Hussein's first job just after his first year of law school, was at Sidley Austin. Big Mike was already a lawyer there.
Bernadine Dohrn lawyer at Sidley Austin 1984-1988; She was hired by Howard Trienens, the head of the firm at that time, who knew Thomas G. Ayers, the father of Dohrn's husband.
Newton N. Minow (chair FCC 1961-3) recruited Obama in 1988 to work for his law firm Sidley Austin LLP as a summer associate (after Barry has completed ONE year at Harvard Law). his daughter, Martha L. Minow, the 12th and current dean of Harvard Law School.
Minow on board of AON Corp.
Between 1998 and 2001, the Obama and Ayers-led Woods Fund also gave nearly $300,000 to Northwestern University, where Bill Ayers and his wife, Castro-trained Bernardine Dohrn Ayers, had secured teaching jobs. Bill Ayers' father, Tom Ayers, also sat on the Board of Trustees for Northwestern, as did Howard Trienens, who was a partner at the law firm (Sidley Austin) that hired Obama for an internship when he was only a first-year law student in 1988.