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January 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
January 22 LIVE WEB - Beyond 18: Securing Financial Contributions for Children Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act
  • New Lawyers
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Family Law
  • General Practice
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 2.50
January 27 LIVE WEB - Preventing Tragedy: The Intersection of Karina's Law and Family Law
  • New Lawyers
  • Child Law
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Criminal Law
  • Family Law
  • General Practice
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 3.00
January 27 LIVE WEB - The Eyes (and Ears) Have It: Privatize Your Peeping Tech
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
January 28 LIVE WEB - The New Illinois Receivership Act
  • New Lawyers
  • Business Advice and Financial Planning
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Law Departments
  • Real Estate Law
 Online 1.00
January 30 LIVE WEB - Unconscious Bias in Judicial Appointments: Barriers to Diversity in the Illinois Judiciary
  • New Lawyers
  • Racial/Ethnic Minorities
  • Women
  • Human and Civil Rights
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 1.50 1.50
Diversity/Inclusion 1.50
February 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
February 2 LIVE WEB - Workers' Compensation Update - Spring 2026
  • General Practice
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law
 Online 5.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
February 2 to April 27 LIVE WEB - 40 Hour Family and Divorce Mediation Training - 2026 Spring
  • New Lawyers
  • ADR and Mediation
  • Family Law
 Online 40.00 40.00
Diversity/Inclusion 0.50
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 39.50
February 4 to April 29 LIVE WEB - 40 Hour Mediation Training - 2026 Spring
  • New Lawyers
  • ADR and Mediation
 Online 40.00 40.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 40.00
February 4 LIVE WEB - More Intelligent, Less Artificial: Using AI To Make Pro Bono More Human (and Ethical)
  • New Lawyers
  • Senior Lawyers
  • Solo and Small Firm
  • Racial/Ethnic Minorities
  • Women
  • Rural Practice
  • ADR and Mediation
  • Animal Law
  • Business Advice and Financial Planning
  • Child Law
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Law Departments
  • Business and Securities Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Disability Law
  • Education Law
  • Elder Law
  • Employee Benefits
  • Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Law
  • Family Law
  • Federal Civil Practice
  • General Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Human and Civil Rights
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International and Immigration Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Mental Health Law
  • Mineral Law
  • Privacy and Information Security
  • Real Estate Law
  • Taxation, Federal
  • Taxation, State and Local
  • Tort Law
  • Traffic/DUI
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Workers' Compensation Law
  • Food Law
  • Cannabis Law
  • Sports and Entertainment Law
  • Bench and Bar
  • Legal Technology
  • Pro Bono
  • Artificial Intelligence
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
February 4 LIVE WEB - Pre-Trial Fairness Act: A Judicial Perspective
  • New Lawyers
  • Criminal Law
  • Cannabis Law
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 1.00
February 6 LIVE - 32nd Annual Agricultural Law Seminar
  • Rural Practice
  • Agricultural Law
  • Business Advice and Financial Planning
  • Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation
  • Family Law
  • General Practice
  • Mineral Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts and Estates
 Bloomington 5.50
February 10 LIVE WEB - Together at Last: Practical Collaboration Tools in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
February 11 LIVE WEB - Shut It Down: Considerations in Closing a Small Business
  • New Lawyers
  • Business Advice and Financial Planning
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
  • Corporate Law Departments
  • General Practice
 Online 1.50
February 13 LIVE WEB - Civil Appeal Basics: Appellate Briefing Fundamentals
  • New Lawyers
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Family Law
  • General Practice
  • Tort Law
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 1.00
February 18 LIVE WEB - Family Law Series: A View From the Bench - Criminal and Civil Contempt
  • New Lawyers
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Family Law
  • Bench and Bar
 Online 2.00
February 19 LIVE WEB - 2026 Traffic Case Law and Legislative Update
  • New Lawyers
  • Criminal Law
  • Traffic/DUI
  • Cannabis Law
 Online 1.00
February 19 LIVE WEB - Back to the Basics: Opening a Probate Estate
  • New Lawyers
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Ethics-Professional Responsibility
 Online 1.00
February 24 LIVE WEB - Sharing Is Caring: Become a Collaborator
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
February 24 to June 30 LIVE WEB - Fred Lane's Trial Techniques Institute - Spring Semester 2026
  • New Lawyers
  • ADR and Mediation
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Criminal Law
  • General Practice
  • Tort Law
 Online 27.00 27.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 27.00
February 25 LIVE WEB - Section 1983 Case Law Update
  • Government Lawyers
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Federal Civil Practice
  • General Practice
  • Human and Civil Rights
  • Local Government Law
  • Tort Law
 Online 1.50
March 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
March 3 Tort Law Update 2026: The Legal Trends, Latest Rulings, and Practice Implications You Need to Know
  • Tort Law
 Online
March 4 Attorneys’ Professional Independence v. Executive Orders; Protecting the Rule of Law
  • Human and Civil Rights
 Online
March 6 The Judiciary, Legal Academia, and Artificial Intelligence Going Forward
  • Federal Civil Practice
 Chicago
March 10 LIVE WEB - The Basics of Being a Stellar Mac Attorney
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
March 11 Family Business: Navigating Family Life at Each Stage of Your Career Online
March 11 Boomers to Gen Z - Managing Intergenerational Attorneys Online
March 12 Family Law Series- A View from the Bench Part 2: Dissipation
  • Family Law
 Online
March 17 Ethical Alternative Fee Arrangements with Clients that Work Online
March 18 Back to the Basics: Closing a Probate Estate
  • Trusts and Estates
 Online
March 19 Limited Scope Representation for Family Law Clients Online
March 20 Modern Probate
  • General Practice
 Online
March 24 LIVE WEB - Legal-Specific Apps To Mobilize Your Practice
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
March 24 Chicago’s Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance: Protecting Affordable Housing and Limiting Resident Displacement
  • Real Estate Law
 Online
March 25 The Ins & Outs of Commercial Real Estate Transactions
  • Real Estate Law
 Online
March 25 Family Law Series- A View from the Bench Part 3: Orders of Protection and Exclusive Possession
  • Family Law
 Online
March 31 U.S. Immigration Law in 2026 - One Year Under the New Administration
  • International and Immigration Law
 Online
April 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
April 7 Eviction Roundtable 2026
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate Law
 Online
April 8 Tax Implications of Special Needs Trusts
  • Elder Law
  • Trusts and Estates
 Online
April 8 Civil Appeal Basics: Attacking Judgments Other Than By Appeal
  • Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
 Online
April 9 We Can Work It Out: Mediating a Construction Dispute
  • ADR and Mediation
  • Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
  • Construction Law
  • General Practice
  • Real Estate Law
 Online
April 10 Thrive Together: Supporting Colleagues, Personal Well-being, and Diversity in Legal Practice Chicago
April 14 LIVE WEB - Branding Your Firm Through Document Formatting
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
April 15 Raising the Low Bar: Why Civility Matters in the Law Online
April 15 The Intersection of Adult Guardianships and Mental Health Law
  • Elder Law
 Online
April 16 Sentencing Credit and Protection from Abuse (PFA)
  • Criminal Law
 Online
April 16 Limited Scope Representation for Probate & Estate Planning Clients Online
April 17 LIVE - Video Game Law: A Developer's Perspective
  • Business Advice and Financial Planning
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Sports and Entertainment Law
 Chicago 1.00
April 22 Common Problems and Solutions in Administering Special Needs Trusts
  • Trusts and Estates
 Online
April 22 Limited Guardianships
  • Elder Law
 Online
April 23 Stronger Together: Supporting Women in the Legal Profession Chicago
April 28 LIVE WEB - Task and Deadline Management
  • Practice Toolbox Series - ISBA Members Only
 Online 1.00 1.00
Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention 1.00
April 29 Drafting Property Powers of Attorney for Medicaid, Special Needs, and Estate Planning
  • Elder Law
  • Trusts and Estates
 Online
April 30 License Reinstatement: Helping Your Client Navigate Illinois Secretary of State
  • Traffic/DUI
 Online
April 30 Advocacy in Action – Reframing Ageist and Ableist Language for Lawyers Online
May 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
May 7 Arrest, Detention, Removal and Due Process in Immigration Proceedings
  • Criminal Law
  • International and Immigration Law
  • Traffic/DUI
 Online
May 13 Effective Local Animal Ordinances: Staying Consistent with State Statute with a Pinch of Creative Approaches
  • Animal Law
 Online
May 20 Family Law Series: A View From the Bench Part 4 – Going to Trial
  • Family Law
 Online
October 2026
Date Event Location MCLE PMCLE
October 2 to October 3 Family Law Conference 2026- Nashville
  • Family Law
 Nashville