Learn how Cook County property-tax appeals
actually get prepared.
Censum Academy is free, self-paced training for paralegals and support staff on the mechanics of preparing and organizing a residential property-tax assessment appeal in Cook County, Illinois. The lessons adapt to what you already know, so you spend your time on what you don’t.
Adaptive
Placement & skill map
A short placement check sets where you start. Lessons target the zone just past what you’ve mastered.
Built for the role
Prepare-only, by design
Every module reinforces the line: a paralegal prepares and organizes; the supervising attorney advises and decides.
On completion
A real Censum credential
Earn the “Censum Certified: Cook County Property Tax Appeals” completion credential, an honest record of finishing the course.
What you’ll cover
Eleven topics, from the appeal landscape and your role, through assessment basics, uniformity and equity, market value and the sales ratio, comparables, exemptions and certificates of error, the Board of Review process and calendar, PTAB, filing mechanics and evidence assembly, the county layer, and client handling within the UPL boundary.