Working together as a paralegal/lawyer team to effectively prepare for a jury trial. Originally presented by the DuPage County Bar Association.

The 13th Annual Elder Law Short Course is designed for the Illinois elder law attorney who is dedicated to client service and eager to stay on the cutting-edge of legal issues affecting elderly clients and their families. This year’s program offers plenary sessions on preventing financial exploitation, common psychiatric diagnoses facing your clients, and updates regarding special needs planning. In addition, you’ll get the latest on advising your clients about Medicaid (planning and application), nursing home issues, recovering assets in disabled estates, and multi-jurisdictional guardianship issues. The networking and educational opportunities provided by this course are not to be missed!

IICLE’s 13th Annual Real Estate Short Course will help both residential and commercial real estate practitioners take their practice to the next level! Plenary session highlights include a case law and statutory update, insight into how the Trump administration is affecting the practice, handling privacy and cybersecurity concerns, important updates on ALTA forms and title insurance, and a fair housing simulated mediation. Whether you are a novice or experienced practitioner, the educational and networking opportunities provided by this course are not to be missed!

The 14th Annual Elder Law Short Course will help you stay on the cutting-edge of legal issues affecting elderly clients and their families. This year’s program offers plenary sessions about organ donations & funeral planning, attacks on POAs, ethical obligations when representing fiduciaries, and avoiding forced retirement. Day Two offers a LITIGATION track and a PLANNING track, including topics such as divorces involving a disabled spouse, cross-examining experts in guardianship trials, Social Security disability claims, how to recover money/property for disabled adults, and much more! The networking and educational opportunities provided by this course are not to be missed!

Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Elder Law Short Course by learning about important topics including dealing with difficult POAs/guardians, litigating nursing home cases, and maximizing Medicare benefits. Hear about the newest cases and statutes and hear from a panel of Guardianship Judges about what you can do better in their courtrooms. Get practice tips about effective law office management, law firm succession strategies, keeping seniors and adults with disabilities in the community and removing a bad POA or guardian. Other topics to be covered include: planning with retirement benefits, the new VA pension rules, special needs trusts, Medicaid appeals, mental health commitments and much, much more!

A discussion of significant criminal cases decided by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2018. Originally presented by the DuPage County Bar Association.

Learn what is now in the statute to help your clients, and make you a more effective advocate. Originally presented as part of Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues in Divorce 2019, available in its entirety as P9000-19U.

Better assist individuals with special needs and their families by getting up-to-date on sophisticated topics including government benefit and waiver programs, ABLE, special needs trust drafting and tax implications, Section 8 housing, using pension plan funding for SNTs, Social Security, the Uniform Trust Code, trust administration issues and more!

IICLE’s Fourth Annual Workers’ Compensation Institute will update you on the latest developments in the field and continue to assist you in taking your workers’ compensation practice to the next level! Sophisticated issues, such as an analysis of the most recent work comp cases, medical and scientific proof, stress cases, and an in-depth discussion of the Corn Belt case and its impact on PPD analyses, will be covered. The pitfalls of missing deadlines, as well as the new IWCC rules, will also be discussed. You won’t want to miss this terrific opportunity to network with Commissioners and Arbitrators and other workers’ comp attorneys!

The 5th Annual Local Government Law Institute maximizes your learning about hot topics in Municipal Law, such as PSEBA, zoning, the First Amendment, defending FOIA and OMA complaints, ethical issues concerning who’s the client, and managing expectations and risks concerning sensitive social issues. Featuring 7 hours of CLE, including 2.75 hours of Professional Responsibility credit and a panel featuring the faculty discussing their biggest “lessons learned,” you won’t want to miss this program!