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  • October 3, 2013
    Solo & Small Firm Conference 2013 Day One
    The 9th Annual Solo & Small Firm Conference kicked off Thursday at the Westin Northwest Chicago in Itasca. The conference continues through Saturday and onsite registration is available.
  • September 13, 2013
    Race Judicata 2013
    ISBA teamed up with the Illinois Bar Foundation, the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and the Illinois Judges Association to form Team IJA-WBAI-ISBA for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' Race Judicata on Sept. 12 in Grant Park.
  • September 10, 2013
    YLD Day at the Races 2013
    The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted at Day at the races on Sept. 7 at Arlington Park Racecourse.
  • August 23, 2013
    30 Female Blackstones program and reception
    ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie Bauer hosted an event honoring the 30 Female Blackstones on Aug. 22 at Winston & Strawn LLP's headquarters in Chicago. The 30 Female Blackstones were a group of women lawyers who met at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago to fight for women's suffrage and advancement in previously male professions.
  • August 12, 2013
    Law and Leadership Institute 2013 Visit to Chicago City Hall
    The ISBA/JTBF Law and Leadership Institute visited Chicago's City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 8. The students heard from ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, ISBA Diversity Leadership Co-Chair Andy Fox and Chicago Alderman Ed Burke. Ald. Burke gave the students a history lesson on the City Council and took questions on his career in politics and the law.
  • August 1, 2013
    Law and Leadership Institute 2013 Women in the Law/Men in the Law Panels
    The ISBA/JTBF Law & Leadership Institute is in its second week at John Marshall Law School. On Monday, the 75 students divided up by gender to hear about proper gender etiquette in the workplace from Women in the Law and Men in the Law panels. The Law and Leadership Institute continues through Aug. 9.
  • July 24, 2013
    IBF reception honoring John Thies
    The Illinois Bar Foundation hosted a reception honoring outgoing ISBA President John E. Thies on Thursday, July 18, at the Union League Club in Chicago.
  • July 2, 2013
    Law and Leadership Institute 2013 Carbondale program visits St. Louis law firms
    The Carbondale portion of the Law and Leadership Institute visited the St. Louis law firms Sandberg Phoenix and Husch Blackwell on Wednesday, June 26. ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and LLI Carbondale Chair Alice Noble-Allgire were on hand to assist with the students' activities.
  • June 22, 2013
    Annual Meeting 2013 Annual Dinner
    Paula H. Holderman was sworn-in as the 137th ISBA President at the Annual Dinner on June 21, 2013, at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva.
  • June 21, 2013
    Annual Meeting 2013 Annual Dinner Reception