Here's some CLE opportunities as well as a snapshot of CBA News.
CLEAdvantage - CBA Member Discount CLE Plan: Members can attend most CLE seminars for only $150 per plan year. Seminars are also webcast at www.chicagobar.org and the West LegalEdcenter (see costs online).
- Corporate Practice Special Issues: Representation of Foreign/Inbound Clients (2.75 IL MCLE Credit); October 10/3:00-6:00 p.m./$60 Member/$120 Nonmember/$45 Gov't Member
- Running for Public Office: How to Get on the Ballot and Win (2.75 IL MCLE Credit); October 11/3:00-6:00 p.m./$80 Member/$160 Nonmember/$60 Gov't Member
- Update on State and Local Tax Credits and Incentives (2 IL MCLE Credit); October 16/12:00-2:10 p.m./$50 Member/$100 Nonmember/$40 Gov't Member
- How to.Manage Complex Tasks in Basecamp (No MCLE Credit); October 16/1:45-2:45 p.m./$0 Member/$50 Nonmember
CBA News
Help Us Grow Our Membership. Bring a Colleague to an October Committee Meeting.
Free committee meetings and expert speakers are one of our strongest and most unique membership benefits. To encourage new members to join the CBA, please invite a colleague(s) to attend an October committee meeting with you or to watch via live Webcast. Your guest(s) will receive free Illinois MCLE credit (if applicable) and the opportunity to meet and network with members of your committee. See a list of upcoming meetings. Members that bring a guest will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card. The more guests you bring, the more entries you earn!
Candidates appearing on the judicial ballot in Cook County have been evaluated by the CBA's Judicial Evaluation Committee. The Green Guide offers in-depth explanation of the process and the rationale for each evaluation. The separate Pocket Guide can be printed out and carried into the voting booth for easy reference when you vote. Get both documents, plus a mobile guide, at www.chicagobar.org/JEC. Be sure to share the findings with your colleagues, friends, and family.U.S. Magistrate Judge Opening in Western Division
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is accepting applications for a full-time magistrate judge position in the Western Division (Rockford). Get details and application at http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/_assets/_documents/mjdocs-12/default.aspx.Cell Phone Drive at CBA
Honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month by donating used wireless phones, batteries, and accessories by Friday, October 12 in the CBA lobby. For each phone collected, Verizon will give $10 to the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence to support free Virtual Legal Clinic consultations. Phone memories will be deleted.2012 Hon. Mary Ann McMorrow Service to the Profession Award Ceremony on October 25
CBA members have been invited to attend the 2012 Hon. Mary Ann McMorrow Service to the Profession Award Ceremony that is being hosted by the Chicago Alumni Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Hon. William H. Hooks and Michele M. Jochner will be honored. See details in PDF flyer.
Alliance for Women Celebrates 20 Years of Service and Brings the Bar None Exhibit Home to the CBA Through October 12
The AFW is celebrating its 20th year of supporting and promoting women lawyers in Chicago. As part of the celebration, members can view the original Bar None: 125 Year of Women Lawyers in Illinois traveling exhibit on the 1st floor of Association Headquarters through October 12. The exhibit tells the story of women's fight to open the legal profession in Illinois. See more details on the exhibit at www.chicagobar.org/AFW20.
