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Law firm office space can be one of the most expensive items on the budget and with the new hybrid work environment identifying the value of office space for the firm and its clients is critical. This virtual program will provide insights on current trends in the office space market from the Cook County Assessor and practice guidance on managing a hybrid workspace and planning the law firm of the future.

Join your judges and colleagues for the 13th Annual Symposium with the Judges, an event to provide sitting judges from Cook County a forum to share their wisdom and advice with the lawyers who appear before them. As panelists, the judges field questions, offer candid comments, provide valuable advocacy tips and reveal the policies and procedures that are unique to their courtrooms. You’ll hear the ‘state of the law division’, current motion practice procedures and the latest timelines, and with trials back in full swing detailed discussions about strategies for trying cases today.

Formerly known as the Columbus Day Seminar and presented annually by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, this seminar featuring esteemed family law practitioners continues to address the latest critical changes to Illinois family law. Join the hundreds of Illinois attorneys who depend on this annual event for crucial legislative, case law, and practice updates informed by real-world practice experience.

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In addition to trending topics, the 2022 Ethics program will include the required professionalism components of Diversity and Inclusion and Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Offered in two 3-hour sessions, attend either program or both at a discount.

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An Unscripted Demonstration of Effective Psychological Expert Examinations in Relocation Trials
Learn from experienced Academy Fellows as they conduct an unscripted examination of a psychological consulting expert in the context of a child relocation case. You'll get to see a demonstration of how to effectively examine these expert witnesses and learn from the presenters as they share with you the why and how of their examples.

You'll also have the opportunity to go in depth with the faculty on other topics, including:

Principles of contempt

QDROs, QILDROs & QMCSOs

Plus, hear the judicial perspective during the judges' panel!

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With some court procedures continuing remotely, continued changing general administrative orders to safely adapt to the effects of COVID-19, and efforts to reopen the courts for trials this year’s program will provide sitting judges from Cook County a forum to share timely insights on how to move cases forward. The judges will offer candid advice, provide valuable advocacy tips and reveal policies and procedures unique to remote proceedings and their courtrooms.

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Understanding how child custody evaluators conduct their evaluations is critical to being able to evaluate if it is a trustworthy and reliable evaluation. This webinar will help attorneys and judges understand the standards and guidelines that evaluators should follow. This will help lead to better examinations of evaluators in the courtroom.

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Learn more about the basic concepts in business valuation by recognizing the methods typically utilized to value a business or ownership interest and gain an understanding of their basic application. We will identify common normalizing adjustments and assess their impact on value; reconcile values derived from multiple valuation approaches; discuss personal versus enterprise goodwill and how one goes about attempting to quantify them. You will come away with a better understanding of how a business valuation is constructed and how to tear one apart.

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Presented annually by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, this seminar featuring esteemed family law practitioners and judges will address the latest critical changes to Illinois family law. Join the hundreds of Illinois attorneys who depend on this annual event for crucial legislative, case law, and practice updates informed by real-world practice experience.

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Best practices, best results - The family law attorneys guide to understanding residential and commercial real estate appraisals.

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This unique annual conference features leadership from the Illinois ARDC and provides 6 PMCLE credits, satisfying the Illinois MCLE board’s full two-year requirements for attorneys.

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This program demonstrates how temporary support hearings are the first real and meaningful opportunity to establish a case narrative for domestic relations cases. Examine perspectives from the bench and bar to unpack what you need to do and what you can do to depict the case broadly and make a first and lasting impression to carry through into other pre-trial aspects of the case and perhaps further.

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