Illinois (IL) Disability Law CLE Course Catalog

This program focuses on legal issues for military families with special needs. You will learn about common educational and school related issues that military families with special needs face. You will also learn about special needs planning for military families, concentrating on special needs trusts, guardianship issues, and public benefits. This program is designed for military attorneys working in legal assistance, as well as civilian lawyers whose practices involve military-connected clients or issues.

Get up to speed on what a court-ordered adult guardianship entails and what alternatives exist, the rights of the individual subject to guardianship, reform efforts currently in place to reduce elder abuse associated with guardianships and to create uniformity among the various state laws, and elder abuse and other complications with end of life decisions in light of COVID-19.

During a pandemic, a host of issues can arise that implicate the ADA. Screening job applicants for COVID symptoms, asking questions about whether an employee is at a higher risk of severe symptoms if he gets COVID due to an underlying medical condition, and addressing reasonable accommodation and undue hardship during the pandemic and its associated business challenges, can all raise questions under the ADA and other EEO laws.

This program will explore potential strategies to avoid legal challenges in disability law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to have a great impact on the workplace. This seminar will examine how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) provisions apply to workers affected by the pandemic as companies begin to prepare for return to work.

How do attorneys make rain while living openly with disabilities, and what challenges do they face while doing so? Join our panel as they discuss these topics, among others.

When a client asks you (or, when you ask yourself), "when should I take my Social Security retirement benefit?" will you know how to answer that question? This session will help you learn how to respond to that question. There is no "one size fits all." However, you will learn how to approach the subject and guide your client to an answer that will meet the client's goals.

This panel of experts will discuss the events leading up to the HAVEN Act’s passage, the new exemption from Current Monthly Income created by the Act, suggestions on how to talk with your clients about military or VA benefits and documents, and how the Act applies to your pending cases.

Providing civil legal services to low-income and vulnerable clients presents unique practical issues as well as ethical considerations for lawyers. Join our seasoned panel: Marianne J. Conrad, Indiana Legal Services, Inc., and Jenny K. Mittelman, State Bar of Georgia as they discuss these issues with moderator Ellyn Rosen of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility.