CBA Record November 2017

Y O U N G L A W Y E R S J O U R N A L

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ABA YLD AFFILIATE SHOWCASE CBA YLS in Denver By Emily Roschek

D id you know that the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section (“YLS”) is nationally rec- ognized?This October, YLS representatives traveled to Denver, Colorado to attend the ABA Young Lawyers Division Fall Confer- ence. At the conference, young lawyers sections from various international, state, local, specialty, and affinity bar associa- tions met to showcase their projects and to receive recognition for their efforts. The YLS had another banner year, having added the following five ABA YLDAwards of Achievement to its collection, plus an

EMBRACINGDiversity Challenge award from the ABA YLD Spring Conference in May: • First Place Comprehensive (for the following YLS programs: (a) Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities, (b) Paths toTeaching Law, (c) HumanTrafficking Awareness Week, (d) Illinois Bar Exam Boot Camp, (e) Pie Competition); • First Place Diversity (Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities); • First Place Service to the Public (Human

Trafficking Awareness Week); • First Place Service to the Bar (Paths to Teaching Law); • Most Outstanding Single Project (Paths to Teaching Law); • First Place EMBRACING Diversity Challenge (Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Dis- abilities). Paths to Teaching Law The YLS received two awards for this program, which involved a panel of ten- ured and adjunct law professors from the

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