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 panels and town hall discussions on legal professionalism topics.

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 Credit Form. A member of the Commission team will email you your CLE certificate as a PDF once you have completed the survey.

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

Early bird tickets are available for $30 through February 28. The price will increase to $50 on March 1. Please click here to register.

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.

The Commission does not offer refunds for Future Is Now tickets but does accept ticket transfers. If you are unable to a end the conference, consider transferring your registration to someone else. Please reach out to Chelsea Woodmansee for instructions.

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.

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

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

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