84th Annual Installation & Awards Dinner
Thank you, Judge Evans, and to the honorees, Madame Attorney General, dear guests, thank you all for being here. A special thank you to my wife, Chana Raizel Lubin for coming to this dinner, and for supporting all that I do and have done for this organization. A special thank you to my mother, Dona […]
Condemning Antisemitic Attack in Skokie, IL
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers strongly condemns the anti-Semitic attack against a Jewish man yesterday afternoon in downtown Skokie, IL. The yarmulke-wearing, Jewish man was accosted by a perpetrator using anti-Semitic epithets. The attacker pursued the victim and caused damage to the victim’s car, in which he sought refuge. The victim was targeted because he […]
Hebrew Passenger Kicked out of Uber
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers strongly condemns the events of yesterday evening, when a Hebrew-speaking Uber passenger was ejected by the driver of an Uber car while driving on Lower Wacker Drive during rush hour traffic. The passenger, Itay Milner, explained the event in a post on social media: “I was just thrown out of […]
Decalogue Files Amicus Brief in Travel Ban Case
Decalogue files amicus brief in Travel Ban case Read the brief here
August 22nd Press Conference
Decalogue, joined by the Cook County Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers Association, and Chicago Bar Association, hosted a press conference in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville. Following are the opening remarks of Decalogue President Mitchell Goldberg, with a link to the entire statement. Thank you all for being here today. And thank you […]
Condemning President Trump’s Immigration Ban
Decalogue joined our colleagues from the Arab American Bar Association and the Muslim Bar Association in condemning President Trump’s immigration ban as irrational, discriminatory and unconstitutional, and his disparagement of a federal judge as an attack on the separation of powers. “No one is bigger; no president, nobody, is bigger than the Constitution of the […]
John Marshall Law School Responds to anti-Semitic Vandalism
I’m saddened to share that yesterday afternoon we discovered an anti-Semitic act of vandalism in a library study room. Chief Diversity Officer Troy Riddle and Campus Safety and Security Manager Ali Haleem responded immediately to the scene. After photographing the evidence, the offensive symbol and words were removed immediately. Despite a full-day investigation that included […]
Decalogue and the Polish Advocates Society Reject Anti-Semitism
The Polish Advocates Society and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, representing hundreds of lawyers and judges in and around the Chicagoland region, many of whom have roots in Poland, having become aware of reports of recent anti-Semitic demonstrations in Lodz, Poland related to football, jointly call upon people of good faith, committed to the rule […]