The Lake County Bar Association and 19th Judicial Circuit have received accreditation to conduct a Capital Litigation Training Program for prosecutors and defense attorneys in death penalty cases.

A two-day training program has been scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 9 and 10, at the Harrison Conference Center in Lake Bluff. Call (847) 244-3143 to register.

The program will meet all educational requirements of Supreme Court Rule 714(b) (4)(i) and (g) and has been approved by the court's Committee on Capital Cases and the Administrative Offices of the Illinois Courts.

Chief Judge Christopher C. Starck will open the first-day program at 8 a.m. with an overview of Rule 714. Topics and speakers that will follow are:

Case Management Issues, Judge Victoria A. Rossetti; Sentencing Issues, George D. Strickland and David P. Brodsky; Capital Litigation, Nadine Jakubowski; Jury Selection, Judge Daniel M. Locallo, and Mental Health Issues, Appellate Justice Thomas E. Callum. A presentation by the Capital Litigation Trust Fund is included.

The program for day two, beginning at 8 a.m., includes the following: DNA Issues, Ken Pfoser of the Northern Illinois Police Crime Lab; Ballistics and Arson, John Rotunno of ATF; Forensic Issues and Pathology, Nancy Jones, and Post Trial Considerations, Justice Callum.

Rooms are available in the Harrison Center at a reduced group rate. The registration fee of $250 includes continental breakfast and gourmet buffet lunch each day, hot and cold beverages and snacks, and a reception at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday sponsored by Thomson West.

The Cook County Bar Association started its fourth annual monthly series of free lectures on ethics and professionalism with a Sept. 22 presentation by Cook County Board President John H. Stroger Jr.

The next lectures are Thursdays, Oct. 20, with Benedict Schwarz II, chair of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, and Nov. 17 with Kimball R. Anderson of Winston & Strawn.

The lectures take place in the sixth-floor conference room at 188 W. Randolph, Chicago. Call (312) 368-0213.

An Illinois Institute for Continuing Education seminar, “Illinois' New Workers' Compensation Law 2005” will be presented Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield. Call (800) 252-8062.

Kim E. Presbrey of Aurora, a member of the ISBA Board of Governors and past president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, will present the petitioner's perspective.

The IICLE and Illinois chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys will conduct an Elder Law Short Course on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3-4, at Hamburger University on the McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook.

Speakers include Susan Dawson-Tibbits, chair of the ISBA Elder Law Section Council, and council members Charles A. LeFebvre, Ford C. June and Steven C. Perlis.

Several active ISBA members are faculty members for a two-day IICLE Real Estate Short Course that will be conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 15-16, at Hamburger University on McDonald's Oak Brook campus.

Among them are Second Vice President Joseph G. Bisceglia, Steven B. Bashaw, Marylou Lowder Kent, Stuart H. Wolf, Joseph R. Fortunato Jr., Jerry T. Gorman, William J. Anaya, Paul A. Meints, Mary F. Andreoni, Michael E. Massie, Hugh E. Pollard and Stanley P. Sklar.

Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund will conduct a seminar, “New Construction: To Infinitely Insure and Beyond,” from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Thursday, Oct. 20, at Hamburger University on McDonald's Office Campus in Oak Brook.

The speaker is Gregory J. Miely, senior underwriting attorney. ATG members may attend at no charge. The non-member fee is $25. Call Suzy Auteberry at (800) 252-5206, ext. 2130, or access www.atgf.com.

“Navigating a Real Estate Transaction,” a program for new attorneys and law students, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Call Kristianna Roper at (312) 752-1470.

A brown-bag luncheon seminar on adoption basics will be conducted by the Lake County Bar Association from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in courtroom C-201 of the County Courthouse, Waukegan.

Speakers are 19th Circuit Associate Judge Jorge Ortiz, Bridget W. Hutchen, Louise Loud and Robert S. Smith Jr. Call (847) 244-3143 for reservations. Optional box lunches may be ordered.

The LCBA will conduct another brown-bag luncheon seminar, “Overview of New Laws and Policies Pertaining to Sex Offenders,” at 12 noon Thursday, Nov. 3, at the County Courthouse.

A free seminar on Section 1031 Starker exchanges will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Friday, Oct. 21, in the Radisson Hotel at John Deere Commons, Moline, by ATG Trust Co. The speaker is Brian S. Michales, vice president of the firm's tax-deferred exchange program. Call (800) 242-5206, ext. 2130, or access www.atgf.com.

The John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits will hold a conference on “The Rising Tax Burden on the Middle Class” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. Call Barry Kozak, (312) 427-2737, ext. 524.

John Marshall's Center for International Business and Trade Law will present its fourth annual Dominick L. DiCarlo U.S. Court of International Trade Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. Call Lisa Aruldoss, (312) 427-2737, ext. 659.

The Center for Intellectual Property Law and the law firm of Kuhnen & Wacker will conduct a European Patent Practice Seminar on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3-4, at the law school, and an Advanced Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar for patent administrators on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 7-8, at the Palmer House Hilton. Call Michele Bridges, (312) 427-2737, ext. 581.

A luncheon seminar, “2005 Changes in the Workers' Compensation Act and Case Law Update,” will be conducted by the Winnebago County Bar Association from 12:30 to 3:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Forest Hills Country Club, Rockford.

Speakers include John Shepherd, a member of the ISBA Workers' Compensation Law Section Council. Seminar chair is Francine White. Call (815) 964-4992.

The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association is a co-sponsor of the seminar, “New Approaches to Damages,” that will be conducted by the Association of Trial lawyers of America on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, at the Hotel Inter-Continental, Chicago.

ITLA will conduct a workers' compensation seminar on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Oak Brook Hills Resort. Highlights include a roundtable on Public Act 94-277, new workers' compensation legislation. Call (800) 252-8501.

The Northwest Suburban Bar Association will conduct the seminar, “Practical Issues for Criminal Law Practitioners,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the District 214 Offices at 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights.

Speakers are Cook County Judge James Etchingham, retired judge Nicholas T. Pomaro and Joseph Etchingham. Call (847) 259-7908 to register.

The DuPage County Bar Association will conduct an estate planning and probate seminar, “The Cutting Edge: What Attorneys Need to Know to Plan Estates in 2006 and Beyond,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Wheaton bar center classroom.

Speakers include 18th Circuit Judge Kenneth Popejoy, attorney Heinz Brisske and accountants Christopher P. Casey and Jodi T. Mersinger. Call (630) 653-7779.

The third annual State and Federal Court Judicial Seminar will be conducted by the Chicago Bar Association from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Standard Club. An open house will follow at the CBA building.

Co-sponsors are the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Northern District, Illinois Supreme Court and Cook County Circuit Court. Call Beth McMeen, (312) 554-2051.

A Rookie Seminar for new lawyers will be conducted by the Illinois Association of De-fense Trial Counsel from 8:50 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the John Marshall Law School. Speakers include Appellate Justice Warren D. Wolfson and IADTC past president Lyndon C. Molzahn. Call (800) 232-0169.

The Kane County Bar Association will conduct a basic skills course for new 16th Circuit attorneys from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at Riverside Receptions and Conference Center in Geneva. A reception will follow. Call (630) 762-1915.

A seminar, “Legal Aspects of Condo minium Development and Homeowners' Associations in Illinois,” will be presented by Wisconsin-based Lorman Education Services from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Radisson Hotel, Peoria. Call (866) 352-9539.

Speakers include attorneys John C. Voorn of Orland Park, David J. Freeman of Bolingbrook, Charles M. Keough of Naperville and Irwin E. Leiter of Oak Brook.

The schedule of trial practice programs of the Peoria-based Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court resumes Tuesday, Nov. 15, with a presentation on “Direct and Cross Examination of the Key Witnesses,” chaired by Tracy Litzinger.

Programs begin at 5 p.m. with receptions, followed by the discussion and dinners. Call Barbara Calhoun, (309) 676-8986.

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