One-and-Done: 6-Hour Professional Responsibility Overview (06/16/26)

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 Law

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Session 2 – Trust Accounting
Speaker:
Mary Andreoni, Ethics Education Senior Counsel, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission

11:00 – 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 Coaching

12:15 – 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 & Knight

2:30 – 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 Profession 

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.: Session 6 – Ethics and AI
Kathryne Hayes, Collins Bargione & Vukovich   

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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.)

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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.