By Becky Beaupre Gillespie, Director of Content
July 14, 2021
The American Constitution Society’s Chicago Lawyer Chapter will honor Clinical Professor Craig Futterman, the founder and director of the Law School’s Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project and one of the nation’s leading advocates for police reform, with an Abner J. Mikva Award at their annual Legal Legends Luncheon on July 21.
The award recognizes Chicago-area lawyers and judges who have made extraordinary contributions to progressive legal causes. It is named for the late Hon. Abner J. Mikva, ’51, a former congressman, federal judge, White House legal counsel, and University of Chicago Law School professor who was instrumental in ACS’s creation. Mikva taught courses in legislative process at the Law School for many years and served as senior director and director of the Appellate Advocacy Project at the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.
SOUTH BEND â Eric Robertson needs an extra 200 employees to staff his restaurants.
As the vice president of operations for Delight Restaurant Groups, Robertson oversees 28 area Taco Bell locations, and things are getting tight.
In recent weeks, he has made daily decisions on which locations need to close early, and when, because of a shortage of workers.
âWeâve modified operations so that we can serve our guests in a reasonable amount of time,â Robertson said, âso we are looking at it on a case-by-case decision.â
After a year of dealing with shutdowns, capacity limits and mask requirements, the restaurant industry been hit with yet another potentially devastating challenge.
Man who killed neighbor with frying pan gets 22 years
May 15, 2021
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) A man who pleaded guilty to killing his neighbor with a frying pan was sentenced to 22 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
Wilbur Tankersley, 36, was murdered in May 2020 in an apartment building for low-income people in Spokane, The Spokesman-Review reported.
Cameron Walker was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder.
Tankersley and Walker were involved in physical fight before the killing, authorities said.
Walker s lawyer Jeff Leslie said a psychologist had determined it highly likely that Walker has schizophrenia. Walker’s adopted mother, Angela Walker, told the judge their family had tried to get Walker help many times.
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