Learn to minimize the number of times you will utter the words, “if only I had known …” by learning about Medicaid eligibility rules and much more! Originally presented as part of the 15th Annual Elder Law Short Course, available in its entirety as P9007-19U.

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!

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!

The IICLE® 16th Annual Elder Law Short Course will allow you to get up to date on the newest laws (including the Illinois Trust Code and the SECURE Act) affecting your practice and connect with other elder law practitioners and service providers. Get practice tips by watching a mock restoration or Medicaid appeal hearing. Learn more about employment issues facing your clients, integrating technology effectively into your practice, understanding revised CMS rules and other nursing home issues, preventing financial exploitation, and many other crucial topics. Register today!

This year’s IICLE® Special Needs Institute offers you direct instruction from seasoned special needs law practitioners about new laws and cases. Each session will provide practical takeaways to enhance your practice. Government officials from the Social Security Administration and the State of Illinois will provide insight about how they review special needs trusts. Register today!

Practical resource for helping practitioners serve the needs of persons no longer able to make decisions for themselves.

Due to the increasing incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, elder/ adult guardianship mediation offers many potential benefits to attorneys and participants in the mediation process. Originally presented by the DuPage County Bar Association.

Essential resource covering the area of advising elderly clients and their families

Understand various aspects relating to the testimony of physicians during a guardianship trial. Originally presented as part of the 14th Annual Elder Law Short Course, available in its entirety as P9007-18U.

Learn strategies for drafting and responding to written discovery and taking depositions (including expert depositions) in contested guardianships. Originally presented as part of the 14th Annual Elder Law Short Course, available in its entirety as P9007-18U.