Agenda & Resources

The Future Is Now: Legal Services Conference
Thursday, April 24, 2025

 

Time

Session

Speakers

Course Materials

12:00 - 12:05 p.m.

Welcome

John C. Kim, Chair, Commission on Professionalism

12:05 - 12:15 p.m.

View from the Bench: Reflections from the Illinois Supreme Court

Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford, Illinois Supreme Court

12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Tiffany M. Graves, Pro Bono Counsel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 

- Erika Harold, Executive Director, Commission on Professionalism

12:45 - 12:50 p.m.

Break

Break

12:50 - 1:05 p.m.

Michael Rourke, District Attorney, Weld County District Attorney's Office, Colorado

1:05 - 1:50 p.m.

- Michael RourkeDistrict Attorney, Weld County District Attorney's Office, Colorado

Ellie Feldmann, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Real Solutions 4U

- Stephanie Villinski, Deputy Director, Commission on Professionalism 

1:50 - 2:10 p.m.

Katherine Jeffrey, Ph.D., Generational Strategist, KJ Consulting

2:10 - 2:50 p.m.

Katherine Jeffrey, Ph.D., Generational Strategist, KJ Consulting

- Kendra Abercrombie, Professional Development and Legal Recruiting Manager, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

- Julia Roundtree Livingston, DEI Manager, Commission on Professionalism 

2:50 - 2:55 p.m.

Break

Break

2:55 - 3:15 p.m.

Nicole (Niki) Black, Principal Legal Insight Strategist,  MyCase

3:15 - 3:55 p.m.

Nicole (Niki) BlackPrincipal Legal Insight Strategist,  MyCase

-  Mark C. Palmer, Chief Counsel, Commission on Professionalism

3:55 - 4:25 p.m.

- John C. Kim, Chair, Commission on Professionalism

- Justice Sharon O. Johnson, Vice-Chair of the Commission on Professionalism

Erika Harold, Executive Director, Commission on Professionalism

4:25 - 4:30 p.m.

Conference wrap-up

Erika Harold