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1. Pro Bono and Financial Contributions for Illinois Supreme Court Rule 756(f)
   Information for attorneys about how to get involved in pro bono legal service and/or make a financial contribution.
   Author: The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 10/17/2012
2. Overview of Summary Suspension Training and Program
   Explains the training and volunteer program. Training for attorneys is offered annually through the Chicago Bar Association.
   Author: Chicago Bar Association
   Updated: 10/16/2012
3. PILI Educational Seminar-Public Interest & Pro Bono Work
   Panelists address ways to incorporate pro bono and public interest law into one's experience in law school and throughout one's career.
   Presenter(s): Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
   Updated: 07/26/2012
4. Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Training
   Mortgage foreclosure mediation training for volunteers through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation.
   Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
   Updated: 06/27/2012
5. Opportunities for Law Students Pursuing Public Interest Careers
   Information on internships, fellowships, and other opportunities for law students is provided.
   Author: Chicago Bar Foundation & Public Interest Law Initiative
   Updated: 03/29/2012
6. How to Find a Lawyer If You Can't Afford One
   Information about legal aid programs in Illinois.
   Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Association's Law at the Library Series
   Updated: 03/12/2012
7. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting: Suburbanization of Poverty in Cook County
   Information about available legal aid services to low-income families in suburban Cook County and techniques for serving this growing population.
   Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 03/01/2012
8. What Constitutes Pro Bono Work?
   Describes what activities are considered pro bono legal services and which ones are not.
   Author: Public Interest Law Initiative
   Updated: 01/04/2012
9. Questions To Ask Before You Take A Pro Bono Case Or Project
   A list of questions is provided to ask before taking a pro bono case.
   Author: The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 11/29/2011
10. Frequently Asked Questions about Pro Bono Mentoring
    Questions and answers about the Pro Bono Case Pairing and the Mentor Matching System
    Author: PILI
    Updated: 09/16/2011
11. Overview of the Mentoring Relationship
    Describes the role of and guidelines for mentors and mentees.
    Author: PILI
    Updated: 09/16/2011
12. Tips for Successful Mentoring
    Describes things that both the mentor and mentee can do to have a successful relationship
    Author: PILI
    Updated: 09/16/2011
13. Bridging the Gap - Tips for Pro Bono Volunteers Assisting Low-Income Clients
    Provides helpful tips and describes issues pro bono volunteers may encounter when assisting low-income clients.
    Author: Grace Newgard, Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
    Updated: 07/15/2011
14. Holistic Advocacy
    Directory of non-legal support services for use by legal aid attorneys
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 01/21/2011
15. Serving Clients With Mental Disabilities
    Information for attorneys, paralegals and other support staff about how to serve clients with mental disabilities
    Presenter(s): Barry Taylor, Equip For Equality; Wally Winter and Diana White, Legal Assistance Foundation; Shirley Helm, Thresholds; Jim Grogan, Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
    Updated: 08/03/2010
16. Pro Bono Advocacy in the Legislative Context
    Video training on issues arising from pro bono legislative advocacy
    Presenter(s): Chicago Bar Association Legal Aid Committee
    Updated: 08/02/2010
17. Pro Bono Primer: Packaging Pro Bono Opportunities and Making the Most of Pro Bono Contributions
    Video panel discussion regarding pro bono opportunities and volunteer strategies
    Presenter(s): Chicago Bar Association
    Updated: 08/02/2010
18. Proposal to Facilitate Limited Representation in Illinois Courts
    Introduction to the proposed changes to Illinois' Supreme Court rules and Rules of Professional Conduct to facilitate limited representation
    Author: Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 07/07/2010
19. Limited Scope Legal Representation Proposal: Questions and Answers
    Questions and answers about the proposed changes to Illinois' Supreme Court rules and rules of professional conduct to facilitate limited representation
    Author: Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 04/15/2010
20. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting: Using Illinois Legal Aid Online's Technology to Improve Your Practice
    A training on how to use Illinois Legal Aid Online's Technology to Improve Your Practice and Service to Legal Aid Clients.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Association
    Updated: 03/02/2010
21. Representing Low-Income Tenants in Eviction Court
    This training covers the basics of landlord-tenant law and procedure as well as providing an overview of how volunteers can get involved in pro bono activities through LCBH.
    Presenter(s): Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, Inc.
    Updated: 10/29/2009
22. Federal Loan Forgiveness for Public Interest Lawyers
    Explains the recently enacted legislation on forgiveness of federal student loans for public interest lawyers.
    Author: Michelle Mohr Vodenik, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Director & Public Interest/Diversity Advisor, Career Services
    Updated: 06/30/2009
23. Expungement Summit Video Training
    An attorney training on the basics of expunging and sealing a client's criminal records.
    Author: Cook County Public Defender's Office
    Updated: 06/15/2009
24. Loan Forgiveness for Legal Aid Attorneys: Legislative Responses to the Student Debt Crisis and More
    Learn how student loan repayments will be affected by provisions of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act
    Presenter(s): Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 11/19/2008
25. Emerging Issues in the Delivery of Pro Bono Services
    This session will focus on helping programs bolster their efforts to provide pro bono legal services.
    Presenter(s): Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 11/19/2008
26. Immigration Remedies for Victims of Crime, Trafficking, and Domestic Violence
    At this panel, presenters will discuss three remedies available to immigrant victims of crime and trafficking – the U visa, the T visa, and the self-petition under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Association
    Updated: 11/07/2008
27. Use of Digital Video Depositions in Court: Direct and Cross
    In this second seminar presented by FTI, the presenter talks about best ways to produce video depositions.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 11/07/2008
28. Signing On to Signature Projects
    A discussion about the risks, results, and rewards of signature projects
    Presenter(s): Pro Bono Initiative
    Updated: 11/07/2008
29. Serving as a Guardian Ad Litem in Probate Court
    Learn how to be a GAL in Cook County Probate cases involving persons with disabilities
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 10/30/2008
30. October CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting
    The training will cover Amendments to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules 716 and 756 and tactics on how to best Increase Access to Justice by Using Retired/Inactive Attorneys and Corporate Counsel in Your Pro Bono Program.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 10/17/2008
31. Trafficking of Women and Girls: Forced Labor, Forced Prostitution, and Hope
    Jane Tafel talks about Hagar, U.S.A.'s work in the recovery and empowerment of victims of human rights abuses. Martina Vandenberg addresses human trafficking in the United States.
    Presenter(s): Save Our Sisters; The Jenner & Block Women’s Forum; LexisNexis; PriceWaterhouseCoopers
    Updated: 10/07/2008
32. CHA Residential Lease Agreement
    A standard lease agreement with the CHA
    Author: Chicago Housing Authority
    Updated: 03/26/2008
33. PBI 2008 Agency Series: Engaging Pro Bono Volunteers
    A webcast of the training Engaging Pro Bono Volunteers by Pro Bono Initiative recorded on March 10 2008
    Presenter(s): Pro Bono Initiative
    Updated: 03/25/2008
34. Moving Your Volunteers Beyond Their Zones of Comfort and Experience
    Webcast explaining different ways to get attorneys involved in pro bono work that is outside of their comfort zone
    Presenter(s): Pro Bono Initiative
    Updated: 12/21/2007
35. Developing and Delivering Effective Presentations and Trainings for Law Firm and Corporate Pro Bono Attorneys
    This second and final program in the 2007 Pro Bono Initiative Agency Series is focused on micro level strategies for delivering personal pitches of your program and delivering effective and useful trainings to firms and corporations
    Presenter(s): Bob Glaves, Chicago Bar Foundation; Michael Bergmann, PILI Pro Bono Initiative; Todd Solomon, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP; Pauline Levy, McDonald's Corporation
    Updated: 12/21/2007
36. Five Habits of Cross-Cultural Lawyering
    Information about how to counsel clients from different cultures and understanding cultural differences
    Author: Sue Bryant & Jean Koh Peters
    Updated: 10/25/2007
37. Effectively Marketing Your Agency's Pro Bono Program
    Training on how to effectively use various tools to promote your pro bono programs, including websites, newsletters, and email.
    Presenter(s): Michael Bergmann, Pro Bono Initiative, Rob Acton, Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic, Murray Coffey,Jenner & Block LLP, Lisa Colpoys, Illinois Legal Aid Online, Mary Meg McCarthy, National Immigrant Justice Center, Allegra Rich, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
    Updated: 10/23/2007
38. Reporting Pro Bono Work
    An explanation of the rules on reporting Pro Bono activity and the potential rule modifications that have been proposed
    Presenter(s): Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 10/23/2007
39. Representation by Civil Legal Services Provider
    Court form certifying eligibility for civil legal services
    Author: Cook County Circuit Court
    Updated: 06/06/2007
40. Attorneys' Legal Liability 2007 Edition
    Manual with information on duties to client, malpractice, privilege, work product, client trust accounts, conflicts, sanctions, limiting liability, ARDS, and Rules of Professional Conduct
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 05/29/2007
41. Municipal Law Series (Illinois): Volume 3 — Financing, Tax, and Municipal Property, 2006 Edition
    Manual on municipal governments including finance and tax, general obligation and revenue bonds, sale of municipal obligations, insurance financing, special assessments, municipal property, and more
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 05/08/2007
42. PILI/CBF Pro Bono Initiative's Pro Bono Forum
    Three panel discussions regarding issues that affect pro bono work at law firms, corporate law departments and legal aid and public interest law organizations
    Presenter(s): PILI/CBF Pro Bono Initiative
    Updated: 05/08/2007
43. Municipal Law Series (Illinois): Volume 4 — Contracts, Litigation, and Home Rule, 2006 Edition
    Manual on municipal governments including municipal labor law, contracts, construction contracts, municipal litigation, civil rights liability, Illinois tort immunity, home rule and intergovernmental cooperation and more
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 05/08/2007
44. E-Discovery 2006 Edition
    Manual on electronic discovery including discoverability, procedure, production of data, costs, retention, preservation and spoliation, sanctions, work product and atty-client privilege, e-discovery rules and guidelines, computer forensic experts
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 04/25/2007
45. Housing Law Resources Part One
    Information about state and local housing laws and federally subsidized housing - part one of two
    Author: Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 04/19/2007
46. Housing Law Resources Part Two
    Information about state and local housing laws and federally subsidized housing - part two of two
    Author: Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 04/19/2007
47. Integrating Social Services Into Legal Aid
    Describes the use of social workers in the legal aid community
    Presenter(s): Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 12/15/2006
48. Evaluating a Pro Bono Program
    a discussion about evaluating a pro bono program
    Author: Greg McConnell
    Updated: 04/03/2006
49. School Expulsion Hearings Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
    Video training about school expulsion hearing opportunities for volunteer attorneys
    Presenter(s): Monica Llorente and Monica Mahan, Bluhm Legal Clinic
    Updated: 11/21/2005
50. Large Scale Document Production: $5,000, Expert Deposition Fee: $3,000, Cheap Discovery Techniques: Priceless
    Video training about how to handle discovery for pro bono cases while working on a limited budget
    Presenter(s): George Apostolides, Arnstein & Lehr
    Updated: 10/24/2005
51. Expanding Your Horizons Through Pro Bono Mediation
    Online, complimentary ABA-CLE audio program on representing clients in pro bono mediation, mediating the pro bono case, and how to get involved in pro bono mediation
    Author: American Bar Association Center for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 09/03/2004

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