The Chicago Bar Association 150th Celebration
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CBA HISTORY
Great Chicago Fire Ƹ Ƹ
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CBA established by 42 men, members of Illinois Bar. Corporate Charter officially filed in 1874. ȸƏƳɯƺǼǼ ɮ٫ XǼǼǣȇȒǣɀ , 83 US 130, Myra Bradwell denied bar admission due to sex. Alta May Hulett first woman admitted to Bar of Illinois.
A Home The Association's
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CBA first Annual Dinner at Grand Pacific Hotel, Jackson & LaSalle Streets. Impressionists organize in Paris.
initial headquarters was a suite of rooms in the Brown's Building at Clark and Madison and consisted of one meeting room, a dining room open until 3:30 p.m. and two small parlors for smoking and relaxing from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. In 1875, its headquarters moved to Farwell Hall on Madison Street west of Clark Street.
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xɖȇȇ ɮ٫ Xn , 94 US 113, Public Regulation of Utilities
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CBA sponsors bill creating Probate Court of Cook County as well as Act to organize the Appellate Court into 4 Districts.
Battle of Little Big Horn
End of Reconstruction & Great Railroad Strike
First Telephone Exchange Ƹ
Chinese Exclusion Act Ƹ ƶ
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Haymarket Square Riot CBA member undertakes representation of defendants at trial.
(Əɮǣɀ ɮ٫ ƺƏɀȒȇ , 133 US 333, polygamy not protected by 1st Amendment. Battle of Wounded Knee Ƹ Ʒ CBA sponsors bill to regulate treatment of dependent, neglected and delinquent children. Ƹ Jane Addams founded Hull House Ƹ
Statute of Liberty Dedicated
Juvenile Court CBA’s April 1899 draft legislation to establish a Juvenile Court, written by member Harvey Hurd, was signed into law establishing the first Juvenile Court in the world. ¨ǝȒɎȒ ƬȸƺƳǣɎ٥ !ǝɖƬǸȅƏȇ ٯ ɀ ¨ǝȒɎȒɀ Ȓȇ áȒȸƳ¨ȸƺɀɀ٥ !ǝǣƬƏǕȒ zȒɀɎƏǼǕǣƏ ƏȇƳ xƺȅȒȸƏƫǣǼǣƏ
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¨Ǽƺɀɀɵ ɮ٫ IƺȸǕɖɀȒȇ , 163 US 537, separate but equal
Henry Ford Unveils First Automobile
Complete CBA timeline available at www.chicagobar150.org
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