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!

With topics carefully crafted and taught by a committee of knowledgeable, experienced attorneys, the IICLE® 6th Annual Local Government Law Institute continues to be your resource for hands-on, practical help with local government law issues. Learn about pressing issues important to counties, intergovernmental conflict and agreement, zoning and land use litigation and ethical communications. Also, get up-to-date on the latest cases and statutes and learn about the hottest topics affecting the practice area.

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!

Who has them? How long are they generally stored? How do I obtain them? How do I make sure they are preserved until I get them? Originally presented as part of Conquering E-Discovery for Criminal Law, available in its entirety as P1802-18u

What’s on the EEOC’s watch? Topics include sexual harassment and equal pay, segregation, pregnancy accommodation, expanding the definition of “sex”, immigrant rights, religion, and retaliation. Originally presented as part of the IICLE Employment Law Institute, available in its entirety as P9003-18U.

Learn to deal with subpoenas, depositions and discovery requests in foreign jurisdictions. Originally presented as part of Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues in Divorce 2018, available in its entirety as P9000-18u.

This indispensable, go-to reference for contemporary family law attorneys discusses the January 2017 substantive changes to the IMDMA, including coverage of income shares, and serves as a useful guide to the 2016 updates to the Parentage Act of 2015.

At the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ brand-new “Evidence & Family Law” program, powered by IICLE®, you will learn from esteemed AAML Fellows and numerous judges about best practices concerning the handling of evidence in family law cases. Better understand the rule against hearsay and increase your effectiveness at laying foundations as well as authenticating and properly preserving electronic evidence. Judges from several jurisdictions will answer YOUR questions and provide tips to maximize your courtroom expertise.

The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Illinois Chapter presents their annual Columbus Day Seminar, powered by IICLE. This year's program will address critical changes to family law practice in Illinois, with a distinguished faculty of AAML Fellows and other prominent guest speakers. The program features a collection of sessions on the practical application of the new Illinois Income Shares model for child support, along with updates on amendments to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and the Statewide Financial Affidavit. The program will also feature sessions on practice management, drafting tips, and best practices for protecting against cybersecurity breaches in your firm.

The Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Columbus Day Seminar—powered by IICLE®—was sold out again in 2018. The 2018 Columbus Day seminar addresses the latest critical changes to Illinois family law, including the year-end elimination of the maintenance deduction, changes to statutory law, and the Supreme Court Rule governing the practice of collaborative law. Take an in-depth look at the tax impacts due to the loss of the deductibility of maintenance and other changes to tax law. Learn how to use social media and web-based marketing effectively. Hear a panel of distinguished mediators (many of whom are former judges) explain the value of lawyer-assisted mediation in family-law cases. From a California guest speaker, understand the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and their effect on children, litigants, and even ourselves.