Authored by: Shmuel Wyckoff
Lawyer: “As we know, in Illinois, we require three particles. . . That’s the State Police threshold. I would add this morning besides looking at the common law record, I did a Chat GPT, and I
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2024-2025 CBA Annual Report
The 2024-2025 Bar year was a wonderful year of events, initiatives, and accomplishments. We thank our members for their continued support, active participation, and steadfast membership, which are vital to the CBA’s continued success. Some of the highlights of the…
Chicago Talks: The TikTok Ban & The First Amendment
In a new episode of Chicago Talks, CBATV’s Michael Alkaraki, a partner at Leahy Hoste Alkaraki, and Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, a Constitutional Law Scholar at Dean at University of California Berkeley School of Law, provide a look at the TikTok…
The Potential Annexation of Greenland: Ridiculous Farce or Strategic Genius?
By: Michael Vecchione
The notion of annexing Greenland was, for a time, seen as a joke even before the election this year. Yet, here we are, faced with the very real possibility that the United States may add it to…
CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATIONS HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL “CBAY” AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING MEMBERS
The Chicago Bar Association (CBA) is hosting the first annual “CBAY” Awards on Thursday, May 22nd from 5-7pm at CBA Headquarters, 321 S. Plymouth Court. This special complimentary event honors the outstanding and extraordinary dedication, leadership, contributions, and service of…
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda- Reflections of a Recent Law School Graduate
Authored by: Christine “Chris” Drew
By the time this is published, I will have walked across the stage, bent down to receive my hood, snapped a picture with our Dean, received my diploma, and prayed I either didn’t trip or…
The Chicago Bar Associations Joins National Coalition of Bar Associations to File Amicus Briefs in Support of Jenner and Block and WilmerHale
The CBA and 15 other bar associations submitted amicus briefs in support of Jenner and Block and WilmerHale. These filings follow the amicus brief recently submitted in support of Perkins Coie LLP’s motion for summary judgment in response to the Executive…
The CBA Hosts 22nd Annual Barristers Big Band Benefit on April 25
The Chicago Bar Association’s Barristers Big Band is hosting their 22nd Annual benefit on April 24 at 6:00 p.m. at the Union League Club. This year’s theme is “Simple Pleasures,” a celebration of delicious food, great music, fantastic company, and…
The CBA Joins Nationwide Coalition of Bar Associations to File Amicus Brief in Support of Perkins Coie
The Chicago Bar Association and 15 other bar associations filed an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie’s challenge to a presidential executive order targeting the firm, which, the brief argues, “threaten[s] to turn the Bar into an instrument of the executive…
The Chicago Bar Association Statement in Support of Jenner & Block and the Rule of Law
The Chicago Bar Association unequivocally stands in steadfast support of Jenner & Block. Like the Chicago Bar Association, Jenner & Block is a Chicago institution, and it is one of the finest law firms in our city and in the…