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!