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The @theBar blog is an online publication of the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS).  On May 16, 2018, the YLS Executive Council approved the creation of the @theBar blog as a project of the YLS Journal. The @theBar blog strives to promote the YLS’s dedication to professional development, ethical practice, the service of our profession, and the well-being of our members.

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Chicago Bar Association (CBA) members now receive an additional 10% discount on Querious annual subscriptions, the Legal Conversational Intelligence platform built specifically for attorneys. Querious makes purpose-built legal AI more accessible to attorneys and firms across the Chicago legal community.

Through the program, CBA members will receive an additional 10% discount on annual Querious subscription…

The 2025-2026 Bar year was a wonderful year of events, initiatives, and accomplishments. We thank our members for their continued support, active participation, and steadfast membership, which are vital to the CBA’s continued success. Some of the highlights of the year include: 

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The Chicago Bar Association, in partnership with The Cummins Family Justice Foundation,…

The CBAY Awards were created during the 2024–2025 bar year by Past President John Sciaccotta to personally recognize and say thank you to the people who made his bar year extraordinary. President Judge Nichole C. Patton continued this tradition by presenting the 2025-2026 bar year CBAY Awards on May 20, 2026.  This blog post is…

The CBA’s immersive, three-day symposium, AI 2035: The Legal Profession and the Judiciary in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, promises to help members of the legal community better understand Artificial Intelligence (AI) and provide guidance on its implications for the legal profession. The event will take place at Venue Six10 on May 11 – May…

AI has officially broken the old rules of running a law firm. The gap between firms that scale and those that stall is now a canyon. CBA Member Benefit Provider Clio’s new Legal Trends Report is your bridge to get to the other side.

This isn’t just another research paper. It’s a playbook built on…

Authored by: Allison Guenther

Imagine your favorite Disney princess or Marvel superhero. Your brain may visualize Snow White, Cinderella, Iron Man, Captain America…. You see them clearly in your head. If you saw an image of that character, you would recognize them instantly. Artificial intelligence has begun penetrating countless fields, particularly the entertainment industry. By…