for attorneys seeking to provide affordable and accessible services to everyday people The billable hour is a barrier to accessing affordable legal services because it lacks transparency and predictability. The average legal consumer is on a budget and needs to...
The phone rings. I answer to a woman frantically telling me that DCFS still hasn’t released her daughter to her care. Her daughter was taken from her pending an investigation of neglected supervision. I have to interrupt her in the midst of her plea to tell her...
Answer the call and help low-income families in Cook County with an immediate response to their every-day legal problems! CARPLS, an innovative legal aid service, is looking for hotline volunteers to provide advice, brief services, and referrals. CARPLS’ next...
By Meg Benson, Co-Chair of the CBF Legal Aid Academy Advisory Committee Mark Drummond is a trial lawyer, a jurist and a teacher. All at once. Judge Drummond has been on the bench in west-central Illinois’ 8th Judicial Circuit since 1999. Sitting in Quincy, on...
Some Good Food for Thought from Other Disciplines What do a high-end hotel chain, the medical profession, or behavioral economics have to do with the future of our legal profession? And when it comes to access to justice, what difference does it make? Being the...
