7th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legal Legacy: Lessons for Today’s Lawyers: Lincoln and Medicine
Special thanks to Mirza Foundation for sponsoring this program and giving us the opportunity to host this program at the McLean County Museum of History.
Don’t miss ISBA’s 7th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legal Legacy seminar as we discuss Lincoln’s career and his involvement with medicine and the law. The program takes place in Bloomington where Lincoln’s famous “chicken bone case” was the first medical malpractice case in McLean County. Topics include: the medically-based cases Lincoln handled involving expert witnesses, personal injury, and insanity; Lincoln’s personal struggles with depression and melancholy; how the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program can help attorneys with the personal challenges they may be facing; how present-day medical malpractice differs from 170 years ago; the ethical issues you need to be aware of when handling your next medicine-related case; and how Lincoln’s personal and professional growth was impacted by his relationship with David Davis.
McLean County Museum of History, 200 N Main St., Bloomington
Friday, September 5, 2025
8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
6.0 hours MCLE credit, including 5.0 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE (subject to approval)