FAQ

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.

2026 will be our tenth 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 attendees from across the U.S. and internationally. Lawyers across all practice areas, judges, law students, law school faculty and staff, court professionals, paralegals, law librarians, other legal professionals, and anyone interested in the legal and judicial systems are invited to attend.

Yes! Attendees will be eligible to receive 4 hours of professional responsibility CLE credit in Illinois, including 1 hour of diversity and inclusion credit and 1 hour of mental health and substance abuse credit.

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 for the Future Is Now.

You can purchase a single ticket to the Future Is Now for $75.00.

Please click here to register for the Future Is Now.

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 30, 2026. A link to join the conference via RingCentral will be provided to you via email upon registration.

The conference will be held virtually on Thursday, April 30, 2026 from 12 to 4:30 p.m. More information regarding the conference agenda is coming soon.

The conference will be hosted on RingCentral, 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 the RingCentral troubleshooting guides below. As a start, we recommend viewing the conference in the browser Chrome or Firefox (updated to the latest version) on your desktop, or Safari on iOS or Google Chrome on Android on your mobile device.

Troubleshooting Guide for Macs
Troubleshooting Guide for Windows

We are proud to offer The Future Is Now as a live event.

While we may post speaker videos to our YouTube channel, a recorded version of the full conference will not be available.

Yes! Our virtual events platform, RingCentral, allows attendees to engage in the conference chat and the conference Q&A. Instructions for accessing both features will be provided at the beginning of the virtual conference.

Yes, please click here to view accessibility features for RingCentral, our virtual events platform.

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