'An incredible mentor': Geneva lawyer returns to coach St. Charles East's mock trial team

Saying "the best journey is the one that leads you home," Patrick Crimmins walked into St. Charles East High School this week to begin mentoring students in the school's mock trial program.

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Daily Herald

Mistakenly shot by Des Plaines cop, young guitarist will get $1.9 million payout

The shooting by an officer who chased a bank robber into a music school on the Northwest Side left Rylan Wilder needing more than a dozen operations. Des Plaines officials admitted no wrongdoing.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Small businesses in Illinois face looming deadline of a state mandated retirement program

According to the Illinois Secure Choice website operated by the State of Illinois Treasurer’s office, Illinois State law now requires every Illinois employer with five or more employees to offer their own retirement program or facilitate Secure Choice.

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WSIL

Assault weapon registration period remains open as Illinois State Police seeks further input

People who own certain guns and other items now prohibited under the state’s assault weapons ban still need to register them with the Illinois State Police. But ISP says it plans to hold additional public hearings about that process and may refine the rules before they become permanent next year.

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Herald & Review

Champaign man charged with drug induced homicide after alleged fentanyl sale leads to death

A Champaign man is facing a charge of drug induced homicide after allegedly selling another man fentanyl leading to his death.

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Fox Illinois

Lawmakers return to Springfield for six-day veto session

The Illinois General Assembly heads back to Springfield next week, kicking off the final six-day stretch for legislative business before the new year.

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The State Journal-Register

Decisions and Diversity: How Our Minds & Experiences Sustain Bias & What to Do about It

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 Business & Securities Law Section


1.50 hours MCLE credit, including 1.50 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: Diversity and Inclusion credit


Original Program Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Accreditation Expiration Date: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­October 23, 2025 (You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)


Making decisions is at the core of what lawyers do, yet we are often unaware of the ways that our brains, personalities, life experiences, and social structures affect our decision-making choices, often in the form of implicit biases, preferences, assumptions, and expectations that impede fostering a diverse and inclusive legal profession. Join us for this in-depth look at how we come to think about others, make judgement of people and situations, and otherwise think and behave in ways that are potentially influenced by bias. Designed with the transactional attorney in mind, this program discusses our interactions with clients, colleagues, and others in the legal profession, while also offering helpful strategies for addressing and preventing the undue influence of bias both in and out of the workplace.


Program Coordinator/Moderator:
Candice Kline, Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Chicago

Program Speakers:
Lea S. Gutierrez, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Chicago
Candice Kline, Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Chicago
Destiny Peery, The Red Bee Group, Chicago


Pricing Information
  • Please Note: You must attend the entire program in order to earn MCLE credit for this seminar.
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    • New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $25
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Race, ethnicity, parents' education level produce differing job outcomes for class of 2022 law grads

Nikia Gray, the executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, is asking legal employers to “stand firm” on their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion after the release of data showing that minorities from the class of 2022 fare worse in employment numbers.

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ABA Journal

vLex (Fastcase) unveils beta version of its global, multi-language generative AI legal research tool

When the legal research companies vLex and Fastcase announced their merger in April, they promised the deal would fuel new opportunities for the development of generative AI for legal research. By creating the world’s largest global legal research library, spanning more than 1 billion documents from more than 110 countries, they said, they would have the legal industry’s ultimate large language model.

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