Society of Women
In Law-Chicago-Kent College of Law
Conference:
March 5-6th, 1998, "Celebrating 125 Years of Illinois Women in Law:
Where
We Were - Where We Are - Where We're Going"
Registration
Information
To register for the conference early
and get the discounted rate of only $12.00, you can download our
Conference Registration Form,
complete the hard copy form, and mail it to us with your registration fee
so that it arrives before March 4, 1998. As of March 5, 1998, the
registration fee jumps to $15.00. So register today and get the
20% discount!
What you get for your $12.00 conference
registration fee:
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Admission to the Judicial Reception Thursday night from
5:00 - 7:30 p.m. The reception, sponsored by The Decalogue
Society of Lawyers, offers the following: great food, drinks, and the opportunity
to meet prominent federal and state judges from all levels, practitioners
from throughout Chicago, and law students from throughout the Midwest.
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Admission to all Conference events on Friday from 8:00
a.m. - 4:30 p.m. This includes a lavish continental breakfast;
gourmet buffet lunch; all conference materials, including information about
bar associations and other organizations of interest to women and/or lawyers;
an opening address by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow;
your choice of three of six breakout sessions on a variety of topics; a
Judges Panel featuring several distinguished female judges; and a keynote
address by Laurel Bellows, immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association's
Commission on Women in the Profession.
You can also register with us
for the spectacular opening gala reception Friday night at the
Harold Washington
Library for the exhibit "Bar None: 125 Years of Women Lawyers in Illinois"
by the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women. You pay only
$15.00 as a student for this reception ($35 for practitioners).
What you get for your $15.00/$35.00
reception fee:
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Keynote address by Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of
Canada.
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Opening night entrance to the exhibit featuring
biographies, pictures and historical and personal items of the first 100
women who where admitted to practice in Illinois.
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A chance to meet and greet many of
the "Who's Who" of the Illinois legal field.
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An open bar for three hours.
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A wonderful array of food and desserts.
So mail in your registration today!
If you have any questions
about this conference, please do not hesitate to either call (312) 906-5380
and leave a message or e-mail Charis Runnels (Conference Co-Chair) at crunnels@kentlaw.edu.
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