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Janaan Hashim, Esq.
- Civil Rights; Employment Discrim.
- Expungements/Sealing of Records
"My Deaf client was fired for asking for an interpreter. Under the ADA, we were able to move his case forward in federal court and allow justice to be served."
Credentials
B.A. Degree
Mary Baldwin College, 1989
Major 1: Communications-Broadcasting
Major 2: Sociology-Social Work, With Distincton
Magna Cum Laude
Omicron Delta Kappa
President, Student Government Association
Juris Doctor Degree
DePaul University College of Law, 2005
Cum Laude
Jaharis Academic Scholarship
CALI Excellence Award, Constitutional Process II
CALI Excellence Award, Appellate Brief Writing
Winner, 2003 DePaul Intramural Appellate Moot Court Competition
Trained Mediator, Illinois State Bar Assn., 2014
Trained Divorce Mediator, Northwestern Univ. School of Prof. Studies, 2017
Judicial Intern
Legal Research Division for the Office of the Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
Assistant Appellate Defender
Office of the Illinois State Appellate Defender, First District
Professional Activity
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois
Associations
American Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Muslim Bar Association
Leadership
American Bar Assoc., 2020-2021 Diversity Fellow, General Practice Division
IL State Bar Assoc., Illinois Bar Journal, Editorial Board Member 2019-present
McCormick Theological Seminary, Adjunct Professor
Mary Baldwin University Alumni Association, Board Member 2012-2020
Sound Vision Foundation, Board Member 2005-2016
Parliament of the World's Religions, Trustee 2010 - 2016
CAIR-Chicago, Founding Board Member
Community Involvement
Volunteer Attorney, Equip for Equality (2020-present)
Volunteer Attorney, Cabrini Green Legal Aid (2015-present)
Judge, DePaul University Intramural Moot Court Competition (2015)
Judge, Midwest Regional Jessup International Moot Court Competition (2014)
Judge, National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition (2014)
Judge, National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition (2012)
Judge, Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Washington, DC (2010)
Select Speaking Engagements
American Bar Association, Starting a Solo Law Practice or Small Firm: A Conversation for Aspiring Lawyers (2021)
University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana-Champaign, Women in Law Panel (2019)
IMAN Power Hour, Turning the Corner: Expungements and Sealing Records (2017)
DePaul University College of Law, Writing for Success (2015)
The John Marshall Law School, Law Practice Management (recurring lecturer since 2014)
Wake Forest University, Everyday Shariah: A Discussion of Islamic Law and American Life (2011)
Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Diversity Committee, Meeting Amal Law Group, (2010)
Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne, Australia, The Headscarf Debates: Religious Dress and Secular Fundamentalism (2009)
Ms. JD Annual Conference, Paths to Independence: Starting and Building Your Own Solo Practice (2009)
Publications
New Law Broadly Expands Sealing of Criminal Records, Illinois Bar Journal, Nov. 2017, at 32.
