Upcoming events

    • 24 Oct 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • In-Person and Virtual Event
    Register

    A CLG CLE Program
    Election 2024: Misinformation, Truth, and the Future

    Thursday, October 24, 2024

    12:00 - 1:00pm CT

    Hybrid Event
    Limited In-Person Attendance (20 Max)
     Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, 161 N. Clark St. Suite 4700

    Virtual Event option via Zoom
    Invite link will be sent prior to the event via email.

    1 hour of general CLE credit will be awarded for attending.

    The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago invites you to attend “Election 2024:
    Misinformation, Truth, and the Future” a talk by William Kresse on Thursday, October 24 via Zoom.

    The last several presidential election cycles have been marred by misinformation and disinformation, leading to historically low voter confidence in our election system, and contributing to low voter turnout. Where can one find the truth about the American election system, and how can attorneys help in disseminating the truth? What ideas are on the horizon to reassure voters about the election system, revive confidence and increase turnout? Chicago Election Commissioner and Professor of Accounting and Fraud Examination, Bill Kresse, will be sharing his thoughts on these timely topics.

    SPEAKER BIO

    William J. Kresse is one of three Commissioners on the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. He is also an Associate Professor in the College of Business at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, where his teaching and research centers on Fraud Examination, Auditing, and Accounting. He is the President of the nonprofit Institute of Election Auditors, has worked as an attorney at major law firms in Chicago, as a CPA at two leading public accounting firms, and as the CEO of an information retrieval company. 

    Kresse is an Attorney, a CPA who is Certified in Financial Forensics, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He previously served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 

    Kresse holds a BBA in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame, an MS in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was named “Educator of the Year” by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and has authored numerous academic and professional articles and has conducted many academic and professional seminars. He has also served on the boards and audit committees of several nonprofit organizations.

    Kresse has made countless television and radio appearances, including on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX, NPR, CBC, Inside Edition, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He hosted a program on WGN Radio and has been quoted in many publications, including the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, and Dallas Morning News.



    • 01 Nov 2024
    • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
    • Virtual via Zoom

    First Friday Prayer Meeting
    7:30am - 8:30am

    The Guild is hosting monthly virtual prayer meetings for legal professionals on the first Friday of each month, from 7:45 to 8:30am. All who work in the legal profession (lawyers, judges, clerks, paralegals, etc) are welcome to come together to spend some time in silence, reading God's word, sharing faith with each other, and in intercession.

    There are no requirements, other than a connection with the legal system and a desire to pray together. 

    LOCATION:
    Virtual via Zoom

    Email admin@clgchicago.org to request event link.


    • 06 Dec 2024
    • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
    • Virtual via Zoom

    First Friday Prayer Meeting
    7:30am - 8:30am

    The Guild is hosting monthly virtual prayer meetings for legal professionals on the first Friday of each month, from 7:45 to 8:30am. All who work in the legal profession (lawyers, judges, clerks, paralegals, etc) are welcome to come together to spend some time in silence, reading God's word, sharing faith with each other, and in intercession.

    There are no requirements, other than a connection with the legal system and a desire to pray together. 

    LOCATION:
    Virtual via Zoom

    Email admin@clgchicago.org to request event link.


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07 Jun 2024 First Friday Prayers
03 Jun 2024 2nd Annual: A Salute to Veterans in the Legal Profession
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14 Mar 2024 Virtual Lunch & Learn: A Faith and a Calling: Embracing Excellence and Service in the Law
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06 Aug 2023 First Sunday Mass at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation
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24 May 2023 A Salute to Veterans in the Legal Profession
17 May 2023 Community Legal Fair
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04 May 2023 North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic’s Annual Spring Event 2023
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04 Mar 2023 CLG Lenten Day of Reflection
04 Feb 2023 Red Mass hosted by Lumen Christi
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06 Jan 2023 First Friday Prayers
06 Dec 2022 Kolbe House Jail Ministry | Volunteer Information Session
02 Dec 2022 First Friday Prayers
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23 Oct 2022 Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture presents Paradiso Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening
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04 Oct 2022 88th Annual Votive Red Mass of the Holy Spirit
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04 Mar 2022 First Friday Prayers
04 Feb 2022 First Friday Prayers
28 Jan 2022 Intellectual Formation: Individual Freedom and the Common Good: In Search of a Universal Ethic
07 Jan 2022 First Friday Prayers
03 Dec 2021 First Friday Prayers
05 Nov 2021 First Friday Prayers
04 Oct 2021 87th Annual Votive Red Mass of the Holy Spirit
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03 Sep 2021 First Friday Prayers
06 Aug 2021 First Friday Prayers
02 Jul 2021 First Friday Prayers
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26 May 2021 2021 Annual Meeting & Election
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13 Mar 2021 CLG LENTEN RETREAT | Finding Christ in the Crisis: What the Pandemic Can Teach Us
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04 Mar 2021 Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System
18 Feb 2021 CLE Program | Bit by Bit—A Guide to Adapting to Technology in the Remote Workplace
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27 Jan 2021 Being Explicit About Implicit Bias: Reflections on Racial Justice in the Law and Legal Profession
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08 Dec 2020 CLE Program: Ethical Considerations During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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06 Oct 2020 2020 Red Mass & Reception
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23 Sep 2020 A Six-Part Online Seminar: Great Texts in Legal History Seminar
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10 Jul 2020 First Friday Prayers
01 Jul 2020 July Loop Group | Christian Legal Society
22 Jun 2020 Race, Justice, and Catholicism - Lumen Christi Institute
16 Jun 2020 Lunchtime CLE: Religious Sincerity in Corporations & Businesses
05 Jun 2020 First Friday Prayers
03 Jun 2020 Christian Legal Society: June Loop Group
20 May 2020 2020 Annual Meeting & Election
01 May 2020 First Friday Prayers
30 Apr 2020 POSTPONED - Intellectual Formation: Faith and Reason
03 Apr 2020 First Friday Prayers - CANCELLED
21 Mar 2020 2020 Day of Reflection
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23 Nov 2019 Volunteer Opportunity - Misericordia Bakery Help
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01 Oct 2019 2019 Red Mass & Reception
23 Sep 2019 CLE Program: A Responsibility to Change the Game: Professionalism & Civility in the Legal Profession
06 Sep 2019 First Friday Prayers
20 Aug 2019 Pledge Night at WTTW with CLG members
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23 Mar 2019 2019 Day of Reflection - Answering the Call to Holiness
22 Feb 2019 Intellectual Formation - Promoting a Culture of Secularity: Overcoming a deeply rooted Clericalism
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13 Feb 2019 Board of Governors Meeting - 2/13
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11 Jan 2019 First Friday Prayers
14 Dec 2018 First Friday Prayers
13 Dec 2018 Confession, Carols and Cookies
28 Nov 2018 Board of Governors Meeting - 11/28
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02 Oct 2018 2018 Red Mass & Reception
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04 May 2018 First Friday Prayers
02 May 2018 Annual Meeting & Membership Reception
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12 Mar 2018 The Question of Religious Freedom: From John Courtney Murray, S.J. and Vatican II to the Present
06 Mar 2018 The Wigmore Debate: Wigmore Was A Closet Catholic
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08 May 2017 "Keep Hope Alive" Benefit
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29 Apr 2017 2017 Evening of Gratitude Ignatian Volunteer Corps - Chicago
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03 Mar 2017 First Friday Prayers
01 Mar 2017 Board of Governors Meeting
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06 Jan 2017 First Friday Prayers
07 Dec 2016 Board of Governors Meeting
02 Dec 2016 First Friday Prayers
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18 Aug 2016 CLG Family Night at the Schaumburg Boomers
05 Aug 2016 First Friday Prayers
08 Jul 2016 First Friday Prayers
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11 May 2016 Annual Meeting & Membership Reception
06 May 2016 First Friday Prayers
03 May 2016 Harsh Justice: The Widening Divide Between America and Europe
21 Apr 2016 11th Annual Legal Lifelines Cocktail Reception
15 Apr 2016 Howlett Cup Mock Trial Kick-Off Reception
01 Apr 2016 First Friday Prayers
16 Mar 2016 Quarterly Board of Governors Meeting
04 Mar 2016 First Friday Prayers
27 Feb 2016 2016 Lenten Retreat
05 Feb 2016 First Friday Prayers