The Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS) will present a Ralph A. Gabric Award for lifetime achievement to Sheldon H. Roodman, retiring executive director of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, during its annual reception this month.

The award is named in memory of ISBA past president Ralph Gabric, who served on the CARPLS board and was an effective fund raiser. His son, Ralph J. Gabric, is vice president of the CARPLS board.

The Golden Gavel Award presentations are highlights of the benefit from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, on the sixth floor of the Northern Trust Corp., 50 S. LaSalle St.

Attorney Lester Munson, an associate editor of Sports Illustrated, is master of ceremonies for the program, at which awards will be given to the law firm of Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione and the Brunswick Corp.

In addition to a buffet and beverages, entertainment will be provided by the Scales of Justice and a fund-raising raffle will be conducted.

Tickets are $100 per person. For reservations, call (312) 421-4014. For information about CARPLS, a Cook County legal assistance hotline, access www.carpls.org.

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The Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will hold a benefit wine-tasting reception for young professionals from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Black Walnut Gallery in Wicker Park at 2135 W. Division, Chicago.

Wine expert Eileen Mahoney Philbin will discuss vintages at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. Call (312) 849-2279 for reservations.

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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society will benefit from proceeds of the seventh annual John Stevens Memorial golf outing on Thursday, June 7, at the Illinois State University Golf Course, Normal. Call (309) 438-8974.

A former member of the ISBA Assembly and chair of the McLean County board, Stevens died after being struck by a car while jogging. He also was president of the Shakespeare Festival in Bloomington.

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The annual Chicago dinner of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund is scheduled for Thursday, June 7, at the Palmer House Hilton. Contact Ayda Safaei at asafaei@maldef.org or (213) 629-25112, ext. 122.

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Youth Outreach Services, a previous Illinois Bar Foundation grant recipient, will hold its annual benefit golf outing Monday, June 18, at the Ruffled Feathers Golf Club in Lemont, with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start. Call (773) 777-7112, ext. 281, for details.

Board members include Chicago attorneys Donald T. Rubin of Rubin & Norris, a member of the ISBA State and Local Taxation Section Council, and Jaclyn Pampel of Baker & McKenzie.