Progress Through Partnership
E-Newsletter for members and friends of Chicago Appleseed
and the Chicago Council of Lawyers

August 2007

In this e-Newsletter:

The 2007 Annual Luncheon is only weeks away!
 Keynote speaker: Thomas Sullivan, Jenner & Block LLP

dual logoJoin us for the 2007 Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, October 2 at the Palmer House Hilton. We are pleased to announce Thomas Sullivan, senior partner at Jenner & Block LLP, as the keynote speaker. The Commitment to Justice honorees are Ada Skyles (Associate Director, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago), Thomas Geraghty (Professor, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University) and Diane Geraghty (Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center, Loyola University).

Sponsors to date include:

Benefactor Level
Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.
Jenner & Block LLP

Contributor Level
DLA Piper US LLP
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Grippo & Elden LLC
Holland + Knight LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Miner Barnhill & Galland P.C.
Novack & Macey LLP
Sidley Austin LLP

Friend Level
The Boeing Company
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Foley & Lardner LLP
Loyola University School of Law
Meites Mulder Mollica & Glink
Metroplex, Inc.
Miller Shakman & Beem LLP
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver
Schiff Hardin LLP
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Torshen Slobig Genden Dragutinovich & Axel, Ltd.
Walgreen Co.


To reserve your seat at the 2007 Annual Luncheon, contact Amanda Grant at 312-988-6599 or agrant@chicagoappleseed.org.

Chicago Appleseed in the News
 Chicago Parent article focuses on NCLB efforts

caffj no wordsAn August 2007 article in Chicago Parent magazine highlights Chicago Appleseed's efforts to help schools, parents and community members strengthen relationships in order to improve student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act in Illinois.

"Schools really have to understand it's in their best interest to welcome parents, we hope through a partnership," says Malcolm Rich, executive director of the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice.

The 2007 Judicial Directory is Now Online!
 

CCL no wordsThe Chicago Council of Lawyers is pleased to announce that the 2007 Judicial Directory, comprised of judicial evaluations conducted between 1986 and 2006, is now available for the first time ever online at www.chicagocouncil.org.

The Chicago Council of Lawyers has been evaluating state court judicial candidates and judges seeking retention to the bench for more than 35 years. We have always provided written reasons and biographical information in our evaluations. For more than ten years, we have been producing a compilation of our evaluations, A Directory of State Judges in Chicago, which we update regularly. We are pleased to announce the availability of our Seventh Edition online, which includes biographical information and judicial evaluations conducted between 1986 and 2006. Print copies are available for a modest fee, as they have been in the past.

View the 2007 Judicial Directory.

Thanks to our summer interns and PILI Fellows!
 

dual logoChicago Appleseed applauds our summer interns and PILI (Public Interest Law Initiative) Fellows. With their hard work, we've made tremendous progress on new and existing projects.

 

 

Special thanks to:

Melissa Derr, Duke University
James Ktsanes, University of Chicago
(PILI Fellow)
Christopher Muno, University of Chicago
Sara Lind Nygren, University of Chicago
(PILI Fellow)
Cassandra Watson, University of Utah
(PILI Fellow)