CBA Record March-April 2026

March/April 2026 • Volume 40, Number 2 CONTENTS

CBA RECORD

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Editor’s Briefcase Condemned to Repeat History? Lessons in Fundamental Rights by Nikki Marcotte

THE YLS ISSUE: FUNDAMENTALS

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An Evolving Young Lawyers Section By Gavin Phelps

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President’s Page The Unconventional Path: When Your Career Timeline Doesn’t Follow the Script by Judge Nichole C. Patton

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The Four Freedoms and the Economic Bill of Rights By Katherine Hanson

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Access to Justice as a Natural Right By Andrew Sharp

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CBA News

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No Access to Justice Without Access to a Lawyer in Child Custody Disputes By Judge James A. Shapiro and James J. Herdegen

16 Chicago Bar

Foundation Report

18 The Pulse

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“Of the People”—But Which People? Courts Weigh Immigration Status in Second Amendment and Other Constitutional Claims By Jason T. Long

40 LPMT Bits & Bytes

Lawyers of All Ages: Six Tips to Protect Your Legal Office from Cyberthreats by Kevin Thompson

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Let the Jury Decide: Why Sexual Harassment Cases Belong in the Hands of the People By Whitney L. Barr

41 Chicago Lore

Maybelline Chicago by Richard Lee Stavins

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Employee Rights in the Illinois Workplace: Privacy, Speech, and Concerted Activity By Abhishek Ramaswami

42 Practical Ethics

Discriminatory Jury Selection as an Ethical Violation: ABA Opinion 517 by Trisha Rich

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The Right to Quit? Refusal to Work, the Constitution, and Illinois Public Sector Labor Law By AK Alilonu Unequal Tools, Unequal Outcomes: Chicago as a Case Study in Wealth Transfer and Economic Justice By Jordan Whisenton

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