Lawyer displays firm, charity flags on mountain
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

When Kimball R. Anderson recently climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, he carried two lightweight items to display. Anderson, 59, a Winston & Strawn LLP partner and chairman of the firm's pro bono committee, made the climb last month. Two of his daughters and his son-in-law joined him on the adventure. Read more. . .

Legal aid could see 14 percent cut in federal funding
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Legal Services Corp. (LSC) could have done worse, but it also could have fared far better in a federal funding agreement that was reached late Monday. The agreement, which still needs approval from both chambers of Congress, would slash LSC's federal funding by nearly 14 percent to about $348 million in fiscal year 2012.  Read more. . .

CBF invites lawyers to Field Museum
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

The 15th annual Chicago Bar Foundation Fall Benefit was held Saturday at The Field Museum.  The event included a buffet dinner, open bar, live music, children's activities, a silent auction, and access to the museum's many popular exhibits.  Read more. . .

CBF helps public interest attorneys relieve debt
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Keri A. McGuire, a 34-year-old attorney at Life Span, said she didn’t think she would be able to pay back her law school debt until she was 70. That, however, changed on Tuesday, when she joined four other attorneys at a reception to receive a Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) Sun-Times Public Interest Law Fellowship.  Read more. . .

Program opens people’s eyes to low-income world
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

In a downtown church basement Wednesday, Benjamin C. Weinberg lived a simulated reality that would give anybody a headache. The SNR Denton pro bono partner played the role of a boyfriend who lived in a homeless shelter with his girlfriend and her child.  Read more. . . 

Pro Bono Week serves to recruit new volunteer lawyers
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

To honor lawyers who do pro bono work and highlight how they help the less fortunate, the Chicago legal community is marking the seventh annual Pro Bono Week this week. This year's theme is "Kindness to Strangers."  Read more. . .

Pro bono's common thread
Chicago Lawyer Magazine

While this month's Chicago Lawyer is all about pro bono, this column is all about pro bono rock stars. Not the ones who win at the Grammys, but the ones who play courtrooms, clinics and classrooms around Chicago.   Read more. . .

CBA, CBF honor attorneys who help the underserved
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Even though Jordan M. Heinz is just six years into his legal career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the associate has contributed more than 1,600 hours of pro bono work — including representing indigent prisoners, assisting nonprofits and serving as guardian ad litem for disabled adults.   Read more. . .

Hill receives a public service award at event
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Kendall Hill of the Cook County public defender's office received the "Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award" from Stephanie A. Scharf of Schoeman, Updike, Kaufman & Scharf, co-chair of Tuesday's 13th annual Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation Pro Bono and Public Service Awards Luncheon. Read more. . .

Campaign for legal aid funding reaches record levels
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Noting that contributions were still coming in this week, organizers of the Chicago Bar Foundation's Investing in Justice Campaign said they are seeing "record-breaking success" in this year's effort to increase financial support for area providers of legal services to the poor.   Read more . . .

Foreclosure mediations save one of every three homes
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Unemployment is driving the record-high foreclosure filings in Cook County, and one-third of homeowners who negotiated with banks in a mediation program kept their homes, says a report issued by the circuit court.   Read more . . .