CBA Record January 2018

An amazing year of change and progress was reviewed at the joint holiday board meeting of the CBA and the CBF. Many exciting plans for 2018 as well! Thanks to our board members for their dedicated service. Sending warm wishes to all for a wonderful holiday and a happy and healthy New Year! Photo by Bill Richert.

2,000 year old building. Come with us to see Rome’s Cat Sanctuary at Largo Argen- tina near the place where Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 B.C. Visit the Borghese Gardens, particularly on a Sunday afternoon when the Romans picnic with their families. Walk through Campo de Fiori early in the morning and buy olive oil and balsamic vinegar at the daily market. Go to the ancient Jewish quarter and eat “Carciofi alla Giudia”. Sit next to the 2,000 year old Pantheon, one of the best-preserved of all ancient Roman buildings and a former Roman temple built by Marcus Agrippa (whose name is chiseled into the portico). Walk over to see the big one: the Colosseum in the center of Rome, built in 80 AD which could seat 60,000 spectators. One can still see the numbers of each entrance gate engraved into the concrete. We have scheduled an opening lunch in an outdoor café in the Piazza Del Populo and a welcome reception at the beautiful law offices of Tonucci & Partners. Our closing dinner will be held at the Casina Valadier a spec- tacular venue in the Borghese Gardens overlooking Rome on the highest point of the Pincio close to the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo.We have planned

This trip will be great fun, a perfect way to network, to bond with friends and the perfect way to see Rome. This will be an experience to remember. Please join us.

four hours of continuing legal educa- tion, a night time tour of the Forum and various excursions, wine tastings and cooking classes.

To learn more about how you can be a part of this year's trip to Rome, April 16-19, go to www.chicagobar.org/rome.

10 JANUARY 2018