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Legal Aid Committee: Annual Seminar
March 12 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Topic: Fair Housing & Renters’ Rights in 2026
This seminar organized by the Legal Aid Committee will include two panels examining current issues in the world of fair and affordable housing. The first panel will focus on the current landscape of fair housing enforcement in light of recent changes and litigation at the federal level and the second panel will focus on the Chicago Residential Landlord-Tenant Ordinance, which be celebrating its 40th birthday in 2026.
Speakers:
Panel 1: The current fair housing enforcement landscape
- Emily Coffey @ Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, ecoffey@clccrul.org
- Michael Chavarria @ HOPE Fair Housing Center, michael.chavarria@hopefair.org
- Dominic Voz @ Open Communities, dominic@open-communities.org
Panel 2: Chicago’s Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance at 40:
- Victoria Ogunsanya @ Law Center for Better Housing, vogunsanya@lcbh.org
- Brian James @ City of Chicago Department of Housing, brian.james@cityofchicago.org
- Alexis Smyser @ City of Chicago Department of Housing, Alexis.Smyser@cityofchicago.org
REGISTRATION
CBA Members: Register here.
You must register in advance to attend committee meetings. To register, click on the link above, sign into the website, click on ‘Register Myself’ and then ‘Proceed to Checkout’. Select ‘YES’ if you plan to attend in-person or ‘NO’ if you plan to attend virtually. You must ‘Submit Order’ in your shopping cart to complete your registration. You will receive a confirmation email when your registration is complete.
Non-CBA Members:
Note that because this is an official CBA Seminar, non-members will not be eligible to receive CLE credit for attending this session unless they pay to register.
To attend via Zoom (without CLE credit) please register here.
To attend in person (without CLE credit), please email Sarah Blair at sblair@chicagobarfoundation.org.