• CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – April 2021

    April 13, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: The board approved extending the implementation of the strategic plan through May 2023. Treasurer’s Report Harris Balance as of February 8, 2021 – $14,960 Membership…

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – March 2021

    Conference call March 9, 2021 8:30 a.m. Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Treasurer’s Report (Section IV) Harris Balance as of February 8, 2021 – $16,585.48 Membership numbers to date – 200

  • September Business Meeting – Grace Pai, Director of Advancing Justice–Chicago

    September Business Meeting – Grace Pai, Director of Advancing Justice–Chicago

    Our September Business Meeting was attended by about 70 CALL members. President Lindsey Carpino opened the meeting by thanking outgoing board members (Jessie LeMar, who is now Past President, Joe Mitzenmacher, and Jesse Bowman) and welcoming the board members that joined in May (Vice President/President-Elect Jamie Sommer, Treasurer Tom Keefe, and Director Mandy Lee). Lindsey…

  • CALL Placement and Recruitment Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report

    The 2020-2021 CALL Placement & Recruitment Committee (“committee”) was comprised of Julie Pabarja (Chair), Valerie Kropf and Sean Rebstock.  Megan Butman was the Board Liaison. The committee started the year by reviewing and suggesting edits to the committee charge, the job posting form and the job placement terms & conditions found on the CALL website. …

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – February 2021

    Conference call February 9, 2021 8:30 a.m. Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Treasurer’s Report (Section IV) Harris Balance as of February 8, 2021 – $15,846.19 Membership numbers to date – 200

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    Greetings CALL Colleagues, We are at that time of the year where we feel pulled in two directions.  Trying to squeeze every last bit of relaxation we can into the final weeks of summer while also sprinting into fall, preparing for new students and new associates.  The tension between those tasks feels even more precarious…

  • AALL Management Institute

    AALL Management Institute

    I would like to thank the PLLIP-SIS for a grant to attend the AALL Management Institute! Attending the management institute has been a goal of mine, so I was happy for the opportunity. The institute was held virtually on March 23-24, 2021. This year’s institute focused on managing remote and hybrid working environments, training on…

  • CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report

    Committee members: Jessie LeMar (chair), Jesse Bowman,  Shari Duff, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, and Jamie Stewart. This year’s Grants and Chapter Awards Committee was charged with selecting grant recipients based on established criteria for CALL members to attend professional meetings and selecting recipients for the chapter awards based on nominations from CALL colleagues.

  • No Stone Unturned: Leveraging HUMINT Insights

    No Stone Unturned: Leveraging HUMINT Insights

    As you sip your shaken-not-stirred martini at the bar, you recognize “As Time Goes By” on the piano.  You sigh impatiently as you look at your Rolex again – your contact is late.  You have very urgent questions only they can answer and you are starting to worry.  Are they having trouble finding parking?   Or…

  • Member News

    Celebrate your fellow CALL members accomplishments. Please send any and all accolades, announcements, or position news to the co-editors of the Bulletin and to Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Chair of the Public Relations Committee.