Legal Resources

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1. The Guidebook of Laws and Programs for People with Disabilities
   Designed for individuals with disabilities, their family members, and advocates to help them understand the rights of people with disabilities and ways to protect or enforce those rights.
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 06/02/2011
2. DePaul Public Interest Law Symposium: Bringing Human Rights to Legal Services
   Explores the use of human rights norms in legal service, as adopted by the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau (MLAB)
   Presenter(s): DePaul Center for Public Interest Law
   Updated: 11/05/2010
3. Disabilities Guidebook: The Developmental Disabilities Programs
   Information for persons with developmental disabilities about your rights under developmental disabilities programs
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 08/02/2010
4. Disability Rights Consortium: Filing a Discrimination Complaint
   The October 2009 consortium meeting discusses how people with disabilities can file discrimination complaints with their respective agencies and discusses other procedural and substantive issues related to disability.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 10/29/2009
5. VAWA and the Safe Homes Act: Housing Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence
   This session will provide information on the housing protections under the Violence Against Women Act and the Safe Homes Act.
   Presenter(s): Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
   Updated: 11/19/2008
6. 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
7. Disabilities Guidebook: How to Protect and Enforce Your Rights Under the Illinois Human Rights Act
   Describes how disabled persons can enforce their rights under Illinois laws that protect against discrimination in employment, housing, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 06/02/2008
8. Frequently Asked Questions on Divorce, Domestic Violence and Immigration (VAWA)
   Answers to questions about divorce, domestic violence and immigration
   Author: Sherizaan Minwalla, Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center
   Updated: 05/04/2006
9. Disability Rights Consortium: Responding to Rights Violations in Institutions
   Video training on responding to abuse, neglect and other rights violations of people with disabilities in institutions
   Presenter(s): Deborah Kennedy and Molly Paris, Equip for Equality Abuse Investigation Unit; Teresa Parks and Jon Burnet, Human Rights Authority
   Updated: 01/27/2006
10. Human Rights Watch - Prisons
    Website with information on human rights abuses that occur in prisons and links to various articles on human rights abuses within prisons
    Author: Human Rights Watch
    Updated: 06/11/2004

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