Joint Midyear Meeting 2008 - Schedule

Joint Midyear Meeting

December 11 - 13, 2008

Winter CLE Fest

December 11 - 12, 2008

Sheraton Chicago
Hotel & Towers
Chicago, IL

Deadlines

Advance Registration for Joint Midyear Meeting: 4:30 PM, December 4, 2008

Advance Registration for Winter CLE Fest: December 7, 2008

Thursday, December 11th

“Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America”Bicentennial Mobile Museum Tours / All Day
This mobile museum exhibit, located just outside the hotel, is free of charge to all attendees and their guests. Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Joint Meeting Opening Reception
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
All attendees are invited to this official opening event. Enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres while you meet and mingle with members of the bar. Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association

Friday, December 12th

Illinois Bar Foundation – Fellows Awards Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Join the Fellows for breakfast as they present Dean Peter C. Alexander of Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale with the Award for Distinguished Services to Law and Society. Dawn Clark Netsch of Chicago will be named an Honorary Fellow.
Complimentary for Fellows or $40 per person; tables of 10 available by calling 312.726.6072.

Dean Peter C. Alexander

Dawn Clark Netsch

Exhibits – Services for Members
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Attendees have the opportunity to speak directly with representatives from each of the following exhibitors and get their questions answered. [ISBA Mutual Insurance Company; ATG Trust Company, Attorneys’ Title Guarantee Fund, Inc., Go Next; Fastcase, Inc.; FastCLE; ISBA Publications/Membership; Illinois Bar Foundation; Lawyer’s Assistance Program; Marsh Affinity Group Services; Law Related Education Committee; MentorCenter]

Joint Meeting Program
9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Celebrating the Lincoln Bicentennial: Lincoln, The Illinois Lawyer and Great Communicator
These sessions will be open to all lawyers and judges attending the meeting.

The Illinois Judges Association, along with SCRIBES – The American Society of Legal Writers and the Illinois State Bar Association, will feature aspects of Lincoln’s legal career and communication skills during this morning educational program.

This program will be moderated by Hon. Mary Jane Theis, Justice Illinois Appellate Court, First District. Presenters at the educational sessions will include: Daniel Stowell, Director and Editor, and John Lupton, Associate Director and Editor, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project; Mark Steiner, Professor at South Texas College of Law; and Roger Billings, Professor at Northern Kentucky College of Law. Additional panel participants include Judge John Donald O’Shea (Retired) from the 14th Judicial Circuit, Moline, IL and LTC (Retired) George Eaton, Command Historian for the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, IL. The presenters will discuss Lincoln’s legal career in Illinois and focus on his skills of oral and written communication.

There will also be a reenactment of a portion of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate held in Galesburg by retired Judge John Donald O’Shea and historian George Eaton.

9:00 – 9:05 a.m.	Introduction to Program and Presenters
9:05 – 9:35 a.m.	Debate Reenactment
9:35 – 10:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion on Oral Skills
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 – 10:50 a.m.	Overview of Lincoln’s Law Practice
10:50 – 11:20 a.m.	Lincoln and His Written Correspondence
11:20 – 11:45 a.m.	Panel Discussion on Written Skills

Joint Meeting Luncheon
Noon
Your Honor, My Name is Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln and Judges

Featured Speaker: Mark E. Steiner, Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law
Professor Steiner is the author of a detailed analysis of Lincoln’s law career in a book entitled, “An Honest Calling: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln” (N.I.U. Press, 2006).
Ticketed event; tickets available for $65 per person.

Mark E. Steiner

Law School Alumni Receptions
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Alumni and friends of these law schools are welcome to attend: DePaul University College of Law, The John Marshall Law School, Northern Illinois University College of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, and Southern Illinois University School of Law*. *4:00 -6:00 p.m.

The Justinian Society of Lawyers Reception
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Mauro Glorioso, President of The Justinian Society of Lawyers invites meeting attendees to attend their reception.

Reception and Dinner in Honor of the Supreme Court of Illinois
6:00 p.m. (Reception)
Hosted by ISBA Mutual Insurance Company
7:00 p.m. (Dinner)
Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association; Presided over by ISBA President Jack C. Carey and CBA President Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr.

Please join Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court at this special evening event, including a presentation by Featured Speaker Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier, Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois, and a sumptuous dinner.
Ticketed event; tickets available for $110 per person. All seating assigned in advance (tables of 10 persons). Black tie optional.

Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier

Saturday, December 13th

ISBA Assembly Meeting
9:00 a.m.
The 201-member Assembly policy-making body of the Association meets to conduct the business of the Association. Open to members and the public.

“Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America”Bicentennial Mobile Museum Tours /Half Day
This mobile museum exhibit, located just outside the hotel, is free of charge to all attendees and their guests. Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Business Meetings

The 2008-2009 ISBA standing committees and section councils will hold their organizational business meetings at various times during the Joint Meeting. Each group will separately receive notice.