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​​MCBA NEWSLETTER

updated​​​​    october 4, 2021   


October Events
10/6/21 (wed.)
CLE event at noon

10/8/21 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar


10/11/21 (Mon.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

10/14/21 (Thurs.)
Social at Mystic Kitchen

10/15/21 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

10/19/21 (Tues.)
CLE event at noon

10/22/21 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

10/27 (Wed.)
Happy Hour
​
10/27 & 28 (Wed.&Thurs.)
GAL Seminar


10/29/21 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

November Events
11/5 - 11/7  (Fri. - Sat.)
ISU Mock Trials

11/11/21 (Thurs.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

11/16/21 (Tues.)
CLE event at noon

11/25/21 (Thurs.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

11/26/21 (Fri.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

December Events
12/21/21 (Tues.)
Holiday Luncheon

12/24/21 (Fri.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

12/27/21 (Mon.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

12/31/21 (Fri.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

Is there a dress code for
McLean County courts?

For a first date, a job interview, first day of school or a court appearance, many people might live by the notion “dress to impress.” ...
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ATTORNEYS ON THE MOVE

Help keep everyone up to date. Be sure to email Mary if your office has changes!

nARGIS KHOKHAR
308 e Washington street
suite a
​Bloomington, IL 61701

(In the Costigan & Wollrab building)


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october
domestic violence ​awareness month

Webinar Registration -- The October 6th - Balancing Ourselves on the Scales of Justice & Challenging Times. Presenter-Judge Rosa
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who are they?

There are a total of 12 attorneys depicted in the painting below.
Through the years each uniquely touched law practice in McLean County.
​Press the button below to submit your answers.

​The first person with the most correct wins an MCBA t-shirt!
my answers are...
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Law and McLean County: A 175 Year Partnership
Painting by randy souders

Each print is individually numbered and signed by the artist, Randy Souders.
Each print measures 22”X28”       The cost of each print is $75.

2 social events PLANNED
for october


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​Social at Mystic Kitchen - Thursday, October 14
beginning at 4.30ish - 7.00 pm
Planned for outside-weather permitting
Light Appetizers Provided


Let us know how many to plan for...



​Happy Hour - Wednesday, October 27
​beginning at 5.00 pm
This will be an indoor event
​
Light Appetizers Provided

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Registration


isu mock trials

NOVEMBER 5-7, 2021
If you would like to help, please contact Judge Kording.

new to your office?

If your office has new attorneys and support staff, then we would like to update membership on your additions! Please click on the link below to submit a little about the new addition and feel free to add a photo as well. 
New to My Office!

MCBA SCHOLARSHIP

If you know any law students, please inform them about the 2021 MCBA Community Service Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is open to second or third year law students with strong ties to McLean County, Bloomington-Normal, or its surrounding communities. Prime candidates will express and demonstrate a commitment to legal aid work, pro bono activities, or community service. The application deadline is October 31, 2021. Please see the link to the scholarship application below.
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Click on the image above to submit an application.

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MCLEAN COUNTY NURSING HOME RESIDENT
​
ADOPTIONS will open on monday - october 18


RECORDED OPPORTUNITY
no cle

Bench/Bar Listening Session

If you happened to miss the last Bench/Bar Listening Session, please request the link below.
recording

RECORDING AVAILABLE UNTIL october 31, 2021

cle - recorded OPPORTUNITY

1 HOUR CLE [approved]
RECORDING AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 2021
recording CLE credit process

protecting your client's medicare benefits

Many thanks to our own John Muir, JD and Mr. Craig Pawley who presented this original CLE on August 24, 2021. The CLE presentation covered settling cases with a Medicare beneficiary and understanding the Medicare Secondary Payer Statue. This session also covered addressing Medicare liens, Medicare Set Asides, and how to administer those funds while adhering to the CMS guidelines. 

CLE - RECORDED OPPORTUNITY

1 HOUR CLE [approved]
RECORDING AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 18, 2021
recording cLE credit process

THE G.A.L. APPOINTMENT:
ARE YOU PROTECTED?
​A DISCUSSION OF THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE APPOINTMENT ORDER

Many thanks to our own Hon. Donald Bernardi Circuit Judge (Retd.) and Hon. Amy McFarland who presented this original CLE on July 20, 2021. During this presentation, they made practitioners and Judges aware of the ways in which the GAL's may be subjected to liability and how the Courts may protect those who serve in court-appointed roles. In addition, the speakers will discuss the language used in these orders and provide suggested sample orders. 

cle
​interstate commission for adult offender supervision (icaos)
and
veterans court
​

wednesday - OCTOBER 6
via zoom

​[Approved for 1 Hour GENERAL CLE CREDIT] 
Please join the McLean County Bar Association in welcoming our own McLean County Probation Department. The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) is a formal agreement between the states to oversee offender interstate travel and subsequent supervision. Within the ICAOS purview is the Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System, or ICOTS. ICOTS is the supervision system that probation officers use to send and receive information regarding defendants and their supervision cases between states. There are several different definitions and requirements that defendants must meet in order to be eligible for transfer to a receiving state. It is important that these requirements are known and understood in order to best assist a defendant who will be placed on supervision and subject to the conditions of an order.

The presentation will provide helpful definitions and rules that are commonly utilized when transferring a defendant to another state for supervision. There have been instances where a defendant was sentenced to probation with the belief that they would be transferred to their “home” state and then finding out that the state has rejected their request. It is the goal of our department to provide basic rules and regulations of the ICOTS system and answer any questions that others may have regarding the interstate transfer of their defendants. 

There will be information presented on the Veterans Court in McLean County.

​​Presenters
Clinton Wright - Intake Coordinator
Patti Florez - Intake Officer
Kirk A. Schweizer - Deputy Director with McLean County Court Services


Registration

CLE
adoption cases
from start to finish


tuesday - october 19

​[PENDING APPROVAL FOR 1 Hour GENERAL CLE CREDIT] ​
This presentation will discuss the pleading requirements of an adoption petition in cases arising from Juvenile court and those that seek termination of parental rights (private adoption cases). The speakers will discuss notice requirements and the contents of the adoption judgment. In addition, there will be a discussion of evidentiary issues common to adoption hearings. 
Registration

CLE
​guardian ad litem
central illinois conference

october 27 & 28

​[PENDING APPROVAL FOR 10 HRS GENERAL CLE CREDIT] 
[INCLUDING 1 PROFESSIONALISM-ETHICS]
​
Please join the McLean County Bar Association for the Guardian Ad Litem Child Representative Certification Seminar. The program will be held on October 27 and 28 at The Holiday Inn and Conference Center [Formally known as the Radisson], 8 Traders Circle, Normal, Illinois. 

This seminar is currently approved for certification as a GAL in the 1st, 6th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 21st Judicial Circuits.  Please provide the seminar agenda to the presiding judge in your circuit to seek approval in that circuit.  And just added to the approved Judicial Circuits - 6th!
Registration

​friday breakfast with the bar
join us this friday

8:00 am- 9:00 am

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Downtown Bloomington

​2021 MCBA membership - renewal

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mark your calendar
​2021 & 2022

October 6 - CLE noon time event - Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS)​
October 19 - CLE noon time event - Adoptions
​October 27 - Happy Hour
October 27 & 28 - The Guardian Ad Litem CLE Event 
​November 5-7 - ISU Mock Trials
November 16 - CLE noon time event presented by The Underwood Committee
​December 21 - Holiday Luncheon at noon
2022

January 18 - CLE State of the Circuit
February 15 - CLE Social Security 
February 23 - Bench/Bar Listening Session 12.05 pm
March 15 - CLE Orders of Protections  [up to 2 hours of CLE]
April 19 - PR CLE Underwood Committee Professionalism Program
May 17 - CLE Drone Law Update

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BLOOMINGTON CANNON ESTATE PLANNING
TELECONFERENCE SERIES PROGRAM
​HOSTED BY PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

2021 Schedule
Please contact​ Jennifer.julius@pnc.com if interested in attending.
If you have questions please call Jennifer at 309.655.5484

career opportunities


​us court of appeals for 7th circuit

seeks
Details
10-29-2021  - noon deadline​

federal
public
​defender



​ronda
glenn

​law offices

seeks
Associate Attorney
and
Paralegal/Legal Assitant
11-1-2021

associate attorney 

and

paralegal / legal assistant


office space available


ILLINOIS HOUSE BUILDING
Quality Office Space at Affordable Rents
Two Blocks Directly North of Law & Justice Center
Call or text 309-531-0445
Through December 2021

DOWNTOWN LAW OFFICE BUILDING
​FOR SALE

105 N. Center Street - Bloomington
Through December 2021

DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING
​FOR SALE OR LEASE

DOWNTOWN - ​BLOOMINGTON
210 S. East Street - Bloomington
Remove October 31

bar committee activities

2021
​GAL Committee Meeting - October 5 noon
​​​BOG Meeting - October 12 noon 
​​​CLE Committee Meeting - October 26 noon


Executive Committee 
President                            
​Kathleen Kraft

2nd VP
Judge Pablo Eves

Secretary
Nargis Khokhar
1st VP
​Nathan B. Hinch

Immediate Past President
Julia Davis

Treasurer
Calli Farrell
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Board of Governors
John L. Pratt
Brendan Bukalski
Michael Butts
​Dean Davis


Administrative Assistant
Mary Sellmyer

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