The newsletter of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law

March 2008, vol. 18, no. 3

In This Issue…

• Letter from the Chair: A call to action
  Tapping away in a laptop into the wee hours of the night, clicking through sites trying to find that one bit of information that will make you shine at work, that will wrap up the perfect research assignment, that will get the naysayers and critics to stop redlining your work and forwarding your e-mails is a like a frenzied rush to the finish line at the Chicago or Boston Marathon.
• Last chance to complete diversity survey
  A “call to action” has been issued to all Illinois attorneys to participate in the first statewide survey designed to gauge the level of diversity in the state.
• Diverse experiences: Covering my hair, not my mind: A Muslim woman’s perspective
  This is the first in a series of articles written by practitioners about the challenges faced by minority and women attorneys in the profession and strategies to meet those challenges.
• Who me? A law professor?—Southern Illinois University School of Law sponsors workshop for lawyers interested in law teaching
  In an effort to bring more diversity to the legal academy, faculty from the Southern Illinois University School of Law presented a workshop during the Illinois State Bar Association’s December 2007 midyear meeting on how practicing lawyers can transition into law teaching jobs.

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