This popular annual program for Illinois estate planners combines two full days of advanced estate and trust planning education from the top legal minds in the state with an unprecedented opportunity for professional networking. Topics covered this year include the new Section 199A qualified business interests deduction, the new Illinois Uniform Power of Appointment Act, estate planning with the increased federal exemption under the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, the generation-skipping transfer exemption, trustee compensation, family business succession planning, and much more!

The 6th Annual Workers’ Compensation Institute will help you handle your most difficult cases more effectively. Learn how to prove and defend repetitive trauma claims (including analysis of the accident, notice and medical causation), prove up medical bills, and effectively handle occupational disease and hearing loss cases. You also won’t want to miss the annual case law update and hearing from the decisionmakers!

Learn how you need to update your MSA templates after recent changes in the law, including IMDMA amendments, income shares and myriad new tax laws. This will be a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE program. Much of the day will be spent on small group work (based on practice experience) with faculty members rotating among the groups to teach best practices in MSA drafting. Attendees will work through sample provisions, drafting sections of a Marital Settlement Agreement, fixing problems, and learning preferred word choice and sentence structures. Specific topics covered will include: maintenance, property distribution, child support, parental allocation, retirement plans, and taxes.

The 2019 IICLE® Family Law Institute will get you up to date on important issues facing matrimonial attorneys. Learn how to get and prevent deviations from child support and maintenance guidelines, prepare and cross-examine financial affidavits, and conduct thorough dissipation analyses even when new methods of online payment are involved. Understand the implications of the new Collaborative Practice, relocation/removal, and isolation of therapists statutes. Increase your ability to effectively handle social media evidence. Get practice tips for communicating with your LGBTQ clients and their children.

Learn about land use law, zoning, affordable housing, wind farms and solar panel arrays, religious freedom issues involving land use, and more!

At our 2019 Residential Real Estate program, learn about the trickiest laws and rules so you can avoid “getting bit by the gotcha bug.” Understand how to best handle the new Multi-Board 7.0 contract, installment contracts, and building/boundary issues. Get up to date on the latest case law and regulations affecting your residential real estate practice. Appreciate both buyers’ and sellers’ concerns through an entertaining discussion. Learn how mindfulness can transform your stress and increase your wellness so that you can more effectively represent your clients.