CBA Record September-October 2023

tional cost (meetings are archived for on demand viewing, but archived versions do not count for IL MCLE credit). See a full list of committees and sign up at www.chicagobar.org. Send your ques tions about CBA committees to Awilda Reyes at areyes@chicagobar.org; for YLS committees, contact Emily Anderson at eanderson@chicagobar.org. The CBA’s Continuing Legal Educa tion Department is off to a robust start with a full calendar of new seminars this September. Visit learn.chicagobar.org to see what’s new and register for the pro grams of your choice. Now is also the perfect time to sign up for the Associa tion’s all-inclusive seminar plan. With the CLE-Advantage Plan, CBA members can attend most continuing legal education seminars for only $160 per plan year. Plan details can be found at learn.chicagobar. org or email cle@chicagobar.org. Free Financial Review CBA Insurance Agency is pleased to offer CBA members a complimentary mid year financial review, courtesy of Michael Taff of Hunken Ewing Financial Group. Visit www.cbainsurance.org/hefg to get more information and to schedule your free review. Tutor Elementary Students Lawyers Lend-A-Hand is looking for vol unteers to tutor students from two public charter elementary schools: The Mon tessori School of Englewood and Betty Shabazz Academy in the Greater Grand Crossing community. These in-person ses sions focus on reading and writing skills. Lend-A-Hand provides the curriculum, learning materials, and training. Tutoring takes place on Tuesdays at the CBA from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. and runs through the middle of May. The students are trans ported by school bus to and from tutoring. For more information or to sign up for a training session, contact Kathryn McCabe at kmccabe@lawyerslendahand.org. CBA Seminars Kick Off in September

THE CBA PULSE BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The CBA Executive Committee met to kick off 2023-24 bar programming. Pictured from left: CBA General Counsel Howard Suskin, Jenner & Block LLP; Second Vice President Kathryn C. Liss, DePaul University College of Law; Secretary Trisha Rich, Holland & Knight LLP; CBA President Ray J. Koenig III, Clark Hill; First Vice President John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn; Immediate Past President Timothy Tomasik, Tomasik Kotin Kasser man LLC; CBA Executive Director Beth McMeen; and YLS Chair Martin Gould, Romanucci & Blandin, LLC. Not Pictured: Treasurer Nina Fain, JSS Family Trust

19th Annual Pro Bono Week and Community Service Fair

Mexico2024 for more information and to register. Improve Your Negotiation, Mediation, and Advocacy Skills On October 19 and 20, the CBA is sponsoring an advanced workshop for improved negotiation, mediation, and advocacy skills that will share sophisti cated strategies for becoming a better advocate and mediator. Attendees will earn IL PR-MCLE credit. Learn more and register at learn.chicagobar.org or call 312-554-2052. It’s not too late to sign up for a CBA or YLS substantive law committee. Committees include everything from Adoption to Workers’ Compensation. Committees kick off their programming year in September; meetings will be in person, virtual, and hybrid. Attending live committee meetings is a convenient way to earn Illinois MCLE at no addi Expand Your Legal Network through CBA Committees

2024 Pro Bono Week activities will be held October 23-24. The week features outstanding programs including a Pro Bono and Community Service Fair with 30+ organizations that provide pro bono legal services to the public. The Fair intro duces lawyers to a wide array of pro bono opportunities available through these organizations. The week’s programming will focus on empowering people and communities to give back and will include free CLE sessions and a story slam focused on our theme, “Getting Personal with Pro Bono.” Look for more information at chi cagobarfoundation.org/probonoweek. CLE in Mexico April 2024 The CBA and President Ray Koenig are planning a CBA CLE Abroad to Mexico City in March 2024. Programming will focus on comparative law topics, immi gration, and more. Special tours and social events will also be on the itinerary. Watch your inbox or visit www.chicagobar.org/

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