For more information about the CCBA LGBTQ Section, please contact the LGBTQ Section Chair, Chelsea McFadden and Co-Chair Vincent Rizzo, at or contact the CCBA office at We look forward to you joining us! See the section below to access the tentative schedule of events to be held in the 2017-18 bar year. All CCBA members in good standing are welcome to join the LGBTQ Section. We look forward to building on last year’s accomplishments. Hosted two Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) seminars, partnering with organizations such as Lambda Legal and Baker Mckenzie.Participated in the 2016 National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (“NGLCC”) conference roundtable.
The CCBA LGBTQ Section strives to educate and promote justice for LGBTQ attorneys and other legal professionals within Cook County, Illinois on issues relating to diversity and equality in the legal profession, in the court system, and under the laws of our country.ĭuring the 2016-17 bar year, the CCBA LGBTQ Section: Founded in 2016, the Cook County Bar Association (“CCBA”) LGBTQ Section is an association of minority LGBTQ legal professionals and allied persons.
