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Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Fall 2011 District XI Initiation Ceremony

The Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, recently held its Fall 2011 District XI Initiation Ceremony. Nearly 300 law students and attorneys from the Chicagoland area pledged to further the fraternity's mission of service and to uphold the core values of integrity, courage, compassion, professionalism and diversity. All photos by Will Edwards.
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Chief Judge Holderman, new inductee Carlos Vera, and Vera's uncle, ISBA President John G. Locallo
Illinois Appellate Court Justice Nathaniel Howse; new Chicago Alumni Chapter inductees Sharon Eiseman, Warren Luppel, Julia Beinen and Mallory O'Connor; Chief Judge James Holderman; new Chicago Alumni Chapter inductee Elizabeth Teague; Past ISBA President Bob Downs; Jayne Reardon; John Norris; Dorothy Brown; John Locallo; Michele Jochner; Hon. Alfred M. Swanson; Steve Savva
Taking the oath
The group shot!
Phi Alpha Delta Assistant District XI Justice and Chair of the Executive Board of the Chicago Alumni Chapter Michele M. Jochner; New Chicago Alumni Chapter Inductee, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown; ISBA President John G. Locallo; ISBA Past President Bob Downs; Chicago Alumni Chapter Vice Justice Ryan Schermerhorn
Chicago Alumni Chapter Board Member Julie Ann Sebastian, Jayne Reardon, Michele Jochner
John Norris addresses the crowd
Chief Judge Holderman addresses students
The crowd listens
John Locallo; Phi Alpha Delta District XI Justice John K. Norris; Jayne Reardon, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Chief Judge James F. Holderman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Honorary Chair of the Executive Board of the Chicago Alumni Chapter; Dorothy Brown; Michele Jochner;  Phi Alpha Delta International Advocate Steve Savva
Judge Alfred M. Swanson;  Justice Nathaniel Howse
Jayne Reardon administers the oath of initiation
Royal Berg and Prof. Clifford Scott-Rudnick of The John Marshall Law School
The initiation ceremony
The crowd listens
Chief Judge Holderman, new inductee Carlos Vera, and Vera's uncle, ISBA President John G. Locallo
Chief Judge Holderman, new inductee Carlos Vera, and Vera's uncle, ISBA President John G. Locallo
Illinois Appellate Court Justice Nathaniel Howse; new Chicago Alumni Chapter inductees Sharon Eiseman, Warren Luppel, Julia Beinen and Mallory O'Connor; Chief Judge James Holderman; new Chicago Alumni Chapter inductee Elizabeth Teague; Past ISBA President Bob Downs; Jayne Reardon; John Norris; Dorothy Brown; John Locallo; Michele Jochner; Hon. Alfred M. Swanson; Steve Savva
Taking the oath
The group shot!
Phi Alpha Delta Assistant District XI Justice and Chair of the Executive Board of the Chicago Alumni Chapter Michele M. Jochner; New Chicago Alumni Chapter Inductee, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown; ISBA President John G. Locallo; ISBA Past President Bob Downs; Chicago Alumni Chapter Vice Justice Ryan Schermerhorn
Chicago Alumni Chapter Board Member Julie Ann Sebastian, Jayne Reardon, Michele Jochner
John Norris addresses the crowd
Chief Judge Holderman addresses students
The crowd listens
John Locallo; Phi Alpha Delta District XI Justice John K. Norris; Jayne Reardon, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Chief Judge James F. Holderman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Honorary Chair of the Executive Board of the Chicago Alumni Chapter; Dorothy Brown; Michele Jochner;  Phi Alpha Delta International Advocate Steve Savva
Judge Alfred M. Swanson;  Justice Nathaniel Howse
Jayne Reardon administers the oath of initiation
Royal Berg and Prof. Clifford Scott-Rudnick of The John Marshall Law School
The initiation ceremony
The crowd listens
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Chris Bonjean

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