In the News
- Sheila Maloney, Director of the Chicago LegalTrek program and Assistant Director for the Program on Negotiation and Mediation at Northwestern University School of Law, is awarded the Community Renewal Society's 35 Under 35 Leadership Award!
- Nigel Telman, partner at Sidley Austin LLP and member of the Chicago Committee Board of Directors, is selected as one of the Business Leaders of Color for 2009 by Chicago United
- Corporate Member Exelon Coproation is awarded the MCCA's 2009 Employer of Choice Award
- Member firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione wins MCCA's 2009 Thomas L. Sager Diversity Award
- Venu Gupta, Executive Director of the Chicago Committee, pictured in N'DIGO
- Steven V. Hunter, associate at Quarles & Brady LLP and member of the Chicago Committee Associate Board, chosen as one of "20 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" in 2008 by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
- Lindsay D.G. Dates, associate at Jones Day and member of the Chicago Committee Associate Board, featured in July 2008 edition of Chicago Lawyer for helping improve diversity through pipeline programs.
- Venu Gupta, Executive Director of the Chicago Committee, featured in Skadden's Spring 2008 edition of Facets
- Leslie D. Minier, partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and member of the Chicago Committee Board of Directors, featured in Crain's
- Jamal M. Edwards, associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and member of the Chicago Committee Associate Board, featured in the Chicago Lawyer article "Creating a Sense of Inclusiveness" for his experiences as an openly gay attorney in Chicago.
- Several Chicago Committee Associate Board members and one Mentorship Academy member have been profiled in the July issue of Chicago Lawyer as the next generation of diversity leaders! Those featured in the article "Blurring the Lines that Divide Lawyers" include: Lindsey Dates, Steven Hunter, Sailesh "Sal" Patel, Jessica Perez Simmons and Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi.