Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois Blog!

Join Your Colleagues from the Bench and the Bar
for a Conversation with

JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR

Supreme Court of the United States

On Monday January 31, 2011 at:

The Standard Club

320 S. Plymouth Court

4:00 p.m. Reception with Hors d'ouevres and Open Bar (2nd Fl.)

5:15 p.m. Conversation with Hon. Ann Claire Williams (5th Fl.)

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$50.00 per person

For reservations, contact Tamra Drees, CBA Events Coordinator,

at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or

312-554-2057

The Chicago Bar Association • Just The Beginning Foundation

Advocates Society • Arab-American Bar Association of Illinois • Asian American Bar Association •
Black Women Lawyers Association • Chinese American Bar Association • Cook County Bar Association •
Decalogue Society of Lawyers • Filipino-American Bar Association • Hellenic Bar Association •
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois • Illinois Native American Bar Association • Indian American Bar Association •
Justinian Society of Lawyers • Korean American Bar Association • Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago •
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago • Pakistani American Bar Association • Puerto Rican Bar Association •
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

The PRBA would like to invite you to a General meeting honoring

Enrique Abraham's recognition as one of the

"40 under 40" lawyers in Illinois.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

at 5:30 p.m.

at Tumbao: 3213 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL

 

http://www.tumbaochicago.com/

Food will be provided.

Please feel free to invite anyone who you think will be interested!

About the PRBA

The Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) was established in 1994 to address issues that affect the Puerto Rican community.  The founding members reasoned that as attorneys familiar with the issues of the Puerto Rican community, they could collectively be a powerful voice in the community by serving as role models, advisers, speakers and mentors.

Some past and current accomplishments…

• The PRBA instituted a need-based scholarship program to assist Latino law students finance their law school education.  The PRBA hosts an annual scholarship awards banquet to raise funds for scholarships to be awarded to Latino law school students.

• Each year during the Christmas season, the PRBA assembles boxes of food and gifts for children and delivers them to needy Hispanic families chosen by neighborhood charitable organizations.

• The PRBA has been very proactive in increasing the numbers of the Hispanic judiciary.  Many members of the PRBA have been elected or appointed to judgeships during the last ten years.

• Goals…

1. To increase the number of scholarships and the amounts to be awarded by the PRBA to deserving Latino law students.

2. To administer a respected evaluation process for minority judicial applicants to ensure that minority applicants appearing before the joint judicial evaluation committees are being evaluated fairly on relevant factors.

3. To increase community involvement of the PRBA in classroom programs and holiday assistance programs.

4. To mentor new practicing Hispanic lawyers in developing their practices and adhering to the highest standards of competence, honor, and civility when practicing law.

5. To increase the membership involvement in the development of new programs to aid the Hispanic community.

            Membership application contact information:

           

Puerto Rican Bar Association

2332 N. Milwaukee Avenue

Chicago, IL 60647

Telephone: 773-278-8140

YLS All Bar Social - November 10 @ Rumba


The YLS and the Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division invite you to an evening of music and complimentary salsa lessons, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and mixing with Chicago’s legal professionals. Local and specialty bar associations in the Chicagoland area have been invi...ted to join the mingling and networking.

We hope to see you on:

 Wednesday, November 10, 2010, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.,

at Rumba, 351 W. Hubbard St., Chicago.

First 250 attendees will receive 2 drink tickets. RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

http://www.rumba351.com/
http://www.facebook.com/RumbaChicago

Co-sponsors include: Appellate Lawyers Association; Asian American Bar Association, DuPage Association of Women Lawyers; Illinois Judges Association; Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois; and the Puerto Rican Bar Association; Elite Deposition Services; and Aloha Document Services.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Chicago-IL/Puerto-Rican-Bar-Association-of-Illinois/319219946551

"Haiti: Past, Present and Future Prospects" @ Chicago Kent College of Law., 565 W. Adams, Thu. 10/14/10 @ 5:00 p.m. RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 312-726-8775.

Please share this event! Thank you.

"Haiti: Past, Present and Future Prospects" information flyer.