Nearly 30 Boy Scouts from 17 different troops of the Chicago Area Council earned their “Law” merit badge upon completing a day-long clinic offered by NESA CHICAGO in a courtroom of the Richard J. Daley Center on October 5, 2013. The panel was comprised of judges and attorneys from various backgrounds around the city, each of which are Eagle Scouts, including Judge Joseph D. Panarese (Associate Judge, 1st Municipal District Circuit Court of Cook County) and attorneys Howard L. Huntington (of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC), Lawrence Chesler (retired Sr.
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October 16, 2013
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October 3, 2013
The 9th Annual Solo & Small Firm Conference kicked off Thursday at the Westin Northwest Chicago in Itasca. The conference continues through Saturday and onsite registration is available. -
September 13, 2013
ISBA teamed up with the Illinois Bar Foundation, the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and the Illinois Judges Association to form Team IJA-WBAI-ISBA for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' Race Judicata on Sept. 12 in Grant Park. -
September 10, 2013
The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted at Day at the races on Sept. 7 at Arlington Park Racecourse. -
August 23, 2013
ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie Bauer hosted an event honoring the 30 Female Blackstones on Aug. 22 at Winston & Strawn LLP's headquarters in Chicago. The 30 Female Blackstones were a group of women lawyers who met at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago to fight for women's suffrage and advancement in previously male professions. -
August 12, 2013
The ISBA/JTBF Law and Leadership Institute visited Chicago's City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 8. The students heard from ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, ISBA Diversity Leadership Co-Chair Andy Fox and Chicago Alderman Ed Burke. Ald. Burke gave the students a history lesson on the City Council and took questions on his career in politics and the law. -
August 1, 2013
The ISBA/JTBF Law & Leadership Institute is in its second week at John Marshall Law School. On Monday, the 75 students divided up by gender to hear about proper gender etiquette in the workplace from Women in the Law and Men in the Law panels. The Law and Leadership Institute continues through Aug. 9. -
July 24, 2013
The Illinois Bar Foundation hosted a reception honoring outgoing ISBA President John E. Thies on Thursday, July 18, at the Union League Club in Chicago. -
July 2, 2013
The Carbondale portion of the Law and Leadership Institute visited the St. Louis law firms Sandberg Phoenix and Husch Blackwell on Wednesday, June 26. ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and LLI Carbondale Chair Alice Noble-Allgire were on hand to assist with the students' activities. -
June 22, 2013
Paula H. Holderman was sworn-in as the 137th ISBA President at the Annual Dinner on June 21, 2013, at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva.