CBA Record February_March 2016

will be held on Tuesday, April 21, at the Standard Club. A reception for this year’s honorees will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon in the Grand Ballroom. A historic number of bar associations will participate in this year’s Vanguard Award Luncheon. We are proud to announce that the Women’s Bar Association of Illi- nois, Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Chinese American Bar Association, Arab American Bar Association, Advocates Soci- ety and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers have joined the Asian American Bar Associ- ation, The Chicago Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and the Puerto Rican Bar Association in honoring our members who have made a difference in our community and legal profession. To keep the program on time, brief videotaped messages of the 12 honorees will be shown at the luncheon. Tickets for the luncheon are $70 per person or $700 for a table of ten. For more information or to make reservations, contact Events Coordinator Tamra Drees at tdrees@chicagobar.org or 312/554-2057. CBA/WBBM Radio Exclusive Member Benefit The Association has teamed with WBBM Newsradio (CBS) to offer members steeply discounted advertising rates. WBBM’s normal weekly rate for 54 30-second ads is approximately $3,400. The CBA member rate is $1,000 less or $2,400. Fifty-four ads running throughout the station schedule is less than $45 per ad. Plus, for every four weeks purchased, members will receive an additional $1,000 discount for a total savings of $5,000 per month. A limited number of packages are available per week, so it is mportant that members call to deter- mine availability and for any blackout dates. WBBM producers will help you write, produce, and even voice your own com- mercial in the CBS Studios for no added fee. When it comes to results no guess work is necessary. Your purchase of advertising also includes a dedicated 800 number so that you will get real and immediate tracking of how your ad performs. For more informa-

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

The 2016 Earl Burrus Dickerson Award was presented to two honorees Judge Marilyn F. Johnson (ret.) and Judge LeRoyMartin, Jr. The award luncheonwasWednesday, February 17, at the Standard Club, Chicago. On the dais are (l to r): CBA Executive Director Terry Murphy; CBA President Hon. Patricia Brown Holmes; Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court Hon. Timothy C. Evans; Dickerson honoree Hon. Marilyn F. Johnson (retired from the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court); Presiding Judge of Municipal District 1 of the Circuit Court Hon. E. KennethWright, Jr.; and Dickerson honoree Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court Hon. LeRoy K. Martin Jr. The Dickerson Award is presented by the CBA every year tominority lawyers and judges whose careers have exemplified the standards of the late Earl Dickerson, one of the first African-American members of The CBA whose life and career were devoted to the law and helping others gain equality and justice. (photo by Bill Richert)

T he Association is hosting a Town Hall meeting on educational equal- ity onThursday, May 5, at WYCC/ Channel 20 (PBS) TV. The Town Hall is being co-sponsored by the University of Illinois Chicago and WYCC TV and will feature some of our nation’s leading experts on Education including: Professor Linda Darling Hammond , Stanford University; Dr. Charles Payne , University of Chicago; and JerryWeast , former Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. Dr. Steve Tozer from the University of Illinois Chicago will moderate our panel of experts in a 90-minuteTV special that will include video footage with CPS Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson and several school principals. Dr. Tozer and Robin Steans of the Steans Foundation (and founding

Executive Director, Advance Illinois) were of invaluable help to the Association in planning this special program. I also want to thank CBA Secretary Jesse Ruiz who served as Director of the State Board of Education and Vice-Chair of Chicago’s Board of Education. Educational equality is among the top civil rights issues of most concern to Millennials. This is one of the major issues facing our country. Be sure to read President Patricia Holmes ’ column in this issue and you’ll understand why all of us need to get involved in addressing this problem. The Town Hall will be taped before a live studio audience and will air on WYCC/Channel 20 TV later in May. Vanguard Awards The 2016 Vanguard Awards Luncheon

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