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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
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

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Law Day Letters

Cook County Bar Association

Shirley Chisholm once said that “service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living here on this earth.”
By Nyshana K. Sumner

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
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Arab American Bar Association of Illinois

Last year provided no shortage of obstacles and challenges. However, the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois proved that it has and will continue to grow and show its strength in the face of adversity.
By Nura A. Yanaki

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
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Photo gallery with Top Stories

J. Matthew Dudley speaks to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on June 4 after being installed as president of the organization. Dudley aims to continue growing the diversity within ITLA and highlights the gains made in its women’s and minority caucuses.
Jun
17
Thu

New ITLA president charts course for term
Retired Madison County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Crowder was sworn in as president of the Illinois Judges Association by former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier on June 4 during its annual meeting. The group, which was founded in 1972, represents 1,250 active and retired Illinois state court judges.
Jun
15
Tue

IJA aims to narrow civil justice gap
A view of Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, during a game against the Detroit Tigers in 2021. A lawsuit against the team and Major League Baseball from a man who was hit by a foul ball in 2018 while sitting outside the protective netting can move forward, according to Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathy M. Flanagan. In 2019, the White Sox extended the protective netting to cover foul pole to foul pole.
Jun
14
Mon

Lawsuit against White Sox ruled in play
Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa member Staci Balbirer sits on the porch at her Glencoe home. Balbirer always knew she wanted to be a family law attorney and has continued to expand her profile in her practice by taking on a 2020 Hague Convention case involving an Ecuador man filing suit against his wife who brought their children to Illinois.
Jun
10
Thu

Family law attorney tackles new challenges
An elevated walkway from the Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center to the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building is shown on June 4. By the middle of 2020, the number of people in jails nationwide was at its lowest point in more than two decades, according to a new report by the Vera Institute of Justice. The group’s researchers collected population numbers from about half of the nation’s 3,300 jails to make national estimates. But the numbers have begun creeping back up again as courts are back in session and the world begins returning its new normal.
Jun
08
Tue

COVID emptied jails. Should that remain?