CBA Record May-June 2020

CLE & MEMBER NEWS

Dues Installment Plan and Financial Hardship Dues Available Wish you could spread your dues pay- ments throughout the year? Tired of gettingmonthly invoices from the CBA? Want to save on stamps, envelopes and bill payment time? Looking for free CLE coupons? If you answered yes to any of these questions, sign up for the CBA’s Dues Installment/Auto Pay Plan, which allows you to automatically bill your CBA membership dues to your designated credit card on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. All we need is your authorization and enrollment form. This is a great way to save time and ease up on your budget. See complete details and enrollment format www.chicagobar.org, or call 312- 554-2020. (Installment plans apply to dues only. CLE Advantage fee, voluntary contributions andmonthlymembership charges are not included in this option. Automatic charges will begin on June 1.) A dues hardship rate of $50 is also avail- able for unemployed members and those experiencing financial hardships. Please email the form located at www. chicagobar.org under the Join/Renew tab to membership@chicagobar.org.

Don’t Miss Out on Free CLE Seminar Access Approximately 400 new attorneys were admitted to practice law in Illinois on May 7 via a special video conference ceremony hosted by Chief Justice Anne M. Burke. To help introduce new admittees to the legal profession, the CBA offers free membership and free CLE for one year. Additional benefits include job search resources, how-to seminars, participation CBA Welcomes May New Admittees

in practice area and service committee activities, career development services, mentoring and networking opportunities, social events and much more. If you know a new lawyer who has not yet activated his or her complimentary membership, please encourage them to do so. Email membership@chicagobar.org for more information.

As a reminder, CBA membership dues must be paid for the new membership period of June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 to maintain access to free CLE-on-demand seminars

and new CLE programs that will be offered in the coming year. Renew now at www. chicagobar.org/renew.

A-M Lawyers: Meet Your Upcoming MCLE Requirement through Free CBA CLE

If your last name begins with A-M, youmust complete 30 hours of Illinois MCLE credit by June 30, 2020. Don’t wait until the last minute!Take advantage of theCBA’s free on- demand CLE Webcasts and free noon-hour committee meetings (attend via Webcast or conference call). You can earn enough free CLE to meet your IL MCLE requirement. Members canalsoaccess unlimited seminars

of their choice through the CLE Advantage Plan for only $160 a plan year (includes live and on-demand seminarWebcasts; the cur- rent plan runs through5/31/20, thenewplan begins on 6/1/20). To sign up for the plan, visitwww.chicagobar.org/cle. Formore infor- mation on MCLE reporting requirements, visit www.mcleboard.org.

Renew Your Membership and Receive FREE CLE Coupons It is membership renewal time at the CBA! In April, all members were emailed an annual dues renewal statement for the membership period June 1, 2020- May 31, 2021. As a special incentive for renewing early, if your dues payment is received by May 31, you will get two free CLE coupons from theWest LegalEdcenter (emailed in June and January, must be used for a CBA seminar hosted on the West LegalEdcenter, further details at www.chicagobar.org). Renewing is easy: go online at www.chicagobar.org/renew, call 312-554-2020, or return bymail. And best of all, no dues increase for the 15th year in a row! NewBenefits Include: Free CLE on demand 24/7, law firmmarketing and business development programs, judicial meet and greets, legal news feeds, personalized career counseling, hands-on training on legal and business software formembers and their support staff, and savings on legal products and services. Most of these new benefits are free or very low cost. What’s Ahead: New mobile-friendly webcast platform allowing you to view our seminars and committee meetings any- time and anywhere, expanded leadership training, more structured networking events with other professional groups, short-term volunteer opportunities supporting a variety of community groups andmuchmore. Visit www.chicagobar.org to see a complete list of what’s new at the CBA. We appreciate your past membership support and look forward to serving you in the coming bar year. Questions regard- ing dues statements should be referred to the CBA’s Membership Accounting Department at 312-554-2020 or billing@ chicagobar.org.

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