Upcoming Networking Events

Race Judicata

http://www.cvls.org/judicata/

August 14th 6:30 p.m. Start
Race Judicata® 2008 is a 5K Run/Walk, benefiting Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation in our mission to ensure that the law works for everyone. This is the 15th year for the run and we are looking forward to making this year the biggest and best ever!

Entry fee is $33 until Aug. 8, $38 therafter until race day. There is team registration for no additional charge. The course starts at Columbus and Balbo heads south, east to the lakefront, north just past Monroe and south back to Balbo.

Chicago Bar Association

http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/Template.cfm

YLS Summer Social Hour at the House of Blues - July 29
Join your fellow Chicago Bar members in the Foundation Room® at the House of Blues®, on Tuesday, July 29, from 5:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m. The Foundation Room is a VIP membership club secluded within the House of Blues with unparalleled elegant space for professional and personal entertaining. Chicago Bar members will have access to the eclectic Foundation Lounge and will be able to enjoy complimentary light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Please RSVP for this event to the YLS. Space is limited. Check in at the Foundation host stand when you arrive, and you will then be directed via elevator to the Foundation Room.

5th Annual My Hero Awards Luncheon - July 30
The Sun-Times Judge Marovitz Lend-A-Hand to Youth Program will present its annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, July 30, 2008, at The Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago. Lend-A-Hand to Youth strives to help young people from disadvantaged Chicago communities succeed in school and reach their full potential by providing grants, attorney mentor/volunteers, and other resources to outstanding tutor/mentor agencies who provide one-on-one mentoring opportunities to young people. The My Hero Awards celebrate the attorneys and law firms that help make this mission a reality.

The following awards will be presented: The Judge Marovitz Award, Mentor of the Year, My Hero Award, Making a Difference Award, and the Law Firm Partner of the Year. A reception will be held at 11:30 a.m. followed by the luncheon at Noon. Tickets are $65 per person or $1000 for a sponsorship level table. For reservations, call Karina Ayala-Bermejo at 312-554-2041 or kayala@chicagobar.org. More information on Lend-A-Hand to Youth can be found at www.lawyerslendahand.org.

LAGBAC (Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago)

http://www.lagbac.org/lagbac_events.html#diversity

Fourth Annual Lawyers for Diversity Mid-Summer Barbecue
Event
Thursday, July 31, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Sidetrack
3349 North Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois
The GLBT Coalition is participating as a sponsor of the Fourth Annual Lawyers for Diversity Mid-Summer Barbecue.
Lawyers for Diversity:

Lawyers for Diversity welcomes judges, legal professionals and law students to its Fourth Annual Lawyers for Diversity Mid-Summer Barbecue, which will take place on Thursday, July 31, 2008 from 6-8pm at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60657 (Roscoe and Halsted). For additional information or law firm sponsorship opportunities, please contact Jeremy Gottschalk jgottschalk@lagbac.org. LAGBAC members are invited to attend Lawyers for Diversity as guests of LAGBAC. Non members and guests will be charged for admission.