CCBA Leadership Conference and Installation Gala set for June 15-17

Some bar groups have a dinner to mark the end of one bar year and the start of another. Others might have a dinner and a reception.

But, this year, the Cook County Bar Association has a kickoff party, a full day of CLE, the installation dinner, an after-dinner party, and an awards breakfast.

The CCBA Leadership Conference and Installation Gala is scheduled to run from June 15 to 17, mostly at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker.

I say "mostly" because the opening reception, on Thursday, June 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and sponsored by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, will be held "offsite." To find out where, exactly, you have to sign up.

The CLE programs start at 8:00 a.m. on the 16th, ending in the mid-afternoon, giving attendees plenty of time to change into formal (black tie) attire for the Installation Gala, which starts at 5:30 p.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled to end at 8:30 p.m., with the "After-Hour Glow Up" running from 9:00 p.m. until midnight. The "Next Generation Awards Breakfast" will follow on Saturday, June 17, from 10:00 a.m. until noon.

The cost to attend all of these many and varied events -- the "all-access pass" -- is $350 per person.

For those who may lack the stamina to adhere to this ambitious schedule, or who may have other obligations during the course of these events, there is a la carte pricing: Tickets for the installation gala alone are $200 each. Tickets for the Saturday awards breakfast only are $75 apiece. Tickets for the CLE package alone are $100 each; individual sessions are priced at $25 each. All these options and more (you realize we haven't even mentioned sponsorships yet) are avaiable at this link.

And what are the individual CLE presentations, you ask?

• 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. -- Wrongful Convictions: Ethics, Equity and Community Impact
• 9:00 - 10:05 a.m. -- A Watershed Movement: Environmental Justice in 2023 and Beyond
• 10:10 - 11:10 a.m. -- Vehicle Searches in Illinois 2023
• 12:10 - 1:10 p.m. -- Advocacy Starts With Us: Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in the Legal Profession
• 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. -- Trending Issues in Employment Law

Friday's Installation Gala and Awards Ceremony will feature Laura Coates, an attorney, author, constitutional expert, CNN host and senior legal analyst; Bakari Sellers, an attorney, author, civil rights activist, and also a CNN analyst; Dartesia Pitts, an attorney, legal analyst, and CCBA Past President; and Lonita Baker, a civil rights attorney and current President of the National Bar Association. The keynote speaker at Saturday morning's Next Generation Awards Banquet will be Dominique Calhoun, the President-Elect of the NBA.

And I did promise to mention sponsorships: A table sponsorship at the Installation Gala can be had for $2,500. Table sponsorships are also available for the Next Generation Awards Breakfast for $1,000. The CCBA does have a number of rooms blocked at the Hyatt for the Gala weekend; click here to access that information.

Any questions about the Gala weekend that can't be answered on the event registration page should be directed to info@cookcountybar.org.