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CLE & MEMBER NEWS The CBA
is your
local spot
for MCLE
Register for a Seminar Today
312/554-2056
Enhance Your Resume, Expand Your Professional Contacts, Make
New Friends
By gettingmore involved in the CBA,
you can raise your profile in Chi-
cago’s legal community and meet
other lawyers whose paths you may have
never crossed. Even a small time commit-
ment can reap big rewards. These are just
a few examples of speaking, networking,
leadership and other opportunities avail-
able through your CBA membership.
• Speak at a seminar, committeemeeting
or community event
• Write an article for the CBA Record
• Become a legislative liaison
• Evaluate judges through theCBA’s Judi-
cial Evaluation Committee
Free Committee Meeting
Webcasts
Did you know you can earn free
Illinois MCLE credit by attending
CBA andYLS committee meetings in
person? Now you can do so without
leaving your office or home through
our live committee meeting web-
casts. More than 120 committees
meet on a monthly basis at the CBA,
and approximately 30 percent of
those meetings are being webcast.
Detailed committee speaker, topic,
MCLE credit and webcast informa-
tion can found at www.chicagobar.
org. Look for your weekly e-Bulletin
everyThursday for theweek’s events.
If you are not receiving the e-bulletin,
please send your name and email
address to
To view live committee meeting
webcasts, go to www.chicagobar.
org/Webcasts/Committee Meetings
and click on the title link to begin the
meeting. The amount of MCLE credit
available for a committee meeting
is determined after the meeting
based on the presentation length.
Your MCLE credit for attending the
meeting will appear on our online
MCLE Credit Tracker approximately
10 business days after the meeting.
Please note, archived committee
meetingwebcasts are not eligible for
MCLE Credit.
• Volunteer for a pro bono project
• Help out at aYLS community outreach
project
• Do something fun...play in the CBA
Symphony, sing in the CBA Chorus,
perform in the Bar Show, or help pro-
duce a legal cable TV show
For more information on these
opportunities or to learn how to
becomemore involved in the CBA, con-
tact Karen Stanton, CBA Membership
Director at 312/554-2131 or kstanton@
.
The 2017 edition of the CBA’s hard
copy leather bound Attorneys
Diary is now on sale in the CBA
Bookstore for $21.50. The bookstore is
open Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-4:30
2017 Attorneys Diary Now on Sale in CBA Bookstore
To access themembers only sections
on our website, enter your CBA
member number as your account
number (do not enter any leading 0’s in
your member number) and then enter
your member number followed by your
last name (all lower casewithnopunctua-
tion or spaces) as your password.
pm. An order form is included in this issue
of the CBA Record. Copies may also be
ordered and mailed out for an additional
$7.95. Call 312/554-2130 for more infor-
mation.
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