Legal community tries playing its cards right at charity event
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

The sixth annual event raises money for the Chicago Bar Foundation. Read more. . .

CBF Report January 2012
The Year in Pictures

Highlights from The Chicago Bar Foundation in 2011

Thank you again for your support of The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) and the larger cause of equal access to justice. As a result of your many contributions over the past year, tens of thousands of low-income and disadvantaged Chicagoans are able to get critical legal advice and assistance, our community’s pro bono and legal aid system is stronger, and we’re making longer-term systemic improvements in access to justice through a variety of innovative initiatives.  Read more. . .

Murphy's Law

Pierce and Associates, Codilis & Associates, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund (ATG) and the Law Bulletin Publishing Company recently made donations to The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) totaling $100,000 to support several pro bono and legal aid organizations that are working to help the growing number of people facing foreclosure. Read more. . .

CBF Report November 2011
Illinois JusticeCorps

Leveraging Student Volunteers to Increase Access to Justice

llinois JusticeCorps is an innovative new CBF program to strengthen existing court-based resources and increase capacity to help more people without lawyers in the Circuit Court.  Read more. . .


A Reflection on Walk a Month in My Shoes

Three Hours Well Spent

When I agreed to co-chair the CBA/CBF Pro Bono Week this October, I didn’t realize I would have the opportunity to participate in an innovative and thought-provoking program that would change the way I think about the issues of poverty and providing services to the most disadvantaged members of our society. Read more. . .

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. . .