The ISBA 139th Annual Meeting kicked off Thursday at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wis. We will celebrate the many accomplishments of ISBA President Richard Felice and, we will celebrate the induction of 2015-16 President Umberto Davi. The Grand Geneva Resort provides an ideal setting for this gathering of the profession. Follow along and join the conversation on Twitter at #139thAnnual.June 18 - 20, 2015Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Lake Geneva, Wis.Full schedule and more information available at www.isba.org/annual

With their powers of analysis and ability to get quickly up to speed, lawyers often become star members of nonprofit boards. But professional conduct rules pose challenges for lawyer board members, Chicago lawyer Dan Ebner writes in this month's The Bottom Line, newsletter of the ISBA's committee on law office management. "The role of a board member who happens to be an attorney can inadvertently slide into that of an attorney who represents the organization through its board," Ebner warns. And even a lawyer board member who deliberately chooses to represent the organization can step on an ethical landmine.For example, lawyer board members might be pressured to give free legal advice outside their competence by others on the board. Or the lawyer's role as a board member could compromise his or her ability to represent a given client. The lawyer board member should consider whether she has confidential information that will affect the advice she gives her client or, alternatively, the decisions she makes as a board member, Ebner writes. And she should question whether her desire to see her client succeed -- or her board -- will limit her "ability to give independent professional advice to the client, and to use proper business judgment when participating in board decisions," he writes. Read his article and find out more.

The ISBA Standing Committee on Legal Technology is inviting members to participate in a short, 3-5 minute survey regardning their legal tech needs. This will help the committee better plan newsletter and CLE offerings.Please take the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/isbacolt15

Umberto S. Davi, of Willowbrook, a principal in the Western Springs Law Firm of Umberto S. Davi, P.C., was installed as president of the Illinois State Bar Association at the organization’s 139th Annual Meeting on June 19, at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wis.During his year as president, Davi will concentrate on several initiatives. He will establish a special committee charged with exploring the expansion of the 711 limited law license that would enable qualifying law school students to work more directly with private law firm clients and to be able to appear in court. In addition, he will establish a special task force to address the implications of new client service approaches in certain legal matters, such as the Limited License Legal Technicians program recently enacted in the state of Washington.A third initiative will focus on providing another practice tool – a library of Illinois-specific, automated legal forms for members of the association. Davi will also continue work to expand the Courtroom in the Classroom program, a joint project with the Illinois Judges Association. He will support the ongoing work of a task force examining necessary changes to what law schools teach students and he will bring substantive and management educational programs to members around the state, through a series of one day Solo and Small Firm Practice Institutes.