Investing in Justice Campaign
The Investing in Justice Campaign is the CBF’s annual initiative that rallies Chicago’s entire legal community around our common cause of ensuring that everyone has access to necessary legal help, not just people who can afford it. Thousands of individual lawyers and legal professionals at more than 130 Chicago-area law firms, corporate legal departments, companies, and other law-related organizations participate in the Campaign each year.
2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the CBF Investing in Justice Campaign. Following in the footsteps of the many exemplary leaders in Chicago’s legal community who have chaired the Campaign since its inception, this 20th anniversary of the Campaign will be led by co-chairs for the first time: Laura Stein, General Counsel of Mondelēz International, Inc. and Randy Mehrberg, Co-Managing Partner of Jenner & Block LLP. Both bring exceptional leadership and a longstanding commitment to access to justice.
100% of individual contributions to the Campaign directly support the work of more than 30 pro bono and legal aid organizations and related initiatives, enabling them to provide critical legal assistance to tens of thousands of people in need.
Randy Mehrberg & Laura Stein
2026 Investing in Justice Campaign Co-Chairs
The Campaign’s Impact
The Investing in Justice Campaign is the largest campaign of its kind anywhere in the country. Since its inception in 2007, the Campaign has raised more than $25 million, which has leveraged millions more in additional funding through the CBF’s Campaign grant process.
Those receiving services made possible by the Campaign include the elderly, disabled individuals, veterans, children, domestic violence victims, people at risk of losing their homes, immigrants fleeing persecution and abuse, and many other low-income and disadvantaged people in the Chicago area in need of legal assistance.
Thanks to the ongoing success of the Campaign, tens of thousands of low-income and disadvantaged people in our community are able to get necessary legal assistance each year, and the justice system continues to be better and fairer for everyone.
Law firms, corporations and other law-related organizations from throughout Chicago’s legal community can participate in the 2026 Campaign.
Contact Sang Yup Lee at slee@chicagobarfoundation.org or 312.554.8303 to learn more.