Continuing Legal Education

The 18th Annual Clifford Law Offices Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Clifford Law Offices will present its 18th annual free Continuing Legal Education webinar on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The two-hour webcast will begin at 2:30 pm CST and is free and open to the public. The 2025 program, “Ethics Jeopardy: Answers and Questions,” will cover a wide range of key issues and topics that lawyers experience…

Erin E. Clifford, Managing Director at Clifford Law Offices, will speak on “Successful Self-Care Strategies for Lawyers and Judges in the New Year” at the Municipal District Advisory Committee monthly meeting on January 8 in Room 1307 of the Daley Center. The in-person meeting, which begins at 8 a.m., is open to judges, lawyers, court personnel, and the public. Lawyers who attend will receive one hour of continuing legal education credit. Clifford is a Corporate…

Erin E. Clifford, Managing Director at Clifford Law Offices, will speak on January 29 at a Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago continuing legal education program on “Strategies for Lawyers to Build Healthy Habits.” In addition to her role at Clifford Law Offices, Erin Clifford is a Corporate Wellness Consultant, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Illinois, and a National Certified Counselor. She holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Northwestern University. The noon lunchtime CLE…

Erin Clifford, Managing Director at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at a morning program at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)/Illinois Judges Association (IJA) Joint Midyear Meeting on “An Insider’s Look at Judicial Decision-Making.” Clifford will open the program at 9 a.m. with a presentation on “Creating the Environment to Make Effective Decisions.” Former ISBA President Shawn Kasserman and Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, Chicago, will moderate a panel, “Trial Judge Panel: Help Us Help You.”…

Sarah F. King and Craig J. Squilace, partners at Clifford Law Offices, will join a roster of experienced plaintiffs attorneys at the Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) upcoming continuing legal education seminar. The virtual program, “Tort Law Toolkit: Navigating Medical Malpractice and Premises Liability Claims,” will take place on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 1:00 PM CT and offers attendees 2.0 hours MCLE credit. This informative seminar will provide attorneys with the tools needed to…

Erin Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices and Corporate Wellness Consultant at Erin Clifford Wellness, will speak at an Illinois State Bar Association CLE Program on November 5, 2024. The seminar, titled “Mental Health 101: Strategies for Thriving, Not Just Surviving,” is a 1.0-hour MCLE credit in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse category. Attorneys work long hours and manage multiple cases, all of which come with high mental demands, often leaving them feeling burnt…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Annual Medical Malpractice Seminar on December 13. Cosgrove will speak on “Proving Agency Against a Managed Care Organization Like Advocate” during the morning program, which has been approved for 4.25 hours of CLE credit. Other topics include informed consent, effective mediation use in difficult cases, and jury selection. Cosgrove has obtained numerous record verdicts and settlements, including more…

Tracy A. Brammeier, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined a roster of speakers at the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) for “The Ultimate ADR Seminar: A Conversation with ADR Experts” on September 24. Brammeier spoke on “Managing the Mediation: How to Deal with the Hard Bargainer.” Two dozen speakers participated in various panels throughout the day, and discussed topics from “The Explosion of Mediation – Artificial Intelligence” to “Implicit Bias in ADR.” The program offered 5.5…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined an international panel of lawyers in London on September 4, 2024, to speak on product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending them in the UK and US. “Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US” Conference is sponsored by Outer Chambers in England. Durkin spoke on “Holding Boeing to Account – the 737 MAX Litigation.” Durkin, representing victims…