Word: chicago
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...head of Chicago’s legal department. “So I was reading every newspaper that came near me, and I saw an article about this black dude—this all turned out to be completely wrong factually—born in the ghettos of Chicago, raised in the slums, who got to Harvard Law School, became president of the Harvard Law Review, and was coming to Chicago to join a silk-stocking law firm...
...Tribe, who says Obama was the most impressive student he has seen in his four decades on the faculty, remains an Obama advisor. And Newton N. Minow, a prominent and well-connected Chicago lawyer who had led the Federal Communications Commission under President John F. Kennedy ’40, proved to be an invaluable mentor for Obama during his early political runs...
...daughter Martha called to say that one of her best students, Barack Obama, wanted to spend the summer as a law firm associate in Chicago,” said Minow, referring to his daughter, law professor Martha L. Minow. “I called our partner John Levi, who heads our recruiting for the firm, and suggested this; John laughed and told me that he had already heard about Barack and had already hired...
...While his Law School connections may have helped, some say Obama’s reputation got to Chicago before...
...truth of the matter is that, this fellow is incredibly talented and he’s like a magnet,” Miner said. “When he landed in Chicago, there were lots of people that wanted to meet...