The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that Chief Counsel Mark C. Palmer will present on the ethical use of technology in the delivery of legal services at the 2025 8am Kaleidoscope Conference, which will be held September 2-4 in Austin, Texas.
The Kaleidoscope Conference is focused on delivering practical insights to help lawyers grow their firms in the areas of business leadership, financial success, and technology and innovation.
Palmer’s presentations include:
- Wednesday, September 3, 4 – 4:45 p.m., “Chatbots at your Door: Keeping Your Virtual Greeter Ethically Tethered”
- Thursday, September 4, 1 – 2 p.m., “Ethical Texting with Clients: A Practical Guide for Lawyers”
Earlier this month, 8am, which was formerly AffiniPay, launched its new brand to reflect a “unified platform” that includes legal software, payments, and financial services. 8am is the parent company of LawPay, MyCase, DocketWise, CasePeer, and CPACharge.
The Commission on Professionalism uses education to promote technology competence in lawyers, including awareness of the benefits and risks of using technology to deliver legal services, as outlined in the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.1 [8].
About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
The Illinois Supreme Court established the Commission on Professionalism under Supreme Court Rule 799 to promote integrity, professionalism, and civility among the lawyers and judges of Illinois, to foster a commitment to the elimination of bias and divisiveness within the legal and judicial systems, and to ensure those systems provide equitable, effective, and efficient resolution of problems for the people of Illinois.
The Commission achieves this mission through professional responsibility CLE, lawyer-to-lawyer mentoring, legal professionalism programming, educational resources, robust communications platforms, and more. To learn more, visit 2Civility.org and follow us on LinkedIn.
Press Contact
Laura Bagby, Communications Director
312-363-6209
laura.bagby@2civility.org
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