CBA Record September-October 2024

extension to Taormina from May 1-3. CLE programming with an international flair will be included during the Palermo portion of the trip. Special tours and social events will also be on the itinerary. Watch your inbox or visit www.chicagobar.org/ Sicily2025 for more information. On September 24, the CBA is sponsor ing an advanced workshop for improved negotiation, mediation, and advocacy skills that will share sophisticated strate gies for becoming a better advocate and mediator. Attendees will earn 5.5 IL PR MCLE credits. Learn more and register at learn.chicagobar.org or call 312-554 2052. Summit Against Domestic Violence On October 29, the CBA, joined by the ISBA, WBAI, DCBA, and the WINGS program, will bring together stakeholders from law enforcement, the legal system, and social service agencies to discuss how the legal community can make a differ ence and support survivors of domestic violence. The keynote speaker will be Denise Brown, a domestic violence pre vention advocate and sister of Nicole Brown Simpson. 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. Com mittees include everything from Adop tion to Workers’ Compensation. The programming year kicks off in September; meetings will be in-person, virtual, and hybrid. Attending live committee meet ings is a convenient way to earn Illinois MCLE credit at no additional cost (meet ings are archived for on-demand viewing, but archived versions do not count for IL MCLE credit). See a full list of commit tees and sign up at www.chicagobar.org/ committees. Send your questions about CBA committees to Meredith Loehr at mloeher@chicagobar.org; for YLS Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop Expand Your Legal Network through CBA Committees

THE CBA PULSE

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The CBA Record Editorial Board gathered this summer to plan another great year of content for CBA members. Front row, from left: Nikki Marcotte, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Kathleen Dillon Narko, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; and Anne Ellis, Council of State Governments Justice Center. Second Row, from left: Richard Stavins, Robbins Dimonte; Daniel Cotter, Dickenson Wright; Justice Michael B. Hyman, Illinois Appellate Court; Ted Kontopoulos, Internal Revenue Service; and Bonnie McGrath, Law Offices of Bonnie McGrath. Back Row, from left: CBA Executive Director Beth McMeen; Anthony Fata, Kirby McInerney LLP; and Kevin Thompson, Levin Ginsburg.

Justice John Paul Stevens Awards Join us on September 26 to celebrate Illi nois attorneys who have demonstrated extraordinary integrity and service to the community throughout their careers. The 2024 honorees include Judge David H. Coar (ret.), JAMS; Daniel A. Cotter, Dick inson Wright; David A. Decker, former ISBA President and ITLA President; Nina Fain, JS Schirn Family Trust; E. Lynn Grayson, Nijman Franzetti; John (“Jack”) Jiganti, Madden, Jiganti, Moore & Sheri dan LLP; and Justice Margaret Stanton McBride, Illinois Appellate Court. The luncheon will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Union League Club. Make your reservation at www.chicagobar.org. 20th Annual Pro Bono Week and Community Service Fair 2024 Pro Bono Week activities will be held October 21-25. The week, a pioneer

ing CBA tradition, is chaired by CBA Board of Managers Member Josie Gough and Melissa Picciola from Legal Aid Chi cago. It features outstanding programs, including a Pro Bono and Community Service Fair with 30-plus organizations that provide pro bono legal services to the public. The Fair introduces lawyers to a wide array of pro bono opportuni ties available through these organizations. The week’s programming will focus on empowering people and communities to give back and will include free CLE ses sions and a story slam focused on this year’s theme, “Pro Bono in Motion.” Look for more information at chicagobar foundation.org/probonoweek. CLE in Palermo, Sicily The CBA and President John Sciaccotta are planning CBA CLE Abroad to Pal ermo, Sicily, April 28-30, 2025, with an

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