The apex doctrine is a common-law limitation on deposing corporate executives where the executive has limited personal knowledge of the relevant issues or where the same information can be obtained from other sources, notes Caroline A. Veniero in her February Illinois Bar Journal article, “Deposing the Top Dog.” But as handy as the doctrine may be for top execs, it is far from absolute.
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.
The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) is in the process of converting to a new association management system (AMS). Our AMS is the membership database that serves as the backbone for most of our technology systems.
As of Friday, February 6, 2026, all CLE programming and the ISBA bookstore are back online.
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Live Webcast
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 – Tuesday, January 26, 2027
Each Tuesday: 5:15 – 6:45 p.m.