CBA Record September-October 2022

YOUNG L AWYERS S EC T I ON : BU I LD I NG BR I DGE S

Pro BonoWork Builds Bridges to the Community By Daniel Berkowitz

CBA YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION Chair Daniel Berkowitz Office of the Illinois Attorney General

First Vice-Chair Martin Gould Romanucci & Blandin, LLC Second Vice-Chair Kenneth Matuszewski Goldberg Segalla LLP Member Service Manager Gavin Phelps Phelps LLC Public Service Manager Margaret Mendenhall Casey City of Chicago

where we live and work. To that end, the yZ= O* -+/(V )/ -s+)OWO-s)U O0 )PU KD)P Annual Pro Bono Week hosted by The Chicago Bar Foundation and The Chi f cago Bar Association from October 24 through 28, 2022. A variety of program f ming will be available to learn more about pro bono opportunities so members can begin or continue to give back. The Pro Bono Fair is one of the pUUM5* POQPLOQP)*e ;PO* U'U0) O* s0 UoWULf lent opportunity for lawyers to connect with organizations doing important work in the community. They need your time and your skills to accomplish the many worthy causes they serve. Special thanks to our Public Service Manager, Maggie Mendenhall Casey, for coordinating )PO* nUs+5* U'U0) /0 rUPsLS /S )PU yZ=e y/( Ws0 u0V VU)sOL* sr/() )PU U'U0) s) www.chicagobarfoundation.org/pro f bonoweek. All lawyers admitted to the Bar have ethical responsibilities that we accept to gain the privilege to practice law. Assist f ing with pro bono work is not only the moral thing to do, it is strongly encour f aged under the Illinois Rules of Profes f sional Conduct. The Preamble to the >(LU* O0VOWs)U* O) O* )PU +U*-/0*OrOLO)n (LU FeJ +UO0S/+WU* )PU @+Us2rLU5* WsLL )/ sW)O/0B (LU FeI sL*/ -+/'OVU* )Ps)B

T his bar year is off to a strong start. I s2 sLpsn* Q+s)OuUV )/ *UU P/p2s0n people are willing to give their time to ensure we continue providing excel f lent programming for our members. And ^ Ps'U rUU0 U0U+QOmUV rn /(+ O0f-U+*/0 attendance at our most recent social events. It shows that our members enthusiastically U2r+sWU )PU 0UUV S/+ O0f-U+*/0 U'U0)* S/+ networking and building connections. A(+ u+*) *OQ0s)(+U U'U0) /S )PU nUs+ was the All Bar Social, attended by hun f V+UV* /S LspnU+* ln/(0Qg /LVg s0V O0f between). We were glad to help bring )/QU)PU+ 2U2rU+* /S V/mU0* /S sSu0f ity bar organizations, including the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois, the "LsWM YU0 ZspnU+*5 #**/WOs)O/0g s0V )PU Cook County Bar Association, to name N(*) s SUpe ;PO* U'U0) sLL/pUV )PU yZ= to build bridges between and among so 2s0n n/(0Q LspnU+* s0V s *OQ0OuWs0) number of organizations doing fantastic work for our legal community. Thank you so much to our sponsors and our attend f UU* S/+ PUL-O0Q (* r+O0Q rsWM O0f-U+*/0 socials in a big way. I cannot wait for next nUs+5* U'U0)e As necessary as it is for our members to make connections within the legal community, it is also imperative that we build bridges to the broader communities

Project Officer Brittany Kaplan K&L Gates

Project Officer Aleksandra Petrovic Damisch & Damisch, Ltd. Secretary/Treasurer Kernisha Padilla Latham & Watkins

Co-Editors in Chief YLS Journal Theodore Kontopoulos FORVIS Jacob B. Berger Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC

YLS Journal Vice Chair Nikki Marcotte Tabet DiVito Rothstein LLC

Co-Editors in Chief @theBar Blog Alexandra Morelli Barker, Castro, Kuban & Steinback, LLC Brian Bentrup Pluymert, MacDonald, Hargrove & Lee, Ltd. YLS Administrative Director Lindsay Wunrow

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