CBA Record November 2017

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cans with Disabilities Act and the Reha- bilitation Act, and suggestions for how employers maintain compliance with the law. A panel of attorneys with disabilities discussed their experiences and thoughts on topics ranging from how cultural differ- ences can affect the law school experience, to networking challenges, hiring practices, and relationships with co-workers and clients. Participants as well as anyone in the legal community could then create a profile on LexVita.com for a two-week online networking fair. Unveiling of @thebar The CBA-YLS was also proud to announce its first-of-its kind bar association podcast, @thebar. The podcast received significant interest from conference-goers. We dis- cussed implementation of the program and our interviews with the author of Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, and with the author of Addicted Lawyer, Brian Cuban. Based on the strong reception it received, we would not be surprised if @thebar is nominated at next year’s ABA Conference. YLS SecondVice Chair, Octavio Duran, said of the conference, “we were thrilled to be recognized for all of the hard work that our YLS members put in this year, and we look forward to another exciting and suc- cessful bar year.” Emily Roschek is the Director of ABA Legal Career Central and current CBAYLS Project Officer and member of the CBF Advocacy Committee. She is the Past Chair of the YLS Future of the Profession Committee and Past Co-Chair and Vice Chair of the YLS Profes- sional Responsibility Committee.

YLS BOOK AND SUPPLY DRIVE FOR LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH TUTORING STUDENTS Get in the holiday spirit this year by contributing to the YLS’book and supply drive for the students of the Lawyers Lend-a-Hand toYouth tutoring program!The tutoring programpartnerswith theMontessori School of Englewood, a public charter school, to provide free one-to-one tutoring andmentoring to students from Englewood.To donate supplies, visit www.chicagobar.org/ylsevents and click the link for our“AmazonWish List” and then purchase any of the requested items of your choosing. All books and supplies purchased from the list will be delivered to the CBA Building and packaged by YLS volunteers to be sent home with the students over their winter break from school. The YLS will host a pizza party to package the donated items on December 14, 2017 from 5:30-7:30pm. To attend and assist in packing the donated items, RSVP at www.chicagobar.org/ylsevents.

Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities This program won the ABA Award for Embracing Diversity Challenge, which includes a $1500 sub-grant to help build the program in future years. This program targeted attorneys and law students with disabilities, as well as law firms and law departments interested in expanding their own networks. It was co-sponsored by the National Association of Attorneys with Disabilities, the ABA Commission on Disability Rights, the ABA Law Practice Division, and the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. It featured a CLE seminar with an interactive panel discus- sion followed by an in-person networking reception and an online networking event powered by LexVita.com. The panel gave an overview of the protections afforded to disabled workers, specifically by the Ameri-

DEAR SANTA LETTER PROGRAM Help a child enjoy the holidays...answer a Dear Santa Letter! This holiday season, the Young Lawyers Section is distributing “Dear Santa” letters provided by Direct Effect Charities, a group that receives thousands of letters from disadvantaged youth from Chicago Public Schools requesting gifts from Santa. Here’s how it works: select a letter, purchase a few items the child has requested (approx. $25 or less), and mail the package directly to the child’s school. Letters will be available to be picked up at the CBA in mid-November (stop by our 1st floor bookstore). Visit www.chicagobar. org/ylsevents for more details and to request letters. Complete instructions will be attached to the letter.

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