Word: lawyer
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...deny that Chicago's 559 public schools are enjoying a slow but steady revival under Daley's leadership. Taking cues from his appointed schools' chief Paul Vallas, a veteran budget aide, and lawyer Gery Chico, who heads a new body called the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees, the mayor has succeeded in pushing up test scores virtually across the spectrum. The district has added 632 classrooms, finally taking teachers out of lunchrooms and auditoriums. Some $2 billion has been spent on capital improvements, and for the first time in recent memory there's labor peace. "My people were used...
...sponsor, lawyer Jane Lexton, switched jobs midweek, giving Ridlington a chance to see life at both a small and large law firm...
Ridlington had never seen a lawyer in action before. Lexton multi-tasked like a pro--handling her own billing and other logistics. Ridlington says she learned that one of the drawbacks to a small firm is the need to perform such administrative tasks...
Ridlington adds that observing the dynamic between Lexton and her husband, another lawyer with whom Ridlington talked extensively, was another valuable aspect of the externship...
...JACK KEVORKIAN Court finds suicide doctor a murderer. Too bad he wasn't a killer lawyer...