCOpening Statements: Setting Tone & Framework from the Outset
Speaker: Daniel Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, CBA President 2016-2017In the Trenches: Direct & Cross-Examination
Speaker: Jon Loevy, Loevy + LoevyJury Consultant Insights: What Moves Jurors, What Doesn’t
Speaker: Patricia Kuehn, J.D., M.A., Kuehn Trial Consulting, LLCPM Session
Winning Trial Strategies
Speakers:
Robert Clifford, Clifford Law Offices, CBA President, 2011-2012
Dan Webb, Winston & Strawn LLP, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois 1981-1985
Moderator: Matthew Passen, Passen Powell Jenkins, CBA CLE Committee Co-Chair, 2025-2026Closing Arguments that Empower Jurors
Speaker: Matthew Williams, Salvi, Schostok & PritchardWinning Strategies for Plaintiffs in High Stakes Commercial and Personal Injury Cases
Speakers:
Patricia Bobb, Patricia C. Bobb & Associates, CBA President 1997-1998
Terri Mascherin, Jenner & Block, CBA President, 2010-2011Trial tips from an Appellate Lawyer
Speaker: Jonathan Amarilio, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, CBA Treasurer 2025-2026Connecting with the Judge & Jury: Tips from the Bench
Speakers:
Hon. Thomas V. Lyons, II, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division
Hon. Nichole Patton, Trial Section, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division and current CBA President
Moderator: Matthew Passen, Passen Powell Jenkins, CBA CLE Committee Co-Chair, 2025-2026Perspective of Cook County State’s Attorney's Office
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Attendees will gain practical insight into Seventh Circuit practice, receive actionable strategies for representing disability claimants, and connect with colleagues through engaging, CLE-ready discussions.
CBA and NOSSCR Present: An Afternoon for Social Security Disability Attorneys in the Seventh Circuit
The Chicago Bar Association and The National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives present, An Afternoon for Social Security Disability Attorneys in the Seventh Circuit, a focused CLE program designed for attorneys practicing in the evolving field of Social Security disability law. Attendees will gain practical insight into Seventh Circuit practice, receive actionable strategies for representing disability claimants, and connect with colleagues through engaging, CLE-ready discussions and networking opportunities.
TIMED AGENDA
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Using State Agency Opinions to Your Advantage in Federal Court Briefs
Jim Schiff, Esq.Win the Past Relevant Work Battle
Abe Arnold, Esq.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
AI: Ethics and Risk Management for Lawyers
Jennifer Ellis, Esq.Avoiding Malpractice Traps in SSDI Claims Related to the ADA
William Goren, Esq.3:00 p.m. - 3:15 pm. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 pm.
Top 10 Practice Tips from an ALJ's Perspective - From Pre-Hearing to Opening Statements
Gina Carpenter, Esq.Top 10 Practice Tip's from an ALJ's Perspective - From Hearing to Post-Hearing
Guila Parker, Esq.To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...
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The CBA will host its fifth annual Professional Responsibility Overview. Join us for this one-day virtual program and earn the 6 hours of Professional Responsibility credit, including the Diversity/Inclusion and Mental Health/Substance Abuse credits, that are required to satisfy your continuing legal education requirements.
The CBA will host its fifth annual Professional Responsibility Overview. Join us for this one-day virtual program and earn the 6 hours of Professional Responsibility credit, including the Diversity/Inclusion and Mental Health/Substance Abuse credits, that are required to satisfy your continuing legal education requirements. Finish before your June 30, 2026 deadline or get ahead for summer 2027 with this “One-and-Done” program. Topics will include the cybersecurity, trust accounting, the ethics of A.I., ethics lessons learned in 2026, and more.
This program is hosted by the CBA’s Continuing Legal Education Committee. (This program is not a Basic Skills course for new lawyers.)
Cost: $0 CLE Advantage Members / $185 CBA Members / $365 Non-Members
8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Welcome Remarks
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.: Session I – Cybersecurity
Speakers:
Daniel Cotter, Member, Aronberg Goldgehn
Beth A. Fulkerson, Partner and Privacy Practice Chair, CM Law10:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Session 2 – Trust Accounting
Speaker:
Mary Andreoni, Ethics Education Senior Counsel, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission11:00 – 11:15 a.m.: Morning Break
11:15 – 12:15 p.m.: Session 3 – Well-Being: What is it? Why do I care?
Erin Conlon, JD, PCC, Erin Conlon Coaching12:15 – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.: Session 4 – Management Services Organizations (MSOs) and the Transformation of Modern Legal Practice
Leonard Brahin, Associate, Holland & Knight2:30 – 3:30 p.m.: Session 5 – Correcting the Record on Diversity and Inclusion
Panelists:
Michael L. Boykins, Managing Partner, McDermott, Will & Schulte
Christopher Jensen, Associate General Counsel, City Colleges of Chicago
DL Morriss, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Marcia Owens, Partner, Honigman
Moderator: Sandra Yamate, CEO, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession3:30 – 3:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.: Session 6 – Ethics and AI
Kathryne Hayes, Collins Bargione & VukovichTo confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...
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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.
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This seminar is designed for commercial litigators seeking a deeper, practice-oriented understanding of how internal and external disputes originate, evolve, and ultimately resolve.
Disputed Deals: Pressure Points & Remedies in Commercial Litigation
Commercial disputes don’t arise in a vacuum—they are rooted in transactional decisions, organizational dynamics, and identifiable pressure points that experienced attorneys can understand and anticipate. This seminar is designed for commercial litigators seeking a deeper, practice-oriented understanding of how internal and external disputes originate, evolve, and ultimately resolve.
Through a series of focused sessions led by experienced practitioners, attendees will gain insight into (i) recurring transactional and organizations issues that cause deals to erupts and closely held businesses to wind down; (ii) strategic pressure points that can be leveraged in asserting and resolving claims; and (iii) advanced and creative remedies, including equitable relief and judgment enforcement strategies.
Participants will leave with a stronger ability to anticipate problems clients might face, frame disputes more effectively, and pursue practical, results-oriented resolution.
Topics and Speakers:
Origins of Transactional and Organizational Disputes
This session will explore common terms and key provisions in transactional and corporate agreements that give rise to litigation. Discussion of these issues and the dynamics they unleash in companies and across deal tables will help litigators better represent their clients’ interest before and after disputes arise.
Daniel Cotter, Member, Aronberg GoldgehnPressures Facing Closely Held Business
This session will examine recurring pressure points between partners and stakeholders in private companies, including strategic decisions from dispute inceptions through litigation. This session will also examine nuances in settlement agreements and uniquely tailored equitable remedies to protect members’ interests when disputes arise.
Brian C. Haussmann, Tabet DiVito & RothsteinCarrying Momentum into Post-Judgment Proceedings
This last session will provide a general overview of Illinois’s statues and Supreme Court Rules governing supplementary proceedings to enforce money judgments. Whether a judgment is against an individual or against commercial entities poses questions and avenues for recovery. This session will provide commercial litigators with early-dispute insights to advise clients—regardless of the merits of their case—whether litigation is worthwhile in light of an adversary’s potential assets. And litigators will learn tools to wield before judgment that will assist with recovery after prevailing on the merits.
Keegan J. Madden, Swanson Martin & BellModerators:
Blake Kolesa, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP; Chair, YLS Commercial Litigation Committee
Mariana Oshana, Thomas Quinn, LLC; Vice-Chair, YLS Commercial Litigation CommitteeTo confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...
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Legal professionals often find themselves involved in matters which can lead to threats, intimidation, and even physical violence. This course equips attorneys and judges with essential knowledge and skills to enhance their personal safety, both inside and outside of the office and courtroom.
Strength in Practice: Self-Defense & Mental Well-Being for Legal Professionals
Legal professionals often find themselves involved in matters which can lead to threats, intimidation, and even physical violence. This course equips attorneys and judges with essential knowledge and skills to enhance their personal safety, both inside and outside of the office and courtroom. This program will address the potential for violence against attorneys and judges, by providing a sample of some real-life situations, discussing techniques for coping with trauma after a violent encounter, suggesting some simple strategies to help prepare your office to deal with active aggressors, and discuss the many health benefits of engaging in martial arts and self-defense training.
Speaker:
Peter Honigmann, has been a practicing attorney for 27 years, focused on civil litigation in state and federal courts, and currently works as a supervising attorney for CARPLS legal aid in Chicago. Peter is also the founder and head instructor of Best Defense Concepts, LLC, a company that focuses on teaching adults and seniors simple and effective self-defense. Peter began his journey in Kenpo Karate in 1984, and since then he has also studied: Krav Maga, Hapkido, Aikido, Escrima, Boxing, and knife-focused combatives. Peter is also licensed as an armed security guard in the State of Illinois, and holds teaching certifications for: pepper spray, expandable baton and handcuffing. Peter has given numerous presentations on self-defense to various groups, including: high schools, private companies and organizations, senior centers, park districts, libraries, and martial arts schools. Learn more at: bestdefenseconcepts.com.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.
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Join us for a panel discussion about the ways that BIPA litigation has changed and continues to evolve over the past several years.
Join us for a panel discussion about the ways that BIPA (Biometric Information Privacy Act) litigation has changed and continues to evolve over the past several years, from the Cothron decision to the 2024 Amendment, to the Clay decision, and into the future.
Panelists:
Alejandro Caffarelli, Caffarelli & Associates Ltd.
Mark Guest, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith; Chair, CBA Biometric Information and Privacy Law Committee
Jason Selvey, Jackson Lewis PC.Moderator:
Daniel Myerson, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith; Vice-Chair, CBA Biometric Information and Privacy Law CommitteeTo 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.
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- Non-member - $65
- Member - $35
- CLE Advantage - Free!
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This fast-paced, practical session focuses on technology tips lawyers can put to work immediately. Expect practical demonstrations, pros and cons, and guidance on what’s worth adopting now versus what can safely be ignored—all with a focus on getting better ROI from your existing technology.
Practical Tech Tips for Lawyers: Tools, Tweaks, and Time-Savers
This fast-paced, practical session focuses on technology tips lawyers can put to work immediately. Drawing on real-world experience with the tools lawyers use every day, we’ll cover simple tweaks, overlooked features, and smart workflows that can save time, reduce frustration, and improve efficiency. Expect practical demonstrations, pros and cons, and guidance on what’s worth adopting now versus what can safely be ignored—all with a focus on getting better ROI from your existing technology.
Speaker:
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar AssociationTo 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.
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This workshop will be an interactive one, with a focus on deepfake risk, corporate fraud, and the evolving advisory duty of business lawyers. We will cover five segments/scenarios.
Join us for an interactive workshop focused on deepfake risk, corporate fraud, and the evolving advisory duty of business lawyers. You do not need to be convinced the problem is real. You already know it is. The panelists will explore and provide professional responses for five hypothetical scenarios. The panelists will also address how outside expertise can make a difference in preventing and resolving these types of threats.
Speakers:
Dan Cotter, Member, Aronberg Goldgehn
Bruce de’Medici, Principal, Grey OarTo 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.
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- Non-member - $185
- Member - $95
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- Law Student Member - Free!
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