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Condemning Targeted Protests

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The Decalogue Society of Lawyers condemns this past weekend’s targeted protests at the homes of Jewish elected officials, U.S Congressman Brad Schneider and Governor J.B. Pritzker. On Saturday at 3 am, protestors awoke residents and families in a predominantly Jewish residential neighborhood in Highland Park with bull horns, drum beats, and antisemitic chants on both […]

Advocating for Female Hostages in Gaza

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Each year in March we celebrate Women’s History Month and, on March 8, International Women’s Day. This year, however, our celebrations are tempered with the reality that 132 hostages at time of publication are still being held in Gaza, not all of them alive, and fourteen of whom are females. The hostages were kidnapped during […]

Statement by the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) in response to South Africa’s ICJ Application Accusing Israel of Genocide.

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If Everything is Genocide, Nothing is Genocide. On 29 December 2023, South Africa applied to the International Court of Justice requesting the Court to institute proceedings, including an urgent provisional measures procedure, alleging that Israel violated its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”) in […]

Decalogue Condemns Recent Hate Crimes Against Jews

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The Decalogue Society of Lawyers was proud to join Governor J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Judge William Haddad (Ret.), Elana Kahn, Executive Director of the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, and our friends and colleagues who are leaders in the Muslim and Arab legal communities this morning at the Arab American […]

Decalogue Condemns Hate Crimes Against Any Individuals

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The Decalogue Society of Lawyers condemns all acts of hate crimes and incidents of bias against any individual. We are appalled by the vicious and barbaric attack against Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother. This is a tragedy. We grieve with all those affected by this heinous crime and all victims of hate crimes. We pray […]

Decalogue Statement on the Attack Against Israel

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers stands in solidarity with our friends and family in Israel and unequivocally condemns the horrific terrorist acts committed by Hamas against Israel and its People. It is deplorable that these terrorists targeted civilians, children, and Holocaust survivors. We grieve with those who are mourning the loss of their loved ones […]

Israel’s Proposed Judicial Changes

The Chicago-based Decalogue Society of Lawyers is America’s oldest and largest Jewish lawyers society. A principal purpose of the Decalogue Society is to “Foster the traditions and ideals of American democracy and to express support for the State of Israel.” The Decalogue Society of Lawyers recognizes that lawyers play a special role in preserving democracy […]

Calling for the Resignation of Congresswoman Mary Miller

Shortly after being inaugurated as a Republican Congresswoman from Downstate Illinois, reading from prepared remarks in front of the U.S. Capital Building, Mary Miller paraphrased Hitler in a speech to a pro-Trump Moms for America rally. Specifically, she stated “Hitler was right on one thing. He said, whoever has the youth has the future.” This […]

In Memoriam – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers joins with all Americans to mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this past Friday.  Her death coincided with the turning of the Hebrew calendar to the new year of 5781 on Rosh Hashanah.  During the prayers on that day, Jews recite Unesaneh Tokef: a reminder to […]

Illinois Bar Admission During Covid

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers respectfully requests that the Illinois Supreme Court invite further input from bar associations and affected law students on the issue of how best to handle admission to the Illinois Bar, in light of COVID-19.  On July 23, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that the Illinois bar exam would be […]