Local municipal and township council have the responsibility to convene an electoral board whenever objections arise for the nomination of municipal and township offices. For municipalities, these offices include president, mayor, clerk, trustee, alderperson, and municipal library board, whereas township offices include assessor, clerk, trustee, supervisor, and highway commissioner.
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August 11, 2025 | CLE

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August 5, 2025 | CLE

ISBA’s two-day Solo and Small Firm Conference is back again, giving you the opportunity to earn CLE credits while enhancing your knowledge and networking with colleagues!
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July 30, 2025 | CLE

Mediation is designed to resolve differences both in and out of the courts. It requires a very different mindset than courtroom litigation. This Master Series program trains practitioners to resolve conflicts in a non-adversarial, non-confrontational manner, allowing peaceful resolutions between parties. Attendees will receive a copy of The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text, 3 rd Edition, which will be mailed to registrants prior to the program’s start date.
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July 23, 2025 | CLE

Why is Illinois joining 42 other jurisdictions that have chosen to implement NextGen for their bar exam? What effect will this implementation have on the practice of law in this state? How are these changes likely to impact both law school study and the legal community as a whole? Get the answers to these questions and more with these two half-day seminars that explore the various ways Illinois law schools are preparing their students to practice law in the real world.
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July 14, 2025 | CLE

Knowing how to detect and address deepfakes in an evidentiary context is an important skill that modern litigation attorneys need to master. Additionally, most lawyers aren’t sure if they should hire an outside expert, how to select that expert, what technology the expert will apply when determining authenticity, or what certainty the expert can bring to the case. These are complex questions because, just like cybersecurity, deepfake creation and deepfake detection are in an adversarial race.
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July 8, 2025 | CLE

Food law is a diverse and inter-connected field of law with significant crossover between agricultural production, environmental protection, natural resource consumption, and intellectual property – to name a few. Join us in Carbondale for this full day program that offers an in-depth look at the evolving legal issues impacting your clients in the food and beverage industry.
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July 1, 2025 | CLE

Get To the Sharepoint Already: Using Sharepoint in Law Firms
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June 25, 2025 | CLE

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.
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June 16, 2025 | CLE

Mediation is designed to resolve differences both in and out of the courts, and requires a very different mindset than courtroom litigation. Join us for this Master Series program that focuses solely on family and divorce cases and trains practitioners to resolve these type of conflicts in a non-adversarial, non-confrontational manner. The program is offered via the Internet over the course of 13 weeks.
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June 11, 2025 | CLE

Improve your trial skills in this “learn-by-doing” program that covers all phases of trial work from both a plaintiff/prosecutor and defendant’s viewpoint, in both civil and criminal cases. Through this course, you will learn and practice new trial techniques that are most effective and consistent with the Illinois Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Each session is audio-video taped so you can see and hear the improvements in your voice, manner, and trial technique.