BGA Annual Luncheon & Celebration
Oct
10
11:30 AM11:30

BGA Annual Luncheon & Celebration

This year’s Annual Luncheon celebrates the Better Government Association’s 100+ year record of advancing a more transparent, equitable and accountable government for all the people of Illinois through investigative journalism, policy advocacy and community engagement that hold power to account and drive meaningful reform.

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Jewelry Speaks: The Voice of the Jill Wine-Banks Pin Collection
Dec
2
7:00 PM19:00

Jewelry Speaks: The Voice of the Jill Wine-Banks Pin Collection

Jill Wine-Banks is a distinguished attorney, former Watergate prosecutor, General Counsel for the Army during the Carter Administration, MSNBC Legal Analyst, podcast host, and a specific kind of jewelry collector. Jill uses the pin as a messaging device to convey ideas, make statements, and construct narratives. This is an exhibition and archiving project featuring pins mined from her personal collection accumulated over a lifetime of work in the political and legal landscape in the US.

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The Decalogue Society to Host an Evening With Author Jill Wine-Banks
Sep
25
5:30 PM17:30

The Decalogue Society to Host an Evening With Author Jill Wine-Banks

On Wednesday, September 25 at 5:30 pm, the Decalogue Society will host an evening with author, attorney, and MSNBC Analyst Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President. The event will take place at The Arts Club of Chicago (201 E. Ontario). Co-sponsored by ISBA’s Standing Committee on Women and the Law. Tickets are $50 ($35 for ISBA members). Registration is available on The Decalogue Society website (non-Decalogue members will need to create a non-member profile).

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#SistersInLaw Live!
Sep
20
7:00 PM19:00

#SistersInLaw Live!

  • Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall (map)
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oin the hosts of Politicon’s award-winning #SistersInLaw (MSNBC commentators Joyce Vance, Jill Wine-Banks, Barb McQuade and Kimberly Atkins Stohr) for a live taping of the hit podcast — and a conversation on the legal and political issues that matter most leading up to one of the most consequential presidential elections in a generation.

Election interference. Abortion rights. Executive power. Democracy itself. So much is on the line this November. What happens when two former US attorneys, a Watergate prosecutor, and a senior opinion writer get together on a mic to talk it out? Straightforward, witty, and whip-smart, #SistersInLaw breaks down the most complex legal and political issues of the day, making them accessible for everyone. Hear Vance, Wine-Banks, McQuade and Atkins Stohr, pull back the curtain on how our legal system really works — offering unvarnished, inside perspectives on the issues that matter most.

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Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Apr
4
4:00 PM16:00

Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility

The Girard-diCarlo Center will host the 2023 Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics and Professional Responsibility on Tuesday, April 4. Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President, will talk with Dean Mark C. Alexander about her book and experience as the only woman on the Watergate prosecution team.

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Watergate Girl with Jill Wine-Banks
Oct
12
7:00 PM19:00

Watergate Girl with Jill Wine-Banks

  • The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (map)
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Discussing her book, The Watergate Girl, Jill Wine-Banks will take us inside her trial-by-fire experience as a Watergate prosecutor and examine the legacy of Watergate fifty years on. The program will be followed by a book signing. Limited copies of The Watergate Girl will be available for purchase in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum store.

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The Watergate Girl Goes to the Library: Jill Wine-Banks in conversation with Nina Barrett
Apr
8
6:30 PM18:30

The Watergate Girl Goes to the Library: Jill Wine-Banks in conversation with Nina Barrett

  • Friends of the Edgewater Library | Virtual Event (map)
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Author of The Watergate Girl, Jill-Wine Banks goes to the library and celebrates National Library Week in conversation with Nina Barrett, author of The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America's Most Infamous Crimes.

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