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
The @theBar blog is an online publication of the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS). On May 16, 2018, the YLS Executive Council approved the creation of the @theBar blog as a project of the YLS Journal. The @theBar blog strives to promote the YLS’s dedication to professional development, ethical practice, the service of our profession, and the well-being of our members.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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 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 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…