Associations

A quartet of Appellate Court clerks will entertain members of the Appellate Lawyers Association this month with a litany of "The 10 Habits of Highly Effective Appellate Lawyers that Make Clerks Smile."

Steven Ravid, Robert Mangan, Gist Fleischman and Louis Costa will regale the audience at the 12 noon luncheon meeting Friday, April 20, at the Union League Club of Chicago. Call (312) 554-2090.

Appellate Court justices of the 5th District and Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will be guests of the association at a luncheon Friday, May 4, in the Gateway Center in Collinsville.

Plans for participation in the Polish Constitution Day parade Saturday, May 5, in Chicago will be discussed during a meeting of the Advocates Society at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the Copernicus Foundation.

A program on the role of Bohemia in the Thirty Years War and the battle of White Mountain will be presented at a dinner meeting of the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago on Thursday, April 26, in the Klas Restaurant in Cicero. Call President Kurt Kolar at (312) 641-3230.

The annual installation dinner is scheduled Thursday, May 17, at the Mid-America Club in Chicago.

Richard Bates, associate general counsel of State Farm, will discuss "Professional Responsibility in the Legal Profession" during a dinner meeting of the Central Illinois Paralegal Association.

Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will address the Central Illinois Women's Bar Association during a luncheon meeting Thursday, April 19, at Maldaner's Restaurant in Springfield.

The topic will be Burke's involvement as a founder of the Special Olympics. Call Raylene DeWitte Grischow at (217) 528-7375.

The CIWBA judicial reception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in the Gwendolyn Brooks Building Atrium of the Illinois State Library.

The annual meeting of the Champaign County Bar Association will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the Urbana Holiday Inn. Speakers will discuss MCLE requirements and changes at the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation.

The 17th annual Chicago Bar Association Herman Kogan Media Awards luncheon and presentations will be held Friday, May 4, with television personality Bob Sirott as keynote speaker. Call (312) 554-2013.

The Cook County Bar Association schedule of lectures on ethics and professionalism will conclude with a presentation by Judge David H. Coar of U.S. District at 12 noon Thursday, May 17.

The free lectures take place in the 20th floor conference room at 1 E. Wacker Drive. Call (312) 368-0213.

The DuPage Association of Women Lawyers will commemorate National Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 24, with a free panel discussion from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Illinois Institute of Technology Rice Campus in Wheaton. Call (630) 435-5432.

Speakers are DAWL past president Marti J. Sladek, Jennifer Wilken of the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, and Vickie Austin, president of Choices Worldwide.

The East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association will meet Tuesday, April 17, at Biaggi's Restaurant in Champaign for luncheon and a program on financial planning.

An "Evening with George Anastaplo" is planned for Thursday, April 19, by the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois to honor the Loyola University law professor. Call (312) 554-2085 for details.

The annual educational conference and Paralegal Day banquet of the Illinois Paralegal Association will be conducted Thursday, May 3, at the Union League Club of Chicago. Teddy bears will be collected for the Illinois State Police to comfort children in accidents and other situations.

Seminars from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be followed by the reception, dinner and elections. Call (815) 462-4620.

The U.S. and International Trademark Committees of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago will meet from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Chicago Bar Association for luncheon and program, "Trademarks: What's Hot in 2007."

Speakers are Julie Katz, Amanda Roach, Richard Ashmead and Barbara Barron Kelly. E-mail IPLAC@welshkatz.com for reservations.

New officers of the Justinian Society will be sworn in during a dinner meeting Thursday, May 10, at Gibson's Restaurant in Chicago. Mentoring awards will be presented. Call (708) 338-0760.

The Kane County Bar Association Judge's Night reception will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at The Herrington in Geneva. Call (630) 762-1915.

The association's annual meeting and memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at the County Judicial Center in St. Charles. A luncheon will follow.

The North Suburban Bar Association Judges Night will take place Tuesday, May 8, at Forty One North in Northbrook. Call President Nancy Vizer at (312) 422-8110.

Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald will receive a Public Service Award from the Northwest Suburban Bar Association during its Judges' Night reception and dinner Wednesday, April 18, at Rosewood Banquets in Rosemont.

Hon. Timothy C. Evans Scholarships will be presented by the NWSB Foundation. Call (847) 221-2601.

The first bar golf outing of the season, the Presidents' Cup Tournament, will be conducted Friday, May 4, at the Grand Marais Golf Course by the St. Clair County Bar Association.

The South Suburban Bar Association Judge's Night will be held Tuesday, May 1, at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park. Call President Donald N. MacNeil at (708) 481-4800.

New officers of the Vermilion County Bar Association will be elected during a luncheon meeting Tuesday, April 24, at Old National Bank in Danville. Call President Jeff Clapper at (217) 446-1650.

Slated candidates are Thomas J. Mellen II for president, Pamela S. Howell and Kerry R. Clapper for vice presidents, Terra Dillon for secretary, and Barbara L. Delanois for treasurer.

Northlake attorney Gustavo H. Santana will be installed as president of the West Suburban Bar Association during its 65th annual gala dinner dance on Saturday, April 21, at the Wyndham Drake Oak Brook Hotel. Call (708) 352-5678.

Other incoming officers are Marijane F. Placek and James V. Murphy, vice presidents; Marilyn F. Longwell, executive secretary; Marcia J. Nawrocki-Verburgt, recording secretary, and Barry Locke, treasurer.

The Chicago-based Women's Criminal Defense Bar Association was approved March 30 by the ISBA Board of Governors as an affiliated bar association. Call President Jennifer Bae at (312) 364-0443 for information about activities and events.

Current officers of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association are President Philip Eaton Turcy, Vice President Elaine T. Newquist, Treasurer Daniel B. Malone and Secretary Daniel J. Ugaste.