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SABA Chicago Holiday Party set for Monday, December 12
The South Asian Bar Association of Chicago will have its Holiday Party this coming Monday, December 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at City Social, 120 N. LaSalle St. Registration is required for this...
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CBA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present a Classical Holiday on December 17
Sure, Schroeder might say that a Beethoven-only program would more than suffice.But the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Bar Association Chorous have decided to offer even...
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CBA to present Korematsu reenactment on Thursday, December 15
Fred Korematsu in 1998 The Chicago Bar Association D.I.C.E Committee, the Young Lawyers Section of the CBA, and the Japanese American Bar Association of Chicago are partnering to present a program on...
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Connors resignation opens opportunity for Navarro
Illinois Appellate Court Justice Maureen E. Connors has announced her retirement, and the Illinois Supreme Court has wasted no time in filling her vacancy.In an Order entered today, the Supreme Court...
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Being a judge is almost as stressful as being a urologist: O*NET online
I'll bet you never heard it put that way. I certainly never did.But a recent ABA Journalarticle by Debra Cassens Weiss provides this nugget, citing to a list published by the Occupational Information...
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Perhaps an illustration of confirmation bias... but, then again, perhaps not
I am certain that a great many FWIW readers would agree with the proposition that we here in the Great State of Illinois are uncommonly obsessed with elections and election law. Why? Because, by...
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An early Christmas present from Mother Nature? Courts closed tomorrow
The forecast for the next day or so keeps changing but, at its worst, the forthcoming winter storm will not equal, much less eclipse, the Blizzard of '67 (an image from which is pictured...
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Book it: Chicago lawyer-authors interview each other about their books
The Chicago Bar Association will host a CLE event for Tuesday, January 17, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., featuring Illinois Appellate Court Justice David Ellis, the author or co-author of several books,...
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AABA Installation set for February 1; early bird pricing ends this weekend
The Asian American Bar Association will hold its 35th Annual Installation Gala on Wednesday, February 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe St.Early bird ticket...
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Clarence Darrow offers CLE in upcoming CBA presentation
For many years Clarence Darrow was comfortably ensconced as the second-most famous lawyer to come out of the State of Illinois. Then Barack Obama dislodged him.But Darrow is still in there pitching,...
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Film Premiere at the Illinois Holocaust Museum on January 19: "The Devil's...
I have to do another post about an upcoming event at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, and I will, of course, but this upcoming event caught my attention along the way:On January...
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Haitian American Lawyers Association hosts welcome reception for new Loyola...
The Haitian American Lawyers Association will host a welcome reception for new Loyola Law Dean Michèle Alexandre on Friday, January 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Loyola, 25 E. Pearson, 10th...
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Several bar groups plan dinner to welcome in the Lunar New Year
The Women's Bar Association of Illinois, the Asian American Bar Association, the Korean American Bar Association, and the Chinese American Bar Association are jointly sponsoring their Second Annual...
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February 5 program: The Green Book CLE and Solidarity Awards
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will open an exhibit on February 2 entitled "The Negro Motorist Green Book."A few days later, on Sunday, February 5, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., a...
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Weeping Angles strike Springfield yet again: Countywide vacancies will...
A year ago, here on FWIW, I was wondering about P.A. 102-0693's apparent elimination of 55 countywide judicial slots in Cook County -- and, with it, the elimination of 55 opportunities for the Cook...
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District Court offers child care option for ILND General Bar members
An email from the District Court that may be of interest to some FWIW readers:The CCC Learning Center is now enrolling new students at the newly renovated childcare facility at 78 W. Van Buren Street,...
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Solidarity Award recipients announced in advance of February 5 Green Book...
An update to this January 9 post:The six organizations jointly sponsoring the February 5 "Green Book" program -- the Black Women's Lawyers Association, the Cook County Bar Association, the Decalogue...
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Alderperson in need of lawyers... as donors
Anyone who's lived in Chicago for more than a few years knows that some members of Chicago's City Council will likely be in need of lawyers... for representation... in the face of criminal charges. But...
View ArticleGuest Post: From refugee to jurist -- the story of Judge Alfred J. Paul
I heard about this story at yesterday's Appellate Lawyers Association meeting. With the permission of the author and the permission of Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke, president of the Illinois Judges...
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Jennifer Barron appointed to DuPage County vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court today appointed Naperville attorney Jennifer L. Barron to an at-large vacancy on the Circuit Court of DuPage County, a vacancy created by the recent appointment of Judge...
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