Wednesday, 14 July 2010 18:19
A large crowd gathers to honor seven local lawyers The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
In front of 780 people, "the largest turnout we've ever had," seven lawyers received the Chicago Bar Association's and Chicago Bar Foundation's pro bono and public service awards Tuesday.
One award was made posthumously to Frederick H. Cohen of Goldberg, Kohn Ltd.
While he fought kidney cancer, Cohen was lead trial counsel in a class-action lawsuit alleging that children in Cook County covered by Medicaid were not receiving adequate health care, according to the award. Read more. . .
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 22:15
Chicago Bar delegation visits White House and Congress
Lake Forester
A delegation of Chicago-area lawyers recently traveled to the nation's capital as part of the American Bar Association's annual "ABA Day in Washington." Read more. . .
Thursday, 10 June 2010 06:00
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Officials from the Cook County Circuit Court and Chicago Bar Foundation have teamed up to provide help to low-income families with mentally ill adult relatives.
"The [mentally ill] people we're focusing on haven't committed a crime," said County Division Presiding Judge Patrick E. McGann. "We're trying to keep them out of jail."
Court and bar foundation officials will recruit and train volunteer lawyers to help families with mentally ill relatives navigate the treatment and court processes. Read more. . .
Tuesday, 08 June 2010 16:38
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Nearly 80 law firms, corporate law departments and other organizations in Chicago helped raise more than $1.1 million during the fourth year of a Chicago Bar Foundation effort to increase support for agencies providing legal aid to people of limited means. Read more. . .
Sunday, 04 April 2010 16:28
The Chicago Tribune
Cabrini Green Legal Aid ended its 2009 fiscal year with a deficit for the for the first time in years. Even though it provided legal aid to more poor people than ever before — 5,348 — the not-for-profit could not afford to hire another full-time attorney on its $2 million shoestring budget. Read more. . .
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:28
The Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Bar Foundation is in the homestretch of its fourth annual fundraiser to support groups that provide legal services to the poor. The monthlong event that kicked off March 1 has attracted 78 law firms, corporate legal departments and other organizations that seek donations from their attorneys and staff. Read more...
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 16:28
Mary S. Trew, executive director of the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, knows about the effect that financial support from the legal community can have on legal aid programs such as the one she heads in Cook County’s Domestic Violence Court. Read more...
Monday, 11 January 2010 16:28
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
An influx of unemployed attorneys turning to volunteering as a means of putting their legal skills to practice while they're out of work is coming at a time when the legal aid arena has been seeing an increased demand for its services to the poor. But while the prospect of having extra volunteers to assist in meeting the legal needs of clients on low incomes may be viewed as a positive development, it can also present a challenge for many legal aid agencies, especially when batches of the unemployed, or underemployed, are newly minted lawyers. Read more. . .
Thursday, 17 September 2009 16:28
The Am Law Daily
As hundreds of deferred associates nationwide embark on their public service placements, a handful of professional organizations are working to help the young lawyers with the transition. The Association of Pro Bono Counsel and NALP recently produced a free, web-based training seminar for deferred associates focusing on the differences between working in a private law firm and with a public interest organization. Read more. . .
Wednesday, 02 September 2009 16:28
The Chicago Tribune
A push to reverse low census participation in Illinois will soon be coming via barber, baby-sitter, tax preparer, librarian and even iTunes download, part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration by local charities. The "Count Me In" project on Wednesday will announce $1.2 million in grants to 26 groups for census outreach in 37 traditionally undercounted Chicago neighborhoods and cities around Illinois. Read more. . .
Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:28
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
A 2006 study by the Chicago Bar Foundation found, perhaps not suprisingly, that low pay was causing many legal aid attorneys to consider other career options. But the Investing in Justice study also found that a lack of professional development opportunities was a significant factor in legal aid attorney's decisions to look elsewhere. Read more. . .
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