Earlier this month, the CBF and our Justice Entrepreneurs Project (JEP) gained a new partner in the cause with the official launch of the Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice (LEJ) incubator in Denver. Over the years since the CBF developed and launched the JEP, one of our...
Justice Entrepreneurs Project attorneys Magda Derisma, Sonny Thatch, Alyease Jones, and Cliff Helm joined JEP Director Trevor Clarke in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Fourth Annual Access to Justice through Legal Incubators and Nonprofit Law Firms conference. As in years...
Joanna Long, an alum of the CBF’s Justice Entrepreneurs Project, was featured on “In Their Own Words,” a series by the American Bar Association that highlights lawyers from around the country sharing the benefits of an incubator project. Joanna...
Terri Mascherin of Jenner & Block LLP and chair of the Justice Entrepreneurs Project steering committee, gave a featured presentation about the JEP at the ABA National Summit on Innovation in Legal Services. [spacer]
The Chicago Reporter By Charlotte Lait read at The Chicago Reporter The downturn in the economy spurred a litany of legal issues for those caught in its grasp. As a result, requests for legal aid and the percentage of self-represented cases has skyrocketed. Legal aid...