A message from Sean Berkowitz, 2020 Investing in Justice Campaign Chair Thanks to your dedicated leadership, I am pleased to announce outstanding results for this year’s Investing in Justice...
Investing in Justice Through Thick and Thin
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Investing In Justice Campaign Archives
A time for Chicago’s legal community to lead
This letter appeared in Crain’s Chicago Business on April 22, 2020.
More than ever, we need to step up for our community’s dedicated pro bono and legal aid organizations and the people who depend on them.
Your Foundation at Work in the Pandemic—April 2020
As we hit the six-week mark since the Coronavirus upended our lives, the CBF has been hard at work helping to move the court system to remote access and adapt the way we deliver legal services, support that work, and help others during this crisis. The way our legal community has quickly stepped up to this challenge has inspired us, and following are just a few highlights of the important work you have been making possible during this time.
Our Legal Community’s Time to Lead
The last several weeks have felt like we are living in an alternate reality. And while we all are dealing with some level of upheaval in our firms, our families, and our companies, we are actually...
Through This Together, Stronger on the Other Side
As we all continue to adapt to our worlds being turned upside down in the span of less than two weeks, our legal community’s leadership on access to justice will be more important than ever in this time of heightened need. And the CBF already is stepping up our efforts to bring our community together around this common cause to tackle the many emerging challenges and opportunities this crisis is generating.
Investing in Justice: More Important Than Ever
A message from Sean Berkowitz, 2020 Investing in Justice Campaign Chair
As the second week of the Investing in Justice Campaign winds down, we are inspired by the early results. We know that many firms plan to start next week or later this month, and with that in mind we wanted to provide an update and reminder on Campaign resources as things quickly change around us due to the coronavirus.