The Coalition is a joint project of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and The Chicago Bar Foundation, with major funding from the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois. The mission of the Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice is to improve access to justice for lower income people by working collaboratively with other groups to publicize and develop Internet-based legal self-help centers throughout Illinois, with a principal emphasis on areas outside of Chicago. Working collaboratively with Illinois Legal Aid Online, local judges, circuit clerks, the organized bar, elected officials and other interested individuals and groups, the Coalition has been instrumental in establishing legal self-help centers in eighteen counties since 2007. At least eleven more legal self-help centers are set to open during 2009.

The Coalition is governed by an Executive Committee whose members are appointed by the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. The CBF is the host organization for the Coalition and provides administrative support to the Coalition.

For more information about The Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice, please contact Joe Dailing at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 815.962.9050.

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