Chicago Daily Law Bulletin archives
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2013 – 2014 (click here for 2015)
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2 DEC 2013 — Amicus Curious: Baker & McKenzie’s Robert Knuepfer receives Hungarian Order of Merit
6 DEC 2013 — Law School Notes: Northwestern Law launches Master of Science in Law
9 DEC 2013 — Amicus Curious: ISBA’s Dave Anderson retires (SUB)
10 DEC 2013 — Schiff, Hardin represents the Randolph Group in Weiman Products sale (SUB)
11 DEC 2013 — Scharf, Banks, Marmor’s holiday party (SUB) (free PDF)
12 DEC 2013 — LAF raises $19,000 for Giving Tuesday (SUB)
13 DEC 2013 — Law School Notes: John Marshall’s BELAW program helps Logan Square businessman start pedicab operation (free PDF)
16 DEC 2013 — Amicus Curious: intellectual property attorney Darren S. Cahr writes a young-adult novel about time travel
17 DEC 2013 — Northwestern alum donates $15 million to law school
19 DEC 2013 — Sunscreen lawsuit settles for $200 million (SUB)
20 DEC 2013 — Law School Notes: NIU creates accelerated law degree program (SUB)
23 DEC 2013 — Amicus Curious: Sean Mulroney, the club-owning, rock-playing attorney
26 DEC 2013 — Doug Masters named Chicago office head at Loeb & Loeb (SUB)
27 DEC 2013 — Law School Notes: DePaul’s service immersion trips
30 DEC 2013 — Amicus Curious: a children’s book written by attorney Seth Eisner
3 JAN 2014 — Law School Notes: IIT Chicago-Kent’s LL.M. trial advocacy program for international students
6 JAN 2014 — Suffrage at 17: Illinois teens can vote in primaries at 17 if they will be 18 by general election (SUB)
8 JAN 2014 — New Illinois policy won’t create ‘revolving door’ of lawyers (SUB)
9 JAN 2014 — Law firm combinations up 47% in 2013 (SUB)
10 JAN 2014 — Law School Notes: The Law School Partnership Project from Gideon’s Promise (free PDF)
13 JAN 2014 — Amicus Curious: How a New York doctor used an experimental cancer treatment to cure a lawyer’s daughter’s retinoblastoma
15 JAN 2014 — In Chambers: Lake County Courts chief judge John T. Phillips
16 JAN 2014 — Interview with Father Michael Pfleger (SUB)
17 JAN 2014 — Law School Notes: Chicago-Kent’s new praxis program
20 JAN 2014 — Amicus Curious: Reed Smith attorney J. Andrew Moss’s daily bike commutes from Oak Park to downtown (reprinted in the March 2014 Chicago Lawyer) (WITH VIDEO)
21 JAN 2014 — On the new reverse mentoring program from the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (SUB)
22 JAN 2014 — On new attorneys joining the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and NW Indiana board (SUB)
23 JAN 2014 — Obituary for attorney William R. Power
24 JAN 2014 — Law School Notes: Loyola expands health-care compliance program (SUB)
27 JAN 2014 — Amicus Curious: Father, daughter attending law school at the same time (free PDF) (free PDF with other photos)
29 JAN 2014 — $7 million injury settlement (SUB)
31 JAN 2014 — Law School Notes: You Are What You Tweet – How Illinois law schools use Twitter
3 FEB 2014 — DePaul Law dean Gregory Mark to resign (SUB)
7 FEB 2014 — Law School Notes: DePaul’s new 3rd Year in Practice program
10 FEB 2014 — Amicus Curious: Edward Voci – John Marshall adjunct professor, CBA Orchestra percussionist, Lyric Opera supernumerary (free PDF)
11 FEB 2014 — The ABA’s task force on legal education comments on Illinois law school experiential learning initiatives (SUB)
13 FEB 2014 — New e-discovery offering from McDermott, Will & Emery (SUB)
14 FEB 2014 — Law School Notes: Northwestern’s Entrepreneurship Law Center (SUB)
18 FEB 2014 — Northwestern uses $1 million donation for ‘flipped classroom’ model (SUB)
20 FEB 2014 — Lawyer Enrico Mirabelli and the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (SUB)
21 FEB 2014 — Law School Notes: SIU creates pro bono graduation requirement (SUB)
24 FEB 2014 — Amicus Curious: Jaclyn Stacy of LAF AKA Anihilist Nin of the Windy City Rollers
26 FEB 2014 — Results on the NAWL’s 8th annual survey on women in AmLaw 200 (SUB)
27 FEB 2014 — Trial by ice: Chicago lawyers prepare for the Polar Plunge
28 FEB 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on The John Marshall Law School, the first in my Illinois law school series
3 MAR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Kathryn Walker’s work with Step Up Women’s Network (SUB)
5 MAR 2014 — A look at Meckler, Bulger, Tilson, Marick & Pearson LLP on their 20th anniversary (free PDF)
7 MAR 2014 — Law School Notes: IIT Chicago-Kent’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (free PDF)
10 MAR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Guy Maras, president of the Union League Club
12 MAR 2014 — John Marshall Law School’s slate of online courses (SUB)
14 MAR 2014 — Law School Notes: DePaul names an interim dean
17 MAR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Jana Barbe of Dentons, board president of Thresholds (SUB)
19 MAR 2014 — Attorney helps save woman in Chicago River suicide attempt
20 MAR 2014 — Obituary for attorney Keith E. Roberts Sr. (SUB)
21 MAR 2014 — Law School Notes: Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Center (free version)
24 MAR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Edward L. Foote of Winston & Strawn LLP, “The Roy Hobbs of Law” (re-published on www.winston.com)
26 MAR 2014 — Speech coverage of Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo and Chicago Corporation Counsel Stephen R. Patton (SUB)
28 MAR 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on Northern Illinois University College of Law, the second in my Illinois law school series
31 MAR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Margrethe Kearney’s domestic violence pro bono work
Chicago Lawyer Magazine, April 2014 issue: Chicago lawyers meet the Pope
1 APR 2014 — Bluegrass charity concert for Misericordia
2 APR 2014 — In Chambers: Cook County Associate Judge Stanley Sacks (free PDF)
7 APR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Western Golf Association chairman Dennis O’Keefe (free PDF)
11 APR 2014 —A look at the relationship between the legal communities of Poland and Cook County (SUB)
11 APR 2014 — Law School Notes: Loyola’s moot court team that won an international competition in Hong Kong
14 APR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Preview of the sixth state’s attorney’s reunion
15 APR 2014 — Northwestern honors alum Newton Minow (SUB)
18 APR 2014 — Law School Notes: SIU’s legal globalization program (free PDF)
21 APR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Contract & media law attorney and television host Joel Weisman
22 APR 2014 — Obituary for attorney RoxAnne L. Rochester (SUB)
23 APR 2014 — $2 million settlement for wrongful death suit (SUB)
25 APR 2014 — Law School Notes: University of Chicago’s Corporate Lab (free PDF)
26 APR 2014 — Law Day 2014: Profile on Exavier B. Pope (WITH VIDEO)
26 APR 2014 — Law Day 2014: How Exavier B. Pope uses Twitter to build his brand
28 APR 2014 — Amicus Curious: Trademark & copyright attorney Jeffrey Brown and his associations with boxer Angel “El Diablo” Manfredy, Kid Rock and LeBron James
29 APR 2014 — ARDC ruling on attorney who stole more than $600,000 from clients (free for Law Day)
30 APR 2014 — 7th Circuit ruling on bill of costs for 28-year-old abortion clinic litigation (free for Law Day)
1 MAY 2014 — Law dean transition at U. of I. (free for Law Day)
2 MAY 2014 — Law School Notes: John Marshall’s Public Health Emergency Law class (free for Law Day)
5 MAY 2014 — Amicus Curious: NFL agent and property tax law attorney Kenneth Sarnoff
7 MAY 2014 — 7th Circuit ruling on asylum application (SUB)
9 MAY 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on Northwestern University School of Law, the third in my Illinois law school series
12 MAY 2014 — Amicus Curious: Family law attorney Kimberly Cook recalls surviving the U.S. invasion of Panama (free PDF)
16 MAY 2014 — Obituary for attorney and LGBT activist Paul A. Lutter
16 MAY 2014 — Law School Notes: Deans Corkery, Krent and Yellen react to ABA Task Force on Financing Legal Education (SUB)
19 MAY 2014 — Amicus Curious: Litigator, mediator, teacher, author… magician. Meet Fred Lane, the Great Fredini (WITH VIDEO) (linked at lane-lane.com)
20 MAY 2014 — Obituary for 7th subcircuit judge Anthony Burrell (SUB)
21 MAY 2014 — In Chambers: Lake County Associate Judge Elizabeth Rochford (SUB)
23 MAY 2014 — Law School Notes: How U. of I.’s Community Preservation Clinic prepares students for the job market (SUB)
28 MAY 2014 — Obituary for retired Lake County judge David Hall (SUB)
29 MAY 2014 — Carpenter receives $5.7 million jury verdict, an Illinois record for non-amputation hand injuries (SUB)
30 MAY 2014 — Law School Notes: SIU Law pairs with the ISBA for the Illinois Law and Leadership Institute, and other summer events throughout the state
2 JUN 2014 — Profile of Eugena Whitson-Owen, incoming president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (SUB)
6 JUN 2014 — Law School Notes: Northwestern gives out 10 Pritzker fellowships for public interest work
9 JUN 2014 — Amicus Curious: Five attorney authors share tips on the publishing process (free PDF)
10 JUN 2014 — Profile of Lynn Cavallo, incoming president of the DuPage County Bar Association (SUB)
12 JUN 2014 — Williams, Montgomery & John hire eight new lawyers from Steptoe & Johnson (SUB)
13 JUN 2014 — Law School Notes: SIU law & medicine alum travel to Germany to learn about the harm their fields caused during the Holocaust (free PDF)
16 JUN 2014 — Amicus Curious: Moyenda Mutharika Knapp and her father A. Peter Mutharika, president of Malawi (WITH VIDEO)
20 JUN 2014 — Law School Notes: A Batman-themed law school test at John Marshall
23 JUN 2014 — Amicus Curious: Man of Steel — Ironworker & lawyer Jay Luchsinger (free version)
24 JUN 2014 — Jennifer A. Waters, new executive director of NAWL (SUB)
27 JUN 2014 — Law School Notes: The John Marshall Law School hosts an international conference on elder law, and other summer events throughout the state (SUB)
1 JUL 2014 — Amicus Curious: World War II veterans on the 56th Honor Flight Chicago, Part 1 of 2
2 JUL 2014 — Amicus Curious: World War II veterans on the 56th Honor Flight Chicago, Part 2 of 2 (with VIDEO)
7 JUL 2014 — Obituary for attorney Matthew Carmody
9 JUL 2014 — In Chambers: Cook County Associate Judge Dennis J. Porter (SUB)
10 JUL 2014 — Lawyers Lend-a-Hand’s children’s book drive (SUB)
11 JUL 2014 — Law School Notes: Interview with former DePaul law dean Gregory Mark – Part 1 of 2 (PART 2 JULY 18)
14 JUL 2014 — Amicus Curious: Carlos S. Arevalo, the first Hispanic president of the McHenry County Bar Association (SUB)
16 JUL 2014 — Illinois Bar Foundation’s new legal aid fellowship (SUB)
17 JUL 2014 — Twins reunite as boutique firm adds tax practice (SUB)
18 JUL 2014 — Law School Notes: Interview with former DePaul law dean Gregory Mark – Part 2 of 2 (SUB) (PART 1 JULY 11)
21 JUL 2014 — Supreme Court recap event recap (SUB)
22 JUL 2014 — Christopher Behan, SIU’s new associate dean of academic affairs (free PDF)
24 JUL 2014 — Chicago attorney files Amicus brief regarding Zivitofsky v. Secretary of State AKA “The Jerusalem/Israel Passport Case” (free PDF)
25 JUL 2014 — Law School Notes: University of Chicago’s Law Firm Challenge (free PDF)
28 JUL 2014 — Amicus Curious: Legendary Chicago lawyer Newton Minow of “vast wasteland” fame
30 JUL 2014 — How Mayer, Brown’s flexibility helped Joanna K. Horsnail climb the ladder (SUB)
31 JUL 2014 — Cyclist hit by truck receives record $9.75 million settlement (SUB)
Chicago Lawyer Magazine, August 2014 issue: The 15th annual Women Everywhere community service day
4 AUG 2014 — Amicus Curious: Michael Scudder of Skadden does pro bono work following career stops with Supreme Court Justice Kennedy and the George W. Bush White House (SUB)
5 AUG 2014 — Cook County Justice Advisory Council awards 16 nonprofits with a total of $680,000 in recidivism reduction grants (SUB)
7 AUG 2014 — Meet Garvin A. Ambrose, new chief of staff at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office (SUB)
8 AUG 2014 — Law School Notes: Marc D. Falkoff, NIU professor and Guantanamo Bay detainee attorney
11 AUG 2014 — Amicus Curious: Steven Mandell, entertainment and media attorney of cases involving Michael Jordan, Milli Vanilli, Rod Blagojevich, Paula Abdul, a bloodied NATO photographer and others
12 AUG 2014 — ABA and law schools team up for orientation on professionalism (SUB)
18 AUG 2014 — Amicus Curious: Jan Feldman of Lawyers for the Creative Arts (SUB)
19 AUG 2014 — ABA’s webinar on ethical pitfalls for new lawyers (SUB)
20 AUG 2014 — In Chambers: Cook County Circuit Judge and traffic court supervising judge Diann K. Marsalek (SUB)
22 AUG 2014 — Law School Notes: Everything you ever wanted to know about law school (but were afraid to ask) — tips from 2Ls on the 1L year
25 AUG 2014 — Amicus Curious: Michael Barnicle of Duane, Morris, the plane-jumping Army lawyer
26 AUG 2014 — Seyfarth Shaw’s new coaching program for associates (SUB)
27 AUG 2014 — Tales of a French judicial intern (SUB)
29 AUG 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, the fourth in my Illinois law school series
Leading Lawyers Magazine, September 2014 issue: Cover story on “the parachuter” John Patton
3 SEP 2014 — Judge: deleted tapes hurt plaintiff’s case in potential age discrimination demotion (SUB)
5 SEP 2014 — Law School Notes: NIU students start professionalism group (SUB)
9 SEP 2014 — Ruth Bader Ginsburg at CBA speaker series (SUB)
12 SEP 2014 — Law School Notes: Jared Reynolds of IIT Chicago-Kent, winner of the 2014 Race Judicata (SUB)
15 SEP 2014 — Amicus Curious: Joseph Gagliardo, labor & employment lawyer and bass guitarist who played with Chuck Berry
16 SEP 2014 — Center for Disability and Elder Law’s online fundraising campaign (SUB)
19 SEP 2014 — Law School Notes: Northwestern’s $150 million fundraising campaign, largest in school history
22 SEP 2014 — Amicus Curious: Andrew Stroth, entertainment agent and sports marketing guru
23 SEP 2014 — The Jerome Gilson Honorary PILI internship (SUB)
25 SEP 2014 — Obituary for attorney Jerry J. Burgdoerfer (SUB)
26 SEP 2014 — Law School Notes: profile on the Marquette Law Poll and comparison to Illinois (SUB)
1 OCT 2014 — Loyola professor Anita Weinberg receives “excellence in teaching” award (SUB)
2 OCT 2014 — Meet Joseph Q. McCoy, new managing partner at Bryan Cave Chicago
3 OCT 2014 — Law School Notes: The John Marshall claw school — profile on JMLS’s animal law program (SUB)
6 OCT 2014 — Amicus Curious: Marta Almodovar, the bridge between the court systems of Cook County and Poland
8 OCT 2014 — In Chambers: Lake County traffic judge Joseph V. Salvi (SUB)
9 OCT 2014 — Obituary for attorney John E. Juergensmeyer (SUB)
17 OCT 2014 — For pro se litigants, more help is on the way with an expanding Illinois JusticeCorps (SUB)
20 OCT 2014 — Amicus Curious: Amanda Wendorff, Ironwoman (SUB)
22 OCT 2014 — Posse Foundation honors Patrica Brown Holmes (SUB)
24 OCT 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on DePaul’s Asylum & Immigration Clinic (SUB)
27 OCT 2014 — Law Bulletin 160: The story of Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s 160 years
29 OCT 2014 — Alcoholism in the legal profession: a panel by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
3 NOV 2014 — Amicus Curious: Sean Wieber of Winston & Strawn, a Northwestern football alum and the man who forced the fumble on Anthony Thomas in the 2000 Northwestern-Michigan game (nice shout out to the story)
5 NOV 2014 — Marcia Owens, new president of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives (SUB)
7 NOV 2014 — Law School Notes: New lawyers take the oath
10 NOV 2014 — Amicus Curious: Meet Keli Knight, Yondi Morris and Jessica Reddick of KMR Law Group
12 NOV 2014 — Illinois state bar exam pass rate drops to 80.9 percent
14 NOV 2014 — Law School Notes: Profile on Southern Illinois University School of Law, the fifth in my Illinois law school series
17 NOV 2014 — Amicus Curious: Matthew Smith, agent and son of Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith
18 NOV 2014 — Loyola becomes first Illinois school to auto-enroll students into Barbri course, and a look at an NIU-Barbri workshop partnership (SUB)
19 NOV 2014 — In Chambers: Cook County Associate Judge James Snyder (SUB)
20 NOV 2014 — Elmwood Park wins fight over fees for video-gambling access (SUB)
21 NOV 2014 — Law School Notes: IIT Chicago-Kent’s Practice & Professionalism class, part of the Praxis program from 1-17-14 story (SUB)
24 NOV 2014 — Amicus Curious: 40 years of Roosevelt University’s paralegal program (SUB)
Chicago Lawyer Magazine, Dec. 2014/Jan. 2015 issue: Lawrence Hall Youth Services, one of Chicago’s hidden gems
1 DEC 2014 — Amicus Curious: Charles Laff of Michael, Best & Friedrich: IP lawyer, writing instructor (SUB)
2 DEC 2014 — Optimism for 2015 M&A market, says survey (SUB)
4 DEC 2014 — Obituary for John Marshall professor Benjamin Liu (SUB)
5 DEC 2014 — Law School Notes: Loyola’s partnership with the African Union and IIT Chicago-Kent’s partnership with UIC (SUB)
8 DEC 2014 — Amicus Curious: Patrick Heneghan of Schopf & Weiss, a Boy Scout trip leader
9 DEC 2014 — Adam Hoeflich of Bartlit, Beck wins AJC Chicago award (SUB)
11 DEC 2014 — Mark Wojcik of The John Marshall Law School wins AALS award (SUB)
12 DEC 2014 — Law School Notes: How members of Illinois’ Black Law Student Associations are balancing finals and protests in the wake of Ferguson and Eric Garner
16 DEC 2014 — Paul, Hastings wins unique pharmaceutical patent victory (SUB)
18 DEC 2014 — Illinois bar exam cut score increasing to 272 by July 2016
19 DEC 2014 — Law School Notes: Analyzing law school enrollment data
29 DEC 2014 — Amicus Curious: Three law school professors examine the impact of the law on happiness in their new book (free PDF)
30 DEC 2014 — Med-mal settlement nets $3 million (SUB)
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