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Join us from the comfort of your home or office from 12:55 until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30 for this online program that explores chancery and equitable remedy issues, including injunctive relief, receiverships, temporary restraining orders, equitable accounting, ejectment, the judicial perspective on each of these issues, and much more.
Registration is now open for the ISBA's Solo and Small Firm Conference 2020, which will be held remotely on October 29-30.
The theme of this year's conference is "Finding Your Path to Success." It is sponsored by the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company.
Join us from the comfort of your home or office on Friday, October 2 for this half-day online seminar that explores DUI defenses for the litigator. Traffic law attorneys, public defenders, and state’s attorneys with all levels of practice experience who attend this live webcast will better understand: the recent changes and updates to existing Illinois traffic law; what to do when your client is apprehended through a roadside safety check; common issues with Illinois State Police regulations; the newest cannabis legislation and how it affects traffic law; the pros and cons of how Drug Recognition Evaluators and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement are trained; and how to create an effective closing argument for your next traffic law case.
Join us online from noon until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22 to learn how to use Outlook’s feature set to efficiently store, organize email and attachments, and successfully deal with high email volume. We'll also show you how to fix Outlook’s default settings for email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. Finally, we’ll explain many amazing and useful Outlook features which most users don't even know are there.
Due to popular demand, registration is now closed for the fall semester of Fred Lane's ISBA Trial Technique Institute.
The fall semester begins September 8.
You may email Joyce Williams to be added to a waiting list for the fall semester or to get information about the 2021 spring semester.
Join us online from 10 until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 to learn what documentation is needed for your client to get paid on their construction project. Topics include the importance of sworn owner’s and contractor’s statements, lien waivers, and construction disbursing escrow; Illinois’ proper payment system and the documentation required to limit the owner’s exposure; the reasons for needing additional information by title companies; and what a contractor and subcontractor need to provide in order to get paid.
Join us online from noon until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29 for "Decisions and Diversity–How Our Minds and Experiences Sustain Bias and What to Do About It." Making decisions is at the core of what lawyers do, yet we are often unaware of the ways that our brains, personalities, life experiences, and social structures affect our decision-making choices, often in the form of implicit biases, preferences, assumptions, and expectations that impede fostering a diverse and inclusive legal profession. Join us for this in-depth look at how we come to think about others, make judgement of people and situations, and otherwise think and behave in ways that are potentially influenced by bias. Designed with the transactional attorney in mind, this program discusses our interactions with clients, colleagues, and others in the legal profession, while also offering helpful strategies for addressing and preventing the undue influence of bias both in and out of the workplace.
Join us online from noon until 2 p.m. on Friday, September 11 for the first session of the ISBA’s Trusts and Estates Litigation Workshop, which will provide an in-depth look at the red flags you need to be aware of in both probate and non-probate estates, the issues that can arise with assets and taxes, and how to prepare proper accounting for your fiduciary client. Attend any or all of the workshop sessions in this three-part virtual event series.
Join us online from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23 for this in-depth look at the rules guiding the ethics of attorney marketing in Illinois, as well as how those rules are implemented. Topics include: Rule 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information); Rule 7.1 (Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services); Rule 7.2 (Advertising); Rule 7.3 (Solicitation of Clients); Rule 7.4 (Communication of Field of Practice and Specialization); Rule 7.5 (Firm Names and Letterheads); and Rule 8.5 (Disciplinary Authority). Examples will be provided throughout the seminar.
Don’t miss this half-day seminar from 8:35 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10 that offers you a comprehensive roadmap for representing business buyers. The program opens with an in-depth look at the early stages of acquisition and putting the deal together—including whether to structure the deal as an asset purchase or a share purchase. Business attorneys with intermediate practice experience who attend this program will better understand: the different ways an acquisition can be structured; the required approvals to effectuate a deal; the financial and tax issues that can effect an acquisition; the specific documents that are needed throughout the process; and how to protect your client and close the deal through due diligence. The program closes with a discussion on post-closing considerations to be aware of, including earn-outs, ownership transition, and post-closing issues that may arise between the buyer and seller.