CBA Record July-August 2024

2024 Vanguard Awards Honor Trailblazers in the Legal Community By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director

LAGBAC ‒ Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association; Linda Lu, Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago; Mary Alice Melchor, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.; Tara M. Raghavan, South Asian Bar Associa tion of Chicago; Judge Joanne F. Rosado, Puerto Rican Bar Association; Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, The Chicago Bar Associa tion; Nancy E. Sasamoto, Asian Ameri can Bar Association of Greater Chicago; and Marvet M. Sweis, Arab American Bar Association of Illinois. The CBA’s honoree is Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, Dean and Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law. She has served as dean of DePaul Univer sity College of Law since 2015 and is a nationally recognized leader in legal edu cation. Dean Rosato Perea is an experi enced administrator, a longtime advocate of student engagement and professional ism, and a respected legal scholar. One of only a small number of Latina law school deans in the nation, she has been recog nized for her commitment to diversity through her presentations to national organizations, mentoring, and creation of innovative programs. Most recently, Dean Rosato Perea received the Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence 2022 from the Chicago Bar Foundation and was hon ored among the Chicago Lawyer Top 50 Women in Law 2022. She has presented nationally and regionally on the future and challenges of legal education before a variety of organizations, including the Association of American Law Schools and the American Bar Association. Dean Rosato Perea is known for her scholarship on family law, bioethics, and legal ethics, having published extensively on a variety of legal issues affecting children and fami lies. Prior to joining DePaul, she served as dean of Northern Illinois University Col lege of Law for six years. In June 2024, she became the new managing director of accreditation and legal education for the American Bar Association.

Pictured from left to right are: Front Row: Judge Jerome C. Barrido, Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, Marvet M. Sweis, Nancy E. Sasamoto, Soo Yeon Lee and Judge Nancy Katz (accepting on behalf of Judge Patricia Logue). Middle Row: Tara M. Raghavan and Judge Jonathan Clark Green. Top Row: Janaan Hashim, Mary Alice Melchor, Erika N.L. Harold, and Monica Llorente. Not pictured: Wiley S. Adams, Linda Lu, and Judge Joanne F. Rosadom, and Lonne Nasatir accepting behalf of the Jewish United Fund.

T he Chicago Bar Association, along with many other local bar associa tions, annually presents the Van guard Awards to honor changemakers who are leading the way to promote pro fessionalism and diversity across the legal community. This year’s ceremony was held at the Union League Club of Chi cago to recognize these trailblazers. “The 2024 Vanguard Award winners have made the law and legal profession more accessible to and reflective of the community at large through their tire less work to improve our profession. The CBA is proud to recognize Dean Jennifer L. Rosato Perea and all the distinguished

award recipients for driving change in our community and our profession,” said CBA President Ray J. Koenig III. Distinguished award recipients included Wiley S. Adams, Cook County Bar Association; Judge Jerome C. Barrido, Filipino American Lawyers Association; Judge Jonathan Clark Green, Advocates Society; Erika N.L. Harold, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois; Janaan Hashim, Muslim Bar Association of Chicago; Jewish United Fund, Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Soo Yeon Lee, Korean American Bar Association; Monica Llorente, HLAI ‒ Serving the Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois; Judge Patricia Logue (posthumously),

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