Like so many other cultural institutions in Chicago, the Polish Museum of America is currently closed on account of the Never Ending Pandemic.
Understandably, this has put a sizable crimp in the plans of the Advocates Society to hold its annual Judges Night at the museum, as it has done recently.
So, instead, the Advocates will hold a virtual Judges Night on Thursday, October 29, starting at 5:30 p.m. This year, the event will be free -- but the Advocates are asking attendees to make a donation of $10 or more to the Polish Museum of America.
There is a bit of a trick to this, the Advocates have disclosed.
On the home page of the museum website, there is a "DONATE" button -- but the minimum donation shown is $100. Now, while the Advocates and the museum alike would be pleased to accept donations of that size, or larger, there is a way to make a donation in the requested range. To do this, press the "Take Action" button on the museum home page (immediately to the left of the DONATE button). This will open a drop-down menu. Choose the "make a payment option," select "other," and write in "Donation" in the additional information box. (I suspect that the museum might welcome good old-fashioned checks as well, which could be sent to the museum at 984 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, 60642-4101 -- and checks sent via the U.S. Mail would presumably help the beleaguered USPS as well. Kind of a win-win.)
As an incentive to register for the virtual Judges Night, the Advocates have arranged for a CLE presentation. Here is the schedule for the event:
5:30 - 5:55 p.m. -- Introductions and Virtual Cocktail with the Advocates, Justice Aurelia Pucinski, other Judiciary, and Participants
5:55 - 6:00 p.m. -- Welcome by Representative of the Polish Museum of America
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. -- CLE on "Judicial Ethics and Social Media" by Justice Michael B. Hyman
To register, email your name, ARDC number, and email address to advocatessociety@gmail.com. The Advocates Society is a registered provider with the Illinois MCLE Board.