Each faculty committee shall be chaired by a judge with prior seminar teaching experience. The topics shall be presented from written materials prepared or adapted for the seminar. The written materials should be prepared in the bench book format in use for regional seminars. Reading materials will be mailed to seminar participants in advance of the seminar at the direction of the seminar faculty. If a mini seminar is presented two times in the same fiscal year, lodging is not a reimbursable expense.
Lodging is reimbursable if a mini seminar is presented one time only within a fiscal year.
The Illinois Judicial Conference promotes the highest standards of teaching excellence. The Judicial Conference will provide opportunities for judges who serve as faculty to improve their teaching skills by making them aware of adult learning principles and appropriate program development and teaching techniques. All judicial faculty will be encouraged to attend the faculty development programs conducted by the Judicial Conference. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall maintain a resource lending library for utilization by the Illinois judiciary. The library shall contain copies of reading materials developed by the Illinois Judicial Conference, video tapes and audio tapes developed for Illinois judicial education, and publications and materials from other sources that are of interest to Illinois judges.