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IVI-IPO 78th Annual Independents' Day Dinner set for Thursday
The Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization will hold its 78th Annual Independents' Day Dinner on Thursday, August 18, at Maggiano's Little Italy, 516 N. Clark. A reception...
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Fall Rush? All Bar Networking Social set for August 25
The All Bar Networking Social will take place on Thursday, August 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Hubbard Inn, 110 W. Hubbard St.Why did I mention "rush" in conjunction with this event? Well,...
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Fundraiser for the Polish Museum of America at August 27 Chicago Fire match
I don't believe I've ever plugged a soccer game (sorry -- I meant match) on FWIW, but Audrey Cosgrove, the President of the Advocates Society, asked if I might promote the Saturday, August 27 match...
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Decalogue Society announces upcoming CLE presentations
The Decalogue Society is offering members at least 18 hours a year of free CLE. Of course, it's not entirely free if you have to buy a membership... but let's not quibble. This link will take...
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CCBA, SSBA offer free domestic relations webinar
You can't beat the price.The Cook County Bar Association and the South Suburban Bar Association have teamed up to offer a free CLE presentation, available via Zoom on Wednesday, August 24, from 4:00 to...
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It is unlikely that any regular FWIW readers would be eligible to apply
But some FWIW readers may know people with whom this information may be profitably shared:All the details are available at this page of the Diversity Scholarship Foundation website; conveniently, the...
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Advocates Society Annual Scholarship Fundraiser set for September 8
The Advocates Society, the Association of Polish-American Attorneys, will hold its Annual Scholarship Fundraiser on Thursday, September 8, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Maggiano's Little Italy, 516 N....
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Decalogue and AABAR present 7th Annual Building Bridges Awards Ceremony...
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers and the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois will cohost the 7th Annual Building Bridges Award Ceremony on Tuesday, September 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the...
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A few small changes have been made to this site's Sidebar
The 2022 candidate lists have been purged: All the unsucessful primary candidate websites have been removed, as have the websites of all successful candidates who face no opponent.Get out your...
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Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk set for September 17 at Montrose Harbor
Oh, sure, there are political events upcoming, and I'll have a post up about some of these soon, if time permits. There will never be a shortage of politicians willing to take your discretionary...
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Illinois Bar Foundation Chicago-area presidential reception set for September 21
The Illinois Bar Foundation is planning a Chicago-area presidential reception on Wednesday, September 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Rolling Green Country Club, 2525 East Rand Road, Arlington...
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LIC volunteers sought; September training sessions announced
The Chicago Bar Association's Edward J. Lewis II Lawyers in the Classroom Program has placed attorney voluneers in grammar school classrooms for over 30 years now, helping students "to better...
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Courts of Appeals and District Courts in Seventh and Eighth Circuits host 3rd...
Admittedly, this runs a little far afield for FWIW fare, but the court sponsorships are the hook that makes this post relevant to FWIW readers.We probably don't have too many students in grades 5-12...
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Upcoming Illinois House Democratic fundraisers that may be of interest to...
As I mentioned earlier today, there never will be a shortage of politicians ready, willing, and eager to separate the wannabe judge from any discretionary income he or she may have. What follows in...
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Polish Supreme Court justice to give probate lecture next Wednesday
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law will welcome Justice Mariusz Zalucki of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland to the Supreme Court Courtroom, 160 N. LaSalle St., 18th Floor,...
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Retention judges reception set for September 20
Inflation really is everywhere these days.The last time the Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County held an in-person event was in 2018 (the 2020 affair, like everything else in that Covid...
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Three judicial stories; which one is the most important?
The first, and I believe the most widely-reported of these three big stories, concerns the resignation of Chief Justice Anne M. Burke. (Read her very gracious letter of resignation.)Burke has decided...
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Sanjay T. Tailor receives Appellate Court assignment
Judge Sanjay T. Tailor remains a candidate for a 9th Subcircuit vacancy. Like nearly all other Cook County Democratic judicial nominees, Tailor is unopposed on the November ballot.Which is nice,...
View ArticleThree more withdrawals from the November retention ballot
Whilst performing my due diligence in connection with the last post (i.e., checking to see if Justice Pierce's withdrawal from the retention election has yet been posted by the Illinois State Board of...
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CBA to confer 2022 Justice John Paul Stevens Awards at Sept. 29 luncheon
The Chicago Bar Association will confer its 2022 Justice John Paul Stevens Awards on five honorees at a luncheon on Thursday, September 29, at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson. The noon luncheon...
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