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Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Women in Law Summit Parts 1 and 2 is based on the Spring Summit for Advancing Women in the Law, a March 3, 2020 event convened by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the... | |||||
Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Women in Law Summit Parts 1 and 2 is based on the Spring Summit for Advancing Women in the Law, a March 3, 2020 event convened by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the... | |||||
Civility Practicing law can be inherently adversarial. Attorneys are confronted with uncivil behavior from opposing counsel, clients, colleagues, and even judges. The question is, how should they respond? And what impact might these uncivil behaviors have... | |||||
Professionalism Incivility in the legal profession continues to be a challenge. According to the Commission’s 2021 Survey on Professionalism, 54% of Illinois attorneys have experienced uncivil or unprofessional behavior from another lawyer in the past 6... | |||||
Civility The American Bar Association Model Rules, as well as the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, indicate that civility is required for the practice of law. However, in the legal profession, negative and derogatory comments are often directed at... | |||||
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Attorneys are constantly working. Many are not sleeping or taking care of their health and feel the need to be perfect or at least excellent at all times in all areas of life: as employees, colleagues, parents, friends, children, and even... | |||||
Diversity and Inclusion We live in a dramatically transforming world, where the demographics of our population are more diverse than ever before. Meanwhile, our legal profession has continually lagged behind the diversity of our country. As our nation permanently... | |||||
Diversity and Inclusion We live in a dramatically transforming world, where the demographics of our population are more diverse than ever before. Meanwhile, our legal profession has continually lagged behind the diversity of our country. As our nation permanently... | |||||
Professionalism This course satisfies the Rule 716(c) requirement for foreign in-house counsel seeking limited admission to the Illinois bar.
Like law firm attorneys, in-house counsel face many ethical and professionalism challenges in their daily practices.... | |||||
Mental Health and Substance Abuse The term “lawyer well-being” has gone mainstream in conversations on mental health in the profession. But what does lawyer well-being mean? What are the benefits? How can lawyers achieve a state of well-being?
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to... |