JANUARY 25, 2023: AABAR Presentation: "The Dos and Don’ts of Applying for Legal Internships and Interviewing"

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Thanks to all the students, attorneys and judges who attended this exceptional presentation! Practioners from various fields offered valuable advice to our students as they prepared to apply for internships.  The presentation was moderated by AABAR’s Student Liaison Sara Ghantous and our esteemed speakers included:

• Cory Cassis -  Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office 
• Anwar Shatat -  Guaranteed Rate 
• Lina Ragep Powell -  Jenner & Block LLP  

Thanks to all who attended this exceptional presentation!   Presenters from various fields discussed the limits of and protections surrounding violent hate speech and its impact on minority communities. 

The presentation was moderated by AABAR’s Judge William J. Haddad (ret.), IL Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes  Commissioner Marvet Sweis and Prof. John Breen and our esteemed speakers included:

· Justice Jesse Reyes

· Director James L. Bennett

· Professor Daniel S. McConkie, Jr.

The Arab American Bar Association of Illinois, along with the Assyrian American Bar Association, and the Middle Eastern and North African Employee Resource Group from the Cook County State's Attorney's Office* were proud to host a night of networking, socializing, and (most importantly) PING PONG! Thank you to all who attended!

What a GREAT turnout for our first general meeting of the year! We are looking forward to an exciting year of events, programs, initiatives, and CLEs! 

Thank you to the over 100 judges, attorneys and students that attended the annual Unity Dinner jointly hosted by AABAR and the Muslim Bar Association of Chicago. We were honored to co-host this event this year with the South Asian Bar Association!

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin featured an article on AABAR by our very own Vice President Tony Abou Ezzi in celebration of Law Day 2023.  

What an incredible panel of speakers! Thank you for the valuable advice offered by our esteemed panel of speakers as they discussed navigating the legal field as a MENA professional. Vivian Tadros, 2L at NIU, did a fantastic job moderating the lovely discussion. Thank you to our panelists:

Judge William Haddad (ret.) 

Judge Rouhy Shalabi

Nura Yanaki 

Marvet Sweis 

Lana Nassar

Jon Baloch 

Sara Ghantous 

Our students have a bright future!

AABAR was proud to attend the #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth celebration hosted by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas!

Arabs in various fields were awarded certificates for their contributions and work in Cook County, including AABAR’s board member, Judge Rouhy Shalabi and AABAR’s Corresponding Secretary Cory Cassis! 

Thank you to Maria Pappas for your support!

Congratulations to the incomparable, Sandra Frantzen, for receiving this year’s Chicago Bar Association’s Vanguard Award on behalf of AABAR! Her unwavering commitment to AABAR and her contributions to the legal community is incredible and we are so proud to honor her for all that she does!