Free Online CLE

Today’s lawyers expect to consume continuing legal education just like they consume other content — interactive, accessible, and on-demand. By leveraging the latest in technology and instructional design, we have developed free online courses approved for professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois.

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Civility in Legal Practice: Why it Matters

Civility in Legal Practice: Why it Matters” shares strategies for responding to incivility from the bench and the bar, how incivility can impact your reputation and case, and how lawyers and judges navigate incivility in their practices.

1.0 hours of professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois

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High-Performing and Highly Stressed: How Attorneys Can Prioritize Mental Health

High-Performing and Highly Stressed: How Attorneys Can Prioritize Mental Health” explores the complicated relationship between a lawyer’s lifestyle and their mental health, how to better balance your well-being and high-performing expectations, and strategies to manage your mental health.

1.0 hours of mental health and substance abuse CLE credit in Illinois

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Communicating During Conflict: Understanding Your Role

“Communicating During Conflict: Understanding Your Role” is a 30-minute eLearning that uses role-playing and problem-solving to help attorneys manage their emotions in high-stress situations that could undermine civil communication.

0.5 hours of professionalism professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois  

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Advancing Women in Law Summit

“Advancing Women in Law Summit” consists of two, 30-minute sections that feature highlights from an event convened by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, as well as key practice takeaways for women in the legal profession.

1.0 hours of diversity and inclusion CLE credit in Illinois

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The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Well-Being

“The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Well-Being” introduces attorneys to the topic while addressing the confusion around what “well-being” really means. During the course, attorneys will learn how the high-stress legal profession can impact their mental and physical health, as well as some simple strategies to help manage their well-being.

0.5 hours of mental health and substance abuse CLE credit in Illinois

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The Resilient Lawyer

“The Resilient Lawyer” explores how the daily challenges in lawyers’ personal and professional lives test their resiliency. The course also demonstrates how developing a resilient mindset can help manage those challenges.

0.5 hours of mental health and substance abuse CLE credit in Illinois

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Ending Harassment, Bullying, and Incivility in the Legal Workplace

“Ending Harassment, Bullying, and Incivility in the Legal Workplace” puts attorneys in real-life scenarios to help them manage workplace incivility and identify organizational changes that can lead to a more equitable work environment.

1.0 hours of professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois

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Rebalance the Scales: Implicit Bias, Diversity, and the Legal Profession

“Rebalance the Scales: Implicit Bias, Diversity, and the Legal Profession” is an interactive two-part course that features a panel of experts accompanied by interactive scenarios focused on the meaning of diversity, how implicit bias results in a lack of diversity in the legal profession, and strategies to counter implicit bias in our personal and professional lives.

1.0 hours of diversity and inclusion CLE credit in Illinois

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The Buck Stops Here: Ethics and Professionalism for In-House Counsel

“The Buck Stops Here: Ethics and Professionalism for In-House Counsel” seeks to bridge the gap between perception and reality, and answer the ethical and professionalism questions in-house counsel face every day.

1.0 hours of professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois; satisfies the Rule 716(c) requirement for foreign in-house counsel