Learn advanced negotiation skills from a national expert and renowned instructor! You negotiate every day. In fact, your ability to effectively negotiate may be the most critical skill you possess, yet most negotiate instinctively or intuitively. This Master Series seminar trains you to approach negotiations with a strategic mindset, allowing you to become a more effective lawyer. And make no mistake – no matter how much you’ve negotiated, you can still learn. Adding that one new tactic may be the difference between winning and walking away empty-handed.

Voting is now underway in the 2024 ISBA Election. ISBA's election vendor, Election-America, emailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses today, Wednesday, March 27. Members—without a valid email address or who prefer to vote by mail—may request a paper ballot by contacting Election-America at Help+isba@election-america.com or (866) 384-9978 Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT. The deadline to request a paper ballot is April 15, 2024. All members of the Association (except non-lawyer members) with dues paid by March 1, 2024, are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. CT

 It’s been a few years since in-person, out-of-town meetings and events have returned to their pre-COVID-19 form. Still, many of us may be a little rusty when planning for out-of-town trips, whether for a meeting, conference, or other work-related event. Frequent on-the-go travelers Jeffrey S. Krause and Jeffrey R. Schoenberger from Affinity Consulting Group recently reexamined their work-travel routines and created a list of tips they’ve accumulated from experience as they resumed their work-away-from-home lives. Just adopting one or two of their tips on your next work-related business outing may lead to smoother sailing.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) announces the availability of grant funds to provide civil legal services to eligible clients during calendar year 2025. In accordance with LSC’s multiyear funding policy, grants are available for only specified service areas.