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Y O U N G L A W Y E R S J O U R N A L
D
id you know that the Chicago
Bar Association’s Young Lawyer
Section (“YLS”) is nationally rec-
ognized?This October, YLS representatives
traveled to Denver, Colorado to attend the
ABA Young Lawyers Division Fall Confer-
ence. At the conference, young lawyers
sections from various international, state,
local, specialty, and affinity bar associa-
tions met to showcase their projects and
to receive recognition for their efforts.
The YLS had another banner year, having
added the following five ABA YLDAwards
of Achievement to its collection, plus an
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ABA YLD AFFILIATE SHOWCASE
CBA YLS in Denver
By Emily Roschek
EMBRACINGDiversity Challenge award
from the ABA YLD Spring Conference
in May:
• First Place Comprehensive (for the
following YLS programs: (a) Access
Success: Creating Opportunities for
Attorneys with Disabilities, (b) Paths
toTeaching Law, (c) HumanTrafficking
Awareness Week, (d) Illinois Bar Exam
Boot Camp, (e) Pie Competition);
• First Place Diversity (Access Success:
Creating Opportunities for Attorneys
with Disabilities);
• First Place Service to the Public (Human
Trafficking Awareness Week);
• First Place Service to the Bar (Paths to
Teaching Law);
• Most Outstanding Single Project (Paths
to Teaching Law);
•
First Place EMBRACING Diversity
Challenge (Access Success: Creating
Opportunities for Attorneys with Dis-
abilities).
Paths to Teaching Law
The YLS received two awards for this
program, which involved a panel of ten-
ured and adjunct law professors from the
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