Category: Meetings

  • CALL Media Club: The Little Paris Bookshop

    CALL Media Club: The Little Paris Bookshop

    2020 was an interesting year for the CALL Meetings Committee.  We were forced to revise the traditional “Business lunch” meetings, to at-home Zoom calls, and everyone struggled to stay healthy and sane while living out the year stuck in the “comfort” of our homes. After some successful Zoom Happy Hours and a really fun virtual…

  • CALL Meetings Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

    The committee consisted of Carrie Port and Eugene Giudice (co-chairs), Mandy Lee, Mike McMillan, and Jill Meyer.

  • Zoom Happy Hours!

    Zoom Happy Hours!

    When the rise of the coronavirus sent us home, the CALL Meetings Committee decided to host online happy hours. It has become a great way to raise a glass to discuss with working from home, fears and concerns about Covid, and chat about our favorite movie soundtrack. As librarians, we are skilled in learning new…

  • November Business Meeting with Joe Scally

    November Business Meeting with Joe Scally

    We held our November 2019 business meeting at Ditka’s with Joe Scally, Clinical Case Manager at the Lawyers’ Assistance Program. 61 people registered for this meeting.

  • May 2019 Business Meeting with Marlon Lutifiyya

    May 2019 Business Meeting with Marlon Lutifiyya

    On May 9, 2019, CALL hosted our Business Meeting at  Petterino’s with Marlon Lutifiyya, Director of Talent and Diversity at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, who spoke about diversity and inclusion in the legal community. Sponsors Alan Fanger of Empower Legal and John Wiora of ktMINE, both sponsored this meeting and shared information about the unique…

  • September 2019 Business Meeting with Jayne Reardon

    September 2019 Business Meeting with Jayne Reardon

    We held our September 2019 business meeting at Wildfire with Jayne Reardon, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Ms. Reardon shared concerns about changes in the legal profession, both for lawyers and access to legal services. She also discussed proposed rule updates for professional conduct around fee sharing and finding clients.

  • CALL Meetings Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Committee members were Todd Hillmer (co-chair), Tami Carson (co-chair 2018), Carrie Port (co-chair 2019), Sheri Lewis and Keely Ward. Jessie LeMar was the board liaison. Business Meetings The Meetings committee planned four business meetings for the 2018-19 year. Dates, locations, number of registrants for each business meeting are shown in the table below.

  • February 2019 Business Meeting with Travis McDade

    February 2019 Business Meeting with Travis McDade

    Our February business meeting for 2019 was held at Maggiano’s and was a joint meeting with the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Illinois chapter. Our SLA guests included David Bender from the Radiological Society of North America (SLA Illinois VP/President-Elect), Daniel Bostrom from RAILS and Leslie LaPlante from Interpublic Group of Companies. Vani Ungapen, AALL Executive…

  • November 2018 Business Meeting at The Berghoff

    November 2018 Business Meeting at The Berghoff

     The meeting was held on the Berghoff, 17 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603 on November 8, 2018. CALL president Joe Mitzenmacher opened the meeting at 12:00 p.m. There were 90 CALL members in attendance, including three new members: Angela Arroyo, Foley & Lardner LLP, Kelsey Cox, student member, and Leslie Strauss, DuPage County Law…

  • September 2018 Business Meeting

    September 2018 Business Meeting

    CALL held its September Business Meeting on September 20th at Wildfire. Eighty-six members attended the meeting. We welcomed several new members: Molly Caballero from Locke Lord, Michael Hensler from Kirkland & Ellis, Anne Hudson from DePaul University College of Law, and Mary Ellen Murphy from the American Dental Association. Sponsor The sponsor of the meeting…