ISBA CLE

Civility and Professionalism in 2009

Sponsored by the ISBA Bench and Bar Section

Chicago
Friday, January 23, 2009
ISBA Regional Office
20 S. Clark St. (map and directions)
Suite 900

12:55 – 5:15 p.m.

4.0 MCLE credit hours, including 4.0 PMCLE* credit hours

An outstanding panel of speakers will address an array of topics on civility and professionalism, including handling transactions from concept to closing, practicing civility in courtroom proceedings, addressing conduct which is not civil, keeping diversity in mind and practice, managing stress properly and effectively, dealing with issues of addiction, and how the legal profession is doing.
The course is designed to help attorneys meet the four-hour Professional Responsibility MCLE requirement in an interesting and stimulating format featuring presentations and discussions by a number of the top speakers on these topics.

Program Coordinator:
Hon. Michael J. Chmiel, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Woodstock

Program Moderator:
Edward J. Schoenbaum, Chair of the ISBA Bench and Bar Section, Springfield

Program Speakers:
Mary F. Andreoni, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Chicago
Hon. Michael J. Chmiel, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Woodstock
Hon. Michael T. Caldwell, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Woodstock
Debra B. Walker, Clausen Miller PC, Chicago
Hon. Susan Fayette Hutchinson, Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, Elgin
Hon. Marilyn F. Johnson, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
Warren Lupel, Lupel Weininger LLP, Chicago
Hon. Raymond McKoski, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Waukegan
Cheryl I. Niro, Executive Director, Commission on Professionalism of the Supreme Court of Illinois, Chicago
John G. O'Brien, First Vice President ISBA, Arlington Heights

*Professional Responsibility MCLE credit subject to review