Continuing Legal Education

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the 77th Annual Melvin M. Belli Society Seminar in San Francisco on July 18, 2025. His session was titled “The Dirty World of Plastic Surgery Malpractice.” Bradley Cosgrove is a seasoned trial lawyer with an extensive background handling medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death cases. Throughout his career, he has secured numerous record-setting verdicts and settlements, earning national recognition for his exceptional trial skills…

Erin E. Clifford, Managing Director of Clifford Law Offices and wellness coach and consultant, will present a free one-hour continuing legal education (CLE) webinar program from 3-4 p.m. CDT on Thursday, June 12, 2025. “Reimagining Wellness for Lawyers – Strategies to Thrive at Work and Life” will examine how to redefine wellness by approaching it through a more holistic, self-compassionate lens. Specifically, lawyers will learn how to lead a more harmonious life by building resilience…

The 31st annual Clifford Tort Symposium, “Social Science and Civil Justice,” was held at DePaul University College of Law on May 22-23, 2025. The 2025 program examined how the insights and procedures of social scientists have influenced the civil justice system. Two dozen academics from around the country joined this year’s symposium to consider five key issues raised by social scientists, including what social science research teaches about decision-maker prejudice and bias, as well as…

Charles R. Haskins, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Ethics and Professionalism Seminar on March 28. Haskins spoke on “Social Media” during the morning-long conference, which featured several speakers, including Melissa Smart, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Director of Education, who spoke on “ARDC’s Strategic Plan for 2025 and New Trends and Relevant Cases for Trial Lawyers.” The program offered 4.75 hours of professional responsibility continuing legal…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injuries Lawyers and McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law in Madrid, Spain. The Conference on International Aviation: Liability, Insurance & Finance will be held June 5-6 at Madrid’s Comillas University. Durkin, who has handled numerous aviation crash cases in his 45 years of practice, will be speaking on a panel entitled “Recent Developments in Liability of…

Shannon M. McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) conference on artificial intelligence in Champaign, Illinois. “Generative Artificial Intelligence—Fact or Fiction: Transforming the Legal Practice” was held April 2-4, 2025, at the I Hotel and Conference Center. It explored hot topics impacting civil practice and procedure and the issues AI is creating for lawyers and judges. Shannon McNulty spoke on a panel entitled “Artificial Intelligence Evidence in Litigation…

DePaul University College of Law has announced that Andrew Hammond, an associate professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, has been named the 2025 Clifford Scholar-in-Residence. A committee of leading civil justice faculty examined the work of professors nationwide who have contributed to the field of tort law and chose Hammond as the national “rising star” in civil justice and this year’s Scholar. Professor Hammond writes and teaches in the areas of administrative law,…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke on Trial Trends: Clips & Questionnaires at the Municipal District Advisory Committee Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Room 1307 of the Daley Center. King is President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI). She is also very active in several women-related legal and community activities, including Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project, which is a collaborative effort coordinating volunteer activities to help…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, and Irwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Berkeley School of Law, spoke on March 7 in a program entitled “Plaintiff-Side Litigation: Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue.” The day-long symposium was co-sponsored by the American Bar Foundation, UC Berkeley School of Law Civil Justice Research Initiative, with additional support from the American Association for Justice. The program brought together scholars’ and practitioners’ perspectives on the plaintiff-side practice…