CBA Record October 2018

MURPHY’S LAW BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The CBA hosted theWorld City Bar Leaders (WCBL) on September 27 & 28 at CBA Headquarters. Highlights included: Judge Thomas Mulroymoderating a panel on Protecting the Independence of the Judiciary; Donna Haddad, IBMSenior Legal Counsel, moderating a panel on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Legal Profession; CBF President Carrie Di Santo, Global Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director at CME Group, moderating a panel on Global Access to Justice and former US District Court Judge Wayne R. Andersen (JAMS) moderating a panel on Resolving International Disputes. Photo by Bill Richert

T he 95 th Annual Bar Show “ Big Little Laws ” opens on Thursday, November 29, and runs through Sunday, December 2, at DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Drive. The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. for performances onThursday, Friday and Saturday evening, and at 2:00 p.m. for Sunday’s matinee performance. The Bar Show is produced, directed, written and performed entirely by CBA members whose considerable enter- tainment talents seamlessly transcend the courtroom stage to the theatrical stage. The show’s funny and very clever writers, Clif- ford Berman , David Miller , Jay Schleb- benbach , Sally Pissetzky Steele and Amy Keller , musically parody international, national and local personalities and events during the past year. While no personality on the world stage is exempt, politicos are particularly vulnerable and ripe for the sportful skewering they receive in the show–all in good fun! Thespians at heart,

the cast rehearses throughout the year and their considerable talent is wonderfully reflected in song and dance on the historic Merle Reskin stage. The writers have had a lot to work with during the past year and this year’s show promises to be one of the best ever. The Bar Show is a unique CBA holiday tradition that promises to delight your family, friends and clients. Main floor tickets are $45 and mezzanine tickets are $35 per person. For more information or to make reservations, contact barshow@ chicagobar.org or call 312/554-2064. Interfaith Community Leaders Program The Association hosted a meeting in Octo- ber with interfaith leaders from Chicago and Cook County at New Covenant Mis- sionary Baptist Church. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ruben Castillo and Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans , Circuit Court of Cook County, were featured speakers at the program, which was organized by CBA

Second Vice President, Maryam Ahmad . CBA President Steven M. Elrod and Ms. Ahmad welcomed the interfaith leaders and briefly discussed the Association’s ongoing initiatives to provide services to commu- nities impacted by violence. Chief Judge Castillo spoke about the District Court’s SOAR and Second Chance programs and Chief Judge Evans spoke about the Circuit Court’s new bond court procedures and Circuit Court re-entry programs. Under Daniel M. Kotin’s presidency, the Asso- ciation sponsored a major symposium on “Curbing Chicago’s Violence” and contin- ues to be involved in outreach programs to the community. CLE in Israel–March 30-April 5, 2019 The Association has planned an extraor- dinary CLE Program in Jerusalem, Israel (April 1-5, 2019) with a two-day visit before the conference in Amsterdam, (March 30 and March 31, 2019). Israel’s

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