As indicated by Alice in the Chair’s Column, certainly one of the highlights of the year for the Diversity Leadership Council was the Lincoln Legacy program held during the ISBA/IJA Midyear Meeting in Chicago in December 2009. In addition to Alice’s more detailed article about the program that follows, we also have included Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s keynote remarks as well as the introductory comments made about Judge Leighton upon his receipt of the first ISBA Diversity Leadership Award. We hope this information will provide you some further insight into this special ISBA event. ■