One-and-Done: 6-Hour Professional Responsibility Overview (5/21/25)

The CBA will host its fourth 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, 2025 deadline or get ahead for summer 2026 with this “One-and-Done” program. Topics will include the ethics of negotiation, the ethics of generative A.I., ethics lessons learned in 2025, and more.

This program is hosted by the CBA’s Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Program runs from 8:55 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., includes lunch break from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $0 CLE Advantage Members / $185 CBA Members / $365 Non-Members

Speakers:

Kendra Brodin, Founder and CEO, EsquireWell
Daniel Cotter, Member, Dickenson Wright
Claude Ducloux, National Director of Education, Ethics & State Compliance – AffiniPay, Board Certified - Civil Trial & Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Candace Gingrich, Community Engagement Manager at NASW- Illinois Chapter
Malcolm “Skip” Harsch, Director, American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Kathryne Hayes, Collins Bargione & Vuckovich  
Christopher Heredia, Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA’s Lawyers Professional Liability Program
Tanner Mobley, Manager, State Advocacy Campaigns, The Trevor Project
Hon. Mary Colleen Roberts (Ret.), Mediator, Arbitrator, Court Appointed Neutral & Special Master
Marek Rudak, Executive Coach specialized in teaching organizations how to use emotions as an asset to improve teamwork, decision-making, and stress management
John Sciaccotta, 2024-2025 CBA President & Member, Aronberg Goldgehn
Amanda Simmons, Founder, Ambika Law PC
Melissa Smart, Director of Education, ARDC & Adjunct Professor, Loyola University School of Law   

Confirmed Topics:
Litigating in a Divided Nation: Navigating Opinions and Presumptions While Seeking Justice
Ethics Lessons Learned in 2025
Understanding and Enforcing Conversion Therapy Legislation: An Illinois Pilot Project
The Ethics of Negotiation
Lawyering With Emotional Intelligence
The Ethics of Generative A.I.

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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.