Tag: Featured
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Community Service Committee Annual Report 2022-2023
In 2022-2023, the Community Service Committee was chaired by Lisa Winkler. The members of the committee were James Fortsas, Mike McMillan, Nan Norton, Beth Schubert and Leah Whitesel. Volunteer Opportunities We successfully coordinated the following four volunteering opportunities from October 2022 to May 2023:
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Summer 2023 Letter from the Editors
First of all, I want to say how very thankful we are for Matt Timko and all he has done with the Bulletin since 2018 in his role as editor. Moving forward, Emily Barney will continue on as a “corporate memory” editor to provide tech training and access to the new team and Stacia Stein…
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Continuing Education Committee Annual Report 2022-2023
The Continuing Education Committee had another successful year, sponsoring four presentations during the 2022-23 CALL year. The committee tried to identify topics that would interest all of our members, whether they work for private law firms, academic institutions, or courts or government agencies. Following a practice that began during the pandemic, all four presentations were…
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Letter from the Editors
Another CALL Year has closed, and we say goodbye to one president while welcoming another. Scott Vanderlin gives his last message as President, and we welcome Mandy Lee as the new CALL President at the May Business Meeting at Osterio Via Stato (where Judge Jesse Reyes spoke).
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President’s Message
I know what you’re thinking, CALL Members: Twelve. More. Months. TWELVE. MORE! MONTHS! But term limits exist for a reason, so with that in mind, and with tears on my keyboard, I type to you one last time as CALL President. I am so proud of our accomplishments as an organization in the past year.…
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May Business Meeting – Judge Jesse G. Reyes
The May meeting kicked off at 11:30 am with early attendees networking. 68 people registered for the event, including new members Kamilah Wentworth and Katie Leonard. The event was sponsored by S&P Global. Representatives Tim Gilroy & Cortland Martin were present. Lexis provided the door prizes. Tim Koppang from Lexis attended.
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February Business Meeting – Judge Edmond Chang
President Scott Vanderlin gaveled in the first meeting of 2023, which had 63 registrants and 27 participants attending for the The Future of History in Legal Research. One new member joined CALL -Amy Tomaszewski and Scott welcomed her. Vice President Mandy Lee introduced Judge Chang who provided and overview of two Supreme Court cases and how…
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Community Service Committee – Cradles to Crayons
In conjunction with the February Business Meeting, the CALL Community Service Committee coordinated a volunteer clothes-sorting outing at Cradles to Crayons on Saturday March 11th with CALL members Brandy Ellis, Mandy Lee, Beth Schubert, Stacia Stein, Leah Whitesel, and Mike McMillan attending. Special thanks to Chicago-Kent Law students Shabnam Mahammadli and Khrystna Slyusarchuk for joining…
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Coroner Research Fee Reduction Bill Passes Illinois General Assembly
On May 8th this year, SB 686, the coroner fee reduction bill, passed both the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate and was sent to the Governor on June 6th. Three days later on June 9th, Governor JB Pritzker sign the bill into law as PA 103-73, effective January 1 2024. The newly signed legislation…
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President’s Message
The CALL Bylaws clearly state: 2(b) For the Winter edition of the CALL Bulletin, the President’s Letter must begin with a quip about: staying warm shoveling slush season hibernating “dibs” Editor’s and Revisers’ Notes Amended to remove “[Bears Super Bowl Champions]” (February 5, 2007)