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GrowYour Practice and Enhance
Your Career with CBA Membership
As your local bar association, the CBA offers you many ways to establish business and support net-
works, learn from experts and keep up with trends affecting the legal profession—without incurring
travel costs, extra section fees and steep registration prices. Your membership also helps shape the
future of the legal profession by supporting the Association’s legislative initiatives, court administra-
tion programs and public outreach services.
Outstanding advantages of membership include: Enough
free CLE to meet IL requirements; Unlimited CLE of your choice for only $150 per plan year–includes
in-person, DVD and Webcast formats; free Illinois MCLE credit for committee meeting attendance in
person or via committeeWebcasts; and free online MCLE credit tracker. Visit
www.chicagobar.orgfor
more information on the CBA services and benefits listed below.
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COMMITTEES
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Earn free Illinois MCLE via in-person and live
webcast meetings.
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Develop business and support networks
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57 substantive law, 37 service/special, 30 YLS
committees to choose from.
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Monthly noon meetings feature keynote speakers,
discussions of important legal developments and
current event summaries. Convenient luncheon
service is also available.
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Informative handouts, legislative updates and
networking opportunities.
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Committee home pages and listservs on our
Web site.
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No extra section fees or requirements to join.
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Most committee presentations qualify for
free Illinois MCLE credit.
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Any member may attend any meeting.
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Questions? 312/554-2134.
SHARED LIBRARY FACILITIES
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Occupies floors 6-10 in The John Marshall Law
School East Building, 315 South Plymouth Court
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Collection totals 380,000 volumes with extensive
microform, video and audio tape holdings
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Online card catalog system & full borrowing
privileges
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CBA core collection located on 7th Floor
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Hours Mon. - Thurs., 8 am-11 pm; Fri., 8 am-8 pm;
Sat. 9 am-8 pm, Sun. 9 am-10 pm; hours vary
during inter-semester periods
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11 Full-Time Professional Staff; 9 Full-Time Support
Staff
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Special ID card required
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Questions? 312/987-1413
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
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Enough free CLE to meet IL requirements
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Over 150 new seminars presented each year
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Live and archived seminar Webcasts
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Basic through advanced instruction levels
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Topics include bread-and-butter issues,
recent changes in the law, ethics and business
management
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Excellent speakers, comprehensive written materials
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Average price per program $80 member, $160
non-member
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CLE
Advantage
Plan–unlimited in-person, Webcast,
and DVD seminars of your choice for only $150 per
plan year (some restrictions apply)
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Most programs held at the CBA from 3-6 pm
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Free online MCLE tracking system
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DVD rentals available in CBA Bookstore
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Questions? 312/554-2050
PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
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Attorneys Diary
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CBA Record
(included in membership dues)
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CBA Report Page, every Monday in the
Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin
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CLE and YLS Seminar DVD’s
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Practice Handbooks by ABA, IICLE, NITA, West,
Lexis and more
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YLS Real Estate Practice Handbook
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All available in CBA Legal Bookstore
(Open Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 4:30pm)
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Member discounts on many items
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Questions? 312/554-2130
Lots of
Reasons to
Renew!
www.chicagobar.org