CBA Record March-April 2024

CBA Barristers Big Band hit all the high notes at Andy’s Jazz Club. Mark your calendar for April 26 to attend the group’s Benefit Ball at the Union League Club featuring music, dancing, libations, a silent auction and much more. Tickets available at www.chicagobar.org/barristerball.

2024 CBA/YLS DIVERSITY WEEK By YLS Second Vice Chair Gavin Phelps

The CBA and the Young Lawyers Section’s 2024 Diversity Week will take place April 15-18, 2024, both online and in-person at the CBA Building. Seminars will be held at a variety of times on topics including SCOTUS, College Admis sions and Affirmative Action, Navigating Your Career as a Diverse Attorney, Immigrant Rights, Sanctuary Cities and Our Borders, Protecting Your Mental Health as a Minority Lawyer, How to Recruit and Retain a Diverse Workforce (And Why It Matters), the Path to Becoming a Judge, and Changing Laws of Queer Family Rights and Surrogacy versus Anti-Drag Anti-Trans State Laws. A closing networking reception will be held on April 18 at the CBA Building to foster networking opportunities between members of the bench and bar. With a focus on inclusion, the YLS invited local affinity bar associations to participate in the week’s planning efforts and subject matter selection. Nina Fain, CBA Treasurer and DICE Committee Co-Chair, stated, “The momentum and enthusiasm that the YLS has brought forward in this second year of Diversity Week is nothing short of spectacular. The CBA DICE Committee is honored to serve as a co-sponsor of these events, which are critical to the work the CBA does in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Congrats to Gavin Phelps and his colleagues on their tireless work to engage so many bar association leaders to work in harmony with the YLS at this unique conference.” Registration is available at Learn.ChicagoBar.org (programs will also be available on demand).

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