The Future Is Now: Legal Services is an annual conference hosted by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. During the event, thought leaders from across the U.S. and beyond present compelling TED-like talks and participate in town hall discussions on topics that explore the future of the legal profession.

After a break in 2020 due to COVID-19, 2025 will be our ninth year! We continue to attract speakers that address the legal industry’s most pressing issues — issues you need to know to evolve and excel in your practice.

The Future Is Now attracts hundreds of legal professionals and entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and internationally. Whether you’re a judge, attorney, paralegal, bar leader, law librarian, legal academic, law student, access to justice expert, tech entrepreneur, or just interested in the delivery of legal services, there’s something for you at The Future Is Now.

Yes! Attendees will be eligible to receive professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois.

After the conference, you will receive an email from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism with a link to the CLE attestation survey. A member of the Commission team will email you your CLE certificate as a PDF once you’ve completed the survey.

Please click here to register. Please subscribe to email updates to receive upcoming information about registration and speakers.

More information regarding registration is coming soon.

If you are an Illinois attorney experiencing a financial hardship that makes it difficult to pay the fee for this CLE program, please click here to view our financial hardship policy.

If you’re unable to attend the conference, we ask that you try to gift your registration to someone who would enjoy the conference. If you find someone to gift your ticket to, please reach out to Chelsea Woodmansee at chelsea.woodmansee@2civility.org and we will change the attendee information.

Unfortunately, we don’t offer refunds. Please click here to review our refund policy.

Of course! Reach out to Chelsea Woodmansee at chelsea.woodmansee@2civility.org and we will change the attendee information.

The conference will be held virtually on Thursday, April 24, 2025. A link to join the conference will be provided to you via email.

The conference will be held virtually on Thursday, April 24, 2025. More information regarding the conference agenda is coming soon.

The conference will be hosted on an easy-to-use virtual event platform. Attendees will receive an email with a login link after registering.

If you did not receive a link or your link is not working, please each out to Chelsea Woodmansee at chelsea.woodmansee@2civility.org.

If you can’t hear the audio or see the video for the conference, please reference this troubleshooting guide from RingCentral, our virtual conference platform, here.

We are proud to offer The Future Is Now as a live event, including interactive chats and town halls.

Speaker videos may be posted to the Commission’s website and The Future Is Now website after the event.

While we will not have a conference app this year, attendees will be able to view sessions and communicate with others on the virtual conference platform.

Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #TFIN25. You can also link to and follow the Commission on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Of course! Attendees are encouraged to ask questions during the conference through the Q&A window, which will appear next to the session window. Don’t want to see the Q&A window? Don’t worry — you can hide it.

As an attendee, you can enable closed captions and translations within a Session on RingCentral by following these instructions.

RingCentral, our conference platform, is dedicated to ensuring that its products are equitable and accessible to all users. In order to support this, RingCentral is committed to aligning with the accessibility best practices, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 level AA criteria. For more information on the steps RingCentral is taking, click here.

If you have additional questions, requests, or concerns, please reach out to our Office Manager Chelsea Woodmansee at: chelsea.woodmansee@2civility.org.