Imagine you are excited about casting your ballot on Election Day and are turned away simply because you have a disability. Or imagine having to cast your ballot where other voters can see exactly how you vote. Cynthia, a voter with a disability, was unable to use the...
By Meg Benson, Co-Chair of the CBF Legal Aid Academy Advisory Committee Leonard McKenzie loves legal aid lawyers. At least in the professional sense. He admires the work they do and wants to help them help their clients better. Leonard’s job is to make sure...
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...
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...
