Oct 14/Web (IL): What the New Rules of Professional Conduct Will Mean for Your Practice

Illinois Attys can earn 2 CLE credits with an Oct Webinar; full information is at

https://www.iardc.org/CLESeminarOct.14.html

Thanks for the head's up from Solo In Chicago

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EVENT DESCRIPTION:

"This program is accredited for 2.0 hours of MCLE/PCLE credit in Illinois 

by the MCLE Board and the Illinois Commission on Professionalism. 

What the New Rules of Professional Conduct Will Mean for Your Practice

Presented by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission 

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Broadcast Live from Thorne Auditorium at Northwestern University School of Law

Chicago, Illinois

3:00-5:15 p.m. Program

 

3:00-3:05 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Jerome Larkin, ARDC Administrator

 

3:05-3:10 p.m.

Introduction of Chief Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald

Benedict Schwarz, II (Chair, ARDC Commissioners) 

Law Office of Benedict Schwarz, West Dundee

 

3:10-3:25 p.m.

The New Rules from the Supreme Court's Perspective

Hon. Thomas R. Fitzgerald

Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court – First District

 

3:25-4:15 p.m.

An Overview of the Significant Changes to the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct 

James J. Grogan, ARDC Deputy Administrator & Chief Counsel

 

4:15-5:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion Highlighting Selected New Rules

George B. Collins (Respondent's Counsel), Collins, Bargione & Vuckovich, Chicago

Donna L. Moore (ARDC Hearing Board), Quarles & Brady, Chicago

Adrienne Mebane (ARDC Hearing Board), First Assistant, Cook County State's Attorney Office

James J. Grogan, ARDC Deputy Administrator & Chief Counsel

 

Moderator: Wendy J. Muchman, ARDC Litigation Group Manager 

& Director of Outreach, Chicago

 

The panel will discuss common hypothetical situations

highlighting the new Rules of Professional Conduct that will take effect on January 1, 2010.

 

5:15 p.m.  Adjournment

 

Certificate of Attendance for MCLE Credit

Upon completion of  the seminar, you will receive an e-mail instructing you to complete a seminar survey.  Once the survey has been e-mailed back and the ARDC has verified your participation, a Certificate of Attendance for MCLE credit in Illinois (2.0 hours) will be e-mailed to you for your records.  Under the MCLE rules, you must keep the Certificate for three years after the end of your two-year reporting period.  Do not submit it to the MCLE Board unless you are audited by the MCLE Board. "