The 2006 ISBA Law Ed seminar series will begin Friday, Jan. 6, kicking off a schedule that will help Illinois lawyers begin to accumulate credits for the Illinois Supreme Court's new MCLE standards.

Summaries of program contents are published on the next three pages of this issue of the ISBA Bar News, and registration information may be found on pages 18-19. The current schedule follows.

Friday, Jan. 6, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. – What Every Lawyer Should Know About Intellectual Property (Intellectual Property Section); Radisson Hotel, Bloomington.

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. – Bridge the Gap (Young Lawyers Division); Chicago Athletic Association.

Friday, Jan. 20, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. – Defending Against Governmental Subpoenas and Investigations in the Health Care Arena (Health Care Section); ISBA Chicago Regional Office.

Friday, Jan. 27 – Federal Tax Conference (Federal Taxation Section); Chicago Athletic Association.

Friday, Jan. 27, 8:55 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Update on Agricultural Law (Agricultural Law Section); Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington.

Friday, Jan. 27, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. – What Every Lawyer Should Know About Intellectual Property (Intellectual Property Section); ISBA Chicago Regional Office.

Monday, Feb. 13 – Advanced Workers' Compensation (Workers' Compensation Law Section); Chicago Athletic Associ-ation.

Thursday, Feb. 16 – Federal Tax Conference (Federal Taxation Section); Illinois Education Association, Springfield.

Friday, Feb. 17, 1:30 to 3 p.m. – View from the Bench: Tips for Lawyers in the Civil Practice of Employment Law (Labor and Employment Law Section); Holiday Inn, Collinsville.

Monday, Feb. 20 – Advanced Workers' Compensation (Workers' Compensation Law Section); Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington.

Friday, Feb. 24 – Legal Issues in Education Law (Education Law Section); Chicago Athletic Association.

Friday, Feb. 24, 12 noon to 2 p.m. – View from the Bench: Uses and Abuses of Civil Practice in Employment Law Cases (Labor and Employment Law Section); ISBA Chicago Regional Office.

Saturday, March 4 – Traffic Law Up-date (Traffic Laws and Courts Section); DoubleTree Hotel, Oak Brook.

Friday, March 24 – Traffic Law Update (Traffic Laws and Courts Section); Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington.

In addition to these statewide seminars, the ISBA Family Law Section plans to conduct a two-day program, “Family Law in Las Vegas,” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11, at Bally's Las Vegas, Nev.

Up to 10 hours of MCLE that are accrued after Jan. 1 may be carried over into the two-year reporting periods that begin July 1, 2006, for attorneys whose names begin with A through M, and July 1, 2007, for those names begin with N through Z.

For complete information and answers to frequently asked questions about the new rule, access the state bar Web site, www.isba.org.