Programs & Events

Clifford Law Offices is a Gold Sponsor of Southern Methodist University’s 58th Annual Air Law Symposium. The in-person event will be held at the Omni Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, March 20-22, 2024. As a global leader in aviation law, Clifford Law Offices believes participating in an educational and collaborative forum to understand the challenges and developments within air law is a benefit for lawyers everywhere. The SMU Air Law Symposium is the world’s oldest…

The National Hellenic Museum’s popular Trial series returns with The Trial of Pericles Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Harris Theater Nationally renowned attorneys take on an ancient Greek case regarding Pericles, the great hero of Athenian democracy The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) presents the next installation of its popular Trial series—which demonstrates the enduring relevance of ancient disputes and supports the mission of the museum—with The Trial of Pericles on Wednesday,…

Robert A. Clifford and Clifford Law Offices were proud sponsors of Marist High School’s inaugural celebration A Night of Honor, Glory & Fame: 60th Anniversary Celebration. The event, which took place on December 2, 2023, celebrated a milestone in Catholic education in Chicago. The program honored the recipients of two awards presented to integral members of the Marist community and featured a silent auction to benefit students of the school. Hundreds of members of the…

The 17th Annual Clifford Law Offices Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Clifford Law Offices will host its 17th annual free Continuing Legal Education webinar on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The two-hour webcast program will begin at 2:30 pm CST and will be free and open to the public. The firm welcomes legal professionals, law students, and anyone else with interest to join the free webcast on the…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, sponsored the December 12, 2023, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine symposium Mass Attacks in the United States: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here? During this half-day symposium, experts talked about the state of behavioral science regarding the known risk factors for mass attacks in public spaces and the implications for research, intervention, policy, and the criminal justice system….

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been the proud sponsor of the Tort Law and Social Policy Symposium at DePaul University since 1994. Bob is dedicated to the furtherance of the legal profession and understands the importance of providing a forum for relevant conversations surrounding topics that shape change in tort law. Hosted annually at the DePaul University College of Law, Bob and Clifford Law Offices bring together the…

Seattle University Associate Professor of Law, Seth Katsuya Endo, 2023 Clifford Scholar-in-Residence, presented a lecture on “Professional Conduct Rules as Procedural Gap Filler” at DePaul University and online on November 14, 2023, at 3:00 pm CST. Endo’s lecture covered the Federal Rules of Civil Procure in multidistrict (MDL) litigation and how judges treat “gaps” in the Federal Rules as invitations to invent ad hoc solutions. Endo addressed how judges have failed to appreciate the degree…

Clifford Law Offices and Kevin P. Durkin were proud to support the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation’s Annual Valor Awards Dinner as Gold and Silver-level Sponsors. The event took place on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at Theater of the Lake. The annual awards dinner honored Chicago police officers who have demonstrated exceptional courage in the line of duty. This year, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation was proud to posthumously honor Officers Preston and Vásquez Lasso with…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Update & Review Seminar on October 9, 2023. Cosgrove spoke on “Cross Examination of the ‘IME’ Physician” during the morning-long program. Other speakers that morning included the Hon. Thomas V. Lyons II of the Cook County Circuit Court Law Division. Various topics discussed offered a total of 3.5 hours of Illinois continuing legal education credit. Cosgrove has obtained numerous…