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  • November 5, 2013
    4th District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Chief Justice Rita B. Garman presided over the 4th District ceremony at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield.
  • November 5, 2013
    1st District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Illinois Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman presided over the bar admission ceremonies in at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. Justices Anne M. Burke and Mary Jane Theis also participated.
  • October 22, 2013
    IBF Gala 2013 Gallery 2
    The Illinois Bar Foundation held its 15h Annual Gala on Oct. 18. Manny Sanchez, of Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman, was honored with the Distinguished Award for Excellence.
  • October 22, 2013
    IBF Gala 2013 Gallery 1
    The Illinois Bar Foundation held its 15h Annual Gala on Oct. 18. Manny Sanchez, of Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman, was honored with the Distinguished Award for Excellence.
  • October 18, 2013
    DuPage Association of Women Lawyers honor President Holderman, Past President Bahr
    The DuPage Association of Women Lawyers (DAWL) honored ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and Irene Bahr, a past ISBA and DAWL president, on October 10, during a luncheon at Klein Creek Golf Club, in Winfield. The awards recognized Holderman and Bahr for their “inspiration of women in bar leadership.”
  • October 16, 2013
    Law Merit Badge Day 2013 at Daley Center
    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.
  • October 3, 2013
    Solo & Small Firm Conference 2013 Day One
    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
    Race Judicata 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
    YLD Day at the Races 2013
    The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted at Day at the races on Sept. 7 at Arlington Park Racecourse.
  • August 23, 2013
    30 Female Blackstones program and reception
    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.