Practice Ready Basics

Family Law “How To” Series: 06. Mortgage Foreclosure & Dissolution of Marriage Proceedings

Part of ISBA's Family Law "How To" Series
Presented by the ISBA Family Law Section


.5 hours MCLE credit


Original Program Date: Thursday, January 5, 2017
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: -------June 18, 2024 - June 17, 2026 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Gain a better understanding of how to handle your next mortgage foreclosure and dissolution

Family Law “How To” Series: 03. Injunction/TRO and 04. Temporary Financial Relief

Part of ISBA's Family Law "How To" Series
Presented by the ISBA Family Law Section


1.0 hours MCLE credit


Original Program Date: Thursday, February 9, 2017
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: -------June 14, 2024 - June 13, 2026 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Get the information you need about injunctions and temporary restraining orders for

Family Law “How To” Series: 02. Order of Protection / Domestic Violence Defense

Part of the ISBA Family Law "How To" Series
Presented by the ISBA Family Law Section


.5 hours MCLE credit

Original Program Date: Friday, December 16, 2016
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: June 14, 2024 - June 13, 2026(You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Learn how to prepare and present a defense against an Order of Protection with this short

Family Law “How To” Series: 01. Order of Protection / Domestic Violence Prosecution

Part of the ISBA Family Law "How To" Series
Presented by the ISBA Family Law Section


0.75 hours MCLE credit


Original Program Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: June 14, 2024 - June 13, 2026 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Learn the context and meaning of statutory terms used in Domestic Violence and Orders of

4th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy: Overcoming Prejudice and Racial Discrimination in the Legal Profession - Part 1

Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association
Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Association


3.0 hours MCLE credit, including 3.0 hours Professionalism Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention credit


Original Program Date: September 9, 2022
MCLE Accreditation Extension

4th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy: Overcoming Prejudice and Racial Discrimination in the Legal Profession - Part 2

Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association
Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Association


3.0 hours MCLE credit, including 3.0 hours Professionalism Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category:
  • 1.0 hours Professionalism, Civility, or Legal Ethics credit
  • 2.0 hours Diversity and Inclusion credit


Original Program Date: September 9, 2022
MCLE Accreditation Extension

Lincoln the Lawyer - Insights Into Professionalism

ISBA Members: Use your 15 hours of Free CLE credits to order this program –
just use the green button next to the “Add to Cart” button below!
Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Academy of Criminology
Co-Sponsored by the University of Illinois College of Law


1.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.25 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: 1.25 hours Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics or Sexual Harassment Prevention credit


Original Program Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: ­­­­­­­October 21, 2025 - October 20, 2027 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Don’t miss this online seminar that explores the professional excellence of one of Illinois’ greatest attorneys, Abraham Lincoln. The presentation offers engaging vignettes about Lincoln’s legal career that gives you an idea of what Lincoln’s law practice consisted of, as well as, how other attorneys viewed him (including a few pre-presidency opinions for a better idea of what his contemporaries thought of Lincoln). The program also explores Lincoln’s personal viewpoints about the legal profession.

Program Coordinator:
Edward Mogul, Illinois Academy of Criminology, Chicago

Welcome and Introductions
Hon. Anne M. Burke, Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago

Program Speaker:
John Lupton, Executive Director, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, Springfield


Pricing Information
  • Please Note: You must attend the entire program in order to earn MCLE credit for this seminar.
  • ISBA sponsoring section members get a $10 registration discount (which is automatically calculated in your cart when you log in to register).
  • Fees:
    • ISBA Member Price of $44 is displayed below when you login and program is eligible for Free CLE member benefit
    • Non-Member Price $88
    • New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $25
    • Law Students - Free


Illinois Electronic Wills Act - Part 3

ISBA Members: Use your 15 hours of Free CLE credits to order this program –
just use the green button next to the “Add to Cart” button below!
Presented by the ISBA Trusts & Estates Section


1.75 hours MCLE credit, including 1.75 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics credit or Sexual Harassment Prevention credit


Original Program Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: October 21, 2025 - October 20, 2027 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Join us for Part 3 of this three-part series in which we explore the nuts and bolts of the newly enacted Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act. Trust and estate attorneys, family law lawyers, general practitioners, and elder law counsel with all levels of practice experience who attend this online program will better understand:
  • The ethics of electronic wills and remote signings, including competence and confidentiality issues;
  • How to use technology during the signing;
  • Storing and maintaining documents after the signing;
  • Determining a testator’s capacity;
  • Electronic notarization and witnessing;
  • Much more!

Program Coordinator:
Oana L. Militaru, DiMonte & Lizak LLC, Park Ridge

Program Moderators:
Oana L. Militaru, DiMonte & Lizak LLC, Park Ridge
Raymond W. Prather, Prather Ebner LLP, Chicago

Program Speakers:
Dale Hardy, Notarize, Massachusetts
Andrew Macdougall, Notarize, Massachusetts
Patrick D. Owens, DiMonte & Lizak LLC, Park Ridge
Karin C. Prangley, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Chicago



Pricing Information

  • Please Note: You must attend the entire program in order to earn MCLE credit for this seminar.
  • ISBA sponsoring section members get a $10 registration discount (which is automatically calculated in your cart when you log in to register).
  • Fees:
    • ISBA Member Price of $62 is displayed below when you login and program is eligible for Free CLE member benefit
    • Non-Member Price $123
    • New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $25
    • Law Students - Free

Illinois Electronic Wills Act - Part 2

ISBA Members: Use your 15 hours of Free CLE credits to order this program –
just use the green button next to the “Add to Cart” button below!
Presented by the ISBA Trusts & Estates Section


2.0 hours MCLE credit, including 2.0 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics credit or Sexual Harassment Prevention credit


Original Program Date: Friday, September 24, 2021
MCLE Accreditation Extension Period: ­­­­­­­October 21, 2025 - October 20, 2027 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Join us for Part 2 of this three-part series in which we explore the nuts and bolts of the newly enacted Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act. Trust and estate attorneys, family law lawyers, general practitioners, and elder law counsel with all levels of practice experience who attend this online program will better understand:
  • Obtaining access to the decedent’s cloud storage;
  • How to probate copies of electronic wills;
  • How to admit electronic wills to probate;
  • The jurisdictional issues that can arise, including Illinois electronic wills by non-resident decedents and out-of-state electronic wills;
  • How to handle undue influence and lack of capacity claims; and
  • Much more!

Program Coordinator:
Oana L. Militaru, DiMonte & Lizak LLC, Park Ridge

Program Moderator:
Raymond W. Prather, Prather Ebner LLP, Chicago

Program Speakers:
Daniel S. Ebner, Prather Ebner LLP, Chicago
Sarah M. LeRose, Leonard J. LeRose, Jr., Ltd., Chicago
Hon. James G. Riley (ret.), FMS Law Group, LLC, Chicago


Pricing Information

  • Please Note: You must attend the entire program in order to earn MCLE credit for this seminar.
  • ISBA sponsoring section members get a $10 registration discount (which is automatically calculated in your cart when you log in to register).
  • Fees:
    • ISBA Member Price of $70 is displayed below when you login and program is eligible for Free CLE member benefit
    • Non-Member Price $140
    • New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $25
    • Law Students - Free