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For Those Who Have Borne the Battle . . . Why Lawyers Matter . . . Legal Issues and Military Service
Presented by the ISBA Committee on Military Affairs
Co-sponsored by the University of Illinois College of Law

Champaign
Friday, April 4, 2008
University of Illinois College of Law
504 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Register Now! – No Charge

2.75 hours based on a 60 minute MCLE credit hour

Designed to equip attorneys to represent servicemembers in the legal issues they face before, during and after deployment, this program will give an overview of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). Practical considerations pertaining to family law and servicemembers as well as VA benefits will also be addressed. 

Presenters:
Professor Joseph Butler, Veterans Legal Support Center, John Marshall Law School, Chicago
Brian E. Clauss, Arbitrator - Mediator, Park Ridge
John F. Costello, Jr., Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago
Steven J. Lepper, Brigadier General, USAF, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville
Janie Miller, Captain, JAG Corps, Illinois Army National Guard, Senior Assistant Public Defender, Champaign
Jayne R. Reardon, Deputy Director, Commission on Professionalism, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago

Schedule

1:30 – 2:15  Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Right Act (USERRA) and Illinois Law
Brian E. Clauss Arbitrator-Mediator-Executive Director, Veterans Legal Support Center, John Marshall Law School, Chicago

2:15-2:45  Family Law and the Servicemember
John F. Costello, Jr., Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago

3:00-3:30  Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Janie Miller, Captain, JAG Corps, Illinois Army National Guard, Senior Assistant Public Defender, Champaign County Public Defender’s Office

3:30-4:00  Veteran’s Benefits
Prof. Joseph Butler, Director, Veterans Legal Support Center, John Marshall Law School, Chicago
Jayne Reardon, Deputy Director, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

4:00-4:30  Legal Issues of the National Guard and Reserve Member -A Commander’s Perspective
Steven J. Lepper, Brigadier General, USAF