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The legal spending report: Which lawyers got paid by the state in 2020

The legal spending report: Which lawyers got paid by the state in 2020

The state of Illinois spent just over $24.1 million in legal fees during Fiscal Year 2020, according to records from the comptroller’s office.
By Marc Karlinsky
McMeen’s moment: The story behind the CBA’s newest director

McMeen’s moment: The story behind the CBA’s newest director

Elizabeth A. McMeen has more than 30 years of institutional knowledge at The Chicago Bar Association. It’s knowledge she expects will be her compass as she continues in her first year as executive director.
By John McNally
Legal community leans into philanthropy

Legal community leans into philanthropy

From packing school supplies and clothes for kids in need to backing Olympic athletes and high school students, Chicago-area lawyers find ways to give back in meaningful ways.
By Amanda Marrazzo
Ways forward from a watershed moment

Ways forward from a watershed moment

Officials at Chicago law firms last summer watched — alongside their colleagues, peers and fellow citizens — as demonstrators called for an end to systemic racism in the United States.
By Rebecca Anzel

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Law Day Letters

Southwest Bar Association

Greetings from the Southwest Bar Association! We are pleased to share in the celebration of Law Day 2021.
By Kathleen Farrell Duhig

Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago

Formed in 1986, the Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago is the first local bar association for attorneys of Asian descent in the Chicago area. Part of our mission is to advance the rule of law by educating the pan-Asian community on legal issues and referring volunteer attorneys and translators to pro bono clinics.
By Hsin-Hsin “Ivy” Lee

Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

As we make our way into 2021, we continue to face unprecedented challenges as a country and as a profession. These issues — a pandemic, global recession, the fight for racial justice — affect everyone in this country, but the impacts on women, and especially women of color, have proven particularly significant.
By Kathryn L. Conway

Chicago Bar Association

The Chicago Bar Association recognizes and commemorates Law Day. It is a day for us to contemplate the vital role of the rule of law as a pillar of our nation’s principles.
By Maryam Ahmad
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Photo gallery with Top Stories

A bronze sculpture of John Harvard sits on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up lawsuits claiming that Harvard, a private institution, and the University of North Carolina, a state school, discriminate against high-scoring Asian American applicants. A decision against the schools could mean the end of affirmative action in college admissions.
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Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
Attorney Jennifer Bonjean, left, approaches members of the media outside client Bill Cosby's home in 2021. Cook County Circuit Judge William Raines has been placed on restricted duties after he mocked Bonjean in his courtroom.
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Cook County judge put on restricted duties over disparaging comments 
Judge Robert Adrian presides over court in Adams County, Illinois, in 2020. Adrian, who found an 18-year-old man guilty of sexual assaulting a 16-year-old girl, was reassigned from criminal to small claims court in the 8th Judicial Circuit after throwing out the conviction this month, saying the 148 days the man spent in jail was punishment enough.
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Judge who tossed sexual-assault conviction reassigned to small claims
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, who opposes mandates, speaks outside the Supreme Court after arguments about vaccine-or-testing requirements on Friday in Washington with deputy Louisiana Attorney General Bill Stiles. On Thursday, the Court halted a rule applying to large employers but allowed another to stand for most health care workers.
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Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for large employers

House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, marks a year in the role this week. Above, he holds his first news conference after taking the Oath of Office to become speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives in the 102nd General Assembly on Jan. 13, 2021, at the Bank of Springfield Center.
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Welch reflects on first year as Illinois House speaker