Learn about the latest developments in Illinois Commercial Real Estate law at #CRETrends2019. What does due diligence look like in 2019 and beyond? What commercial title endorsements do you need to know about? Get current on relevant case law and understand the essentials about 1031 Exchanges and Opportunity Zones as well as the hottest trends in the practice.

Learn how to ethically deal with counselors under the statute and effectively negotiate custody and guardian ad litem issues. Originally presented as part of the Family Law Institute, available in its entirety as P9011-19U.

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!

The 14th 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!

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 Fifth Annual Workers’ Compensation Institute will continue to assist you in taking your workers’ compensation practice to the next level! Sophisticated issues, such as vocational rehabilitation, rebuttable presumptions, third-party subrogation, and special considerations regarding settlement, are covered. The unintended consequences of e-filing and ethical considerations facing the workers’ comp attorney are also discussed.

This premier program for Illinois estate planners features two days of advanced estate and trust planning education from the top legal minds in the state.