2017
Wednesday, September 13, 11:30am-1:30pm
Video CLE – The Good Wife: “Unorthodox”
An Orthodox couple is sued by someone who tripped on a fallen Eruv wire attached to their house. They could not call to report the downed line because it was Shabbat. Can they claim a 1st amendment exception to liability?
Prof. Cliff Scott-Rudnick and Dick Adler will lead a discussion of diversity and ethical issues posed in this episode from the first season of of the award-winning legal drama.
Location: John Marshall Law School, 304 S State, Room 1200A
Co-Sponsored with John Marshall Law School
Approved for 2 hours Professional Responsibility credits
(1 hour ethics & 1 hour diversity)
CLE credit for Decalogue members and John Marshall Faculty
Wednesday, September 27, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Employment Law: Highlights from 2017 and Beyond
Speakers: Nate Lichtenstein and Amy Gibson
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, October 18, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Best Practices for Non-Profit Boards
Speaker: Barry Goldberg, Assistant Bureau Chief, Charitable Trust Bureau of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Location: ISBA Mutual, 20 S Clark Ste 800
Co-Sponsored with LAGBAC
CLE credit for members of Decalogue and LAGBAC
Wednesday, November 1, 12:00pm-1:30pm
DCFS Investigations
Speaker: Diane Redleaf
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, November 8, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Best Practices in Filing an Appeal
Speaker: Justice Jesse Reyes
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
SPECIAL CLE
Tuesday, November 14, 6:30-8:30pm
From Employee to Entrepreneur: How to start your own business from a legal and financial perspective.
Speakers: Jessica Merino, President and Financial Advisor of Merino Wealth Management; Michele Katz, Founding Partner of Advitam IP; Helen Bloch, Principal, Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.
Co-sponsored with the National Association of Women Business Owners
Networking reception with light refreshments
Location: Catalyst Ranch, 656 W Randolph, Chicago
1 hour General CLE credit for members of Decalogue and NAWBO
SPECIAL CLE
Monday, November 20, 5:30-7:30pm
Trinity Lutheran and The Future of Public Funding of Religious Institutions
Speakers: Prof. Richard Garnett, University of Notre Dame, Prof. Andrew Koppleman, Northwestern University
Cosponsored by the Catholic Lawyers Guild, the Christian Legal Society, and the Notre Dame Program on Church, State, & Society
Location: Jenner & Block, 353 N Clark, Chicago
1 hour General CLE credit for all
Wednesday, November 29, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Traffic
Speakers: Judge Cecilia Horan & Judge Charles Beach
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
SPECIAL CLE
Hon. Gerald C. Bender Memorial Lecture
Sunday, December 3, 9:30am-12:00pm
The Israeli Supreme Court: A Force for or Against Democracy?
Speakers: Rabbi Yona Reiss, J.D., Av Bet Din, Chicago Rabbinical Council & Prof. Steven Resnicoff, DePaul University Director of JLJS
Location: Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel
7117 N Crawford Avenue, Lincolnwood
Co-sponsored with DePaul College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies and Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel with generous support from Katz & Stefani LLC
2018
Wednesday, January 17, 11:30am-2:00pm
Special MLK Day Video CLE: “Loving”
Class Leader: Prof. Cliff Scott-Rudnick
Speakers: TBA
Location: John Marshall Law School, 304 S State Room 1200A
Co-Sponsored with Black Women Lawyers Association, Cook County Bar Association, and John Marshall Law School
2.5 hours Professional Responsibility credits
CLE credit for Decalogue, BWLA, and CCBA members and John Marshall Faculty
Wednesday, January 24, 12:15pm-1:15pm (Date change)
CLE: Condo Law Update – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Speaker: Joel Chupack, Partner, Heinrich & Kramer
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, January 31, 12:15pm-1:15pm
e-Discovery and Cyber Security
Speaker: Stephen Komie
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, February 7, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Mediation: What is the Object of the Exercise? If You Don’t Know Where You are Going, You Just Might Not Get There
Speaker: Kent Lawrence, Partner, Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop, LLC
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, February 14, 12:00pm-1:30pm
2018 Income Tax Update
Speaker: Lawrence Krupp, Director, Kessler Orlean Silver
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1.5 hours General MCLE Credit
Wednesday, March 7, 12:0pm-1:30pm
Burnout in Lawyering III
Speaker: Alice Virgil, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1.5 hours Professional Responsibility Mental Health Credit
Wednesday, March 14, 12:15pm-1:15pm (Date change)
Judicial Recusals & SOJs
Speaker: Patrick John
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, April 11, 12:00-1:30pm
Legal Ethics in a Brave New World
Speaker: Wendy Muchman, ARDC Director of Litigation
Location: ISBA Mutual, 20 S Clark, Ste 800
1.5 hours Professional Responsibility Credits
Wednesday, April 25, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Courtesy and Civility in the Legal Profession
Speaker: Justice Jesse Reyes
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, May 23, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Advising Employers on Best Practices:
Speaker: Jonathan Lubin
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, May 30 12:15pm-1:15pm
Criminal Law Evolution 1984-2018
Speaker: Donna Makowski
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, October 10, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Video CLE – The Good Wife: “Red Team Blue Team”
Location: DePaul Law School, 25 E Jackson, Room 805
1.5 hours Professional Responsibility credit
Wednesday, October 24, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Motion Practice and Mandatory Arbitration
Speaker: Judge Deborah Gubin
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, November 7, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Burnout in Lawyering IV
Speaker: Alice Virgil, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1.5 hours Mental Health/Substance Abuse credit for Decalogue members.
Wednesday, November 14, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Voting Rights & Gerrymandering
Speaker: Ruth Greenwood, Senior Legal Counsel, Voting Rights & Redistricting, Campaign Legal Center.
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, December 12, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Cannabis Business Developments
Speaker: Bob Morgan, Special Counsel, Much Shelist
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Hon. Gerald C. Bender Memorial Lecture
Sunday, December 16, 9:30am-12:00pm
Jewish Law in Adoption and Inheritance
Panel (in formation): Rabbi Yona Reiss, J.D., Genie Miller Gillespie
Location: Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel, 7117 Crawford Av, Lincolnwood
2 hours MCLE credit for all attorneys
2019
Wednesday, January 9, 12:15pm-1:15pm
e-Filing in Cook County
Speaker: Anthony McPhearson, Chief Information Officer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
MLK Day CLE
Wednesday, January 16, 11:30am-1:30pm
Video: Missisippi Cold Case
Location: DePaul Law School, 25 E Jackson, Lewis 341
Co-sponsored by Black Women Lawyers Association and Cook County Bar Association
Approved for 2 hours Diversity/Inclusion credits
Wednesday, January 23, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Employment Law
Speakers: Lonny Ogus & Jonathan Lubin
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, February 6, 12:00pm-1:30pm
2019 Income Tax Update
Speaker: Lawrence R. Krupp, Tax Director, Wipfli LLP
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Wednesday, February 27, 12:00pm-1:30pm
End of Life Issues and Jewish Law
Speaker: Rabbi Yona Reiss, J.D.
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Wednesday, March 6, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Property Tax
Speaker: Ira Piltz
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, March 13, 12:15pm-1:15pm
What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know About Immigration
Speaker: Richard Hanus
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Monday, March 18, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Surrogacy: Who is the Parent from a Jewish and Illinois Legal Perspective?
Speakers: Dena Levy, Rabbi David Wolkenfeld, Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould.
Location: Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 N Broadway
1.5 hours Professional Responsibility credit for all attorneys
Co-sponsored by Anshe Emet, Anshe Shalom Bnai Israel, A Wider Bridge, Hadassah in the City, JCFS/Project Esther, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, and LAGBAC
Wednesday, March 27, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Cyber Security
Speaker: Theodore Banks, Partner, Scharf, Banks Marmor
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, April 3, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Sex Harassment – From the Shop Floor, to the Classroom, Hollywood and Beyond
Speakers: Robin Potter & Nieves Bolanos
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, May 1, 12:15-1:15pm
Enforcement of Judgments
Speaker: Robert Markoff
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Tuesday, May 7, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Birthright Citizenship
Panel: Mitchell Goldberg, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Carlina Tapia-Ruano, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Fred Tsao, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Moderator: Jacqueline Carroll, Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Location: 160 N LaSalle C-500
1.5 hours MCLE credit for all attorneys
Wednesday, May 15, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Trial Preparation
Speaker: Judge Michael Toomin
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Wednesday, May 22, 12:00pm-1:30pm
2019 Ethics Update
Speaker: Wendy Muchman, ARDC Chief of Litigation and Professional Education
Location: Holland & Knight, 131 S Dearborn, 30th Floor
1.5 hours Ethics credit for Decalogue members and attorneys at Holland & Knight.
Wednesday, May 29, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Family Law Update: Support & Maintenance
Speaker: Judge Andrea Schleifer
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, June 6, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Understanding Exposures in a Legal Liability Claim
Speaker: Brian Olson
Location: ISBA Mutual, 20 S Clark Ste 800
1.5 hours MCLE credit
(Rescheduled from January 30)
Wednesday, July 17, 12:15pm-1:15pm
The Effect of IMDMA amendments on Domestic Abuse Survivors
Speakers: Viki Rivkin & Rosemary McKillip, SHALVA
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1 hour MCLE credit for all attorneys
Wednesday, July 31, 12:00pm-1:30pm
“They Took the Kids Last Night”
Speaker: Diane Redleaf
Book signing to follow lecture
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1 hour MCLE credit for all attorneys
Wednesday, August 7, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Class Actions and Chicago Pension Litigation Update
Speaker: Clint Krislov
Location: 134 N LaSalle Room 775
1 hour MCLE credit for all attorneys
Thursday, September 12, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Video CLE: All the Queen’s Horses
Class Leader: Cliff Scott-Rudnick
Scharf Banks Marmor, 333 W Wacker
Approved for 1.5 hours Ethics credit. Credit available to attorneys at the host firm.
Thursday, September 26, 12:15pm-1:15pm
How to Get Out of Your Long-term Lease
Speaker: Hon. Ellis Levin
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, October 24, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Evictions Law
Speakers: Aileen Flanagan, Senior Attorney & Julie Pautsch, Pro Bono Coordinator, Lawyers Committee for Better Housing
33 North LaSalle, Vault Conference Room
Thursday, October 31, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Sibling Rivalry & How to Disinherit Someone
Speaker: Michael Erde
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, November 21, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Civil Rights: Issues in Section 1983 Litigation
Speaker: Jonathan Lubin
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Hon. Gerald C. Bender Memorial Lecture
Sunday, December 8, 9:00am-12:00pm
Comparative Criminal Justice: Balancing the Interests of the Accused and Victim Under U.S. and Israeli Law
Speakers: Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Beth Din—Chief Rabbi of the Chicago Rabbinical Council; Howard Wise, Criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office; Paul Stark, Judge, Jerusalem Magistrate Court, Israeli criminal defense attorney and former California public defender.
Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel
7117 Crawford, Lincolnwood
2020
Thursday, January 9, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Recognizing, Understanding and Referring A Colleague in Need
Speaker: Dr. Diana Uchiyama, LAP
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Approved for 1 hour Substance Abuse/Mental Health credit
Special MLK Day CLE
Thursday, January 16, 11:30am-1:30pm
Martin Luther King Speeches Revisited - Still Relevant in 2020
We will watch excerpts of Dr King speeches and discuss their lasting relevance 50 plus years later.
Class Leader: Prof. Cliff Scott-Rudnick, Speakers: Patrick Dankwa John, Mary Melchor, Jerry Brown
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 151 N Franklin
Approved for 2 hours Diversity/Inclusion credit.
Sunday, January 26, 10:00-11:30am
Jewish Lecture Series I
When Human Dignity Clashes with Halachic Norms: Revealed and Concealed Solutions
Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sinclair
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob, 8825 E Prairie Rd, Skokie
Monday, January 27, 12:00-1:30pm
Jewish Lecture Series II
Assisted Reproduction and Posthumous Fertilization in Israeli and Jewish Law
Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sinclair
Chicago Loop Synagogue, 16 S Clark, Chicago
Thursday, January 30, 12:15pm-1:15pm
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Impact on Business
Speakers: Alan S. Wernick and David A. Johnson Jr.
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, February 13, 12:00pm-1:30pm
2020 Income Tax Update
Speaker: Lawrence R. Krupp, Partner, Wipfli LLP
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, March 5, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Valuation of Closely-Held Businesses
Speakers: Nathan Lichtenstein & Brandi Ruffalo
134 N LaSalle Room 775
Thursday, April 30, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Restrictive Covenants
Speaker: Sarah Marmor, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor
Wednesday, May 6, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Attorney Discipline Updates
Speaker: Wendy Muchman, Senior Lecturer, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Monday, May 11, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Government Actions Affecting Mortgage Foreclosures and Evictions
Speaker: Judge Joel Chupack
Wednesday, May 13, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Employment Law and COVID-19
Speakers: Max Barack, Helen Bloch, Charles Krugel, Gary Savine
Monday, May 18, 12:00pm-1:00pm
5 Free Things You Can Do to Market your Practice During the Pandemic
Speaker: Barry Zlotowicz
Thursday, May 21, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Consequences and Benefits of Conducting Criminal and Civil Hearings Via Zoom
Speaker: Justice Jesse Reyes
Wednesday, May 27, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Aspects of Franchise Law
Speaker: Marc Blumenthal
Tuesday June 2, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges of Real Property
Speakers: Miriam Golden and Mary Cunningham
Thursday, June 4, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Bankruptcy and Post Judgment Remedies
Speakers: Michael Traison and Ariel Weissberg
Thursday, June 11, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Parenting During Covid-19 and Domestic Violence Hot Topics
Speakers: Erin Wilson and Judge Megan Goldish
Tuesday, June 16, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Navigating Choice of Law Standards, Analysis, and Strategy in Illinois Litigation
Speaker: Howard Huntington
Thursday, June 18, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Caregiving Discrimination in the Workplace
Speaker: Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg
Monday, June 22, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Unemployment Insurance and Covid-19
Speaker: Gregory Ramel
Tuesday, June 30, 12:00pm-3:30pm
Video CLE: Dark Waters
Class Leader: Cliff Scott Rudnick
Approved for 3 hours Professional Responsibility credits
Tuesday, July 7, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Estate Planning - Keep it Simple
Speaker: Michael Erde
Tuesday, July 14, 12:00pm-1:15pm
Workers’ Compensation Matters; Racism, Prejudice; Coronavirus In the Workplace
Speaker: Hon. Milton Black
Monday, July 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Talmudic and Other Legal Traditions - Historical Overview of Criminal Confessions
Speaker: Isaac Amon
Tuesday, July 28, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Claims on Life Insurance Policies
Speaker: Kenneth Anspach
Tuesday, August 4, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Attorneys Behaving Badly and ABA Rule 8.4g
Speakers: Steven Greenberg & Cliff Scott-Rudnick
Thursday, August 13, 5:30-6:30pm
Jewish Lecture Series: Hate Speech and the First Amendment
Speakers: Justice Michael Hyman, Judge Renee Goldfarb, Alison Pure-Slovin, Jeff Schoep
Moderator: Jacqueline Carroll
Co-sponsored by the Village of Lincolnwood, North Suburban Bar Association, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and he Alliance for Women
Underwritten by generous donations in memory of Sid Serota and from the MR Bauer Foundation
Thursday, August 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Social Security Disability Law
Speaker: Daniel Rosen
Thursday, August 27, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Women in Law Series I
It's Not You, It's the Workplace
Speaker: Andrea Kramer
Approved for 1 hour Diversity & Inclusion credits
Sponsored by the Decalogue Womxn's Committee
Wednesday, September 2, 4:15-5:45pm
Jewish Lecture Series IV: Anti-BDS Legislation
Speakers: Cong. Brad Schneider, Richard Goldberg, Prof. Sheldon Nahmod
Greetings by Israel Consul General Aviv Ezra
Moderator: Helen Bloch
1.25 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Co-sponsored by Chicago Loop Synagogue, Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, and Israel Bonds
Underwritten by generous donations in memory of Sid Serota and by the MR Bauer Foundation
Thursday, September 24, 12:15-1:15pm
Police Brutality and Civil Rights
Speaker: Jordan Marsh
Thursday, October 15, 12:15-1:15pm
Cannabis Law Update
Speaker: State Representative Bob Morgan
Thursday, October 22, 12:15-1:15pm
Evictions and Covid-19
Speaker: Lawrence Wood, Legal Aid Chicago
Wednesday, November 4, 5:30pm
Jewish Lecture Series V
Medicine and Halacha in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Speakers: Dr. Ben Katz and Rabbi Yona Reiss
Moderator: Shellie Karno
Sunday, November 22, 10:00am
Hon. Gerald C. Bender Memorial Lecture
(Women in Law Series II) (Jewish Lecture Series VI)
Managing Kids, Law School, and Judaism
Speaker: Judge Rachel Freier
1 hour General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Co-sponsored by Lincolnwood Congregation AG Beth Israel, The Decalogue Foundation, and the Decalogue Womxn's Committee
Thursday, December 3, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Women in Law Series III
How COVID Affects Women Professionals due to Home Obligations
Speakers: Miriam Ament and Anat S. Geva, No Shame on U
Approved for 1 hour Mental Health/Substance Abuse credits
Sponsored by the Decalogue Womxn's Committee
Thursday, December 10, 12:15pm-1:15pm
Women in Law Series IV
How To Become A Partner As A Woman And Set Yourself Up To Climb The Ladder
Speakers: Debbie Berman, Partner, Jenner & Block & Amanda Nussbaum, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Approved for 1 hour Diversity/Inclusion credits
Sponsored by the Decalogue Womxn's Committee
2021
Thursday, January 14, 3:30-6:30pm
Special MLK Day Video CLE "Just Mercy"
Class Leader: Cliff Scott-Rudnick
Speakers: Chastidy Burns, BWLA, Raymond Rushing, CCBA
Co-sponsored by the Cook County Bar Association and the Black Women Lawyers Association
3 hours MCLE credit for members of Decalogue and co-sponsoring organizations
Approved for 1 hour each of Diversity & Inclusion, Professionalism, Ethics credits
Thursday, January 21, 5:15-6:45pm
Hate and Recovery in 2021
Speakers: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Jacqueline Carroll, Jerrod Williams, and Gary Zhao
Co-sponsored with Asian American Bar Association and Cook County Bar Association
Moderators: Patrick Dankwa John and Sonni Williams
1.5 hours MCLE credit for members of Decalogue and co-sponsoring organizations
Thursday, February 4, 12:15-1:15pm
Bankruptcy Primer – Chapters 7 & 13
Speakers: Jeffrey Harris & Derek Lofland
Thursday, February 11, 12:00-1:30pm
Income Tax Update
Speaker: Larry Krupp, Wipfli
Thursday, February 18, 5:15-6:45pm
BDS and Free Speech
Speaker: Steven Sheffey
Thursday, March 4, 12:15-1:15pm
2021 Jewish Lecture Series I
Role & Relevance of the Contemporary Beth Din
Speakers: Rabbi Yona Reiss & Stephen Landes, Locke Lord
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members and attorneys at Locke Lord, Aronberg Goldgehn, and the CRC
Thursday, April 8, 12:15-1:15pm
Strangers in a Strange Land: Political Asylum 101
Speaker: Nancy Vizer
Thursday, April 22, 12:15-1:15pm
Responding to the Cease and Desist Letter in Trademark
Speaker: James Faier
Thursday, April 29, 5:15-6:45pm
2021 Jewish Lecture Series II
The Legal Fight Against Anti-Semitism on Campus
Speakers: Ken Marcus, Founder and Chairman of the Brandeis Center, Carly Gammill, Director Stand with Us Center for Combating Anti-Semitism, Honey Kessler Amado, Appellate Attorney
Moderator: Peggy Shapiro, Stand With Us
1.5 hours MCLE credit for attorneys in Illinois
Co-sponsors: Stand With Us, The Brandeis Center and Chicago Loop Synagogue
Thursday May 6, 12:15-1:15pm
Women in Law Series V
Negotiating for Yourself
Speaker: Laurel Bellows
Thursday, May 20, 12:15-1:15pm
Ethics Update
Speaker: Wendy Muchman
1 hour Ethics credits
Thursday, May 27, 12:15-1:15pm
Collection and Enforcement of Real Estate Tax Liens
Speaker: Rodney Slutzky
Tuesday, June 8, 5:15-6:15pm
How to Network Online
Speaker: Carolyn Aberman
Sponsored by the Decalogue Womxn's Committee
Thursday, August 5, 12:15-1:15pm
Class Actions
Speaker: Clint Krislov
Tuesday, August 31, 5:30-7:30pm
Hiring and Maintaining a Diverse Workforce
Speakers: Helen B. Bloch & Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg
Networking before and after the 6:00pm presentation
Special Member-Only Event
Thursday, October 28
How to Run for Judge in Cook County
5:15pm Ross Secler, Odelson & Sterk: Legal requirements for petitions (1 hour MCLE credit)
6:15pm Aviva Patt, Questor Services: Campaign Financial Disclosure (1/2 hour MCLE credit)
7:00pm Justice Aurelia Pucinski: How to present yourself as a candidate, fundraising, endorsements
Thursday, November 4, 5:15-7:15pm
Using Law to Fight Antisemitism
Robert A. Katz, Professor of Law and John S. Grimes Fellow, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
Diane Klein, Visiting Professor, Southern University Law Center and Lecturer, Chapman University School of Law
Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law and Director, DePaul University College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (JLJS)
Moderator: Robert W. Matanky, President of the Decalogue Foundation
2 Hours General CLE Credit for all attorneys
Thursday, November 11, 12:15-1:15pm
Compliance and Ethics Program: Train Employees How to Comply With the Laws that Impact the Business
Speakers: Ted Banks and Ronnie Feldman
1 Hour Ethics credit
Sunday, November 21, 9:30-11:00am
Reinspecting Condo Law: What Matters Now
1. Condominium Legal Issues Implicated in Disasters
Speaker: Matthew J. Goldberg, J.D., Principal of Richman Goldberg & Gorham
2. Condo Insurance Coverage for Disasters: Possible Changes Due to the Surfside Tragedy
Speaker: Nancy Ayers, CPCU, Senior Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services
3. Architectural Concerns in Light of the Surfside Tragedy
Speaker: Peter J. Power, Architect and President of Klein & Hoffman
4. Judicial Perspective on Effect of the Surfside Disaster on Local Condominium Building Court Cases
Speaker: Judge Leonard Murray
Moderator: Hon. Joel Chupack, Cook County Judge, Chancery Division
1.5 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Sponsored by Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel
Thursday, December 9, 12:15-1:15pm
Changes to Cash Bail
Speakers: Nancy Donahue, Chief, Criminal Division, DuPage County State's Attorney's Office
Thursday, December 16, 12:15-1:15pm
The Free Speech Rights of Citizens and Students
Speaker: Prof. Sheldon Nahmod, Chicago Kent College of Law
2022
Thursday, January 6, 12:15-1:15pm
Ethically Challenging Elections: What Factual and Legal Support Should a Lawyer Have Before Filing an Action?
Speakers: Theodore Banks, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor and Steve Sheffey, President, Steven Richard Sheffey Consulting
1 Hour Ethics credit
Thursday, January 13, 12:15-1:15pm
Evictions Moratorium Update
Speaker: Aileen Flanagan, Lawyers Committee for Better Housing
Special MLK Day Video CLE
Thursday, January 20, 12:00-2:00pm
"More Than a Month"
Speakers Felicia Simmons-Stovall, CCBA, and Shannon Stokes, BWLA
Co-sponsored by the Black Women Lawyers Association and the Cook County Bar Association
2 Hours Diversity credit for members of Decalogue and co-sponsoring organizations
Thursday, January 27, 12:15-1:15pm
Crypto-Currency
Speaker: Stuart Berman, Capital Forensics
Thursday, February 3, 12:00-1:30pm
Developing Resilience at Work: Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude
Speaker: Anat S. Geva, JD. PhD., Director of Strategic Initiatives, No Shame On U
by ZOOM
1 Hour Mental Health/Substance Abuse credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, February 10, 12:00-1:30pm
2022 Income Tax Update
Speaker: Larry Krupp, Director, WIPFLI
1.5 Hours CLE credit
Thursday, March 3, 12:15-1:15pm
Civil Procedure
Speaker: Judge John Ehrlich and Judge (ret.) Deborah Gubin
Thursday, March 10, 12:15-1:15pm
Voting Rights
Speakers: Ami Gandhi & Clifford Helm, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
1.25 Hours CLE credit
Thursday, March 24, 12:15-1:15pm
Divorce Law Update
Speakers: Judge Lori Rosen, Judge Robert Johnson, and Scott Tzinberg
Thursday, April 28, 12:15-1:15pm
Conservatorships
Speaker: Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert
Professor Wendy L. Muchman Decalogue Society Professional Responsibility Lecture Series
(made possible by a member's generous donation to The Decalogue Foundation)
Thursday, May 5, 12:15-1:15pm
Dissecting a Lawyer's Rule 1.4 Obligations in our Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational World
Speaker: Wendy Muchman, Harry B. Reese Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
1 Hour Ethics credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, May 12, 12:15-1:15pm
Intersection of Real Estate and Probate Law
Speakers: Corrine Heggie and John Heggie
Thursday, May 19, 12:00-1:00pm (please note earlier start time)
Child Protection and Parental Visitation During COVID
Speaker: Aaron Goldstein, Chief, Civil Division, Cook County Public Defender
Thursday, July 28, 12:15-1:15pm
Trademarks and Abandonment: A Ben & Jerry’s Case Study
Speakers: Craig Fieschko, Partner, DeWitt and Alon Stein, Stein Law Offices
Wednesday, August 10, 12:15-1:15pm
2022 Class Actions Update
Speaker: Clint Krislov
Thursday, August 25, 12:15-1:15pm
Shareholder Disputes Amongst Lawyers: What You Need to Know to Leave the Right Way
Speaker: John Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldghen
Tuesday, September 20, 5:15-7:15pm
2022 Jewish Legal Lecture Series
Government Funding and the Separation of Church and State
Church & State: The Founders, History, and Establishment Clause Tests
Sheldon H. Nahmod, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Professor of Law Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Long Road to Neutrality - The Fine Line Between Establishment and Free Exercise
Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame-The Law School
Beyond the Dollars: Why Carson v. Makin Matters
Michael A. Helfand, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research, Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law and Religion, Co-Director, Nootbaar Institute for Law, Religion & Ethics, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
2 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Thursday, September 29, 12:15-1:15pm
Recognizing Dementia
Speaker: Dr. Diana Uchiyama, Illinois Lawyers' Assistance Program
1 hour Mental Health/Substance Abuse credits for Decalogue members
Thursday, October 20, 12:15-1:15pm
The Psychology of Fraud
Speaker: Stuart Berman, Risk Management & Investigations
SPECIAL EVENT - TEA & CLE
Thursday, October 27
Defending Britta Stein CLE & Book Signing
Speaker: Ronald H. Balson, Attorney and 2019 National Jewish Book Award Winner
5:00-6:00pm Reception
6:00-7:00pm CLE - 1 hour credit for all attorneys
The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E. Ontario, Chicago
SPECIAL EVENT - TOWN HALL
Wednesday, November 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Pulling up the Weeds of Antisemitism at the Grass Roots -- How the Community, Police and Government Can Work Together to Combat Antisemitism
Kol Emeth Synagogue, 5130 Touhy, Skokie
1.5 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Sunday, November 20, 10:00-11:30am
International Law and the Legal Status of the West Bank/Judea/Samaria
Speaker: Natasha Hausdorff
1.5 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Cosponsored with Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel
Thursday, December 1, 12:15-1:15pm
M&A Due Diligence – Focus on Privacy/Cybersecurity, Technology and IP Issues and Concerns
Speaker: Alan Wernick, Aronberg Goldghen
Thursday, December 8, 12:15-1:15pm
Title IX in its 50th Anniversary Year
Speakers: Adam Sheppard, Shellie Wilson, Charlie Wysong
Cosponsored by the Women's Bar Association of Illinois
2023
Thursday, January 12, 12:15-1:15pm
The Ever Evolving Legal Landscape Regarding the Use of the Emoji And Emoticon
Speaker: Justice Jesse Reyes
Thursday, January 19, 12:15-1:15pm
COVID-19 Vaccine Litigation Update
Speaker: Jonathan Lubin
Thursday, January 26, 12:15-1:15pm
Families and the Collateral Damage of Crime
Speakers: Rahmiel Drizin, Vickie Block, Abigail Rabinowitz Scheiman
Special program with the HINDA Institute
1 hour Professional Responsibility credit for all attorneys
Wednesday, February 8, 12:00-1:30pm
Income Tax Update
Speaker: Cyndi Trostin, Bryan Pitts, and Gavin De Castro, Glick and Trostin, LLC
1.5 hours General MCLE credit
Thursday, February 16, 12:15-1:15pm
Workers' Compensation
Speakers: Lauren Waninski Witkowski & Hayley Graham
Co-sponsored with the Women's Bar Association of Illinois
1 hour General MCLE credit for members of Decalogue and WBAI
Thursday, February 23, 12:15-1:15pm
How to Write an Order
Speaker: Justice Michael Hyman
Thursday, March 23, 12:00-1:30pm
Video CLE: Harry's Law "New Kidney on the Block"
Presenters: Clifford Scott-Rudnick and Richard Adler
1.5 hours Professional Responsibility credit
Thursday, April 20, 12:00-1:30pm
Hot Topics in Family Law
Speakers: Judge Matthew Jannusch, Judge Naomi Schuster, Judge William Yu, Tanya Witt
Moderators: Erin WIlson & Judge Lori Rosen
1.5 hours General MCLE credit
Thursday, May 4, 12:15-1:15pm
Intersection of Mental Health and Criminal Justice
Speaker: Judge Lauren Edidin
1 hour General MCLE credit
Thursday, May 11, 12:15-1:15pm
Estate Planning
Speakers: Corinne & John Heggie, Wachner Law Firm
1 hour General MCLE credit
Thursday, May 18, 12:15-1:15pm
Veterans Court (rescheduled from November 10)
Speaker: Judge Michael Hood
1 hour General MCLE credit
Thursday, June 1, 12:15-1:15pm (note: rescheduled from June 8)
Diversity as a Mindset, Not Just an Initiative
Speaker: Julia Livingston, DEI Manager, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
1 hour Diversity credit
Professor Wendy L. Muchman Decalogue Society Professional Responsibility Lecture Series
(made possible by a member's generous donation to The Decalogue Foundation)
Thursday, June 8, 12:00-1:00pm (note: rescheduled from June 1)
Two Things Every Lawyer Needs to Know: Transparency and Technology
Approved for 1 hour Ethics credit
Special Event sponsored by the Decalogue Foundation
Sunday, June 11, 11:00am-12:30pm (CST)
Israel Supreme Court Reform
Panel:
Prof. Abraham (Avi) Bell
Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and at Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law
Prof. Margit Cohn
Professor of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Henry J. and Fannie Harkavy Chair in Comparative Law
Gil Hoffman
Journalist and political correspondent, Executive Director of Honest Reporting, former Chief Political Correspondent for the Jerusalem Post
1.5 hours General MCLE credit for all attorneys
Thursday, August 17, 12:00-1:30pm
Video CLE: Harry's Law - Twin Murders
Class Leader: Clifford Scott-Rudnick
1 hour Professional Responsibility credit.
Thursday, August 24, 12:15-1:15pm
Special Presentation by ATG
The New Notary Journal Requirements
Speakers:Deborah Frank Feinen, Director of Legal Education, ATG and Dawn Parmelee Effland, SVP Operations, ATG
1 hour MCLE credit.
Thursday, September 7, 12:15-1:15pm
Managing Liability under the Biometric Information Privacy Act
Speaker: William Price, Aronberg Goldgehn
1 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, October 12, 12:15-1:15pm
Imposter Syndrome
Speaker: Dr. Diana Uchiyama, LAP
Approved for 1 hour Mental Health/Substance Abuse credit
Thursday, October 18, 12:15-1:15pm
Cybersecurity: Preparedness & Response — Looking at today’s attack vectors, ransom demands & more!
Speaker: Joel Bruckman, Partner, Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
1 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, October 26, 12:15-1:15pm
Professionalism: Lawyers’ Survival Strategy
Speaker: Jayne Reardon
1 hour professional responsibility credit
Thursday, November 2, 12:15-1:15pm
Non-compete Covenants
Speaker: Sarah Marmor, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC
1 hour MCLE credit
Sunday, November 12, 2:30-5:00pm
Video CLE: "The Courtroom"
Speaker: Richard Hanus
1 hour MCLE credit for all attorneys
Sunday, November 19, 10:00-11:30am (CST)
Groff v. DeJoy: Accommodations for Sabbath Observers in the Workplace
Speakers: Alyza Lewin, Nathan Lewin
1.5 hours MCLE credit for all attorneys
Co-sponsored with American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel
Thursday, December 7, 12:15-1:15pm
Bankruptcy for State Court Practitioners
Speaker: Judge Deborah Thorne
1 hour MCLE credit
Wednesday, December 20, 12:15-1:15pm
The Intersection of Hate Speech and the First Amendment
Speaker: David Levitt, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson
1 hour MCLE credit
Cosponsored with Hinshaw & Culbertson and the DePaul College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies
Thursday, January 11, 12:15-1:15pm
Legal Implications of AI
Speaker: Alan Wernick, Aronberg Goldgehn
1 hour MCLE credit
Sunday, January 21, 1:30-3:00pm (in-person only)
MLK Day Video CLE: Baldwin v. Buckley Debate
Class Leader: Cliff Scott-Rudnick
Speakers: Raymond Rushing, CCBA, & Shannon Stokes, BWLA
1 hour Diversity/Inclusion credit for all attorneys
Gallery Guichard, 436 E 47th St, Chicago
The Solidarity Awards will immediately follow the CLE
Thursday, February 1, 12:15-1:15pm
Role of the Attorney General Regarding Charitable Trusts in Illinois
Speaker: Michelle Milstein, Assistant Attorney General
1 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, February 8, 12:00-1:30pm
Income Tax Update
Speaker: Cynthia Trostin, Founding Member, Trostin, Kantor and Esposito, LLC
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Monday, February 12, 12:00-1:30pm
Religious Divorce (2024 Womxn's Committee Lecture Series Part I)
Panel::
Naveed Husain, Farooqi & Husain Law Office
Prof. Roberta Kwall, DePaul College of Law
Jennifer Cunningham Beeler, Ciesla Beeler LLC
This program is sponsored by AFCC Illinois and cosponsored by Decalogue's Womxn's Committee and South Asian Bar Association
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Wednesday, March 13, 12:00-1:30pm
The 2nd Amendment and Illinois Gun Laws
Panel: Steven Elrod, Elrod Friedman LLP; Prof. Ann Lousin, UIC Law School, Todd Vandermyde, 2nd Amendment Law Center
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Thursday, March 21, 12:15-1:15pm
Bail Reform
Speaker: Adam Sheppard, Sheppard Law Firm LLC
1 hour MCLE credit
Wednesday, March 27, 12:00-1:15pm
Special CLE: The Application of the Rule of Law in the War between Israel and Hamas
Speakers:
Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn, Texas Tech University School of Law, Distinguished Fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA) Gemunder Center,
and member of JINSA’s Gaza Assessment and Hybrid Warfare Task Forces
Prof. Orde Kittrie, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law,Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
1.5 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, April 4, 12:00-1:30pm
Assisted Reproduction: The Intersection of Law, Technology, and Ethics
Panel: Dena Levy, Rebecca Berlin Melzer, Judge Geri Rosenberg and Judge Andrea Webber
1.5 hours MCLE credit
Thursday, April 18, 12:15-1:15pm
ADR and the New Regulations
Speaker: Cary Morgen
1 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, May 2, 12:15-1:15pm - Rescheduled from March 7
New Rules on Retainers and Client Trust Funds
Speaker: Melissa Smart, ARDC Director of Education
1 hour MCLE credit
Thursday, May 9, 12:00-1:00pm
Defining Hate Speech: When Does Speech Cross the Line?
Speaker: David Levitt, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members and Hinshaw attorneys
Prof. Wendy L. Muchman Decalogue Society Professional Responsibility Lecture Series
(made possible by a member's generous donation to The Decalogue Foundation)
Thursday, May 23, 12:15-1:15pm
Recent Ethical Issues of Note
Speaker: Wendy Muchman, Harry B. Reese Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
1 hour Ethics credit
Wednesday, May 30, 12:15-1:15pm (This is a new class to replace the Benefits Corporation class that was canceled)
Introduction to DCFS Appeals
Speakers: Caidi Vanderporten, Mammas, Goldberg, Vanderporten and Nicole Spicer, The Law Office of Erin M. Wilson, LLC
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 11:30am lunch, 12:00-1:00pm lecture
Special CLE: Restrictions on Media Freedom in War Time: The Case of the Israel-Hamas War
Speaker: Amit Shejter, Professor of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
This class will be presented in-person at JUF, 30 S Wells, Chicago
Cosponsored by the Decalogue Foundation, Americans for Ben-Gurion University, and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
1 hour MCLE credit for all attorneys
Thursday, August 8, 12:15-1:15pm
Administrative Agencies Combining Prosecution and Adjudicative Functions
Speaker: Alan Rhine
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, August 15, 12:15-1:15pm
Amnesty Immigration
Speaker: Royal Berg
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Wednesday, September 18, 5:00-6:30pm
Mental Health and the Law, Sentencing and Parole/Probation Mitigation
Speaker: Elizabeth Kelly, Mental Disabilities Criminal Defense Lawyer
1.5 hours Mental Health credits for all attorneys
Co-sponsored with the HINDA Institute
Thursday, September 26, 12:15-1:45pm
Video CLE: My Cousin Vinny
Class leaders: Cliff Scott-Rudnick & Dick Adler
1 hour Professional Responsibility credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, October 10, 12:15-1:15pm
Corporate Transparency Act
Speaker: Theodore Banks, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, October 31, 12:15-1:15pm
A,B,Cs of the EEOC
Speaker: Diane Smason, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Wednesday, November 6, 12:15-1:15pm
Representing Victims/Survivors of Mass Terrorism and Weaponized Mass Rape in Civil Litigation
(2024 Womxn's Committee Lecture Series Part II)
Speaker: Gavriel Mairone, Founder, MM-LAW LLC:
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Thursday, November 14, 12:15-1:15pm
Sunset of the Estate Tax Exemption
Speakers: Jennifer F. Kuzminski and Angela M. Iaria, Aronberg Goldgehn
1 hour MCLE credit for Decalogue members
Sunday, November 24, 10:00-1130am
CRC Divorce Mediation
Speakers:
Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Beth Din, Chicago Rabbinical Council
Elana Lipman, Esq., Mediator, Chicago Rabbinical Council
Candace Meyers, Esq., Partner, Beerman LLP
Moderator: Judge Mitchell B. Goldberg, Cook County Domestic Relations Court
Presented by the Decalogue Foundation
Co-sponsored by Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation AG Beth Israel,
Chicago Rabbinical Council, and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
1.5 hours MCLE credit for all attorneys
Wednesday, December 4, 5:00-6:30pm
Parole and Probation
Speaker: Alan Mills, Executive Director, Uptown People's Law Center
1.5 hours MCLE credit for all attorneys
Co-sponsored with the HINDA Institute
